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Article #1213Re: WANTED: terminal emulator
From: collinge
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1986 06:32
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1986 06:32
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In article <1681@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> pc@ukc.ukc.ac.uk (R.P.A.Collinson) writes: >Hmm.. well the Monochrome ST has 640 pixels across the screen. >640/132=4.84 (recurring) - this is a bit little to see. In fact, I > >My conclusion therefore is that 132 character wide terminals are not >really possible on the ST for humans not equipped with binoculars. I used a home-brew 7x3 font to get 70 cols on my Apple for months of heavy work. Perfectly readable with a little work on the font and I didn't have to wear binoculars. On the ST it might be a bit teensy, however... Doug. -- Doug Collinge School of Music, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700, Victoria, B.C., Canada, V8W 2Y2 decvax!nrl-css!uvicctr!collinge decvax!uw-beaver!uvicctr!collinge ubc-vision!uvicctr!collinge
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utcs!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!lll-lcc!qantel!hplabs!tektronix!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!uvicctr!collinge From: collinge@uvicctr.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16 Subject: Re: WANTED: terminal emulator Message-ID: <176@uvicctr.UUCP> Date: Sun, 13-Jul-86 02:32:50 EDT Article-I.D.: uvicctr.176 Posted: Sun Jul 13 02:32:50 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 16-Jul-86 08:03:41 EDT References: <268@sunybcs.UUCP> <1681@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> Reply-To: collinge@uvicctr.UUCP (Doug Collinge) Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria B.C. Canada Lines: 20 Keywords: 132 columns