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'''Excerpted from''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromemco_Dazzler Wikipedia]. | '''Excerpted from''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromemco_Dazzler Wikipedia]. | ||
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| − | ===Cromemco Dazzler S-100 board images=== | + | [[File:Cromemco Dazzler Apr 1976.jpg|thumb|right| The Cromemco TV Dazzler introductory advertisement, April 1976.]] |
| − | + | [[File:Popular Electronics February 1976.jpg|thumb|right| Popular Electronics February 1976 with the Cromemco TV Dazzler introduction.(in collection)]] | |
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| + | <Gallery> | ||
| + | File:Cromemco Dazzler Boards Front.jpg | ||
| + | File:Cromemco Dazzler Boards Back.jpg | ||
| + | File:Cromemco Dplus 7A I-O and JS-1 Joystick.jpg | ||
| + | File:Cromemco Dplus7A I-O Front.jpg | ||
| + | </Gallery> | ||
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| + | ===Cromemco Dazzler Rev. C S-100 board images=== | ||
| + | Here is a working Cromemco Dazzler in an Altair 8800b running cp/m 2.2 from my platform agnostic .cs port of deRamp's FDC+ serial server. | ||
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| + | [[File:CromemcoDazzlerDemoCompact.jpg|800px]] | ||
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===Resources=== | ===Resources=== | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromemco_Dazzler Wikipedia] article. | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromemco_Dazzler Wikipedia] article. | ||
*Dazzler article at [http://www.s100computers.com/Hardware%20Folder/Cromemco/Dazzler/Dazzler.htm S100 computer] | *Dazzler article at [http://www.s100computers.com/Hardware%20Folder/Cromemco/Dazzler/Dazzler.htm S100 computer] | ||
*Popular Electronics construction article February 1976 [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1976/Poptronics-1976-02.pdf '''Build the "TV DAZZLER"'''] [http://www.americanradiohistory.com American Radio History archive] | *Popular Electronics construction article February 1976 [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1976/Poptronics-1976-02.pdf '''Build the "TV DAZZLER"'''] [http://www.americanradiohistory.com American Radio History archive] | ||
| + | *z80pack [http://www.autometer.de/unix4fun/z80pack/ emulation] including Cromemco Dazzler graphics | ||
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| + | ===Testing=== | ||
| + | ====Software==== | ||
| + | =====daztest.asm===== | ||
| + | .prn file from assembley | ||
| + | <source lang="text"> | ||
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| + | ; daztest.asm | ||
| + | ; From Cromemco Dazzler manual November 1978 page 6 | ||
| + | ; "When sense switch A12 is raised the DAZZLER goes into color mode..." | ||
| + | ; see also Cromemco Dazzler wiki page at RetroWagon | ||
| + | ; http://retrowagon.org/wiki/index.php/ | ||
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| + | 0000 org 0 | ||
| + | 0000 3E80 test: mvi a,080h | ||
| + | 0002 D30E out 0eh | ||
| + | 0004 DBFF in 0ffh | ||
| + | 0006 D30F out 0fh | ||
| + | 0008 C30000 jmp test | ||
| + | </source> | ||
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| + | ====Downloads==== | ||
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| + | The [[:Media:Daztest.zip| daztest.zip]] file contains DAZTEST.ASM, .HEX and .PRN | ||
| + | ===History=== | ||
| + | * 6 May 2016 purchased board. (It's going to be a long week waiting for it.) | ||
| + | [[Category:Cromemco]] | ||
[[Category:S-100 Boards]] | [[Category:S-100 Boards]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Operational]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:22, 16 September 2018
Cromemco's Dazzler (or TV DAZZLER) was a graphics card for S-100 bus computers. Released in 1976, it is the first commercial color bit-mapped graphics card available for microcomputers. Multiple Dazzler cards could be installed in a single machine and synced together, a feature which could, with minor modification, be used to genlock. Genlocked Dazzler cards drove ColorGraphics Weather Systems displays that generated most of the weather imagery seen on US television in the early 1980s. Excerpted from Wikipedia.
Contents
Cromemco Dazzler Rev. C S-100 board images
Here is a working Cromemco Dazzler in an Altair 8800b running cp/m 2.2 from my platform agnostic .cs port of deRamp's FDC+ serial server.
Resources
- Wikipedia article.
- Dazzler article at S100 computer
- Popular Electronics construction article February 1976 Build the "TV DAZZLER" American Radio History archive
- z80pack emulation including Cromemco Dazzler graphics
Testing
Software
daztest.asm
.prn file from assembley
; daztest.asm
; From Cromemco Dazzler manual November 1978 page 6
; "When sense switch A12 is raised the DAZZLER goes into color mode..."
; see also Cromemco Dazzler wiki page at RetroWagon
; http://retrowagon.org/wiki/index.php/
0000 org 0
0000 3E80 test: mvi a,080h
0002 D30E out 0eh
0004 DBFF in 0ffh
0006 D30F out 0fh
0008 C30000 jmp test
Downloads
The daztest.zip file contains DAZTEST.ASM, .HEX and .PRN
History
- 6 May 2016 purchased board. (It's going to be a long week waiting for it.)
