RCA CDP18S711 manual CHIP-8Memory Map, CDP1802 Register Use for CHIP-8, Interpreter

Models: CDP18S711

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CHIP-8 Memory Map

CDP1802 Register Use for CHIP-8

 

Interpreter

 

R0

= DMA pointer (page 0X for display refresh)

 

R1

= INTERRUPT routine program counter

 

R2

= Stack pointer

 

R3

= INTERPRETER subroutine program counter

 

R4

= CALL subroutine program counter

 

R5

= CHIP-8 instruction program counter

 

R6

= VX pointer (R6.1 must not be changed)

 

R7

= VY pointer (available for machine-language subroutines)

 

R8

= Timers (R8.1 = timer, R8.0 = tone duration)

 

R9

= Random number (+1 in INTERRUPT routine)

 

RA = I pointer

RB = Display page pointer (RB.1 = 0X)

RC =Available

RD = Available

RE = Available

RF = Available

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RCA CDP18S711 manual CHIP-8Memory Map, CDP1802 Register Use for CHIP-8, Interpreter