elite-readme.asm

; ******************************************************************************
;
; COMMODORE 64 ELITE README SOURCE
;
; Commodore 64 Elite was written by Ian Bell and David Braben and is copyright
; D. Braben and I. Bell 1985
;
; The code in this file is identical to the source disks released on Ian Bell's
; personal website at http://www.elitehomepage.org/ (it's just been reformatted
; to be more readable)
;
; The commentary is copyright Mark Moxon, and any misunderstandings or mistakes
; in the documentation are entirely my fault
;
; The terminology and notations used in this commentary are explained at
; https://elite.bbcelite.com/terminology
;
; The deep dive articles referred to in this commentary can be found at
; https://elite.bbcelite.com/deep_dives
;
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;
; This source file produces a README file for Commodore 64 Elite.
;
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;
; This source file produces the following binary file:
;
;   * README.txt
;
; ******************************************************************************

 INCLUDE "1-source-files/main-sources/elite-build-options.asm"

 _GMA85_NTSC            = (_VARIANT = 1)
 _GMA86_PAL             = (_VARIANT = 2)
 _GMA_RELEASE           = (_VARIANT = 1) OR (_VARIANT = 2)
 _SOURCE_DISK_BUILD     = (_VARIANT = 3)
 _SOURCE_DISK_FILES     = (_VARIANT = 4)
 _SOURCE_DISK           = (_VARIANT = 3) OR (_VARIANT = 4)

MACRO CAP x
 EQUB x + 128
ENDMACRO

.readme

 EQUB 13
 EQUS "---------------------------------------"
 EQUB 13
 CAP 'F'
 EQUS "IREBIRD "
 CAP 'E'
 EQUS "LITE"
 EQUB 13
 EQUB 13
 CAP 'V'
 EQUS "ERSION: "
 CAP 'C'
 EQUS "OMMODORE 64"
 EQUB 13

IF _GMA85_NTSC

 CAP 'V'
 EQUS "ARIANT: "
 CAP 'G'
 CAP 'M'
 CAP 'A'
 EQUS "85 "
 CAP 'N'
 CAP 'T'
 CAP 'S'
 CAP 'C'
 EQUS " RELEASE"
 EQUB 13
 CAP 'P'
 EQUS "RODUCT: "
 CAP 'F'
 EQUS "IREBIRD "
 CAP 'G'
 CAP 'M'
 CAP 'A'
 EQUS "85"
 EQUB 13

ELIF _GMA86_PAL

 CAP 'V'
 EQUS "ARIANT: "
 CAP 'G'
 CAP 'M'
 CAP 'A'
 EQUS "86 "
 CAP 'P'
 CAP 'A'
 CAP 'L'
 EQUS " RELEASE"
 EQUB 13
 CAP 'P'
 EQUS "RODUCT: "
 CAP 'F'
 EQUS "IREBIRD "
 CAP 'G'
 CAP 'M'
 CAP 'A'
 EQUS "86"
 EQUB 13

ELIF _SOURCE_DISK_BUILD

 CAP 'V'
 EQUS "ARIANT: "
 CAP 'S'
 EQUS "OURCE DISK BUILD OUTPUT"
 EQUB 13

ELIF _SOURCE_DISK_FILES

 CAP 'V'
 EQUS "ARIANT: "
 CAP 'S'
 EQUS "OURCE DISK BINARY FILES"
 EQUB 13

ENDIF

 EQUB 13
 CAP 'S'
 EQUS "EE WWW.BBCELITE.COM FOR DETAILS"
 EQUB 13
 EQUS "---------------------------------------"
 EQUB 13

 SAVE "3-assembled-output/README.txt", readme, P%