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From: davewt@NCoast.ORG (David Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.125210.3651@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 18 Jun 91 12:52:10 GMT
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In article <1991Jun17.194301.8588@milton.u.washington.edu> stevep@wrq.com (Steve Poole) writes:
>In article <5137@orbit.cts.com> chucks@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch) writes:
>>Ok, i'll give on that one, for now, but once you move that window off the
>>screen, you can't see it anymore.  AmigaDos 2.0 supports virtual workbenches,
>>that will scroll the screen when you come to the edge so your work area can be
>>larger than your monitor space.  This supported on the Mac?
>
>Depends on the video card.  My 24-bit card supports virtual desktops up to
>around 4000x1500 with hardware pan and zoom.  It's a SuperMac; I think that
>Radius and RasterOps cards have similar features.


	My 3000 supports a WorkBench of up to 16,000 by 16,000 - but I can't
imagine anyone USING a WB/desktop that large. It's much faster to just flip
through several "screens" (or drag them down partially if you are lucky enough
to use an Amiga (:-)) than to scroll/jump around a single large display.
	If they had some kind of direct optical input, where if you turned
your head you would scroll over the desktop as if it was a REAL desktop,
they might be more usefull...


			Dave