8 Aug
2005
8 Aug
'05
5:55 p.m.
...transfer the custom fonts to the terminal.
...this method ...can redefine and line up the characters
so that they form a picture,
recalling...
I thought the problem with that was you could only define
256 characters at a time, and when you tried to load a new
set of bitpatterns, all instances old and new onscreen would
change, making only a picture with 256 unique cells (no more)
possible. Don't know if this is a fact, but that's what the spec
seemed to say to me at the time.
A full screen could be up to more like 24x80=1920 characters.
A lot could still be done with even that.
Another possible problem: fixed inter-character gaps.
Perhaps someone here has actually Done this.
John A.