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From: ses@oliveb.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: 256K and 80-column upgrades and little mouses...
Message-ID: <804@oliveb.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 10-Apr-87 10:32:18 EST
Article-I.D.: oliveb.804
Posted: Fri Apr 10 10:32:18 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 11-Apr-87 19:19:19 EST
References: <8704092026.AA26563@mitre-bedford.ARPA>
Organization: Olivetti ATC; Cupertino, Ca
Lines: 43
Summary: 80 columns on 8 bit

In article <8704092026.AA26563@mitre-bedford.ARPA>, jhs@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA writes:
> ...
> Re: 80-columns NOW!!!
> 
> Dean Brunette says "LOWEST resolution on the ST is equivalent to the 8 bit's
> graphics 8.  That's why the 8 bit can only display 40 columns legibly..."
> 
> Actually, you can get a very legible 80-column display RIGHT NOW, for $39.95
> from CDY Consulting, and it is the OMNIVIEW upgrade that some of us have
> talked about.  I know it is PATENTLY OBVIOUS that this is IMPOSSIBLE, just as
> it has been shown that bumblebees can't fly, but all I can say is I have been
> using OMNIVIEW with a Magnavox amber monitor for most of a year now, and it is
> just about as satisfactory as using my "real" vt100 at work, though admittedly
> the resolution is a bit lower.  But it is good enough that you quickly forget
> that it CAN'T POSSIBLY look that good and start enjoying the convenience of
> true 80 columns and full-screen editing.  I even used OMNIVIEW's 80-column
> mode with a monochrome TV set (an old Sylvania nearly 20 years old), and it
> worked quite well.
> 

Thanks for the reply, at least now I know my articles get out!  :-)

I guess my line should have read, "...can only display 40 columns legibly
IN MY OPINION..."  I can't stand Omniview, and prefer the crispness of the
Atari XEP80 (which is fantastic!) or an ST or an IBM (at even 640x200).
Maybe it's just that I don't like my lower case N's to look like this bit
map:   
                   N
                 N N
		 NNN
		 N N
		 N

I'm sorry;  I prefer using my Ampex 220 terminal to the Omniview (even
though it has a bit higher resolution, i.e. four times as many pixels).

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