Re: PETSCII mapping?

From: Mark E. Shoulson <mark_at_kli.org>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2017 21:19:32 -0400

On 04/06/2017 08:07 AM, Rebecca T wrote:
> Here’s a copy of the Teletext character set; it includes box-drawing
> characters
> for all combinations of a 2×3 grid of cells. 2⁶ = 64 characters, so we
> might
> need a new block.
>
> [1]: http://www.galax.xyz/TELETEXT/CHARSET.HTM
>
My old TRS-80 also did "graphics" like this, with 64 2×3 cells. That was
even how it did it when you were setting individual blocks. The
smallest "pixel" you could control in graphics was one of these ⅙ths of
a character cell, and wouldn't you know it? As soon as you set one in a
cell occupied by some other character, the other character would disappear.

Not positive these count as plain text, but there's a decent argument
for it.

~mark
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