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|    Dennis Katsonis to Lawrence Woodman    |
|    Why does the colour map m    |
|    12 Dec 20 13:23:00    |
   
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   -=> Lawrence Woodman wrote to All <=-   
      
    LW> Hello,   
      
    LW> Does anyone know why the colour map moves between $9400 and $9600 on   
    LW> the Vic? Is there a reason it couldn't stay at a single location such   
    LW> as $9400?   
      
    LW> I've wondered about this for a while and there is probably an obvious   
    LW> reason that I'm missing but I would love to know. My interest in this   
    LW> was renewed recently when I was creating a video (links below) which   
    LW> shows the colour map being used as a location to store data and now it   
    LW> seems I really should find out. I've posted about this on vcfed.org   
    LW> but there's been no answer yet so am hoping someone here will know.   
      
    LW> Run Code and Store Data in Display Memory on the VIC-20   
    LW> Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkfBijC8MSU   
    LW> Article:   
    LW> https://techtinkering.com/articles/code-and-data-in-display-memory-on-th   
    LW> e-vic-20/   
      
      
    LW> Best wishes   
      
   I think it had to do with how the VIC chip addressed memory internally. It was   
   only able to "see" a portion of the Vic 20 memory map, and if you moved the   
   screen memory, then the color RAM would also have to move so it would map   
   correctly.   
      
   http://tinyvga.com/6561   
      
   ... Dennis Katsonis   
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