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From: jprad@faatcrl.UUCP (Jack Radigan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: JR-Comm VT100 emulation
Message-ID: <660@faatcrl.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jan 91 01:25:47 GMT
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xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:

>Its only 20 of the possible 78(?) extra pixels of overscan, which means
>if you were running on your own screen, and borderless you could do it
>pretty easily, and it would be a handy mode.

  The overscan is not the problem, it's the sub-standard appearance that
a 5 pixel wide font has.  I'd have no argument not to add 132 columns if
it looked good, but it simply looks ugly.

>Moreover, if you (now or later) make JRComm compatible with one of the
>better resolution optional displays, you could do a spectacularly good
>job at 1024^2.

  I've got no problems with adding 132 columns once the system can support
it in a visually pleasing fashion, but not on the current system.

  -jack-