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mode. For a good example of the opposite extreme, enter the following
statement:
10 POKE 7680,102
You might have expected that POKEing the checkerboard character
into screen memory would display a checkerboard four dots wide. Instead,
the display shows a set of stripes. The reason can be found in character
/ / / / / / / / / / /
/ / / / / / / / / / /
/ / / / / / / / / / /
;;;/;;;;~;;
t / / /
;X;X
/ /
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:
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:
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_ Black
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Cyan
~
Light Orange
Irrffl
Blue
FIGURE
6·6.
Multicolor character design