C128‘s VDC vs IBM XT‘s CGA: 16 Color Graphics using the 30 year old VDC-Basic extension
This video compares the C128's VDC chip to the IBM-PCs CGA technology.
It shows how CGA-Lowres graphics in 160x100 resolution with 16 colors can be displayed on the VDC-chip.
Programming is done in Commodore Basic 7, introducing a 30-year old Basic extension called VDC-Basic.
Find the german version of this video here: • C128 zeigt CGA in 16 Farben bei 160x100. M...
Sources shown in the video:
https://github.com/The8BitTheory/vdc-...
VDC-Basic documentation, sources and binaries:
https://github.com/The8BitTheory/vdc-...
The blog that acted as inspiration to this:
https://bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com...
CGA-Lowres mode explained:
https://int10h.org/blog/2015/04/cga-i...
Complete list of all CGA-Lowres games:
https://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/...
Paku Paku project website:
https://deathshadow.com/pakuPaku
The video about RLE Encoding in Commodore Basic in English:
• C128 Basic 100x faster? - Fast like a Flas...
The video about RLE Encoding in Commodore Basic in German:
• REU und GeoRAM in BASIC Programmen nutzen
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