Date   : Thu, 13 Dec 2001 23:16:06 +0100
From   : "Isabel Cisternas & Robert Schmidt" <rschmidt@...>
Subject: Re: International fonts & mode 7

Ah, thanks, that clears it up.  I remember now being annoyed that the
Norwegian characters were absent in mode 7.

robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Widdas" <brian@...>
To: "Isabel Cisternas & Robert Schmidt" <rschmidt@...>
Cc: "Thomas Harte" <t.harte@...>; "List, BBC"
<bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] International fonts & mode 7



On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Isabel Cisternas & Robert Schmidt wrote:

> If I understand your question correctly, yes, my BBC B had a Norwegian
ROM.
> Oddly, Knight Lore and Alien 8 failed to run until I purchased and used
the
> original ROM.  Everything else worked fine, as far as I can remember, and
I
> got the special Norwegian characters æøåÆØÅ instead of {|}[\].
>
> Then again, I seem to remember this was the OS ROM I replaced - am I
> confused, or are we talking about different things, or both?

There are two places to find fonts on a BBC Micro - the ones used in modes
0-6 are bitmaps stored in the OS ROM. The mode 7 fonts live in the SAA5050
teletext chip. Other SAA505X chips had different character sets for other
countries.

Brian
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