RCA CDP18S711 manual Contents

	Contents
I.	Getting Started	5
	What This Manual Covers	5
	The Power Supply	6
	What You See	7
	Turning It On	7
II.	COSMAC VIP Operation	9
	Using the Operating System	9
	Memory Write	9
	Memory Read	10
	Tape Write	10
	Tape Read	10
	Testing Your Cassette System	11
III.	CHIP-8 Language Programming	13
	Branch Instructions	13
	How to Change and Use the Variables	13
	Using the Display Instructions	14
	Applying CHIP-8	16
	Some Program Ideas	17
IV.	Machine Language Programming	19
	VIP Machine Coding	19
	Putting Machine Coding and CHIP-8 Language Together	19
	Machine Language Programming Summed Up	20
V.	Logic Description	21
	How Memory is Addressed	21
	How the Input/Output Works	21
VI.	Expansion Considerations and Connections	23
	Using the Byte Input/Output	23
	Using the Expansion Interface	24
	Some Expansion Ideas	24
VII.	Troubleshooting Hints	27
	No Sound	27
	No Display	27
	Other Problems	27
	Signal Tracing	27
	Last Resorts	28
Appendix A - Test and Operating Data		29
	Byte Pattern for Displaying "COSMAC"	29
	Beeper Program	29
	Cassette Attachment Diagram	30
	Cassette Phase Test	30
	Cassette Data Test	31
	Cassette Recording Guidelines	32
	Memory Test Program	32