Re: 'Virtual Monitors'

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From: Pete Gontier
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1990 23:53

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> Once again, on the Amiga, you have the CHOICE of letting your application
> run from its own custom screen, or the Workbench. And remember that the
> screens co-exist. That is, the custom screen appears in front of, or behind,
> or overlaps the other screens and the workbench. This is a hard concept to
> grasp for Mac- and IBM- only people to fully grasp until you have seen it!
> (There is no equivalent mode for the Mac & IBM Machines, unfortunatly.)

Is this anything like the confusing OS/2 "screen groups"?

Why would you want this?
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