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thwill

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Posted: 12:10pm 29 Oct 2021

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Hi folks,

This might be a RTFM question, but maybe someone will indulge me as I'm being lazy and don't have a Pico at hand at the moment.

1. Does the PicoMite (via an external display) support the same special characters (ASCII 128+) as the CMM2 - presumably only fonts #1 and #4 if it does ?

2. Is one of those characters particularly intended for a low battery warning, I can't see an obvious battery symbol:

Best wishes,

Tom

MMBasic for Linux, Game*Mite, CMM2 Welcome Tape, Creaky old text adventures

matherp
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Posted: 12:17pm 29 Oct 2021

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Quote 1. Does the PicoMite (via an external display) support the same special characters (ASCII 128+) as the CMM2 - presumably only fonts #1 and #4 if it does ?

2. Is one of those characters particularly intended for a low battery warning, I can't see an obvious battery symbol:

Yes, No

Workround: Use Jim's font editor to create a font with just one character

thwill

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Posted: 01:27pm 29 Oct 2021

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Thanks Peter, there's a actually a lightning bolt that will do for the moment if it is rendered in red and flashing.

Best wishes,

Tom

MMBasic for Linux, Game*Mite, CMM2 Welcome Tape, Creaky old text adventures

robscott
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Posted: 04:00pm 29 Oct 2021

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If it was me
I would use these characters I have in Red to show from
Full to lower to low to Out !

&H80 and &H81 (empty box and box with check mark)
&H84 and &H85 (box with lower line and box with ! )

And yes, font 1 & 4 have those characters on the Picomite
tested with an N5110 display

Rob

thwill

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Posted: 04:17pm 29 Oct 2021

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That's a good suggestion Rob, though it may be a moot point now because I've been asked to take the UI for the power indicator in a different direction.

Thanks,

Tom

MMBasic for Linux, Game*Mite, CMM2 Welcome Tape, Creaky old text adventures

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