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to: George
from: PaulM
date: 2020-03-02 11:25:00
subject: Re: C128 Character Sets a

On Monday, March 2, 2020 at 9:54:47 AM UTC-8, George wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Mar 2020 16:57:35 -0800 (PST), PaulM
>  wrote:
> 
> >If I run the following in immediate mode in GRAPHIC 0 mode, I see exactly 
what I expect to see based on the chart of page 358 of the Commodore 128 System 
Guide
> >
> >CHAR ,0,0,CHR$(111)
> >
> >(a right-angle corner character, as in the top-left of a box)
> >
> >But if I am in GRAPHIC 1 mode and run the same line of code, I get a 
different character (a diagonal line). In fact it's CHR$(143) in GRAPHIC 1 mode 
that yields the same character.
> >
> >How can I understand this difference?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> 
> Get the C128 Programming guide.
> 
> 
> 
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No that's awesome, I have it right in front of me... what section were you 
thinking of?  I did a test and the same character set is active whether I have 
GRAPHIC 0 or GRAPHIC 1, so still not clear how a string (CHR$(111)) would 
render differently on the 
two screens.

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