Programming assembly for Nabaztags

Timendus · Post by **Timendus** » Fri 24 Nov, 2006 9:41 am

Arcane WIzard wrote:I would expect both of you to not assume it was a critiquing statement when no clarity was given about the grounds for my quoting

I thought I had given you the benefit of the doubt. But you seem to want to see us as total assholes, so I'll just ignore that discussion.

256 bytes of RAM isn't much, but you shouldn't forget that you usually fill most memory with strings and sprite data, which aren't applicable here

Also, you can compare those 256 bytes with our "saferam" areas because you can compile static data with the program (which ends up in the program memory of 64k). So it's not all that bad, especially when you consider that you're programming a rabbit, and you just want to make a few leds change colour, not write an RPG

Post by **benryves** » Fri 24 Nov, 2006 11:46 am

256B should be enough for anybody.

CoBB · Post by **CoBB** » Fri 24 Nov, 2006 12:04 pm

benryves wrote:256B should be enough for anybody.

These programs use much more RAM than that.

Sorry for being a killjoy.

Post by **benryves** » Fri 24 Nov, 2006 12:44 pm

CoBB wrote:
benryves wrote:256B should be enough for anybody.
These programs use much more RAM than that. Sorry for being a killjoy.

Not to mention having an extensive OS behind them (insofar as DOS is 'extensive').

Timendus · Post by **Timendus** » Fri 24 Nov, 2006 12:57 pm

Yup, but I guess you've made your point: you can do a lot within 256B

Post by **benryves** » Fri 24 Nov, 2006 1:00 pm

Hm, thinking of audio - is that stored in the program memory too, or is it streamed over and held in another RAM location, or..? PCM audio does take up a lot of space...

Shadow Phoenix · Post by **Shadow Phoenix** » Fri 24 Nov, 2006 4:45 pm

What happens if I go over the 256 bytes which also stores stack?

Timendus · Post by **Timendus** » Fri 24 Nov, 2006 11:11 pm

You can't: you're forced to use a one byte pointer

You could only corrupt your stack.

benryves wrote:Hm, thinking of audio - is that stored in the program memory too, or is it streamed over and held in another RAM location, or..? PCM audio does take up a lot of space...

It does. And it's stored in another location. There's a seperate 64 slots (don't know how many MBs) space for files received by the rabbit, but all you can do with them is play as MIDI or play as PCM.

Post by **tr1p1ea** » Tue 05 Dec, 2006 12:51 pm

If you're just moving ears, turning on lights and making small sounds, 256b should be heaps!

Those things are pretty sweet ... a bit crazy but sweet

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