dwt: real-unit note -- root background is white, TM stipple is a display-mode/fetch effect, not a setting

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@@ -62,3 +62,20 @@ will tell us whether the linked ranges are free before anything runs.
window background is a **separate setting** (or was taken at creation).
* The bottom message box `Ethernet Port Error - 24` is present in VRAM; it is a
real terminal error, not a capture artifact.
### The TM stipple survives the root-background change
A fresh grab after the root was set to 100% white confirms: root `0xff`,
TM body still alternating `0x55`/`0xff` rows. So the TM pattern is not the
desktop background setting and the manager has no option for it.
The likely explanation is the **display fetch**, not the data: if the video
mode shows only one set of rows (line doubling / interlace), the `0xff` rows are
what reaches the glass and the `0x55` rows are never shown — which is why the TM
looks white while the raw framebuffer looks striped. That also explains why the
capture looked "line doubled": it is showing both row sets.
The emulator forces the **VR150** monitor position (`IP4-IP6` high, `0x70`).
The real unit's rear switch selects the mode; if it is at another position the
firmware may use a different fetch/pattern. Test: set the switch to position 1
(VR150), power-cycle, grab again.