Re: Screen pixel height & width question

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From: John Purbrick
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1988 04:48

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In article <2646@bath63.ux63.bath.ac.uk>, pes@ux63.bath.ac.uk (Smee) writes:
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> High res:  640 (wide) x 400, monochrome
> Medium:    640 x 200, 4 colors
> Low:       320 x 200, 16 colors
> 

Agrgeed. But I'm a monochrome-only user with the following question: If you
draw, say, a circle on a medium-res screen, which dimension defines the 
radius? The circle would be X pixels wide but X/2 pixels high--an elementary
problem that b&w users don't have to worry about!

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