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====== Horizontal Screen Positioning (HSP) aka Wanker aka DMA-Delay ======

    * [[demo world records and world firsts]] mentions VSP+IK - there VSP is "Variable Screen Positioning" = DMA Delay = horizontal positioning.
    * Also discussed in these posts:
    * 2008 thread on CSDB called it HSP/DMA Delay: https://csdb.dk/forums/?roomid=11&topicid=53517&showallposts=1
    * VIC Article: 3.14.6. DMA delay : https://www.cebix.net/VIC-Article.txt



This code is for PAL machines. To make it work for NTSC you have to do some minor timing modifications for each scan-line.

The code is in ACME assembler format.

<code>
; This demonstrates HSP (Horizontal Screen Positioning) using a stable raster.
; If you have any questions contact the author Martin Piper through CodeBase64
!to "RasterTest.prg", cbm
!cpu 6510
!ct pet

ZPProcessorPortDDR			= $00
ProcessorPortDDRDefault		= %101111
ZPProcessorPort			= $01
ProcessorPortAllRAMWithIO		= %100101
CIA1InterruptControl			= $dc0d
CIA1TimerAControl			= $dc0e
CIA1TimerBControl			= $dc0f
CIA2InterruptControl			= $dd0d
CIA2TimerAControl			= $dd0e
CIA2TimerBControl			= $dd0f
VIC2InteruptControl			= $d01a
VIC2InteruptStatus			= $d019
VIC2BorderColour			= $d020
VIC2ScreenColour			= $d021
VIC2ScreenControlV			= $d011
VIC2SpriteEnable			= $d015
VIC2Raster				= $d012
CIA1KeyboardColumnJoystickA		= $dc00
KERNALNMIServiceRoutineLo		= $fffa
KERNALNMIServiceRoutineHi		= $fffb
KERNALIRQServiceRoutineLo		= $fffe
KERNALIRQServiceRoutineHi		= $ffff


!macro MACROAckRasterIRQ_A {
	lda #1
	sta VIC2InteruptStatus				; Ack Raster interupt
}

!macro MACROAckAllIRQs_A {
	; Ack any interrupts that might have happened from the CIAs
	lda CIA1InterruptControl
	lda CIA2InterruptControl
	; Ack any interrupts that have happened from the VIC2
	lda #$ff
	sta VIC2InteruptStatus
}


*= $0801
!byte $0b,$08,$01,$00,$9e		; Line 1 SYS2061
!convtab pet
!tx "2061"						; Address for sys start in text
!byte $00,$00,$00

!zn
.theLine = 45
	; Stop interrupts, clear decimal mode and backup the previous stack entries
	sei
	cld
	; Grab everything on the stack
	ldx #$ff
	txs
	; Init the processor port
	ldx #ProcessorPortDDRDefault
	stx ZPProcessorPortDDR
	; Set the user requested ROM state
	ldy #ProcessorPortAllRAMWithIO
	sty ZPProcessorPort
	; Clear all CIA to known state, interrupts off.
	lda #$7f
	sta CIA1InterruptControl
	sta CIA2InterruptControl
	lda #0
	sta VIC2InteruptControl
	sta CIA1TimerAControl
	sta CIA1TimerBControl
	sta CIA2TimerAControl
	sta CIA2TimerBControl
	+MACROAckAllIRQs_A

	; Setup kernal and user mode IRQ vectors to point to a blank routine
	lda #<.initIRQ
	sta KERNALIRQServiceRoutineLo
	lda #>.initIRQ
	sta KERNALIRQServiceRoutineHi

	lda #<.initNMI
	sta KERNALNMIServiceRoutineLo
	lda #>.initNMI
	sta KERNALNMIServiceRoutineHi

	; Turn off various bits in the VIC2 and SID chips
	; Screen, sprites and volume are disabled.
	lda #0
	sta VIC2ScreenColour
	sta VIC2BorderColour
	sta VIC2ScreenControlV
	sta VIC2SpriteEnable

	; Setup raster IRQ
	lda #<IrqTopOfScreen
	sta KERNALIRQServiceRoutineLo
	lda #>IrqTopOfScreen
	sta KERNALIRQServiceRoutineHi
	lda #1
	sta VIC2InteruptControl
	lda #.theLine
	sta VIC2Raster
	lda #$1b
	sta VIC2ScreenControlV

	lda #2
	sta VIC2BorderColour

	+MACROAckAllIRQs_A

	cli
.mainLine
	; Wait for the top IRQ to be triggered
	lda .topIRQDone
	beq .mainLine

	; If fire is pressed then don't update the counter
	lda #%10000
	bit CIA1KeyboardColumnJoystickA
	beq .mainLine

	lda #0
	sta .topIRQDone
	ldx .xPosOffset
	inx
	cpx #40
	bne .o1
	ldx #0
.o1
	stx .xPosOffset
	jmp .mainLine

.topIRQDone !by 0
.xPosOffset !by 0

; Remove all possibility that the timings will change due to previous code
!align 255,0
IrqTopOfScreen
	; Line 45
	pha
	txa
	pha
	tya
	pha

	inc .topIRQDone

	lda #<.irq2
	ldx #>.irq2

	sta KERNALIRQServiceRoutineLo
	stx KERNALIRQServiceRoutineHi
	inc VIC2Raster
	+MACROAckRasterIRQ_A

	; Begin the raster stabilisation code
	tsx
	cli
	; These nops never really finish due to the raster IRQ triggering again
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
.irq2
	; Line 46
	txs

	; Delay for a while
	ldx #8
.l1
	dex
	bne .l1
	bit $ea
	nop

	; Final cycle wobble check.
	lda #.theLine+1
	cmp VIC2Raster
	beq .start
.start

	; The raster is now stable

	; Line 47
	lda #$11
	sta VIC2ScreenControlV

	; Waste some time
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	bit $ea

	; Still in line 47
	; Calculate a variable offset to delay by branching over nops
	lda #39
	sec
	sbc .xPosOffset
	; divide by 2 to get the number of nops to skip
	lsr
	sta .sm1+1
	; Force branch always
	clv

	; Line 48

	; Introduce a 1 cycle extra delay depending on the least significant bit of the x offset
	bcc .sm1
.sm1
	bvc *
	; The above branches somewhere into these nops depending on the x offset position
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop
	nop

	; Show the raster position is stable and varies as a function of x offset
	; If these border colour changes are removed then they need to be replaced with the same
	; cycle count of nops
	inc VIC2BorderColour
	dec VIC2BorderColour

	; Do the HSP by tweaking the VIC2ScreenControlV register at the correct time
	lda #$1b
	dec VIC2ScreenControlV
	inc VIC2ScreenControlV
	sta VIC2ScreenControlV


	; Restart the IRQ chain
	lda #<IrqTopOfScreen
	ldx #>IrqTopOfScreen
	ldy #.theLine
	sta KERNALIRQServiceRoutineLo
	stx KERNALIRQServiceRoutineHi
	sty VIC2Raster
	+MACROAckRasterIRQ_A

	; Exit the IRQ
	pla
	tay
	pla
	tax
	pla
.initIRQ
.initNMI
	rti
</code>