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allow use of characters 0-31#155

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allow use of characters 0-31#155
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implements VDU 27,x which will send character x to the screen, allowing characters 0-31 and 127 to be written to screen (as per R.T.Russell’s BASIC for Windows)

add in VDU 23,0,&90,x as an alternative way to redefine characters - operates the same as VDU 23,x but additionally allows characters 0-31 to be redefined

also adds VDU 23,0,&91 to do a character-set reset. this will allow *FX 20 to be implemented, which performed this function on RISC OS

implements `VDU 27,x` which will send character `x` to the screen, allowing characters 0-31 and 127 to be written to screen (as per R.T.Russell’s BASIC for Windows)

add in `VDU 23,0,&90,x` as an alternative way to redefine characters - operates the same as `VDU 23,x` but additionally allows characters 0-31 to be redefined

also adds `VDU 23,0,&91` to do a character-set reset.  this will allow `*FX 20` to be implemented, which performed this function on RISC OS
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I have a subsequent change that is now present in the Console8 VDP 2.4.0 release that allows for characters to be mapped to bitmaps.

I can add the commit that adds that functionality to this PR, or wait until this has been merged before raising a separate PR

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