[Coco] "Reading" non-readable bytes with PEEK vs ZBUG
Robert Gault
robert.gault at worldnet.att.net
Tue Jan 22 17:13:44 EST 2008
jdaggett at gate.net wrote:
> On 22 Jan 2008 at 8:17, Darren A. wrote:
>
>
>>Changing the JMP instruction at $B754 to an equivalent LBRA will cause
>>PEEK to return a different value for address $FFA0.
>
>
> has this been verified?
>
> I can't verify a mechanism as to why the ACCB would change inside the
> 6809 just because the next opcode byte changes. There has to be another
> reason or mechanism. If this were true then it should happen in other places
> in the code and would result in erronious exection.
>
> james
>
Don't forget this depends on floating bits. There are very few bytes
that float this way on a Coco.
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