Date   : Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:38:08
From   : Steve O'Leary <navalenigma@...>
Subject: Re: poorly master

> Subject: RE: [BBC-Micro] poorly master> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:16:24
+0100> From: tim.matthews@...> To: bbc-micro@...> > > On
Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 05:17:24PM +0100, Wright, Chris wrote:> > > Out of
interest, whats the difference between 'MODE 7' and > > 'MODE 135' ?> > > > MODE
135 is a shadow mode, which means that the framebuffer > > is located
outside the 'main' 32K of RAM, leaving more RAM > > free for programs (HIMEM is
always &8000 when you are in a > > shadow mode). There are shadow versions
of all modes, to > > find the shadow version of a mode you add 128 to the
standard > > mode number. For example the shadow version of MODE 1 is MODE
129.> > Shadow as in only available when shadow ram is installed?> (Excuse
my ignorance!)> > tim.
It's fitted as standard in a Master. As well as quite a few other bits of
extra RAM to.
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