Programming:Fast plot
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Fast plotting routine for MODE 1
This routine is approx. 6 times faster than the OS routine GRA PLOT, because it is dpendent to MODE 1 and doesn't perform range checks. It can draw 10500 pixels per second.
Input: DE = X (0..319), HL = Y (0..199)
CMASK EQU &B338 ;Adress for colormask ;664/6128: &B6A3 FPLOT LD A, L ;A = Lowbyte Y AND &X00000111 ;isolate Bit 0..2 LD H, A ;= y MOD 8 to H XOR L ;A = Bit 3..7 of Y LD L, A ;= (Y\8)*8 to L LD C, A ;store in C LD B, &60 ;B = &C0\2 = Highbyte Screenstart\2 ADD HL, HL ;HL * 2 ADD HL, HL ;HL * 4 ADD HL, BC ;+ BC = Startaddress ADD HL, HL ;of the raster line LD A, E ;Lowbyte X to A SRL D ;calculate X\4, because RR E ;4 pixel per byte SRL E ADD HL, DE ;+ HL = Screenaddress LD C, &X10001000 ;Bitmask for MODE 1 AND &X00000011 ;A = X MOD 4 JR Z, NSHIFT ;-> = 0, no shift LD B, A ;loop counter SHIFT SRL C ;move bitmask to pixel DJNZ SHIFT ;-position NSHIFT LD A, (CMASK) ;get color mask XOR (HL) ;XOR screenbyte AND C ;AND bitmask XOR (HL) ;XOR screenbyte LD (HL), A ;new screenbyte RET ;done
