package apple2 type textPages struct { pages [4]textPage } type textPage struct { dirty bool data [256]uint8 } func (p *textPage) Peek(address uint8) uint8 { return p.data[address] } func (p *textPage) Poke(address uint8, value uint8) { p.data[address] = value // Note: we could avoid setting dirty on the 16 blocks of 8 hidden bytes p.dirty = true } func (tp *textPages) read(column uint8, line uint8) uint8 { page, address := tp.charAddress(column, line) return tp.pages[page].Peek(address) } func (tp *textPages) write(column uint8, line uint8, value uint8) { page, address := tp.charAddress(column, line) tp.pages[page].Poke(address, value) } func (tp *textPages) charAddress(column uint8, line uint8) (page uint8, address uint8) { page = (line % 8) / 2 address = column + (line/8)*40 + (line%2)*128 return } func (tp *textPages) strobe() bool { // Thread safe. May just mark more dirties than needed. dirty := false for i := 0; i < 4; i++ { if tp.pages[i].dirty { dirty = true tp.pages[i].dirty = false } } return dirty }