Laurens Holst wrote:
>
> But why would you want to call the SUBROM??? All routines there can be
> written yourself quite easily...
>
> My motto: never use the BIOS unless it's really useful, because
> BIOS-routines are SLOW and the interslot-calls to them are even SLOWER.
>
> Things like setting the palette can very easily be done manually, without
that is not true if you want to be 'compatible'. The palette has to be
updated in VRAM also! The easiest way to do this, is to use the subrom
for that. If your program is interrupted by a TSR, this program can
determine the VDP's state (palette & registers) and restore them
afterwards.
> the BIOS. In fact all VDP-things can be done very easily, for example
> drawing a line (in screen 5-8) is very easy too... Just issue the right
> command to the VDP.
>
> ~Grauw
>
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