CompuServe Messages

Peeking LCD memory

#: 88430 S4/Tech Notes & Util.Forum unknown
    08-Aug-85 03:35:59
Fm: Tim Peters 72227,2416
To: Ronald W.Johnson 70116,1416

This message turned up in search, but its forum couldn’t be identified from the original transcript, so it may not be linked into its thread.

The character set's pixel map is in ROM, not RAM, so you won't find it there. If I understand your problem, I believe what you want are the 6 bytes beginning at 65516 (high RAM) – this is where the M100 stores the pixel map for the character position it's currently "blinking". Same FORMAT as the graphic character table: 6 bytes, 1 for each column, in each byte/col the sign bit corresponds to the lowermost pixel, etc. (Ah, if only Tandy would sell a source listing for the ROM – I think they don't WANT you to know this stuff! Sigh…) – tim