Bit 4, COPER, is used by the Copper to issue a level 3 interrupt . The Copper can change the content of any of the bits of this register, as it can write any value into most of the machine registers. However, this bit has been reserved for specifically identifying the Copper as the interrupt source. Generally, you use this bit when you want to sense that the display beam has reached a specific position on the screen, and you wish to change something in memory based on this occurrence.
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