[Coco] CoCo's alternate colors

Ciaran Anscomb cocomalt at 6809.org.uk
Wed Nov 24 14:38:21 EST 2021


"L. Curtis Boyle" wrote:
> You will also notice that the uppercase letters have shifted up in each
> character cel (to make room for the lowercase descenders on the T1),
> which is why older games like Protectors II won’t display the little
> waving men properly.

Also (plug, plug), why Blockdown doesn't use a fancy font on the CoCo
by default, as there's no way of knowing which type you have.

You can press Clear+F on the menu screens to cycle through three
varieties though (obv not on the 3).

..ciaran


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