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- From: u894776@postoffice.utas.edu.au (James McCoull)
- Subject: VIDC Programming Question
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.051650.17939@newsroom.utas.edu.au>
- Sender: news@newsroom.utas.edu.au
- Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 05:16:50 GMT
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- Just posting to ask for help on some low level VIDC programming.
-
- I'm trying to program the VIDC to generate vsync interrupts after each scan
- line - for both screen splitting, palette changing and a few other odds and
- ends. Unfortunately timers are no good for my task, I *must* have real
- vsyncs. So far I'm having a little trouble due to lack of documentation
- (anyone know where I can find some documentation on the VIDC chip?
- so far all my knowledge has come from looking at the OS and playing around
- finding what the registers do).
-
- Basically I have come up with two methods, but both do not work. The first is
- the simplest:
-
- (1) I gather that a vsync occurs when the vertical position passes the
- value in the VDE (vertical display end) register.
- So I had thought by setting the VDE to VDS+1 (vertical display start), I
- would receive a vsync after the first line of the display - then on this
- interrupt i could increase the value in VDE by 1,... and so forth.
- However while all these registers do seem to take effect immediately
- (unlike the vinit,vstart,vend buffer registers - which seem to be latched
- on vsync) - this method doesnt seem to work. It appears that the new VDE
- value is ignored (something to do with the "should i be displaying new data"
- logic on the VIDC chip?).
- I've tried a less ambitious example of only a single midscreen interrupt
- but with no success.
-
- (2) My other 'method' is more complex it involves reprogramming the VC
- (vertical cycle), VSW (vertical sync width) to produce the same effect.
- However while i've only managed to get this method to work in a minimal sense.
- I've managed to get a mid screen split using this method, but the video display
- cuts out for at least one scan line... and i get about 8 distorted lines
- (due to syncing trouble?).
-
- Would any experienced VIDC programmer care to help me?
- - or anyone care to post any VIDC documentation?
-
- I'm at the hear tearing stage!!!
-
- Preferably all followups to the news (as i don't have access to a proper
- unix account)
-
-