Microtan documentation

Technical reference

Memory, display, character-set and monitor reference for the Microtan 65.

These pages reproduce the technical-reference sequence from the original Quick Guide. Hexadecimal addresses, monitor commands and fixed-width listings retain their historic notation.

Technical-reference pages

Memory map

Address ranges used by RAM, ROM, display memory, sound and I/O.

Display format

How the 32×16 character display maps into memory and selects text or chunky graphics.

Character sets

The Microtan ASCII and 2×4 chunky-graphics character sets.

Monitor commands

TANBUG and XBUG commands for examining memory, running and debugging programs.