Re: What does VIC-II do when switched "off"?

From: bwack <bwack77111_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2020 10:59:32 +0100
Message-ID: <CAERwQocwmJepLdGHSMKFyOnmhCK1jaYxmTgghOGgmbkNcR2sVQ_at_mail.gmail.com>
The vic II txt writeup shows all data access?

Hans.

fre. 7. feb. 2020, 10:16 skrev tokafondo <tokafondo_at_gmail.com>:

> I've been studying the things the VIC-II does when sharing the data bus
> with
> the CPU. I'm talking about fetching data for text, graphics, color and
> sprites. And then, refreshing the DRAM.
>
> But... what if I turn the VIC-II "off"? What does it do when I want no
> graphics at all? Just refreshing DRAM? does it stop accessing the bus and
> reading all the memory locations it needs or does it just do it every time,
> no matter if it's displaying something?
>
> I'm asking this, because I'm having the idea of this GPU cartridge for the
> Commodore 64, where the VIC-II is not used at all, so the CPU has all the
> cycles it can use during its turn of the clock cycle available for it, with
> no badlines or color ram or sprites interfering that make the VIC-II stop
> it.
>
> Thanks for answers.
>
>
>
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Received on 2020-05-30 00:52:36

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