Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!m.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: the new NeXT machine Message-ID: <3300187@m.cs.uiuc.edu> Date: 3 Oct 90 19:34:00 GMT References: <202415@<1990Oct1> Lines: 6 Nf-ID: #R:<1990Oct1:202415:m.cs.uiuc.edu:3300187:000:349 Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies Oct 3 14:34:00 1990 Knowing something about Steve Jobs, it probably has something do with displaying 2 WYSWYG representations of a sheet of paper, on the same screen at the same time. If someone knew the resolution (80dpi?) of the display, then we could confirm this. The original Mac 128K could display exactly 1/2 a sheet of paper (6.5" wide by 4.25" tall) at once.