Comparing the text output of my fairly standard L2 mod 16K Model 1 to this 48K beast. Simple test and I think I have a stuck bit somewhere. Unless the CharGen ROM for this mod is intentionally setting the Underscore modifier here.

Code gleefully cribbed from https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/trs-80-model-1-with-pound-characters-at-top-of-screen.1246419/post-1361199

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You should always challenge your assumptions. "Oh, this aluminum foil is STILL on the machine after this many decades? I wonder how they did that."

Oh ... its glued on. YIKES

Hoping for glu-stick, rubber cement or hot glue as opposed to a spray can glue substance.

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