Re: New CBM-II discoveries

From: Steve Gray <sjgray_at_rogers.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 01:32:02 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <558540622.1437842.1529803922615@mail.yahoo.com>
Well, hopefully the roms can be found, even if in a printout somewhere. Otherwise, we'll need to make our own.The Z80 processor is probably close enough to the 8088 board that adapting the CBM-side code would be possible.Someone would need to adapt a CP/M bios.
The Hires board can probably use the HSG firmware with only small changes.There are 3 bitplanes instead of one, so to do colour we probably have to figure out how to select the proper bitplane before issuing a draw command. you probably need to repeat the same draw command with a different plane selected corresponding to the on bits of the desired colour. I started disassembling the HRG firmware a few years ago but never finished. 
Steve

      From: Christian Dirks <Toast_r@IdeaLine.info>
 To: cbm-hackers@musoftware.de 
 Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2018 5:31 AM
 Subject: Re: New CBM-II discoveries
   
Am 22.06.2018 um 23:40 schrieb Steve Gray:

> 1) The Z80 co-processor board.
> 2) The Hires Color Grafik board.

Great stuff!
I wonder if there will be firm-/software to make these useable...


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Received on 2018-06-24 04:00:04

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