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Bitmap Graphics on the Amstrad CPC and Enterprise 128 - Lesson P3

Offered By: ChibiAkumas via YouTube

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Retro Computing Courses Computer Graphics Courses Memory Management Courses

Course Description

Overview

Explore bitmap graphics on the Amstrad CPC and Enterprise 128 in this 32-minute video lesson. Dive into a common approach for displaying data on screen without using firmware, focusing on these two systems with functionally similar graphics capabilities. Learn about bitmap memory, CRTC initialization, screen address tables, and color management. Discover how to efficiently copy data to the screen and understand the key differences between the Amstrad CPC and Enterprise 128. Gain practical knowledge through accompanying source code and a matching text lesson available on the instructor's website.

Syllabus

Introduction
Amstrad CPC
Common code
Bitmap memory
Init initialization
CRTC
GetScreenPause
GetNextLine
NextGreenbyte
Screen Address Table
Libre Office
Enterprise 128
Definitions
Screen Memory
Colors
The dirty work
Copying the data
Summary
Outro


Taught by

ChibiAkumas

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