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From: bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: JR-Comm VT100 emulation
Message-ID: <17067@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 3 Jan 91 09:36:51 GMT
References: <647@faatcrl.UUCP> <37439@cup.portal.com> <654@faatcrl.UUCP> <1991Jan2.070234.23846@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <660@faatcrl.UUCP>
Reply-To: bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <660@faatcrl.UUCP> jprad@faatcrl.UUCP (Jack Radigan) writes:
>
>  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.
>
>  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.

The system can support it now. Several of us at work here use various
incarnations of an 8 high x 5 wide font on 1950's, A2024's, NEC's and
Moniterm Viking monitors. With the A3000 or an A2000 with an A2320
card, 132 column displays are quite usable (in fact, they are quite
nice.)

bj

>  -jack-

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