| C64 ROM | Routines |
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| E518 | 20 A0 E5 | JSR $E5A0 | initialise the vic chip | |
| E51B | A9 00 | LDA #$00 | clear A | |
| E51D | 8D 91 02 | STA $0291 | clear the shift mode switch | |
| E520 | 85 CF | STA $CF | clear the cursor blink phase | |
| E522 | A9 48 | LDA #$48 | get the keyboard decode logic pointer low byte | |
| E524 | 8D 8F 02 | STA $028F | save the keyboard decode logic pointer low byte | |
| E527 | A9 EB | LDA #$EB | get the keyboard decode logic pointer high byte | |
| E529 | 8D 90 02 | STA $0290 | save the keyboard decode logic pointer high byte | |
| E52C | A9 0A | LDA #$0A | set the maximum size of the keyboard buffer | |
| E52E | 8D 89 02 | STA $0289 | save the maximum size of the keyboard buffer | |
| E531 | 8D 8C 02 | STA $028C | save the repeat delay counter | |
| E534 | A9 0E | LDA #$0E | set light blue | |
| E536 | 8D 86 02 | STA $0286 | save the current colour code | |
| E539 | A9 04 | LDA #$04 | speed 4 | |
| E53B | 8D 8B 02 | STA $028B | save the repeat speed counter | |
| E53E | A9 0C | LDA #$0C | set the cursor flash timing | |
| E540 | 85 CD | STA $CD | save the cursor timing countdown | |
| E542 | 85 CC | STA $CC | save the cursor enable, $00 = flash cursor | |
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