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Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
4
Getting Started
6
What this Manual Covers
6
The Power Supply
7
What You See
8
Turning It on
8
COSMAC VIP Operation
9
Using the Operating System
9
Memory Write
9
Tape Write
9
Tape Read
9
Memory Read
10
Tape Write
10
Tape Read
10
Testing Your Cassette System
11
CHIP-8 Language Programming
12
Branch Instructions
12
How to Change and Use the Variables
12
Using the Display Instructions
13
Applying CHIP-8
15
Some Program Ideas
16
Machine Language Programming
18
VIP Machine Coding
18
Putting Machine Coding and CHIP-8 Language Together
18
Machine Language Programming Summed up
19
Logic Description
20
How Memory Is Addressed
20
How the Input/Output Works
20
Expansion Considerations and Connections
22
Using the Byte Input/Output
22
Using the Expansion Interface
23
Some Expansion Ideas
23
Troubleshooting Hints
26
No Sound
26
No Display
26
Other Problems
26
Signal Tracing
26
Last Resorts
27
Appendix A - Test and Operating Data
28
Byte Pattern for Displaying "COSMAC
28
Beeper Program
28
Cassette Attachment Diagram
29
Cassette Phase Test
29
Cassette Data Test
30
Cassette Recording Guidelines
31
Memory Test Program
31
Appendix B - Operating System
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Operating System Listing
32
Operating System Register Table
33
Operating System Summary
33
Appendix C - CHIP-8 Interpreter
34
CHIP-8 Interpreter Listing
34
CHIP-8 Memory Map
35
CHIP-8/Operating System Standard Digit Display Format
36
CHIP-8 User Notes
37
Appendix D - Video Games
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1 VIP Kaleidoscope
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2 VIP Video Display Drawing Game
38
3 VIP Wipe off
38
Vip Video Display Drawing Game
40
4 VIP Space Intercept
38
5 VIP 4096-Bit Picture
38
19 VIP Strike-9
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20 VIP Card Game (Like the Well-Known Acey-Ducey)
42
Appendix E - Logic Diagrams
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Fig. E-1 - Microprocessor and Display Interface Circuits
42
Fig. E-2 - ROM Circuits and Expansion Interface
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Fig. E-3 - Keyboard, Decoding, Audio Oscillator, and Cassette Interface Circuits
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Fig. E-4 - RAM Circuits
45
Appendix F - Board Layout, Parts List, and Assembly Instructions
48
Printed Circuit Board Layout
48
COSMAC VIP Expansion Notes
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A. Soldering the PC Board
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B. Voltage Regulator Option
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C. Additional 2048-Byte RAM Option
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RCA CDP18S711 Specifications
General
Optical Drive
DVD-RW
HDMI Port
1
VGA Port
1
Operating System
Windows 10
Ethernet
10/100/1000 Mbps
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