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Date: 25 July 1986, 10:19:53 GMT
From: Simon Poole                                    K538915  at CZHRZU1A
To:   INFO-ATA at SU-SCORE

Subj: Wanted: terminal emulator with 132 columns


(I'm writing this in reply to a message I read on UUCP, so maybe this
 response will be at info-atari16 before the original letter)

Leo,
  I just finished writing a VT100 emulator with a Tek4010 vector mode with
zoooooooom  (probably I'll post it to the net some time) and one of the
two things I haven't implemented (yet) is 132 columns, the other is double
height/width characters. I just don't see how it can be done without scrolling
sideways, to get 132 characters on one screen you need a 4x6 (or 4x8 or 4x16)
font and I just don't belive that you will be able to read it at all (you can
hardly read it on a VT100), if a scroll sideways (or rather jump sideways) mode
would be enough I probaly could build that into my program.

               Simon.

P.S. Neil, its awfully frustrating reading about all the PD programs you have
     on the Atari BBS and having no possibility at getting them (hint, hint).