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From: mykes@3comvax.UUCP (Mike Schwartz)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: 79 columns?
Message-ID: <477@3comvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 21-Apr-86 13:25:05 EST
Article-I.D.: 3comvax.477
Posted: Mon Apr 21 13:25:05 1986
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References: <8604192154.AA10066@cory>
Reply-To: mykes@3comvax.UUCP (Mike Schwartz)
Organization: 3Com Corp; Mountain View, CA
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Summary: 

In article <8604192154.AA10066@cory> dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes:
>
>	I agree.... I see no reason to use '79 columns'.... I simply open
>the window without border's or border gadgets and WHALLA..... 80 columns....
>
>Additionaly, by using the console driver, and telling it the first usable 
>pix. row is 8 (it defaults to 9), I get 24 rows...... WHALLA, a real terminal.
>
>	... Now, if only Amiga went with a custom screen w/ larger screen area
>.. oh well.
>
>					-Matt

If you open a 640x400 window, you can still use the console.device AND you
get full ANSI (change them Amiga Termcap's to 48 lines, please...) and
almost two screens tall worth of text at a time.  I use it in my homebrew 
terminal program, and it works fine.  Just one thing to keep in mind, at
640x400, it takes almost 2x longer than normal to repaint the entire screen
with text.