Date   : Sun, 01 Jul 2001 09:06:31 +0100
From   : Mike Tomlinson <mike@...>
Subject: Re: Real BBC Mode 7: uglier font

In article <001a01c101d0$770f47c0$15e8fea9@...>, Matt Davis
<matt@...> writes

>I remember a couple of programs I had for the BBC B, that made Mode 7 into a
>much uglier font, using either VDU or FX commands (probably the former). If
>you typed the codes in directly, the screen would shake and the font would
>change to something where the characters were slightly more blocky. I can't
>remember the combination, does anyone know what I'm talking about?

Yes.

VDU 23,0,8,144,0;0;0;23,0,9,9,0;0;0;

> Does it
>work on Beebem?

On Beebem 1.04 here it displaces the cursor a couple of positions
upwards and stops it flashing.  Why did anyone want to do this (turn off
character rounding in Mode 7) on a real Beeb, anyway?

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