HelpPC 2.10 Quick Reference Utility Copyright 1991 David Jurgens

                        6845 - Motorola CRT Controller

       3B0-3BB Monochrome Monitor Adapter
       3D0-3DC Color Graphics Adapter (mapped similarly)

       3B0/3D0  port address decodes to 3B4/3D4
       3B1/3D1  port address decodes to 3B5/3D5
       3B2/3D2  port address decodes to 3B4/3D4
       3B3/3D3  port address decodes to 3B5/3D5
       3B4/3D4  6845 index register, selects which register [0-11h]
                is to be accessed through port 3B5/3D5
       3B5/3D5  6845 data register [0-11h] selected by port 3B4/3D4,
                registers 0C-0F may be read.  If a read occurs
                without the adapter installed, FFh is returned.
       3B6/3D6  port address decodes to 3B4/3D4
       3B7/3D7  port address decodes to 3B5/3D5
       3B8/3D8  6845 mode control register
       3B9/3D9  color select register on color adapter
       3BA/3DA  status register (read only)
       3BB/3DB  light pen strobe reset
           3DC  preset light pen latch
           3DF  CRT/CPU page register (PCjr only)

       Registers: Accessed through ports 3B5 & 3D5    VALID VALUES
                                                   MONO CO40 CO80 GRPH
       00 - Horiz. total characters                 61   38   71   38
       01 - Horiz. displayed characters per line    50   28   50   28
       02 - Horiz. synch position                   52   2D   5A   2D
       03 - Horiz. synch width in characters        0F   0A   0A   0A
       04 - Vert. total lines                       19   1F   1F   7F
       05 - Vert. total adjust (scan lines)         06   06   06   06
       06 - Vert. displayed rows                    19   19   19   64
       07 - Vert. synch position (character rows)   19   1C   1C   70
       08 - Interlace mode                          02   02   02   02
       09 - Maximum scan line address               0D   07   07   01
       0A - Cursor start (scan line)                0B   06   06   06
       0B - Cursor end (scan line)                  0C   07   07   07
       0C - Start address (MSB)                     00   00   00   00
       0D - Start address (LSB)                     00   00   00   00
       0E - Cursor address (MSB) (read/write)       00   --   --   --
       0F - Cursor address (LSB) (read/write)       00   --   --   --
       10 - Light pen (MSB)   (read only)           --   --   --   --
       11 - Light pen (LSB)   (read only)           --   --   --   --

       - Registers 00-0D are write only, registers 0E-0F are read/write and
         registers 10-11 are read only
       - Cursor address is calculated with using the following (row*80)+col

                         6845 - Port 3B8 (Monochrome)

       │7│6│5│4│3│2│1│0│  3B8 CRT Control Port
        │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └──── 1 = 80x25 text
        │ │ │ │ │ └─┴───── unused
        │ │ │ │ └──────── 1 = enable video signal
        │ │ │ └───────── unused
        │ │ └────────── 1 = blinking on
        └─┴─────────── unused

                           6845 - Port 3D8 (Color)

       │7│6│5│4│3│2│1│0│  3D8 Mode Select Register
        │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └──── 1 = 80x25 text, 0 = 40x25 text
        │ │ │ │ │ │ └───── 1 = 320x200 graphics, 0 = text
        │ │ │ │ │ └────── 1 = B/W, 0 = color
        │ │ │ │ └─────── 1 = enable video signal
        │ │ │ └──────── 1 = 640x200 B/W graphics
        │ │ └───────── 1 = blink, 0 = no blink
        └─┴────────── unused

                       6845 - Port 3D9 Color Text Modes

       │7│6│5│4│3│2│1│0│  3D9 Color Select Register (3B9 not used)
        │ │ │ │ │ └─┴─┴──── screen/border RGB
        │ │ │ │ └───────── select intensity setting
        │ │ │ └────────── background intensity
        └─┴─┴─────────── unused

                     6845 - Port 3D9 Color Graphics Modes

       │7│6│5│4│3│2│1│0│  3D9 Color Select Register (3B9 not used)
        │ │ │ │ │ └─┴─┴──── RGB for background
        │ │ │ │ └───────── intensity
        │ │ │ └────────── unused
        │ │ └─────────── 1 = palette 1, 0=palette 0 (see below)
        └─┴──────────── unused

         Palette 0 = green, red, brown
         Palette 1 = cyan, magenta, white

                       6845 - Port 3DA  Status Register

       │7│6│5│4│3│2│1│0│  3DA Status Register
        │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └──── 1 = display enable, RAM access is OK
        │ │ │ │ │ │ └───── 1 = light pen trigger set
        │ │ │ │ │ └────── 0 = light pen on, 1 = light pen off
        │ │ │ │ └─────── 1 = vertical retrace, RAM access OK for next 1.25ms
        └─┴─┴─┴──────── unused

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