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Article #75374RE: Virtual TWM desktop and Solbourne
From: EVERHART
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 1990 13:51
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 1990 13:51
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My copy of VScreen for Amiga dates from around April 1987. That system allows one to have a larger screen than fits on the monitor and scroll it around semi-independently of windows (actually totally independently logically, but one must be a bit careful with mouse movements to get whatever desired effect one has). Sounds like the same idea, probably implemented first. VScreen was released as public domain code if memory serves; certainly freely redistributable. Took a lot of chip memory (display memory) but is a NICE concept. I can't see how someone could take seriously the notion that Solbourne might own the idea. gce
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,469f0c63e81946c0,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-08-09 06:51:00 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!arisia.dnet.ge.com!EVERHART From: EVERHART@arisia.dnet.ge.com Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: RE: Virtual TWM desktop and Solbourne Message-ID: <9008100038.AA03110@rice-chex> Date: 9 Aug 90 13:51:00 GMT Sender: karl@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Lines: 11 Posted: Thu Aug 9 14:51:00 1990