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From: aa404@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Chris Roberts)
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Subject: Re: Duet card reservations (was:Re: GS/MAC card)
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Date: 8 Oct 90 19:47:01 GMT
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>	Ok, I was wrong about the actual numbers, but I don't see how
>your explanation would solve the problem...
>	Even with 384 vertical pixels, it's almost twice as big as
>the GS's 200 vertical pixels. So Dark Castle, which doesn't put itself
>in a scrollable window, wouldn't run, correct? I'm inferring that you're
>including Dark Castle in the "non-well-behaved" category.

The way I understood it, was not that it depended on Scrollable windows, but
that it had a special set of kepresses or something to actually "Scroll"
the viewable section of the screen itself.  

I think it sounds like a pain in the but myself, but I don't think it's going
to stop it from functioning.  I agree, it would be a lot easier, if they
just put it out with some Mac Video Roms and a Mac Video Port.

>	So I honestly don't see where the market for this thing is. And, in
>my opinion, ALL OF THE PROBLEMS come from the "video problem". Maybe that's
>because I think one of the few advantages of the Mac is square pixels.

I must admit, I often wonder why they didn't have true Square pixels on the
GS.  It would solve many problems.


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