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In article <1989Sep23.005117.7490@NCoast.ORG> allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) writes:
>As for a better screen:  the telecom window I'm using right now fills almost
>the entire Mac SE screen.  Okay, so where do I keep the notepad window
>*around* at on here?  Answer:  I don't.  I need a second, or a larger, screen.
>(I'm not interested in color -- monochrome is absolutely fine with me.)
>
>One more comment:  what if I want to use the notepad while I'm doing a
>download?  You got it -- MultiFinder.  Which is absolutely impossible.

Just a small side-comment: Versaterm and Versaterm PRO allow you to
desk accessories during downloads even if you're not running
Multifinder.  I've tried this on a MacPlus and it works quite well.
Versaterm has many other things to recommend it as well, one of which
is its speed.  Another is its price: about $79.

>For a month or so I did this on my 386 box courtesy of MS Windows.  I'm not
>particularly enamoured of Windows -- but it *worked*.  And it *worked* in one
>meg of RAM.  And it *worked* on a Hercules clone video board which had
>sufficient resolution for me to keep a notepad window around.  And it *didn't*
>cost anywhere near as much as Apple wants.

This is why I posted this followup.  If I can save even one person
from having to use Windows...

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