Added partial support for 2-Colour E-Paper Display

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## News:
### Added Support for Raspbian Stretch lite. To get this up and running on raspbian stretch lite, follow the instructions just below.
### 2-Colour E-Paper support coming soon!
### 2-Colour E-Paper support coming soon! See the section 'Experimental' for the current status.
<img src="https://github.com/aceisace/Raspberry-Pi-Google-Calendar-with-E-Paper-display/blob/master/Gallery/Front-view.JPG" width="500">
## Main features
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## Demo
Once you have setup everything, the E-Paper Calendar will refresh the screen in the following way:
<img src="https://github.com/aceisace/E-Paper-Calendar-with-iCal-sync-and-live-weather/blob/master/Gallery/GIF.gif" width="320">
## (Experimental) Support for 2-Colour E-Paper-versions
Although this software was not originally intended to be used with the 2-Colour E-Paper Display from waveshare, there probably are a few folks which have the 2-colour version and yet would want to use this software.
## Don't forget to check out the Wiki. It contains all the information to customising, understanding and setting up the script.
Currently, there is a 'quick' fix to get this to work on the 2-Colour E-Paper display. It works by converting the 3-colour bmps used by the E-Paper display to 2-colour (black and white) bmps. To add support for the 2-colour version, follow the steps above as you would with the 3-Colour version. Then, execute:
**curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aceisace/E-Paper-Calendar-with-iCal-sync-and-live-weather/master/2-Colour-support/setup | bash**
<img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/29558518/46045487-25134680-c11e-11e8-96de-ee7ed57ac766.png" width="400">
The _experimental_ is there as I don't actually have the 2-Colour version of the E-Paper. I can only _assume_ that it will work. It's strongly recommended to create a backup of the 'E-Paper-Master' folder in case something doesn't work right. If that is the case, please open up an issue to let me know.
## Don't forget to check out the Wiki. It contains all the information to customising, understanding and setting up the script.
### Contact
* Website: ace-laboratory.com