I'm back at this.
In the emulator I am working on. Ow, I have to redo the fonts.  I'm free to
use whatever I want.

So, which one of these fonts is actually used by the dvi?  The 8x8 or the
7x8?



On Thursday, January 28, 2021, Tom Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ooh! There are actually two fonts in the 4K ROM
>
> Here's the second one
> [image: image.png]
>
> This is the same font, but with only 7 bits used. I'm betting this is the
> same as the internal font on the M100 itself. Here's one of the characters
> (255) for comparison:
>
> Bank 0:
> [image: image.png]
>
> Bank 1:
> [image: image.png]
>
>
> Tom Wilson
> [email protected]
> (619)940-6311
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 4:09 PM Tom Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hey, the file works with my Commodore font editor!  =)  I'm totally going
>> to add this as an optional font in my terminal emulator.
>>
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom Wilson
>> [email protected]
>> (619)940-6311
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 1:53 PM Jim Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > If you're going to do that much, then I will grab some more pics with a
>>> > better camera and a tripod so my hand isn't moving, and manual focus.
>>> > Maybe even a good straight-on centered shot without glare from the room
>>> > lights. Maybe with manual controls I can get a shot in the dark without
>>> > the text blooming.
>>>
>>> You know what, I realize that I went straight to that screen photo image
>>> because I was looking for a clear image that had my X<char>X pattern in
>>> 80-column mode... and it's really not so blurry, but the capture in
>>> "Snapshot_20210127_233755.jpg" is sharper and does have the full character
>>> set showing.  Even though they're flanked by square brackets I think I can
>>> work with it.  (the square brackets don't go to the full left and right
>>> extent of the character cell, that's why I used X.)  Don't worry about
>>> going to any trouble for a sharper screen photo.  For my cleanup/rescaling
>>> of the original font I've been working off a handheld iphone photo of my
>>> monitor.
>>>
>>> I also whipped something up to display the ROM data as large block
>>> pixels for an absolute reference to the original intended shapes so I think
>>> I've got everything I need (except time) :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         jim
>>>
>>

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