Eric Seeley wrote:
> Does anyone know a way to modify the routine so that I can call a
> subroutine (I am also using Long Calls as in AN 581) and "return" to
> the "bottom" half of a page?

You mean the top half.  The half with higher value of PC<8>.  ;-)

The only way I know how to do it is with a vector.  Messy.  Have the
macro save the current "$", add a "goto" to a place in bottom half
(PC<8> = 0) of program memory, encode a long call there, and then a goto
to return to the current code address.

The limits on 12C509 with respect to GOTO and CALL and number of file
registers have already pushed me to a data stack architecture for almost
all file register usage ... I may go to a manual return stack as well,
and build a sort of token interpreter.  Needs more thinking.

I wonder why I am trying to cram so much into a 12C509 when I should go
buy something with more ROM and same number of legs?  ;-)

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