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Fix swapped DrawChar PrintChar for DemoDraw3Char

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@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ We change the carry flag state _before_ we do the operation depending on whether
036C:60 RTS
```
One thing when writing 6502 assembly is to pay attention to _all_ optimization opportunities due to the slow ~1 MHz of the 6502. Since we only need to modify the upper few bits instead of doing a bulky subtraction `SEC SBC` we might be tempted to see if there is a faster and/or smaller alternative. We just need to be careful that our optimization is "shuffling" the bits _behaves_ around in the _exact_ same way at the end of the day. i.e. The Right Place at the Right Time.
One thing when writing 6502 assembly is to pay attention to _all_ optimization opportunities due to the slow ~1 MHz of the 6502. Since we only need to modify the upper few bits instead of doing a bulky subtraction `SEC SBC` we might be tempted to see if there is a faster and/or smaller alternative. We just need to be careful that our optimization is "shuffling" the bits around _behaves_ in the _exact_ same way at the end of the day. i.e. "The Right Place at the Right Time."
The problem is we want to see if we can _simply_ the transform of TmpHi after 8 scanlines (basically reset the cursor back to the original scanline before we drew all 8 scanlines of the glyph):
@ -981,14 +981,14 @@ We just need to touch up our entry point `PrintChar` at $0310 instead of calling
```assembly
ORG $0310
0310: PrintChar
0310: DrawChar
0310:4C 4C 03 JMP _DrawChar1 ; NEW entry point
ORG $0A00
0A00: DemoDraw3Char
0A00:20 00 09 JSR DrawChar
0A03:20 10 03 JSR PrintChar
0A06:20 10 03 JMP PrintChar
0A00:20 00 09 JSR PrintChar
0A03:20 10 03 JSR DrawChar
0A06:20 10 03 JMP DrawChar
0A09:60 RTS
```
@ -1220,11 +1220,12 @@ However, there are still 2 more optimizations we can make:
2\. It is "funny" how we end up shifting and rotating in the **same** direction: Left! :-) It would nice to _leverage this work_ for both the high and low byte address calculation. That is the technical term for _"Don't do dumb (redundant) work"_ or in the immortal words of Back to the Future: "Think, McFly!" :-)
Given: c
Given: glyph c in binary is: %PQRstuvw
The 16-bit address in binary is: %PQRstuvw000
| Start | AddressHi | AddressLo |
|:--------:|:---------:|:---------:|
| PQRstuvw | 00000PQR | stuvw000 |
| Glyph | AddressHi | AddressLo |
|:---------:|:---------:|:---------:|
| %PQRstuvw | 00000PQR | stuvw000 |
Our original glyph fits in one byte. Our 16-bit address offset technically _could also_ fit in one byte -- we just have shifted it over 3 bits with zeroes.
@ -1287,7 +1288,7 @@ That might look like something like this:
STA _LoadFont+2
```
Hmm, that seems like an **awful lot of work** just for some `bit-shuffling`!! For one thing we're doing a shift and `stuvw` is not taking advantage of it. Can we not we make use of the fact that we will eventually be doing `AND #1F` and `AND #E0` ?
Hmm, that seems like an **awful lot of work** just for some `bit-shuffling`!! For one thing we're doing a shift and `stuvw` is not taking advantage of it. Can we not we make use of the fact that we will eventually be doing `AND #1F` -> `AND #F8` and `AND #E0` -> `AND #07` ?
The **lateral** thinking is to _use partial results_.