; http://www.6502.org/tutorials/vflag.html ; ; Demonstrate that the V flag works as described ; ; Returns with ERROR = 0 if the test passes, ERROR = 1 if the test fails ; ; Five (additional) memory locations are used: ERROR, S1, S2, U1, and U2 ; which can be located anywhere convenient in RAM ; .alias MEMSTART $0000 .alias ZPG $0000 .alias STACK $0100 .alias CODE $0200 .alias CONMEM $FF00 .alias MEMEND $FFFF .alias ERROR $0400 .alias S1 $0410 .alias S2 $0420 .alias U1 $0430 .alias U2 $0440 .org MEMSTART .advance CODE TEST: CLD ; Clear decimal mode (just in case) for test LDA #1 STA ERROR ; Store 1 in ERROR until test passes LDA #$80 STA S1 ; Initalize S1 and S2 to -128 ($80) STA S2 LDA #0 STA U1 ; Initialize U1 and U2 to 0 STA U2 LDY #1 ; Initialize Y (used to set and clear the carry flag) to 1 LOOP: JSR ADD ; Test ADC CPX #1 BEQ DONE ; End if V and unsigned result do not agree (X = 1) JSR SUB ; Test SBC CPX #1 BEQ DONE ; End if V and unsigned result do not agree (X = 1) INC S1 INC U1 BNE LOOP ; Loop until all 256 possibilities of S1 and U1 are tested INC S2 INC U2 BNE LOOP ; Loop until all 256 possibilities of S2 and U2 are tested DEY BPL LOOP ; Loop until both possiblities of the carry flag are tested LDA #0 STA ERROR ; All tests pass, so store 0 in ERROR DONE: RTS ; ; Test ADC ; ; X is initialized to 0 ; X is incremented when V = 1 ; X is incremented when the unsigned result predicts an overflow ; Therefore, if the V flag and the unsigned result agree, X will be ; incremented zero or two times (returning X = 0 or X = 2), and if they do ; not agree X will be incremented once (returning X = 1) ; ADD: CPY #1 ; Set carry when Y = 1, clear carry when Y = 0 LDA S1 ; Test twos complement addition ADC S2 LDX #0 ; Initialize X to 0 BVC ADD1 INX ; Increment X if V = 1 ADD1: CPY #1 ; Set carry when Y = 1, clear carry when Y = 0 LDA U1 ; Test unsigned addition ADC U2 BCS ADD3 ; Carry is set if U1 + U2 >= 256 BMI ADD2 ; U1 + U2 < 256, A >= 128 if U1 + U2 >= 128 INX ; Increment X if U1 + U2 < 128 ADD2: RTS ADD3: BPL ADD4 ; U1 + U2 >= 256, A <= 127 if U1 + U2 <= 383 ($17F) INX ; Increment X if U1 + U2 > 383 ADD4: RTS ; ; Test SBC ; ; X is initialized to 0 ; X is incremented when V = 1 ; X is incremented when the unsigned result predicts an overflow ; Therefore, if the V flag and the unsigned result agree, X will be ; incremented zero or two times (returning X = 0 or X = 2), and if they do ; not agree X will be incremented once (returning X = 1) ; SUB: CPY #1 ; Set carry when Y = 1, clear carry when Y = 0 LDA S1 ; Test twos complement subtraction SBC S2 LDX #0 ; Initialize X to 0 BVC SUB1 INX ; Increment X if V = 1 SUB1: CPY #1 ; Set carry when Y = 1, clear carry when Y = 0 LDA U1 ; Test unsigned subtraction SBC U2 PHA ; Save the low byte of result on the stack LDA #$FF SBC #$00 ; result = (65280 + U1) - U2, 65280 = $FF00 CMP #$FE BNE SUB4 ; Branch if result >= 65280 ($FF00) or result < 65024 ($FE00) PLA ; Get the low byte of result BMI SUB3 ; result < 65280 ($FF00), A >= 128 if result >= 65152 ($FE80) SUB2: INX ; Increment X if result < 65152 ($FE80) SUB3: RTS SUB4: PLA ; Get the low byte of result (does not affect the carry flag) BCC SUB2 ; The carry flag is clear if result < 65024 ($FE00) BPL SUB5 ; result >= 65280 ($FF00), A <= 127 if result <= 65407 ($FF7F) INX ; Increment X if result > 65407 ($FF7F) SUB5: RTS .advance MEMEND .byte $00