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From: rico@oscvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Two Questions
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Date: Wed, 18-Mar-87 12:05:39 EST
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Summary: Do big monitors work well?  How does Tim King do it?

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Q1:
	Has anyone had any experience working with big (40"-50" diagonal)
	monitors or projection TVs on the Amiga?  What sort of loss of
	resolution/picture quality (if any) happens when you switch to a
	big monintor like that.  I am particularly thinking of these two
	monitors:
			Mitsubishi  VS-580RS
			Electrohome PR-0507

	Any comments would be appreciated.  (Please mail if you don't think
	that what you have to say is of general interest)


Q2:
	Has anyone seen Tim King's improved File Handler?  What I would
	like to know is how it interfaces with the existing system so
	that I can write device drivers which will be compatible with it.
	If I create a trackdisk style ram disk will the new handler know
	how to use it?  How will it avoid conflicts with the old file
	handler?  Will it require a completely new Kickstart and hence
	completely take the place of the old file handler?

Q3:
	(I know I said only two questions... I lied.)

	Is there a way that I can tell the existing File-Handler not
	to do *any* buffering for me?  I want to write yet another
	ram disk and I can already see that the file handler will likely
	spend much of its time trying to do me favours that are counter
	productive.  I don't want to write my own file handler because
	then I'd run into all kinds of compatability problems (like
	the current ram: disk has).  Got an answer for this one Carolyn?


	Any info re: any of these questions would be appreciated.


While I'm here, here's a suggestion:

	Try using Matt Dillon's "mwb" program in conjunction with
	Gary Oberbrunner's Workbench Tablecloth "bkdrop".  Leave your
	Workbench Screen as/is (use just for the Workbench) and run your
	CLI/shell/tools from your "Other Workbench Screen".  Sprinkle in
	"morerows" and you have a real win!  (I changed Gary's tablecloth
	pattern to something a little denser, you may want to do that too).


	      -Rico
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			Is ihnp4 not feeling well lately?

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