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|    ArcadeAge to B. P. TBC    |
|    Re: CBM-510 VIC-II programming    |
|    29 Oct 18 10:22:56    |
      On Sunday, October 28, 2018 at 8:16:40 PM UTC+1, B. P. TBC wrote:       > Hi all!       > Can anyone help me with VIC-II programming?       > I previosly wrote a small BASIC program for Commodore 64, which switch        > to bitmap mode, clear the screen, an put some pixel to the screen. I        > tried to port it to CBM-510. I modified the memory addresses, but I am        > in trouble with memory pointers, because the CBM-510's memory layout is        > different. I think, there is no RAM in bank 15, only there are ROMs,        > registers and I/O space.       > Here is the original C64-program:       > 110 poke 53265,peek(53265) or 32       > 115 poke 53272,peek(53272) or 8       > 120 for i=1024 to 2023       > 130 poke i,16       > 140 next i       > 210 for i=8192 to 16191       > 220 poke i,0       > 230 next i       > 310 poke 8192,255       > 320 poke 8195,170       > In the line 110 I switch to bitmap mode, and in the line 115 I set up        > the bitmap memory to 8192. After that, I fill the screen memory with        > "16" (00010000 = black background and white foreground), and from the        > line 210, I clear the bitmap. But in the CBM-510-version, I don't know,        > where is the correct place for the bitmap memory?       > Here is the CBM-510 version:       > 110 poke 55313,peek(55313) or 32       > 115 poke 55320,peek(55320) or 8       > 120 for i=53248 to 54247       > 130 poke i,16       > 140 next i       > 210 for i=8192 to 16191       > 220 poke i,0       > 230 next i       > 310 poke 8192,255       > 320 poke 8195,170       > But it doesn't work. It switch to bitmap mode, clears the screen memory,        > but there are something garbage instead of the graphics...       > (The address of the VIC-II on the CBM-510 is greater by 2048, than the C64.)       > Can anybody help me?       >        > ---       > Ezt az e-mailt az Avast víruskereső szoftver átvizsgálta.       > https://www.avast.com/antivirus              Hi!              Are you acquainted with David Viner's web page?              https://www.davidviner.com/cbm6.html?name=500+Hi-Res+Graphics              He's made available a lot of interesting material--in particular, the file       called "500 HI-RES MODE" might include some information pertaining to your       problem.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3)    |
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