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Text mode, letters would be more crunched together that it is drawing 6 pixels across per tiles.

 

I think you mean to use vdp_out(1,0xE8);

 

And then set up the register 2-7 to assign pattern table which would be vdp_out(4,0) to tell it it is at vram address 0x0000. And then the name table vdp_out(2,6) to assign the name table to vram address 0x1800. Then assign text color and backdrop color to register 7 vdp_out(7,0xf2) which the text will be white with bright green background. You might be able to use getput library in this mode like print_at(1,1,"HELLO);. There's no color table or sprite table in this mode.

 

page 2.4.4 in the tms9918.pdf book have information on text mode.

 

I haven't played with multicolor mode before. testscr2 is an example that came with newcoleco homebrew kit that uses multicolor mode.

Thanks for the advice, Kiwi. Now, I can use all the screen modes.

 

I noted in mode 3 (multicolor mode), the text is scrambled but the sprites still work.