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From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: First impressions
Message-ID: <3840@phri.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jul 89 02:06:36 GMT
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In <13959@haddock.ima.isc.com> trb@haddock.ima.isc.com (Andrew Tannenbaum):
> If we must have viewgraphs, either the screens should be tilted
> or special lenses should be used to compensate for this distortion.

	Surely a bunch of computer-types can do better than this, no?
First, calculate the coordinate system transform function imposed by the
tilted screen.  Then, calculate the inverse function and apply that you your
viewgraph when you print it.
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