cc65: switch to uppercase/petscii

[Michael Parson 44]

When you write code using CC65, it defaults to switching you to mixed-case mode.

I'm looking for methods to switch back to uppercase/PETSCII mode.

On a C-64, I could use poke(53272,21), but the pokes are different on the X-16, and I haven't found this one documented yet.  If I was any good with machine language, I suppose I could poke (heh) around in the monitor and see if I could find that routine in the kernal, but I'm not.

So far, the best I've found is to:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void) {
    printf("%c",142);
    printf("hello world\n");
    return 0;
}

However, I'd rather use the bits in conio.h, but conio seems to be using screen display codes rather than PETSCII values, that '142' with 'cprintf' gives me a reverse 'N'.

I've tried inline assembly (cribbed slightly from SlithyMatt's Hello cc65 tutorial):

#include <conio.h>

int main(void) {
    __asm__ ("lda $8E");
    __asm__ ("jsr $FFD2");
    cprintf("hello world\n");
    return 0;
}

But that didn't seem to do anything.

I suppose I could include both conio.h and stdio.h, but if it can be done w/o stdio.h, I'd save that much more RAM/code space.

Any other suggestions?

[Greg King 69]

Your __asm__ version will work, but you forgot one thing: a "#" in front of the "$8E".

[DusanStrakl 102]

I can't test it right now but call to screen_set_charset function at $FF62 should do the trick. A can contain following values:

Value	Description
0	use pointer in .X/.Y
1	ISO
2	PET upper/graph
3	PET upper/lower

 

Link to documentation:

https://github.com/commanderx16/x16-docs/blob/master/Commander X16 Programmer's Reference Guide.md#function-name-screen_set_charset

 

[TomXP411 368]

The printf version worked for me. cprintf will NOT work, because cprintf goes directly to VERA, rather than using the KERNAL, and so it will not recognize control characters. 

 

[Michael Parson 44]

11 minutes ago, Greg King said:

Your __asm__ version will work, but you forgot one thing: a "#" in front of the "$8E".

That did it!  Thank you!

[Greg King 69]

(I forgot about the Kernal wrapper functions.)

This is another way to do it:

#include <conio.h>

void main(void) {
    cbm_k_bsout(CH_FONT_UPPER);
    cprintf("hello world\n");
}

[Michael Parson 44]

Oh nice.  I'll update my source and use that in the next version of Gridgame (and anything else I do that needs PETSCII).

Thanks!