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From: "Jo Even Skarstein" <joska@online.no>
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Subject: Re: [MiNT] Program start up
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:23:24 +0200
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From: "Lonny Pursell" <atari@bright.net>
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 8:10 AM
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Subject: Re: [MiNT] Program start up

>> a6 holds a copy of the stack
>> a5 points to the data segment
>> a4 points to the bss
>
> Pep, perhaps the values you noted were from a particular language that has
> a
> startup module?   Made a test program in assembler and a2 to a6 were all
> zero.  Your welcome to have the assembler listing/test binary if you wish.

I just had a brief look in the PureC startup-code, and there's nothing there
that indicates that a4-a6 contains any useful data.

Jo Even