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B-27. Function Name: SECOND

Purpose: Send secondary address for LISTEN
Call address: $FF93 (hex) 65427 (decimal)
Communication registers: A
Preparatory routines: LISTEN
Error returns: See READST
Stack requirements: 8
Registers affected: A

Description: This routine is used to send a secondary address to an I/O device after a call to the LISTEN routine is made, and the device is commanded to LISTEN. The routine canNOT be used to send a secondary address after a call to the TALK routine.

A secondary address is usually used to give setup information to a device before I/O operations begin.

When a secondary address is to be sent to a device on the serial bus, the address must first be ORed with $60.

How to Use:

  1. Load the accumulator with the secondary address to be sent.
  2. Call this routine.

EXAMPLE:

   ;ADDRESS DEVICE #8 WITH COMMAND (SECONDARY ADDRESS) #15
   LDA #8
   JSR LISTEN
   LDA #15
   JSR SECOND

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