uxn/README.md

Uxn

A stack-based VM, written in ANSI C.

Setup

If you wish to build your own emulator, you can create a new instance of Uxn like:

#include "uxn.h"

Uxn u;

if(!bootuxn(&u))
	return error("Boot", "Failed");
if(!loaduxn(&u, argv[1]))
	return error("Load", "Failed");
if(!init())
	return error("Init", "Failed");

evaluxn(u, u->vreset); /* Once on start */
evaluxn(u, u->vframe); /* Each frame

Assembly Syntax

• ADD, an opcode.
• @label, assign the current address to a label.
• ;variable 2, assign an address to a label automatically.
• :const 1a2b, assign an address to a label manually.
• &macro { x 2 y 2 }, define a macro named macro.
• #1a, a literal byte/short.
• +1a, a literal signed byte/short.
• -1a, a literal signed byte/short(negative).
• .ab, a raw byte/short in memory.
• ,literal, push label address to stack, prefixed with LIT LEN.
• =label, helper to STR, equivalent to ,label STR, or label STR2.
• ~label, helper to LDR, equivalent to ,label LDR2, or ,label LDR2.
• |0010, move to position in the program.
• ( comment ), toggle parsing on/off.
• [ 0123 abcd ], write shorts to memory.
• [ Hello World ], write text to memory.

Operator modes

• #1234 #0001 ADD2, 16-bits operators have the short flag 2.
• #12 #11 GTH JMP?, conditional operators have the cond flag ?.
• +21 -03 MULS, signed operators have the cond flag S.
• ADDS2?, modes can be combined.

( hello world )

&Console { pad 8 char 1 byte 1 short 2 }

|0100 @RESET 
	
	,text1 ,print-label JSR
	,text2 ,print-label JSR
	#ab =dev/console.byte
	#cdef =dev/console.short

BRK

@print-label ( text )

	@print-label-loop
		DUP2 LDR =dev/console.char               ( write pointer value to console )
		#0001 ADD2                               ( increment string pointer )
		DUP2 LDR #00 NEQ ,print-label-loop ROT JMP? POP2  ( while *ptr!=0 goto loop )
	POP2

RTS                 

@text1 [ Hello World 0a00 ] ( store text with a linebreak and null byte )
@text2 [ Welcome to UxnVM 0a00 ]

|c000 @FRAME
|d000 @ERROR 

|FF00 ;dev/console Console

|FFF0 .RESET .FRAME .ERROR ( vectors )
|FFF8 [ 13fd 1ef3 1bf2 ] ( palette )

TODOs

OS Boot Disk

• Load external disk in disk2
• Build hex editor
• Build sprite editor

Examples

• Basics:
  • Simple drag/drop redraw
  • Window basics with open/close drag/drop redraw
  • Example of button pointing to a subroutine
• GUI:
  • Line routine
  • Extra frame buffer addressing? Mirror sprites?

Assembler

• Includes
• Defines

Refs

https://code.9front.org/hg/plan9front/file/a7f9946e238f/sys/src/games/nes/cpu.c http://www.w3group.de/stable_glossar.html http://www.emulator101.com/6502-addressing-modes.html http://forth.works/8f0c04f616b6c34496eb2141785b4454 https://justinmeiners.github.io/lc3-vm/