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1.1     ! root        1: 
        !             2: outstanding introduced/emulation bugs:
        !             3: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        !             4: 
        !             5: frontier bug: intro uses space colour all the time even for
        !             6: planetary scenes. perhaps this explains why frontier starts
        !             7: with bright blue space, and on first hyperspace it is set
        !             8: to a darker blue (revealing the milkway thingy).
        !             9: 
        !            10: search for 'XXX' to find comments on known breakage.
        !            11: 
        !            12: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        !            13: TODO
        !            14: 
        !            15: convert galaxy map routines to new line drawing funcs
        !            16: 
        !            17: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        !            18: 
        !            19: a6_base = 0x5eb6
        !            20: 
        !            21: L877c (10438(a6)) == 0 => 4096 cols (512 switching)
        !            22: 
        !            23: L41d44
        !            24: 
        !            25: pal1 = 15876
        !            26: pal2 = 15908
        !            27: 
        !            28: kbhandler:
        !            29: 
        !            30: A6_keystates_base = 16342
        !            31: 
        !            32: -2(a0) = 16340
        !            33: -3(a0) = 16339
        !            34: -4(a0) = 16338
        !            35: -5(a0) = 16337
        !            36: -6(a0) = 16336
        !            37: -8(a0) = 16334
        !            38: -10(a0) = 16332
        !            39: 
        !            40: (where lea A6_keystates_base(a6),a0):
        !            41: 
        !            42: on key release:
        !            43: --------------------------------------------------
        !            44: 0 -> -3(a0)
        !            45: 0 -> -4(a0)
        !            46: 0 -> -6(a0)
        !            47: 
        !            48: on key press (if byte -4(a0) != pressed scancode):
        !            49: --------------------------------------------------
        !            50: -5(a0) -> -8(a0)
        !            51: -2(a0) -> -10(a0)
        !            52: -1(a0) -> -9(a0)
        !            53: 0 -> -2(a0)
        !            54: pressed code -> -3(a0)
        !            55: pressed code -> -4(a0)
        !            56: pressed code -> -6(a0)
        !            57: 
        !            58: on key press (if byte -4(a0) == pressed scancode):
        !            59: --------------------------------------------------
        !            60: 0 -> -3(a0)
        !            61: 0 -> -4(a0)
        !            62: 0 -> -6(a0)
        !            63: 
        !            64: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        !            65: 
        !            66: on calling FmtStr:
        !            67:        d0 = 0x941a     <- some kind of index to a string table. 40(modtable)
        !            68:                           obtains the filthy string thing. oh god.
        !            69:        d4 = 0xf        <- colour
        !            70:        d5 = 0x28       <- x
        !            71:        d6 = 0x14       <- y
        !            72:        d7 = 0x0        <- ??
        !            73: 
        !            74: d0:
        !            75:        0x3015  "%08x" hex (in d3)
        !            76:        0x3014  "%08x" hex (in d2)
        !            77:        0x3013  "%08x" hex (in d1)
        !            78:        0x3012  HH:MM:SS (in d3)
        !            79:        0x3011  HH:MM:SS (in d2)
        !            80:        0x3010  HH:MM:SS (in d1)
        !            81:        0x300f  dd-mon-year (day of year in d3)
        !            82:        0x300e  dd-mon-year (in d2)
        !            83:        0x300d  dd-mon-year (in d1)
        !            84:        0x300c  int32 3 dec places (in d3)
        !            85:        0x300b  int32 3 dec places (in d2)
        !            86:        0x300a  int32 3 dec places (in d1)
        !            87:        0x3009  int32 2 dec places (in d3)
        !            88:        0x3008  int32 2 dec places (in d2)
        !            89:        0x3007  int32 2 dec places (in d1)
        !            90:        0x3006  int32 1 dec place (in d3)
        !            91:        0x3005  int32 1 dec place (in d2)
        !            92:        0x3004  int32 1 dec place (in d1)
        !            93:        0x3003  int32 (in d3)
        !            94:        0x3002  int32 (in d2)
        !            95:        0x3001  int32 (in d1)
        !            96:        0x3000  erm, like, do last thing printed.
        !            97: 
        !            98: SFX indices:
        !            99: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        !           100: 
        !           101:        0       ui_beep
        !           102:        1       laser0
        !           103:        2       laser1
        !           104:        3       laser2
        !           105:        4       launch_granted
        !           106:        5       station_door_open
        !           107:        6       explode1
        !           108:        7       ??
        !           109:        8       explode2
        !           110:        9       explode3
        !           111:        10      explode4
        !           112:        11      explode5
        !           113:        12      explode6
        !           114:        13      explode7
        !           115:        14      explode8
        !           116:        15      explode9
        !           117:        16      explode10
        !           118:        17      laser_burn
        !           119:        18      ??
        !           120:        19      hyperspace (loop)
        !           121:        20      hyperspace_end
        !           122:        21      send_message
        !           123:        22      fire_missile
        !           124:        23      noise (loop)
        !           125:        24      ECM
        !           126:        25      warning!
        !           127:        26      retract wheels (?)
        !           128:        27      <silence?>
        !           129:        28      select object
        !           130:        29      bing
        !           131:        30      big bing!
        !           132:        31      launch_noise
        !           133:        32      dildo
        !           134: 
        !           135: modfuncs:
        !           136: ~~~~~~~~~
        !           137: 4(a4) - init
        !           138: 20(a4) - every turn in 3d view
        !           139: 40(a4) - get string
        !           140: 
        !           141: 

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