The dashData41 variable - Revs on the BBC Micro

       Name: dashData41                                              [Show more]
       Type: Variable
   Category: Screen buffer
    Summary: Contains part of the dashboard image that gets moved into screen
             memory
  Deep dive: The jigsaw puzzle binary
    Context: See this variable in context in the source code
 References: No direct references to this variable in this source file


 CLEAR &594A, &5A22     \ The track data is loaded in a separate file that is
 ORG &594A              \ moved to trackData after the game binary has loaded
                        \
                        \ It overwrites part of the dashboard image at that's
                        \ loaded as part of the main game binary at dashdata41,
                        \ which is moved into screen memory before the track
                        \ data is moved
                        \
                        \ These lines rewind BeebAsm's assembly back to
                        \ dashData41 (which is at address &594A), and clear
                        \ the block from that point to CallTrackHook, so we can
                        \ set the correct address for dashData41 while also
                        \ retaining the addresses we just set up for the track
                        \ data
.dashData41

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