Date   : Sun, 10 Nov 1991 14:09:30 GMT
From   : eru!hagbard!sunic!dkuug!ambra!andrew@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (Leif Andrew Rump)
Subject: Re: GSX for Amstrad PCW 8512

mvh@lysator.isy.liu.se (Martin V. Howard) writes:
>In article <3341@m1.cs.man.ac.uk> lilleyc@cs.man.ac.uk (Chris Lilley) writes:
>>My advice is - STEER CLEAR OF GSX !!!
>
>Fine, so what _do_ I do if I want to use the monochrome grafics
>capabilities of the Amstrad.  It's got a fairly high resolution
>(768*256, right?) and I need to have graphical output from a program
>I'm writing.
>
>I don't mind writing my own grafics routines, as long as someone can
>tell me how to access the damn hardware.  I can't find any
>documentation anywhere.  CP/M machines just aren't too hot anylonger
>:)

As I wrote in a previous post the following:
>The Amstrad PCW book 1 (User Guide - CP/M, Logo & WordProcessor
>Manual) refer on page 60 to Soft 971: A Guide to CP/M Plus.
>
>Also I found an old book - sob sob  :-)
>
>The Amstrad CP/M Plus
>David Powys-Lylbe & Andrew R. M. Clarke
>M.M.L. Systems
>11 Sun Street
>London
>EC2M 2PS
>
>ISBN 1 869910 05 2 (paper)
>ISBN 1 869910 00 1 (ring)

As far as I remember - at least one of them describe how to access
the bitmapped screen memory (yep it is always bitmappes!). It is a
bit complicated but when you have the information please feel free
to post me again if you have specific questions - I can't remember
that much about it on hand but your questions may trigger some
neurons!

Andrew

The only thing I got when I returned from SAS was this lousy signature...

Leif Andrew Rump, AmbraSoft A/S, Stroedamvej 50, DK-2100 Copenhagen OE, Denmark
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