Character Generator ROM data

woodelf bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca
Sat Oct 22 12:03:04 CDT 2005


Chuck Swiger wrote:

> Gang -
>
>    Anybody know of readily available data for, say, 7x9 dot-matrix 
> characters?
> I'm looking for a downloadable rom image for something like in old 
> video cards to
> paint ascii characters on a display.
>
> For example, my Polymorphic Systems Video Terminal Interface (VTI) 
> card uses
> an  MCM6571A (or it could use a 6574)   -BUT-   I do not need exactly 
> that
> font - any 7x9 data will work.    Spent the past hour trying terms in 
> google w/o
> anything usable turning up.
>
>
> *******   *****      *
>     *         *       *  *
>     *         *      *     *
>     *         *      ******
>     *         *      *      *
>     *         *      *      *
>     *         *      *      *
>     *         *      *      *
>     *       *****   *      *
>
> --Chuck
>
Drat I just threw out that data. Well not the ROM data but the manual 
for a video display
that had the character set. Remember the roms used desenders so it was 
more like 8x12?.



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