21-03-2022, 07:56 PM
Thanks to archive.org for providing a copy of this manual which had been recently uploaded. It is 42 pages long compared to only 6 of our current copy. Written by Michael J Bauer and published by Dreamware in 1979.
From the Preface of the manual :
This booklet is a programmers’ reference manual for a home/school computer
known as the DREAM-6800: that’s Domestic Recreational & Educational
Adaptive Microcomputer; based on the world’s most powerful truly 8-bit
microprocessor ... the Motorola M6800! Details of the DREAM-6800 system
are to be found in ’Electronics Australia’ magazine; May, June, July and
August issues, 1979. The information contained in this manual is supplementary
to these articles.
The philosophy of the DREAM-6800 video computer is simplicity. There is much
that can be done with such a simple system, without any add-ons. Many
constructors will be tempted to add 16K RAM boards, ASCII keyboards, printers...
you name it. But the real purpose is to stretch the imagination to see what
can be done with the system as it stands: with one-K RAM, CHIPOS EPROM,
64x32 dot video display, HEX keypad, timer, bleeper and cassette.
The sections within the manual include :
PREFACE
CHIPOS Software Design and System Integration
CHIPOS SUBROUTINES & Calling Sequences
CHIPOS LST Commented Listing
SYMBOL TABLE
DREAMBUG LST Commented Listing
MEMORY CHECK PROGRAM LST Commented Listing
BRANCH OFFSET CALCULATOR LST Commented Listing
GETTING STARTED WITH CHIP-8
Monitor Command Summary
Hexadecimal and Decimal Conversion Table
TABLE OF CHIP-8 INSTRUCTIONS
So in the Vintage Repository in the Dream_6800 folder we placed this updated version
chipos_manual.pdf
From the Preface of the manual :
This booklet is a programmers’ reference manual for a home/school computer
known as the DREAM-6800: that’s Domestic Recreational & Educational
Adaptive Microcomputer; based on the world’s most powerful truly 8-bit
microprocessor ... the Motorola M6800! Details of the DREAM-6800 system
are to be found in ’Electronics Australia’ magazine; May, June, July and
August issues, 1979. The information contained in this manual is supplementary
to these articles.
The philosophy of the DREAM-6800 video computer is simplicity. There is much
that can be done with such a simple system, without any add-ons. Many
constructors will be tempted to add 16K RAM boards, ASCII keyboards, printers...
you name it. But the real purpose is to stretch the imagination to see what
can be done with the system as it stands: with one-K RAM, CHIPOS EPROM,
64x32 dot video display, HEX keypad, timer, bleeper and cassette.
The sections within the manual include :
PREFACE
CHIPOS Software Design and System Integration
CHIPOS SUBROUTINES & Calling Sequences
CHIPOS LST Commented Listing
SYMBOL TABLE
DREAMBUG LST Commented Listing
MEMORY CHECK PROGRAM LST Commented Listing
BRANCH OFFSET CALCULATOR LST Commented Listing
GETTING STARTED WITH CHIP-8
Monitor Command Summary
Hexadecimal and Decimal Conversion Table
TABLE OF CHIP-8 INSTRUCTIONS
So in the Vintage Repository in the Dream_6800 folder we placed this updated version
chipos_manual.pdf
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