Re: Programming the Sprite Card (was NES - Apple Sprite card)

[Yves McDonald <""yves.mcdonald\"@NO SPAM sympatico.ca>]

Hello Blake,

The card I refer to was presented by Steve Ciarcia in (now defunct) Byte 
magazine.  The exact reference is as it follows:

High-Resolution Sprite-Oriented
Colour Graphics by Steven A. Ciarcia; page 57; August 1982.
Courtesy of:
Paul R. Santa-Maria
Monroe, Michigan  USA

The card was sold by Micromint.  Mine has no brand name etched on it so 
I think it's a clone of Steve's original design.

I'd like to get a copy of this article if someone still have this Byte 
issue (the cover illustration was showing turtles walking on a sheet of 
fanfold paper).  Thanks!

Yves

Blake Patterson wrote:
> In article <7urda.3238$544.284303@news20.bellglobal.com>,
>  Yves McDonald <""yves.mcdonald\"@NO SPAM sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>
> > The story so far with my attemps to program the Sprite Card:
> > First disappointment,  I only get black and white pictures 
> > but I'm satisfied to see that old set of chips to actually work and 
> > respond to wathever data I write in registers or in the VRAM.
>
> What is the name of this card?  I have a review of this card, I believe, 
> in an early Creative Computing magazine.  I will scan in and post here 
> soon if anyone would like.
>
>
> bp