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OhMeadhbh 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The 8-Bit Era's Weird Uncle: The TI-99/4A

Didn't TI-Forth have a mode where it would use a 3x7 font so you could get 64 characters per line? I still have nightmares. But... you have to appreciate the work that went into it.

abecedarius 4 months ago [–]

Really if I ever knew it existed, I've forgotten. But https://oratronik.de/atariage/TI_FORTH_Manual-2ndEd(LES).pdf says yes on page 14. General discussion at https://99er.net/tifaq2.html#TIFAQ011

(I used Wycove Forth in 40-column mode, though I have a dim memory of trying something like your 3x7 font...)

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