Re: Apple ][e Character ROM.

["Roger Johnstone" <rojaws@es.co.nz>]

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In article <1e53ats.1kllwzynteqgwN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>,
dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:


>Jeff Lodoen <jlodoen@server.thegrid.net> wrote:
>
>> In article <387B9EC1.99E0E6EB@lexis-nexis.com>, John Townsend
>> <utownje@lexis-nexis.com> wrote:
>> >Phoenyx wrote:
>> >
>> >> If you just want the bitmaps, try the Apple Oasis
>> >> emulator. It has a file of the font bitmaps.
>> >>
>> >> Phoenyx
>> >
>> >Don't forget that there were two different character (video) ROMs for
>> >the IIe:  the original and the enhanced.  The enhanced ROM replaced some
>> >of the inverse characters with the "mousetext" characters.
>> 
>> There was more than one set of "mousetext". The original //c
>> had 'running man' characters, but these were replaced on a later
>> revision.
>
>They were actually replaced in the IIgs, if I remember correctly.  All
>IIc and IIe revisions have the "running man".  (The replacement
>characters in the IIgs are the striped title bar and the inverse return
>symbol, IIRC.)
>
>-- 
>David Empson
>dempson@actrix.gen.nz
>Snail mail: P O Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand

The extended keyboard IIe has the replacement MouseText characters too.


Roger Johnstone
Invercargill
New Zealand
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