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Normalized Device Coordinates in TDI Modula-2

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From: Doug Miller
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 1986 22:45
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Does the ST support NDC (Normalized Device Coordinates)?  I've seen one
source that says it doesn't and one that mentions NDC as a possibility,
which presumably means it does.  Neither source is just a real fount of
reliable wisdom, though; one was the TDI manual (not quite useless, and I
do like Modula), the other was ABACUS Books' GEM_Programmer's_Reference_Guide.

So, what is the real story?  I tried to get an application to run with NDC
and I got bombs instead.  Am I missing something, is TDI missing
something, or is the ST at fault?  Really, of course, Atari is at fault
for not providing useful documentation at a reasonable price.  (Sorry,
Neil, but I just can't resist a chance to *slam* that point home to the
marketing wizards at Atari *one* *more* *time*   1/2 :-)

Working in the dark,
Doug Miller
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Subject: Normalized Device Coordinates in TDI Modula-2
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Date: Sun, 7-Sep-86 18:45:11 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep  7 18:45:11 1986
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Organization: U.T. Physics Dept.  Austin, TX
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Keywords: Does it work?  My attempts didn't