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(SBIT x SBIT CHARACTER

BLOCKS)

(SBIT x SBIT

CHARACTER BLOCKS)

1 PLAYER

1H 2H 3H 4H

6H 7H

l---+----4~-+--+~-+---t-~t--~

••

sv••

.,.__,._~t----+---.~-+-~~.....-~

SBIT x SBIT

CHARACTER

BLOCK

1 H 2H 3H 4H

6H 7H

1V---

1v_

.....

THE OUTPUT OF SHIFT REGISTER

Figure

3-11

Character Display Data

positions

which

a character can be placed

the

playfield. In

other

words,

for

each

position

the

monitor

screen

which

an 8 x 8 playfield character

can

displayed,

there

8-bit

data

code

stored at

particular

address

RAM,

which

determines

what

character,

any, is

be displayed

that

position.

The

method

which

the

MPU

writes

the

appro-

priate playfield data

each RAM

location,

and

then

the

horizontal

and vertical

timing

signals read

this

data

out

for

actual

video

generation

known

"cycle-sharing."

The

circuitry

that

controls

this

cycle-sharing

technique

composed

the

three

Super Breakout

3-11

Brand	Atari
Model	Super Breakout
Category	Video Gaming Accessories
Language	English

Atari Super Breakout User Manual

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