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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: JR-Comm VT100 emulation
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Date: 4 Jan 91 11:29:33 GMT
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In <666@faatcrl.UUCP>, jprad@faatcrl.UUCP (Jack Radigan) writes:
>lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) writes:
>
>>Well, there's always 4 wide characters, leaving 3 for pixels and 1 for spacing
>>I wouldn't use it, but I sure wouldn't tell anyone else not to. Will JRComm
>>handle it now if such a font were to be supplied?
>
>  The 132 col fonts would have to replace the 80 col fonts supplied with
>JR-Comm.  I did a bit of fiddling with the fonts themselves to allow for the
>graphics characters and inverse equivelents to reside in four sets of 256
>character fonts.
>
>  As for not telling anyone else not to use it, I can see your point, but
>I also feel that having such an inferior looking font there only gives
>the opposition something to harp on about the Amiga.

Let 'em harp, if they happen to see it. Ask them to show you _their_ 132
columns, and when they do, ask them "OK, now show me an animation.. no wait..
don't stop your download!"

-larry

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