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From: Carla.Campbell@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Carla Campbell)
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Subject: Re: qedid
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Date: 10 Apr 91 18:00:28 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 AH>  have you had it in 43 lines mode?  I was messing around with
 AH>  that today and it didn't seem to be going into 43 line mode
 AH>  for me

Well, I can't take advantage of 43-line mode on any program for a couple of
reasons.  The first is that I use a monochrome video card.  That limits
applications programs to 25 lines per screen.  You need EGA or VGA to get
43 lines on your screen/in your video memory.

The second reason I can't use more than 25 lines per screen is that even if
I had something besides a monochrome video adapter, none of the various
speech programs I have here are capable of handling a screen larger than 25
lines.  Even if your program is set to 43 lines and they display on your
monitor, they're still not going to be seen by the speech program-- it will
continue to look at the first 25 lines and first 80 columns, no matter
what is physically on your screen.

You're using IBM Screen Reader, right? I don't know if it has the
ability to read screens larger than 25x80, and if so, if you have to
tell it to look beyond those parameters.  If you do have EGA or VGA, you
might check into this, as it might be what is preventing you from using the
Qedit 43 line mode.  If it does, I would be very interested, as I do not
know of any screen reading software which will deal with more than 25x80,

                                                 --Carla

... Read what I mean, not what I write!

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