For example:
X> Bank Swap 1,10: Rem Swap over banks 10 and 1, bank 10 is the new Sprite bank
Free For_Future
This bank is reserved for the future expansion of AMOS Professional. Use it at your peril!
"Namebank"
This holds the name of a bank. The name is simply a string of eight characters poked into
memory, and it can be changed or altered at will. This makes it easy to create your own bank
types for home-grown accessories. Note that only printable characters should be used, with Ascii
codes greater than 32.
Start
This is the address returned by the START function, and indicates the beginning of the actual
data.
WORK BANKS and DATA BANKS
These are the backbone of many AMOS Professional programs, and are used to hold a variety of
types of information. They may be stored either in memory or on disc, as follows:
Work Banks and Data Banks stored in memory
WORK BANKS
Header dc.l Next_Bank Start-24
dc.l Length_Of_Bank + 16 Start-20
dc.l Number_Of_The_Bank Start-16
dc.w Flag Start-12 (2=Chip Work or 0=Fast Work)
dc.w Free_For_Future Start-10 (Do not touch!)
dc.b "Work " Start-8
Start
* Data goes here
ds.b Length_Of_Bank
DATA BANKS
Header dc.l Next_Bank Start-24
dc.l Length_Of_Bank + 16 Start-20
dc.l Number_Of_The Bank Start-16
dc.w Flag Start-12 (3=Chip Data or 1=Fast Data)
dc.w Free_For_Future Start-10 (Do not touch!)
dc.b "Data " Start-8
Start Returned by START function
* Data goes here
ds.b Length_Of_Bank Returned by LENGTH function