VIC-1001 Manual Scanned!
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I did just now, and made a quick eye scan:
- page 56 shows in an interesting fashion, how the VIC chip "sees" the address range - naturally leading to the wrap-around used with POKE36869,255.
- Example programs start at page 122, and it might be interesting to make these available in electronic form, like:
- - "VIC WALL DESTROY" (page 130), and
- - "MAKE PROGRAMMABLE CHARACTER" (page 133).
- The table of inverse, and hyperbolic functions on page 147 isn't bug-free, either.
- pp. 155 contain nice examples how to define UDG's.
- a nice opcode table of the 6502 at pp. 170.
- an internal function/block diagram of the VIC chip at pp. 182. I know of an English version of the data sheet.
- Descriptions of the VIA's at pp. 199, explaining use of the timers, etc.
- Nice tables to design screen layouts and UDG's at pp. 235.
Too bad I can't read Japanese.
- page 56 shows in an interesting fashion, how the VIC chip "sees" the address range - naturally leading to the wrap-around used with POKE36869,255.
- Example programs start at page 122, and it might be interesting to make these available in electronic form, like:
- - "VIC WALL DESTROY" (page 130), and
- - "MAKE PROGRAMMABLE CHARACTER" (page 133).
- The table of inverse, and hyperbolic functions on page 147 isn't bug-free, either.
- pp. 155 contain nice examples how to define UDG's.
- a nice opcode table of the 6502 at pp. 170.
- an internal function/block diagram of the VIC chip at pp. 182. I know of an English version of the data sheet.
- Descriptions of the VIA's at pp. 199, explaining use of the timers, etc.
- Nice tables to design screen layouts and UDG's at pp. 235.
Too bad I can't read Japanese.
Does this mean Japanese customers were thought to be more technically advanced than most Westerns who only would like to play games and learn some Basic programming? Or perhaps the earlier launch of the VIC-1001 gave room for more details which were removed when the Friendly Computer was released worldwide. After all, a lot of techincal details may not be considered friendly, no matter how accurate it is.
As a side note, the English version of the VIC-20 Programmers' Reference Guide contains almost twice as much information as the Swedish translation does. Does anyone see a pattern? In Japan you get all the details in the very first manual, in Sweden you don't get the full picture even after buying another book tailored specifically towards programmers.
As a side note, the English version of the VIC-20 Programmers' Reference Guide contains almost twice as much information as the Swedish translation does. Does anyone see a pattern? In Japan you get all the details in the very first manual, in Sweden you don't get the full picture even after buying another book tailored specifically towards programmers.
Anders Carlsson
Re: VIC-1001 Manual Scanned!
I downloaded it. Some interesting info. So, how was the book finally scanned?Schema wrote:Here it is folks! Warning, 22 MB.
http://www.bombjack.org/commodore/commo ... Manual.pdf
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Re: VIC-1001 Manual Scanned!
My temporarily loss of employment (strike) is your gain! I sat down with a big mug of coffee and spent a day scanning each page manually. Then another day to assemble/tidy it up.sjgray wrote:I downloaded it. Some interesting info. So, how was the book finally scanned?
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I did download it, but I wasn't able to read it, and therefore could not discuss it :)Schema wrote:Bump. Did anyone download it? I was sort of expecting it to generate more discussion.
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