[Coco] [Color Computer] WordPak RS/CO80

Boisy Pitre boisy at boisypitre.com
Mon Jan 3 22:15:53 EST 2005


On Jan 3, 2005, at 8:48 PM, Bob Devries wrote:

> Boisy said:
>> There is a 6116 (2Kx8) RAM chip onboard which connects to the 6545, 
>> as well as a 2K Character ROM.
>
> Boisy, as far as I remember you can not access the ram directly. All 
> commands are poked into one of the registers of the card, and control 
> sequences are used to move cursor etc, much like the OS9 32 column 
> screen.

I believe you're right -- the address lines of the RAM chip connect to 
the 6545.

I can move the cursor around, but I cannot figure out how to write a 
character at the cursor location.  So close...

Where is Gene Heskett when you need him?  He's supposed to be an 
authority on this thing...

Boisy




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