"""Assemble the Atari 2600 kernel with `xa` and lay out the cartridge. A static image is a 4K cart (one kernel + nine 192-byte tables). An interlace image is an 8K F8-bankswitch cart: two 4K banks, each holding the SAME kernel plus one of the two table sets (frame A / frame B). The kernel toggles the bank once per frame, so the two frames alternate at 60Hz and blend to ~4-6 perceived colours per scanline. """ from __future__ import annotations import os import shutil import subprocess import tempfile VIEWER_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) WAIT_MODES = {"forever": 0, "fire": 1, "key": 1, "seconds": 2} # page-aligned data tables ($F100..$F900) TABLES = {"PF0L": 0xF100, "PF1L": 0xF200, "PF2L": 0xF300, "PF0R": 0xF400, "PF1R": 0xF500, "PF2R": 0xF600, "BKL": 0xF700, "BKR": 0xF800, "PFT": 0xF900} ORDER = ["PF0L", "PF1L", "PF2L", "PF0R", "PF1R", "PF2R", "BKL", "BKR", "PFT"] class AssemblerError(RuntimeError): pass def have_xa() -> bool: return shutil.which("xa") is not None def _assemble_kernel(display: str, seconds: int, interlace: bool) -> bytes: if not have_xa(): raise AssemblerError("The 'xa' (xa65) assembler was not found on PATH.\n" "Install it with: sudo apt install xa65") waitmode = WAIT_MODES.get(display, 0) defs = "".join(f"#define {n} ${a:04X}\n" for n, a in TABLES.items()) wrapper = (defs + f"#define WAITMODE {waitmode}\n" f"#define WAITSECS {max(0, int(seconds))}\n" f"#define IL {1 if interlace else 0}\n" '#include "a2600.s"\n') with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as td: out = os.path.join(td, "k.bin") fd, wrap = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=".s", prefix="_wrap_", dir=VIEWER_DIR) try: with os.fdopen(fd, "w") as f: f.write(wrapper) proc = subprocess.run(["xa", "-o", out, os.path.basename(wrap)], capture_output=True, text=True, cwd=VIEWER_DIR) if proc.returncode != 0: raise AssemblerError(f"xa failed:\n{proc.stdout}{proc.stderr}") with open(out, "rb") as f: kernel = f.read() finally: os.unlink(wrap) if len(kernel) > 0x100: raise AssemblerError(f"kernel is {len(kernel)} bytes, overruns the table " "page at $F100") return kernel def _lay_bank(kernel: bytes, data: bytes) -> bytearray: """One 4096-byte bank: kernel at $F000, nine tables, reset/IRQ vectors.""" rom = bytearray(b"\x00" * 4096) rom[0:len(kernel)] = kernel tables = [data[i * 192:(i + 1) * 192] for i in range(9)] for name, tab in zip(ORDER, tables): off = TABLES[name] - 0xF000 rom[off:off + 192] = tab rom[0xFFC] = 0x00 # reset vector lo -> $F000 rom[0xFFD] = 0xF0 rom[0xFFE] = 0x00 # IRQ/BRK vector rom[0xFFF] = 0xF0 return rom def build_cart(data: bytes, display: str = "forever", seconds: int = 0) -> bytes: """data = nine 192-byte tables (static, 4K cart) or eighteen (two sets -> interlace 8K F8 cart). Returns the cart image with reset vectors set.""" if len(data) == 9 * 192: kernel = _assemble_kernel(display, seconds, interlace=False) return bytes(_lay_bank(kernel, data)) if len(data) == 18 * 192: kernel = _assemble_kernel(display, seconds, interlace=True) bank0 = _lay_bank(kernel, data[:9 * 192]) bank1 = _lay_bank(kernel, data[9 * 192:]) return bytes(bank0 + bank1) raise ValueError(f"expected 1728 or 3456 bytes of tables, got {len(data)}")