Commodore Trivia Edition #34 Second Chance
Jim Brain
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You think you know a lot about Commodore computers, eh? Well, match your
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gleaned from numerous Commodore sources and other people. If you
score the highest you will win this month's prize, a copy of the book
"COMPUTE's First Book of Commodore 64 Sound and Graphics", donated
by Creative Micro Designs, Inc.:
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------------Commodore Trivia Edition #34 Questions (BEGIN)--------------
The C128 Developer Set
Q $210) The C128 Memory Management Unit is located at $d500 in memory.
At what other address does a copy of the MMU registers appear?
Q $211) How many MMU registers are are identical in the two memory ranges?
Q $212) If you are writing a C128 machine langyage program and would like
to issue a jsr to another bank of memory, what KERNAL call would
you use?
Q $213) How do you pass the parameters to the KERNAL call in auestion $212?
Q $214) When the C128 was developed, Commodore created a very useful buffer
printing routine in the KERNAL. What is its common name?
Q $215) For the routine in question $214, how do you pass the string that
you wish to print to the routine?
Q $216) When the C128 boots, the Z80 gains control first. It begins
accessing memory starting at what location?
Q $217) How much ROM in the C128 is supplied to hold the Z80 power up
boot code?
Q $218) How many configuration presets can the C128 MMU handle?
Q $219) How small of a common RAM area can be defined in the C128 MMU?
Q $21A) How large of a common RAM area can be defined in the C128 MMU?
Q $21B) How many times does a disk drive get accessed BEFORE the C128
finishes booting?
Q $21C) What key would you hold down on the C128 during bootup to
immediately enter 64 mode?
Q $21D) Name the first 4 keys on the top row of the C128 keyboard?
Q $21E) On what side of the C128 case is the RESET button located?
Q $21F) What is different about the C128 power supply connector compared to
the 64 DIN power supply connector?
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