unicode situation mildly improved

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Jeff Epler 2024-10-11 14:47:11 -05:00
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@ -16,11 +16,8 @@ on LCD displays is not recommended. (that said, it does KINDA work for testing)
* foreground & background colors for each cell
* blinking text
* vt1xx-like terminal, use cr100 terminal entry for best compatibility
* Doesn't support UTF-8 which sadly a lot of Linux expects now
* there's partially implemented UTF-8 support; why not finish it &
make it a setting
* line drawing characters don't work; maybe see the above point about UTF-8?
* Using tput smacs DOES work, but I guess modern programs do not work this way
* Extremely minimal UTF-8 support, enabled when the port is USB
* Supports the "VT100 graphics characters" at their corresponding code points
## Building
@ -47,7 +44,7 @@ Final pinout plan (RP2040 GPIO numbering):
## DAC resistors
On the test monitor 440Ω & 660Ω resistances give good luminance levels though the top voltage ends up slightly out of spec at around 750mV.
On the test monitor 510Ω & 680Ω resistances give good luminance levels and are close to the VGA voltage spec.
## Inspiration; Software & Hardware I Studied