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From: hammen@puff.UUCP (Zaphod Beeblebrox)
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Subject: Re: 68020 shipments to Apple (actually bigger screen)
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Date: Fri, 18-Apr-86 08:34:37 EST
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In article <794@wang.UUCP>, ephraim@wang.UUCP (pri=8 Ephraim Vishniac x76659 ms1459) types:
> >          I'm also wondering about any compatibility problems with
> > the larger screen.
> > 					Scott Anderson
> > 					ihnp4!oddjob!kaos!sra
> 
> Only the usual problem: careless and shortsighted programmers will see
> their programs bomb or screw up, and programmers who followed the Apple
> guidelines will be OK.  Ever since "day one" it's been possible to look
> up the screen size (width and height) and location in low memory.  But
> when memory went from 128K to 512K, how many programs wrote the screen
> in the wrong place?  How many won't work on the Mac XL?  

A LOT.  Fortunately, most of them are demos or games.  However, the one thing
that is more frustrating is the fact that some programs won't let you resize 
a window past the edge of the normal Mac screen, which means you have about 2
inches or so of wasted space just sitting there (especially frustrating in 
terminal programs, where you could do an easy 132 columns if your windows
could be enlarged.....)

Robert J. Hammen     {seismo,allegra,ihnp4,harvard,topaz}!uwvax!puff!hammen
UW-Madison CS Dept.   hammen@puff.wisc.edu{
UW-Madison Plasma Physics Dept.     plasma%wiscpsl.bitnet {@wiscvm.wisc.edu}