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From: pc@ukc.ac.uk (R.P.A.Collinson)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: Re: WANTED: terminal emulator
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Date: Tue, 8-Jul-86 19:30:15 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul  8 19:30:15 1986
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Organization: U of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, UK
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Keywords: 132 columns

Hmm.. well the Monochrome ST has 640 pixels across the screen. 
640/132=4.84 (recurring) - this is a bit little to see. In fact, I
think that the 6*6 character set in the ST (106 characters) is too
small to do any real work with.

I used the 8*8 character set for a bit and found this tiring - this was
not because of the smallness of the characters but that the aspect
ratio was wrong, I think. The letters in words were too far apart.

I have found that the best small set is one derived from the 8*8 set -
a 7*8 set is possible to work with but only gives 91 screen
characters. I add two extra lines between the characters giving me a
40 line, 91 character wide terminal.

My conclusion therefore is that 132 character wide terminals are not
really possible on the ST for humans not equipped with binoculars.