Just to try to throw a small nut adjusting tool into the mix:
	On some pmax hardware a 1 bit display can use one byte per pixel
	(I believe to remain somewhat compatible with the 8bit displays)
	I don't know if other hardware plays similar (or more painful) games.

	It doesn't affect the underlying datatypes, just complicates things
	later on.

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