
VT8601 Apollo ProMedia
Revision 1.3 September 8, 1999
-92
VGA Extended Registers
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CR1F – Software Programming ......................................RW
7-4
Reserved
........................................ always reads 0
3-0
Display Memory Size
0011 1MB
0111 2MB
1111 4MB
0100 8MB
All other codes are reserved
Memory size is automatically detected during system setup.
CR20 – Command FIFO...................................................RW
7-6
Reserved
........................................ always reads 0
5
Write Buffer
0
Disable ....................................................defaul
1Enable
4
16-Bit Planar Mode
0
Disable ....................................................defaul
1Enable
3-0
Reserved
........................................ always reads 0
CR21 – Linear Addressing ...............................................RW
7-6
Reserved
........................................ always reads 0
5
Linear Memory Access
0
Disable ....................................................defaul
1Enable
4-0
Reserved
........................................ always reads 0
This register is write protected by SRE_New[7].
CR22 – CPU Latch Readback...........................................RO
7-0
Latched Data
Pointed to by GR4 (VGA Read Map Select Register
)
CR24 – VGA Attribute State.............................................RO
7
VGA Attribute State
0
Index ......................................................defaul
1Data
6-0
Reserved
........................................ always reads 0
CR25 – RAMDAC Read/Write Timing...........................RW
7
PCLK / P[7-0] BufferTristate Control
0
Enable......................................................defaul
1
Disable
6-4
Reserved
........................................ always reads 0
3-0
RAMDAC Read / Write Wait States..... def =1111b
CR27 – CRT High Order Start Address .........................RW
7
Vertical Total Bit-10 ................................ default = 0
6
Vertical Blanking Start Bit-10 ............... default = 0
5
Vertical Retrace Start Bit-10 ................. default = 0
4
Vertical Display Enable End Bit-10 ....... default = 0
3
Line Compare Bit-10 .............................. default = 0
2-0
Start Address Bits 19-17 ......................... default = 0
CR29 – RAMDAC Mode ................................................. RW
7
External DAC
0
Disable.................................................... defaul
1Enable
6
Reserved
........................................ always reads 0
5-4
CRTC Offset[9:8] for High or True Color Modes
3
GE I/O Decode
0
Disable.................................................... defaul
1Enable
2
RAMDAC
0
External .................................................. defaul
1
Internal
1-0
RS[3-2] for RAMDAC (if register access definition
is selected)
This register is write protected by SRE_New[7]
CR2A – Interface Select ................................................... RW
7
Reserved
........................................ always reads 0
6
Internal Data Path Width
0
8/16-bit ................................................... defaul
1
32-bit
5
Reserved
...................................... always reads 1
4
Power Down Mode Using ROMCS#
0
Enable..................................................... defaul
1
Disable
3-0
Reserved
........................................ always reads 0
This register is write protected by SRE_New[7]