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From: collinge@uvicctr.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: Re: WANTED: terminal emulator
Message-ID: <176@uvicctr.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 13-Jul-86 02:32:50 EDT
Article-I.D.: uvicctr.176
Posted: Sun Jul 13 02:32:50 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 16-Jul-86 08:03:41 EDT
References: <268@sunybcs.UUCP> <1681@eagle.ukc.ac.uk>
Reply-To: collinge@uvicctr.UUCP (Doug Collinge)
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria B.C. Canada
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Keywords: 132 columns

In article <1681@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> pc@ukc.ukc.ac.uk (R.P.A.Collinson) writes:
>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
>
>My conclusion therefore is that 132 character wide terminals are not
>really possible on the ST for humans not equipped with binoculars.

I used a home-brew 7x3 font to get 70 cols on my Apple for months of heavy
work.  Perfectly readable with a little work on the font and I didn't have
to wear binoculars.  On the ST it might be a bit teensy, however...
Doug.

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