Re: Apple II VGA Video Generator Card Project

[aiiadict@gmail.com]

>Realistically, the only ongoing development that might use such a mode
>is going to be Contiki, so perhaps we should ask for Oliver's advice.

The problem with Contiki is that it FILLS 64k.  No room for anything
else.

I was working a few years ago with a modified version of "split
personality"
that had hacked-prodos-compatibility.

I've come up with better ways to do it, but never got it to run (I
don't know
Prodos well enough)

If we can get it to work, up to 16megs (1 megabyte is common) will be
accessible to prodos.  Contiki could be modified to load the AUX RAM
access program into main RAM (instead of an application, like the
web browser, etc)...  Once the aux RAM access program is installed,
you could have as many apps running as your aux card allows.

bank1=web browser
bank2=mail
bank3=IRC
bank4=whatever

maybe figure out how to display HGR from a bank besides the
MAIN RAM, and then make contiki use Hi-Res graphics instead of
the text it uses now.

Some sort of AUX access program will have to be developed
before Contiki could use *any* video mode besides TEXT screen.

http://rich12345.tripod.com/split.html

http://rich12345.tripod.com/MTOS/MTOS.html

Rich