Brian thanks again for posting the ROMs.
They dropped directly into my new project unmodified!

On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 8:36 PM Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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