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Display_list_instruction_table

Instructions for Blank lines#

Instruction dec	Instruction hex	BASIC Mode	Scan lines	Pixel per line	Bytes per line	Comment
0	$00	na	1	0	0	1 blank line
16	$10	na	2	0	0	2 blank lines
32	$20	na	3	0	0	3 blank lines
48	$30	na	4	0	0	4 blank lines
64	$40	na	5	0	0	5 blank lines
80	$50	na	6	0	0	6 blank lines
96	$60	na	7	0	0	7 blank lines
128	$70	na	8	0	0	8 blank lines

Jump Instructions#

Instruction dec	Instruction hex	BASIC Mode	Scan lines	Pixel per line	Bytes per line	Comment
1	$01	na	0	0	0	jump to address, instruction followed by address (2 byte in LSB,MSB order)
65	$41	na	0	0	0	jumpt o address and wait for VBI, instruction followed by address (2 byte in LSB,MSB order)

Instructions for Text Lines#

Instruction dec	Instruction hex	BASIC Mode	Scan lines	Pixel per line	Bytes per line	Comment
2	$02	0	8	40	40	Text mode 0, normal text
3	$03	na	10	40	40	text with full size descenders (e.g. g,p,y,j,q)
4	$04	12 XL/XE OS only	8	40	40	4 color characters, 4 pixel width
5	$05	13 XL/XE OS only	16	40	40	4 color characters, 4 pixel width, double heigth
6	$06	1	8	20	20	Text mode 1, double width text
7	$07	2	16	20	20	Text mode 2, double width and height text

Instructions for Pixel/Graphics Lines#

Instruction dec	Instruction hex	BASIC Mode	Scan lines	Pixel per line	Bytes per line	Comment
8	$08	3	8	40	10	Graphics Mode 3
9	$09	4	4	80	10	Graphics Mode 4
10	$0A	5	4	80	20	Graphics Mode 5
11	$0B	6	2	160	20	Graphics Mode 6
12	$0C	14 XL/XE OS only	1	160	20	Graphics Mode 14
13	$0D	7	2	160	40	Graphics Mode 7
14	$0E	15 XL/XE OS only	1	160	40	Graphics Mode 15
15	$0F	8	1	320	40	Graphics Mode 8

Function	add decimal	add hex	bit	comment
enable Vertical Scrolling	16	$10	5	see VSCROL
enable Horizontal Scrolling	32	$20	5	see HSCROL
Load memory scan	64	$40	6	instruction followed by address (2 byte in LSB,MSB order)
enable Display List Interrupt	128	$80	7	see VDSLST