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> This is the last section of the Ophis tutorial. By now we've
covered the basics of every command in the assembler; in this
final installment we show the full capabilities of
the <TT
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as we produce a final set of Commodore 64 header files.
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> Our <TT
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in <A
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memory locations $10 and $11 directly. We'd prefer to have
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separate program counters. Now we realize that we really need
three; one for the text, one for the data, and one for the zero
page data. And if we're going to allow three, we really should
allow any number.
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