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zazula@pri.com (Ralph Zazula) writes in comp.sys.next.announce:

>Tucson, Arizona - October 7, 1992.  Pinnacle Research announced today
>the release of version 2.6 of Cheapskate Software's virtual window
>manager, VirtSpace.

>VirtSpace allows you to expand your available screen area by creating
>a "Virtual Workspace" which is larger than the area displayed on the
>MegaPixel Display.  Windows can be placed anywhere in the Virtual
>Workspace and users can select any portion of the Virtual Workspace to
>be visible using simple mouse and keypad commands.

>The most innovative and useful feature is auto-scrolling.  With this
>feature the user merely has to drag the mouse to the edge of the
>screen to move to a different area of the Virtual Workspace. 

I hesitate to point this out, but autoscrolling has been built into
AmigaDOS since 2.0 came out three years ago.  This isn't a flame against
NeXT, but a claim against the use of the term "innovative" with respect
to autoscrolling.  In fact, Commodore-Amiga uses the term "autoscrolling"
to describe its feature which performs the same function.

>"The auto-scrolling feature of VirtSpace makes navigating the Virtual
>Workspace is completely transparent - just drag the mouse in the
>direction you want to go and you're there!" - Ralph Zazula /
>President, Pinnacle Research, Inc.

>Pinnacle Research, Inc.
>4725 E. Sunrise Dr. #435
>Tucson, AZ 85718

>virtspace@pri.com (NeXT mail)
>(602)529-1135 (Voice)
>(602)299-9133 (FAX)
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