Re: Commodore 8296GD

From: Anders Carlsson <*anders.carlsson_at_sfks.se*> Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 01:13:49 +0200 Message-ID: <6E20F75C56F54068A1DF31B354F6BEE0@zapac9ea002038> · anders.carlsson_at_sfks.se

Hello,

Rhialto wrote:
> The first post mentioned that it was piggybacked onto the character 
> generator ROM and the CRTC... and so the one on the board is a *second* 
> CRTC?

Steve Gray wrote:
> No, the original CRTC chip and CHARROM are transplanted to this board. 
> [..] However, there IS a DIFFERENT graphics card for PET that contains 
> it's own CRTC chip.

Unless I'm completely confused, the board Michal found in his 8296D was 
piggybacked onto the ROM and CRTC, so if both boards are of the HR(G)E 
variety, perhaps there were different ways to implement it?

Best regards

Anders Carlsson

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