doc: custom semi-graphic chars

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```$0000 - $0001``` | no | hardware
```$0002 - $00FF``` | no | zero page pointers
```$0100 - $01FF``` | no | stack page
```$0200 - $07FF``` | no | *free ram*
```$0200 - $03FF``` | no | operating system variables
```$0400 - $07FF``` | no | video memory
```$1000 - $1FFF``` | yes | SID tune, may overlap charset
```$2000 - $23FF``` | yes | custom char, unused, allow SID overlap
```$2400 - $27FF``` | yes | custom char (actual)
```$2400 - $27FF``` | yes | custom char (actual 0x80+)
```$2800 - $xxxx``` | yes | Program segment (only needed part used)
```$xxxx - $CCFF``` | no | *free ram*
```$CD00 - $CDFF``` | no | data segment (not-initialized vars)
```$CE00 - $CEFF``` | no | list X
```$CF00 - $CFFF``` | no | list Y
```$CD00 - $CFFF``` | no | data segment (not-initialized vars)
```$D000 - $DFFF``` | no | I/O
```$E000 - $FFFF``` | no | Kernal
### Compression
```snake.pack``` is compressed into ```snake.pack.lz``` using [liblzg](https://github.com/mbitsnbites/liblzg), to save space in order to fit the game in a *PROM.
```snake.pack``` is compressed into ```snake.pack.lz``` using [liblzg](https://github.com/mbitsnbites/liblzg), to save space, mainly in order to fit the game in a *PROM.
Decompression occurs with one of the following loaders.
### Decompression
### Loader
#### Cartridge
```cart.asm``` is located at ```$8000``` (standard org address for C64 cartridges), and contains the decompression routine and the ```snake.pack.lz```. It decompresses ```snake.pack.lz``` back to ```$1000```, and jumps to its entry point at ```$2800```.
#### Disk
```loader.asm``` loads at ```$801```, like any other BASIC automatic runner, and contains the decompression routine.
```snake.pack.lz``` is loaded at ```$8000``` from disk drive, then decompressed back to ```$1000```, and finally the loader jumps to the program entry point at ```$2800```.
### Miscellanea
#### Custom charset
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```$A0 - $BF``` | A-Z, reversed (space first)
```$C0 - $CF``` | hex digits
```$D0 - $DF``` | hex digits, reversed
```$E0 - ``` | game tiles
```$E0 - $EF``` | game tiles
```$F0 - $FF``` | semigraphic tiles
##### Semigrahic Tiles
Char | Output
----------|--------
```$F0``` | ```◜```
```$F1``` | ```◝```
```$F2``` | ```◟```
```$F3``` | ```◞```
```$F4``` | ```-```
```$F5``` | ```|```
```$F6``` | ```◢```
```$F7``` | ```◣```
```$F8``` | ```◥```
```$F9``` | ```◤```
```$FA``` | ```┴```
```$FB``` | ```┬```
```$FC``` | ```┤```
```$FD``` | ```├```