Re: PET 50Hz editor ROMS

Hi,

My PET/CBM Editor ROM project includes all the CRTC timing and keyboard tables, allowing you to assemble an editor rom with whatever combinations you like, including NTSC/PAL timing, and even C64 keyboard! Right now the 80 column options are working great, but I do not support line wrapping with 40 column yet. 

http://www.6502.org/users/sjgray/projects/editrom/index.html

You can also assemble a "Soft40" version that gives 40 column mode to 80 column machines, reset via keyboard, and even a built-in dos wedge. Feedback is always welcome.

Steve
 
 From: William Levak <wlevak@SDF.ORG>
To: cbm-hackers@musoftware.de 
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12:45:57 AM
Subject: Re: PET 50Hz editor ROMS
  

On Sun, 27 Apr 2014, Rob Clarke wrote:

> OK, here's a text version. The xls contains the formulas for working out the 
> frequencies and frame rates. How about an open format like ODS, will that do?
>
> http://inchocks.co.uk/commodore/PET/PET_CRTC.csv

That makes it clear.  For the 60 Hz versions, the 40 and 80 column ROMs 
use the same CRTC values.  The 50 Hz versions have different CRTC values 
for the 40 and 80 column versions.  There is also a PAL version.  That 
makes 4 different sets of CRTC values.

I have calculated the screen resolution for these values, and the area 
of the screen actually used.

Resolution:
  H = (R0+1)x8 + (R2+1) + R3
  V = (R4+1)x(R9+1) + (R7+1)

Area Used:
  H = R1x8
  V = R6x(R9+1)

                Resolution  Area Used
                  H x V       H x V
         60 Hz  457 x 360   320 x 250
                457 x 362   320 x 200
40 col. 50 Hz  457 x 400   320 x 250
                457 x 438   320 x 200
80 col. 50 Hz  457 x 423   320 x 250
                457 x 430   320 x 200
80 col. PAL    571 x 329   320 x 225
                571 x 329   320 x 200

That still leaves four variations of the 40 column 50 Hz ROMs.  The 
keyboard scan table is also in these ROMs.  We would need to know what 
language each ROM supports in order to uniquely identify them.


wlevak@sdf.lonestar.org
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org/

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