The Ins & Outs of the Amstrad
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A firmware manual and a guide to the workings of the various chips in the CPC at I/O level.
The compact size of this book made it, for many programmers, a more practical reference than the bulky SOFT 968 official firmware guide.
Useful reference pages on the CRTC and other chips completed the work.
Information
| Title: | The Ins & Outs of the AMSTRAD |
| Authors: | Don Thomasson |
| Publisher: | Melbourne House |
| Year: | 1984 |
| Pages: | 123 |
| ISBN: | 0-86161-190-X |
Contents
Introduction.
The Ins
System Overview
The Memory System
The Inner Peripherals
The I/O Address Map
The Video Gate Array
The CRT Controler
The Parallel Peripheral Interface
The Printer Port
The Other Peripherals
The Programmable Sound Generator
The Keyboard
The Cassette Recorder
The Operating System
The RST Area
Jumpblock Entries
Interrupts and Events
Operating System Calls
The Interface.
The Outs
General Principles
Parallel Interfaces
Interface Rules
Alternative Printer Port
Software Support
Communicating Computers
Serial Interfaces
Analog Interfaces
Sideways ROMs
ROM Types and Formats
Applications
External ROM Hardware
A Second Processor
Overview.
