Apparatus and method for reading and writing text characters in

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340703, 340750, G09G 128

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RE0322016

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and method for writing text characters to a raster scan video display operted in an all-points-addressable, or graphics, mode, and for reading characters thus written. A graphic video display buffer directly refreshes the display with graphics data received from a microprogrammed processor. The processor writes a character to the display by selecting and loading into the graphics video display buffer a text character dot pattern retrieved from main storage, and reads a character previously written by comparing a dot pattern retrieved from the display buffer with dot patterns retrieved from main storage. To write a character to the display in color, the graphic dot image of a selected character retrieved from main storage is expanded to a selected pixel and color format, and stored in the graphics video display buffer. Text characters thus written in color are read by retrieving from the display buffer the expanded dot image, restoring the expanded dot image to its original form, and comparing the restored dot image with graphic dot images retrieved from storage.

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