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Posted By

Dunric
on 2006-02-14
00:13:07

Sprites on the Plus/4

I posted this on c.s.c also, but wanted to ask the question here as well:

How hard would it be to add hardware sprites to the Plus/4? Can this be done by simply mapping the VIC-II routines to unused addresses in the TED, and then writing a software patch to BASIC 3.5 to support it?

A few EPROMs might do the job. Maybe in a cartridge?

Paul

Posted By

siz
on 2006-02-14
03:25:22

Re: Sprites on the Plus/4

I think you don't understand the difference between hardware and software.

The functions are hardwired into the chips, so if you want to use VIC-II functions then you have to put a VIC-II into your computer.

There are no routines that you can map, only registers that can control the behaviour of the chip.

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