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Actually, BASIC’s flat structure helped me a lot in understanding Z80 assembly when I was 12. You see, memory addresses were line numbers, registers were variab

by sedatk 2mo ago

Actually, BASIC’s flat structure helped me a lot in understanding Z80 assembly when I was 12. You see, memory addresses were line numbers, registers were variables, JP was GOTO, CALL was GOSUB. CP was IF, JP, Z was THEN GOTO, and LD was LET, and so forth.

lelanthran 2mo ago
> You see, memory addresses were line numbers, registers were variables, There was only a single[1] register though, the accumulator. [1] Okay, there was the PC as well. Maybe a flags register too? But only one used for variables, IIRC.
- sedatk 2mo ago
  You seem to be confusing Z80 with 6502.
  - lelanthran 2mo ago
    > You seem to be confusing Z80 with 6502. You're quite correct, I did confuse the two. Too late to edit it now, but at least your response will stand as a correction.