81 lines
2 KiB
Forth
81 lines
2 KiB
Forth
# Byte_Addressing
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## Authors
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2010, Marc Simpson
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2011, 2018, Charles Childers
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## Description
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This adds words allowing access to memory at a byte level.
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Nga is cell addressed. There's no direct access to memory at a byte level. To access a specific byte one must fetch a cell, then extract the individual bytes by masking and shifting. Updating bytes is similarly annoying. The words here take care of these details.
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## Functions
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+----------+--------+----------------------------+
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| Function | Stack | Used For |
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+==========+========+============================+
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| b:unpack | c-bbbb | Given a byte-packed cell |
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| | | on the stack, return the |
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| | | bytes it contains |
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+----------+--------+----------------------------+
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| b:pack | bbbb-c | Pack four byes into a cell,|
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| | | return the cell on the |
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| | | stack |
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+----------+--------+----------------------------+
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| b:fetch | a-b | Fetch a byte |
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+----------+--------+----------------------------+
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| b:store | ba- | Store a byte into memory |
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+----------+--------+----------------------------+
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## Code & Commentary
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~~~
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{{
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'Byte var
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:byte-mask (xn-b)
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#255 swap #8 * dup
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[ n:negate shift and ] dip shift ;
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:replace
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#0 [ [ [ [ drop @Byte ] dip ] dip ] dip ] case
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#1 [ [ [ drop @Byte ] dip ] dip ] case
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#2 [ [ drop @Byte ] dip ] case
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#3 [ drop @Byte ] case
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drop ;
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---reveal---
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:b:unpack (c-bbbb)
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dup #255 and swap
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dup #8 shift #255 and swap
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dup #16 shift #255 and swap
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#24 shift #255 and ;
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:b:pack (bbbb-c)
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#-24 shift swap
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#-16 shift + swap
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#-8 shift + swap + ;
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:b:fetch (a-b)
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#4 /mod swap
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#4 /mod
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rot + fetch swap byte-mask ;
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:b:store (ba-)
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swap !Byte
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#4 /mod swap [ dup fetch b:unpack ] dip
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replace b:pack swap store ;
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}}
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~~~
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```
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&s:length #4 * #0 + b:fetch
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&s:length #4 * #1 + b:fetch
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&s:length #4 * #2 + b:fetch
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&s:length #4 * #3 + b:fetch
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```
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