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Chip-8 on the COSMAC VIP: The Character Set


s is part of a series of posts analysing the Chip-8 interpreter on the RCA COSMAC VIP computer. These posts may be useful if you are building a Chip-8 interpreter on another platform or if you have an interest in the operation of the COSMAC VIP.

This is part of a series of posts analysing the Chip-8 interpreter on the RCA COSMAC VIP computer. These posts may be useful if you are building a Chip-8 interpreter on another platform or if you have an interest in the operation of the COSMAC VIP. A diagram showing how the Chip-8 character set is stored in the COSMAC VIP’s ROMThis little trick cuts the space requirement from 80 to 51 bytes.

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