Apple IIe - Page 21

Introduction to the Apple lie 21
In the primary character set, the I le can display uppercase
characters
in either the normal, inverse or flashing formats.
Lowercase letters can
only be displayed in the normal format.
In the alternative character set, the ti ashing tor mat tor uppercase
and lowercase letters
is unavailable. However , the normal and
inverse
tor mats tor both upper and lowercase letters is available.
The alternative character set
is used when the 80-column card is
active.
In low resolution graphics, the lie can display 1920 blocks of data
within an array that measures 48 blocks high by 40 blocks wide .
Each block can be assigned any one of the following 16 differen t
colors available
with low resolution graphics.
Black
Magenta
Dark Blue
Purple
Dark
Green
Grey 1
Medium Blue
Light Blue
Brown
Orange
Grey 2
Pink
Light
Green
Yellow
Aquamarine
White
No empty space exists between blocks . Therefore , if a group ot
several adjacent blocks are assigned the same color, they will
appear as a single mass.
High resolution graphics consists of 53,760 dots in 280 dot wide
by 192 dot high array. The dots used in high resolution graph i cs
are the same size as the dots used to make up characters in the
text mode .
The
following six colors are available in the high resolution
graphics mode :
black
blue
white green
orange purple
Every dot in high resolution graphics can ei ther be black, white ,
or one of the colors . However, every color is not available for
every dot in high resolution graphics.