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Fantasm tips/Docs

• Fantasm 6/ LIDE 3 FAQ (pdf)
• Fantasm 5 official documentation index
• LSA Docs/master index held on-line (Fant5)
• Beginners guide to PowerPC assembly language
• Libraries - up to V5, changed for V5
• Macros
• Projects - upto V4, changed in V5
• 68K local variables - upto V4, changed in V5.
• Tim's 68K beginners guide
• Fantasm Master Class - Runtime checking for illegal read/write addresses
• Fantasm Master Class - Mixing C and Fantasm

Macintosh specific

• A.D.B. bus programming.
• Cluts and Fading
• Sound
• Timing and timer tasks
• Universal Procedure Pointers.
• Mixing PPC and 68K in the same fragment

PowerPC specific

• BSS alignment
• Byte reversal routines
• Cache usage and optimisation tips
• The PowerPC Floating Point Unit - usage and formats.
• Leaf routines
• Precalculation and speed

Programming in general

• Abstract Data
• Choosing a picture format for your program.
• Commenting
• Debugging
• Modules
• Naming conventions
• Search algorithms explained
• Stack popping
• Technique.
• A Better Square Root
• Atan and Square Root functions
• Drawing Things From Scratch In Carbon (NEW)