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From: mikew@wheeler.wrcr.unr.edu (Mike Whitbeck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: OMNIRES
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Date: 19 Sep 89 20:52:15 GMT
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A short while ago I asked this group about experiences with mono
emulators wrt to dvist.prg. Having received no replys I bit the
bullet and purchased Omni-Res (hypertek Development Corp).

It does seem to work with dvist.prg and showdvi.prg (really
great stuff). I have trouble using with gulam but its fine with
Mark Williams shell (msh). I had to edit msh's profile (startup
shell) to get the mouse visible under Omni-res. 

If you have a color monitor but sometimes need a monochrome (or
vice versa as well - I guess) this program is passable. In
emulating mono on a color screen it has 3 modes: 
	crunch everything down (a little hard to read)
	show top or bottom half of screen (ok)
	scroll screen with mouse (nice!)

I've only used this to emulate mono on a color screen- the
booklet says it will also emulate color on a mono screen (by
shades of grey I presume).  I paid $32.50 US a bit high perhaps
(all things relative) but it does work and appears to be more
stable than the PD monoware.