ANTIC (AlphaNumeric Television Interface Controller) reference

ANTIC register set:
    7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
$D400 (W)DMACTL unused DL DMA PM Res. P DMA M DMA Playfield Width
$D401 (W)CHACTL unused Turned Inverse Opaque
$D402 (W)DLISTL Display List Low (A7-A0)
$D403 (W)DLISTH Display List High (A15-A8)
$D404 (W)HSCROL unused Horizontal Scrolling
$D405 (W)VSCROL unused Vertical Scrolling
$D406 (W)  unused
$D407 (W)PMBASE Player/Missile Base High (A15-A10) unused
$D408 (W)  unused
$D409 (W)CHBASE Character Set Base High (A15-A9) unused
$D40A (W)WSYNC unused
$D40B (R)VCOUNT Vertical Line Counter / 2
$D40C (R)PENH Horizontal Light Pen Trigger Position
$D40D (R)PENV Vertical Light Pen Trigger Position
$D40E (W)NMIEN DLI VBI Reset unused
$D40F (R)NMIST DLI VBI Reset unused ¹
$D40F (W)NMIRES unused

ANTIC instruction set:
  7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Blank Line DLI Number of scan lines to skip - 1 0
Mode Line DLI LMS VScroll HScroll ANTIC Mode (2-15)
Jump DLI 0 unused $1
Jump/Wait for VBL DLI 1 unused $1

ANTIC display modes:
Mode Colors Resolution Mode Height Pixel Height
2 2 (Monochrome) 320 8 1
3 2 (Monochrome) 320 10 1
4 5 (4 per char) 160 8 1
5 5 (4 per char) 160 16 2
6 5 (2 per char) 160 8 1
7 5 (2 per char) 160 16 2
8 4 40 8 8
9 2 (Monochrome) 80 4 4
10 4 80 4 4
11 2 (Monochrome) 160 2 2
12 2 (Monochrome) 160 1 1
13 4 160 2 2
14 4 160 1 1
15 2 (Monochrome) 320 1 1
GTIA 1 (15) 16 Lumas/1 Chroma 80 1 1
GTIA 2 (15) 9 80 1 1
GTIA 3 (15) 1 Luma/16 Chromas 80 1 1

¹ - Unused bits read back 1


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