Commodore Amiga - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 1
Components of the Amiga ........................................................................................... 1
THE MO 68000 AND THE AMIGA SPEOIAL-PURPOSE
lIARDW
ARE ..................................................................................................................... 2
VOR AND DIREOT OAMERA INTERFAOE
..................................................... 5
PRIMARY AND SEOONDARY MEMORY
......................................................... 5
PERIPHERALS
................................................................................................................ 5
System Expandability and Adaptability .......................................................... 6
Chapter 2 COPROCESSOR HARDWARE .......................................................... 7
Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 7
ABOUT THIS OHAPTER ............................................................................................ 8
What is a Copper Instruction? ................................................................................. 8
The MOVE Instruction
.................................................................................................. 9
The WAIT Instruction .................................................................................................... 11
HORIZONTAL BEAM POSITION .......................................................................... 12
VERTIOAL BEAM POSITION ................................................................................. 12
THE OOMPARISON ENABLE BITS ..................................................................... 13
Using the Copper Registers ......................................................................................... 13
LOOATION REGISTERS ............................................................................................ 13
JUMP STROBE ADDRESS
......................................................................................... 14
OONTROL REGISTER ................................................................................................ 14
Putting Together a Copper Instruction List ................................................. 15
OOMPLETE SAMPLE OOPPER LIST ................................................................. 17
LOOPS AND BRANOHES .......................................................................................... 19
Starting and Stopping the Copper ........................................................................ 19
STARTING
THE OOPPER AFTER RESET ...................................................... 19
STOPPING THE OOPPER ........................................................................................ 19
Advanced Topics ................................................................................................................. 20
THE SI(IP INSTRUOTION ........................................................................................ 20
OOPPER LOOPS AND BRANOHES AND OOMP ARISON
ENABLE
.............................................................................................................................. 21
USING
THE COPPER IN INTERLACED MODE ........................................... 22
USING
THE OOPPER WITH THE BLITTER .................................................. 23
THE COPPER AND THE 68000 .............................................................................. 24
Summary of Copper Instructions ........................................................................... 24
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