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Article #41686Re: Screen Resolution
From: John F. Bruno
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 1990 18:45
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 1990 18:45
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In article <190@raider.MFEE.TN.US> dlh@raider.MFEE.TN.US (Dana L. Holt) writes: >In article <9003060807.AA07463@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, FRACHEL@UMIAMI.MIAMI.EDU writes: >> I am writing a program in personal pascal v2.0, and i need to know the >> screen sizes (in pixels) for each resolution. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Frank Rachel >> > > I believe it is as follows... > > Low rez - 320x200 > Med rez - 640x200 > Hi rez - 640x400 > > First # is the horizontal pixel count, second is the vert. pixel count. > dlh@raider.MFEE.TN.US Surely there must be some OS call you can do to get this information... You should NEVER hard-code in specific pixel counts, if you do, your software will not work with any kind of non-standard screen or "overscan mod" or etc... ---jb
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!rodan!jfbruno From: jfbruno@rodan.acs.syr.edu (John F. Bruno) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Screen Resolution Message-ID: <2390@rodan.acs.syr.edu> Date: 8 Mar 90 18:45:56 GMT References: <9003060807.AA07463@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <190@raider.MFEE.TN.US> Reply-To: jfbruno@rodan.acs.syr.edu (John F. Bruno) Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Lines: 25