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https://github.com/jakesteam/plato-overwrite-emulator

Simple emulator of PLATO's character overwrite capability
https://github.com/jakesteam/plato-overwrite-emulator

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Simple emulator of PLATO's character overwrite capability

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# PLATO-overwrite-emulator

Quick and dirty emulator of PLATO's overwrite capability

## Capabilities

- [x] CSS overlapping
- [x] Use correct font
- [x] Populate according to text input
- [ ] ~~Font selector~~ Unneeded
- [x] Update colours to match PLATO
- [x] Setup GitHub Pages, subdomain, etc
- [x] Ability to load examples
- [ ] Ability to have multiple stacked characters side by side (maybe "add character" button?)
- [ ] Fix occasional black lines in stacked characters
- [ ] Ability to input PLATO specific characters (e.g. arrows, and superscript characters)
- [ ] Force display area to fill all available space
- [ ] Add some sort of "3D preview" button to show how the layers stack up

## Reference

- PLATO emulator:
- Keymap:
- More info:
- Wiki:
- Info on emoticons:
- More examples: