Hardware summary

Homelab 3/4

• Z80 clone @ 4Mhz
• 16/64k RAM
• 64x32 character display

Classic library support (+homelab)

• Native console output
• Native console input
• ANSI vt100 engine
• Generic console
  • Redefinable font
  • UDG support
  • Paper colour
  • Ink colour (Colour Ace only)
  • Inverse attribute
  • Bold attribute
  • Underline attribute
• Lores graphics
• Hires graphics
• PSG sound
• One bit sound
• Inkey driver
• Hardware joystick
• File I/O
• Interrupts
• RS232

Compilation

zcc +homelab program.c -create-app

A .htp file will be generated suitable for loading into Mame or Homelab emulator running in Homelab 4 mode.

Once loaded (via quick load in mame or autoload in Homelab.exe) enter the following command:

CALL $4300

To run a program with the 64k memory configuration it may be necessary to add the following option:

-pragma-define:REGISTER_SP=0x8000

Library notes

The font is fixed in the machine ROM and switches out symbols such as square and curly brackets for accented characters.

Links

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