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The Memotech MTX Series

The FDX 80 Column Graphics Card

 

The Motorola MC6845 CRTC - continued

 

FDX 80 Column Card Design

 

The 80C card uses a number of I/O ports to interface to the 6845

 

Port

Bit

R/W

Function
30 D0 W

D0 to D7 corresponds to A0 to A7

Writing to this port initiates a VDU memory access

to
D7
31 D0 W

D0 to D2 corresponds to A8 to A10

D1
D2
D3 - Not Used
D4 - Not Used
D5 W Write enable attribute memory (ATRWE)
D6 W Write enable ASCII memory (ASCWE)
D7 W Write cycle when high/read when low
32 D0 R/W

D0 to D7 correspond to ALPHA or GRAPHIC character codes bits 0 to 7

to
D7
Attribute Byte
 

Monochrome Display

Colour Display
33 D0 R/W

Underline

Red foreground
D1

(no effect)

Green foreground
D2

Bright Up

Blue foreground
D3

(no effect)

Red background
D4

Reverse Video

Green background
D5

Background

Blue background
D6 Blink Blink
D7 Graphics Mode Graphics Mode

Bit Level Ports - Refer to the MC8645 Datasheet

38 (5 bits) Pointer to 8645 Register File Address
39 (8 bits) Data to/from target 8645 Register File Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

 

 

 

 

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