Subj : Re: ATARI and Spectrum are rubbish - The C64 is the king of home-comput
To   : Andreas Kohlbach
From : Charles Richmond
Date : Sun May 13 2018 19:53:02

On 5/11/2018 3:01 PM, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
> On Thu, 10 May 2018 22:15:28 -0700 (PDT), bradleyjbell@comcast.net wrote:
>>
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>> But tell us all about the C64 graphic modes. Can you easily mix them?
>> Did you have re definable character sets?
>
> AFAIK you cannot mix graphic modes on the Commodore 64. But you could
> edit the character set.
>

You *can* switch graphic modes and also mix graphic and text modes on
the C=64.  You do that by counting the horizontal retrace interrupts and
using the appropriate blanking pulses to change the mode "on the fly".


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