Re: (Fwd) Re: 8032 crt vs. 3032 crt

From: A. Fachat <afachat_at_gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 08:05:12 +0200
Message-ID: <13f9dfc08c0.279a.b4d1f2b66006003a6acd9b1a7b71c3b1@gmx.de>
Am 2. Juli 2013 08:46:15 schrieb "MikeS" <dm561@torfree.net>:
> It turns out that there is a routine in the graphic ROM that checks for 
> presence of the VIDEO ON signal on PB5 of the VIA that is not in the 
> business version; the problem was a broken trace from the PIA to the VIA.

Ah,  a remnant of the old PET 2001 "don't access the screen memory while 
displaying" code - that waited for retrace before printing to avoid snow on 
the screen.
This code is also the cause for the speed up poke that turned into a killer 
poke.

Didn't think it was still in the Basic4 editor.

André



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