# Watara Supervision specific information for cc65

## Stefan A. Haubenthal

An overview over the Supervision runtime system as it is implemented for the cc65 C compiler.

## 1. Overview

## 2. Binary format

## 3. Memory layout

## 4. Platform specific header files

- 4.1 Hardware access

## 5. Loadable drivers

- 5.1 Graphics drivers
- 5.2 Extended memory drivers
- 5.3 Joystick drivers
- 5.4 Mouse drivers
- 5.5 RS232 device drivers

## 6. Limitations

- 6.1 Disk I/O

## 7. Other hints

## 8. License

## 1. Overview

This file contains an overview of the Supervision runtime system as it comes with the cc65 C compiler. It describes the memory layout, Supervision specific header files, available drivers, and any pitfalls specific to that platform.

Please note that Supervision specific functions are just mentioned here, they are described in detail in the separate function reference. Even functions marked as "platform dependent" may be available on more than one platform. Please see the function reference for more information.

## 2. Binary format

The standard binary output format generated by the linker for the Supervision target is a 2×16 kbyte machine language program. It is of course possible to change this behaviour by using one of the different linker configs.

## 3. Memory layout

cc65 generated programs with the default setup run with the I/O area enabled, which gives a usable memory range of $8000 - $FFF9. More ROM may need additional bankswitching code.

Special locations:

Text screen

  No conio support is currently available for the Supervision.

Stack

  The C runtime stack is located at $1FFF and growing downwards.

Heap

  The C heap is located at the end of the program and grows towards the C runtime stack.

## 4. Platform specific header files

Programs containing Supervision specific code may use the `supervision.h` header file.

## 4.1 Hardware access

The following pseudo variables declared in the `supervision.inc` include file do allow access to hardware located in the address space.

`IO`

  The `IO` defines allow access to the IO chip.

## 5. Loadable drivers

## 5.1 Graphics drivers

No graphics drivers are currently available for the Supervision.

## 5.2 Extended memory drivers

No extended memory drivers are currently available for the Supervision.

## 5.3 Joystick drivers

`supervision-stdjoy.joy (supervision_stdjoy_joy)`

  A joystick driver for the standard two buttons joypad is available.

## 5.4 Mouse drivers

No mouse drivers are currently available for the Supervision.

## 5.5 RS232 device drivers

No communication port drivers are currently available for the Supervision.

## 6. Limitations

## 6.1 Disk I/O

The existing library for the Supervision doesn't implement C file I/O. There are even no hacks for the `read()` and `write()` routines.

To be more concrete, this limitation means that you cannot use any of the following functions (and a few others):

- fclose
- fopen
- fread
- fprintf
- fputc
- fscanf
- fwrite
- ...

## 7. Other hints

## 8. License

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