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From: joel@peora.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: "square" paint program?
Message-ID: <2620@peora.ccur.com>
Date: Thu, 29-Oct-87 09:15:10 EST
Article-I.D.: peora.2620
Posted: Thu Oct 29 09:15:10 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 4-Nov-87 02:05:51 EST
References: <1397@ttidca.TTI.COM>
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Organization: Concurrent Computer Corporation, Orlando, Fl
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Summary: 1:1 aspect ratio with 640x480 and 800x600 resolution

In article <1397@ttidca.TTI.COM>, svirsky@ttidca (William Svirsky) writes:
> Is it possible  to get a true  WYSIWYG (What You See  Is What You
> Get) paint  program and/or hardware  for the PC  without shelling
> out big  bucks? The main  problem I  am having is  with rotation,
> which is  a must for my  purposes. When I rotate  text 90 degrees
> for example, the "unsquare" aspect  ratio of the monitor distorts
> the text. Is this  true for all monitors/adapters/paint programs?

I am told that if you  have  a  monitor/display  card/paint  program  that
support  640x480  or 800x600 resolutions you get square pixels, because of
the 4:3 aspect ratio of  normal  monitors.  I  upgraded  to  such  a  con-
figuration  recently,  but  haven't checked it myself.  I'll give it a try
and see if it actually works.  By the way Windows  really  looks  neat  in
800x600 with 16 colors.


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     Joel Upchurch @ CONCURRENT Computer Corporation (A Perkin-Elmer Company)
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