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From: merlin@maths.tcd.ie (Merlin Hughes)
Subject: Re: Manipulation of screenmodes
Date: 31 Jul 92 01:34:04 GMT
To program the VIDC, you need to be in supervisor mode, and you poke
the new data into location $3400000. There are 4 words there mapped
to the VIDC (I think), so you can STM up to 4 registers at a go.
eg:
SWI"OS_EnterOS" -- Supervisor mode
MOV0,#&3400000 -- Address of VIDC
MOV1,#<data> -- Data to program VIDC with
STMIA0,{1} -- Send it to the VIDC
TEQP15,#0:DCD0 -- User mode
The VIDC register you are programming is encoded into the top byte
of the byte you store, the data is in the rest of the word. The
register numbers are separated by 4, ie the first register is &00,
the second &04, etc.
ie:
--Word--
High Byte Low Byte
3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
x x x x x x 0 0 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
\_____________/ \_______________________________________________/
VIDC Address VIDC Data
VIDC registers are:
00 \
.. > Video Palette Logical Colour 0 .. 15
3C /
40 Border Colour
44 \
.. > Cursor Palette Logical Colour 1 .. 3
4C /
-- bit 12=Supremacy, 11..8=Blue, 7..4=Green, 3..0=Red
-- (different slightly in 8BPP modes, but same region)
60 \
.. > Stereo Image Register 7 , 0 .. 6
7C /
-- bit 2..0=Position
80 Horizontal Cycle Register
84 Horizontal Sync Width Register
-- bit 23..14=Data
88 Horizontal Border Start Register
8C Horizontal Display Start Register
90 Horizontal Display End Register
94 Horizontal Border End Register
-- bit 23..14=Data
98 Horizontal Cursor Start Register
-- bit 23..13=Data, 12..11 must be 0 except in Hi-Res mode
9C Horizontal Interlace Register
A0 Vertical Cycle Register
A4 Vertical Sync Width Register
-- bit 23..14=Data
A8 Vertical Border Start Register
AC Vertical Display Start Register
B0 Vertical Display End Register
B4 Vertical Border End Register
-- bit 23..14=Data
B8 Vertical Cursor Start Register
BC Vertical Cursor End Register
-- bit 23..14=Data
C0 Sound Frequency Register
-- bit 7..0=Data
E0 Control Register
-- bit 15..14= Test Mode; 00=>Normal Operation, 01..11=>Test Mode 0, 1, 2
-- bit 8=Test Mode; 0=>Normal Operation, 1=>Test Mode 3
-- bit 7=Composite Sync; 0=>Vertical, 1=>Composite
-- bit 6=Interlace Sync; 0=>Off, 1=>On
-- bit 5..4=DMA Request; 00..11=>End Of Word 0/4, 1/5, 2/6, 3/7
-- bit 3..2=Bits Per Pixel; 00..11=>BPP 1, 2, 4, 8
-- bit 1..0=Pixel Rate; 00..11=>MHz 8, 12, 16, 24
-
Ok, those are the registers. If you are already in the type of mode
you want to be in, and you just want to change the dimensions, you
only need to reprogram the H&V Border/Display Start/End Registers.
If not, you'll have to fiddle with the other relevant sounding
ones.
(
>From mode 13, programming the following registers with the
following data values will get a 384*208 shaped mode..
H Disp Start = 40
H Disp End = 40 + (384/2)
V Disp Start = 63
V Disp End = 63 + 208
You may have to push the borders out a bit.
)
You'll probably get somewhere by experimentation... Something to
note is that RISC OS reprograms stuff about the palette and the
pointer quite regularly, so you'll have difficulty doing things
with them.
For full information, get the VLSI data book, or if you want me to,
I'll type in the rest of what is said about the relevant registers.
I'm not going to type it in now because I'm tired.
I assume you'll assume you have enough screen memory..
People may object to your reprogramming VIDC for a few reasons..
Some people will say it isn't future compatible. I'll believe that
one when I see a new video chip in the Arc - I think you can afford
to forget about that.
Different types of monitors however, are a valid reason for not
doing the reprogramming yourself. People with multisyncs and VGAs
and so on, sometimes have their own base modes defined. That way,
different shaped modes will still be of the preferred users style
(New modes are defined with a standard base mode, and then a VIDC
list with the list of registers that need to be changed for the new
mode. Normally these will only include new values for the H&V
Border/Display Start/End registers.) People like this will hate your
for changing mode yourself.
Anyway, enjoy.
--SICK--Merlin Hughes-- /| This is only the beginning.
merlin@maths.tcd.ie //| We will regroup. We will prepare.
//_| When the time comes, we will emerge and take
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