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- From: jpenne@ee.ualberta.ca (Jerry Penner)
- Subject: Re: Double low/hi Res
- Message-ID: <jpenne.721544715@ee.ualberta.ca>
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- Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
- References: <1992Nov9.235907.3531@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 05:05:15 GMT
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- sledbett@nyx.cs.du.edu (Shawn Ledbetter) writes:
-
- >I've read somewhere about the Apple ][e/][c/][gs that it can handle
- >double lo-res/hi-res. Does anyone know the poke values or any other
- >information I need. Thanks in advance.
-
- double lo-res:
- $C05E (49246) ; double-res
- $C056 (49238) ; lo-res
- $C052 (49234) ; full-screen
- $C050 (49232) ; graphics on
-
- double hi-res:
- $C05E (49246) ; double-res
- $C057 (49239) ; hi-res
- $C052 (49234) ; full-screen
- $C050 (49232) ; graphics on
-
- Now, depending on whether you have the 80-column firmware enabled or
- not, you may need to hit some more soft switches.
-
- If you are going to do all the work yourself (ideally in assembly
- language for speed), and you are starting with the machine in
- 40-column mode with the 80-column firmware disabled, then do this:
-
- sta $c001 ; poke 49153,0 ; ; turns on 80STORE switch
- sta $c00d ; poke 49165,0 ; turns on 80 column video mode
-
- If the 80-column firmware is already on and you're in 80-column mode,
- you don't need to do this since the firmware already did it. Keep in
- mind that if you do this yourself you will confuse the firmware if you
- try to print or input characters through it.
-
- To access the graphics (either double-lo or double-hi), the pixels are
- accessed starting in the AUX memory bank (bank 1 on IIgs) and then in
- the MAIN bank (bank 0 on IIgs). They alternate for every double-lores
- pixel and every seven double-hires pixels. To access the AUX memory,
- you hit $C055 (49237) (PAGE2) and then read or write the location. To
- access the MAIN memory, hit $C054 (49236) (PAGE1) and read/write.
-
- If you can get a IIe Technical Reference Manual, a IIc Tech Ref, or a
- IIgs Hardware ref, it will clearly show how video display memory is
- laid out, and will clarify all the details here. The best way to
- learn is to experiment on your own. Disassembling the video firmware
- always helps as well. Disassembling the lo-res graphics routines
- (start at $F800 in the monitor ROM) and the Applesoft hi-res routines
- ($F3xx to $F7xx) will also tell you a lot.
-
- Have fun.
- --
- Jerry Penner jpenne@ee.ualberta.ca Try a 1-line .sig today.
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