Table Of Contents - Commodore Amiga Hardware Reference Manual

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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