From: Brian Ketterling (tweel8502_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 2003-10-29 00:54:53
Hi --
With a little closer study I guess I've answered my own questions -- thanks,
Willi and John, for being a sounding board and helping me focus!
I don't know if anyone else will ever be interested in passing big numbers
back and forth between BASIC and ML, but...
It turns out that the routine at BC9B is called by BASIC's INT() function.
It literally turns the f.p. number into a binary integer, then converts it
back again to f.p.
I was wrong about the format of negative numbers. It doesn't flag them with
the MSbit, but instead does a complement-thing, e.g.:
-1 = FF FF FF FF
-2 = FF FF FF FE
Also, INT's floor-function operation (+1.1 becomes +1, -1.1 becomes -2...
always downward) is built into the first conversion routine at BC9B.
So, negative numbers could be a hassle, but for passing positive 4-byte
integers to BASIC, it looks like you just have to preload $62-$65 with the
number (highest byte first), LDY #0, then jump into INT with JSR $BCD5. The
result will be in FAC1.
-- Brian
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