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From: uzun@pnet01.cts.com (Roger Uzun)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: 'Virtual Monitors'
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Date: 4 Jan 90 23:16:02 GMT
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>>Amigas way of organizing screens/windows is kludgey, I would create
>>a desktop window that...

Having developed several commercial applications on both the Amiga and
Mac II computers, I must say that the amigas way of doing things is
MUCH more flexible and, in my opinion, preferable to setting up a desktop
window as the last poster eluded too.  You CAN do this on the Amiga no
problem, what you cannot do on the Mac II is create custom screens with
your preferred resolution (up to about 710X490).  For the programmer, the
amigas way of doing this is MUCH more flexible.  For one it allows you to save
a lot of memory on systems with less memory equipped, since you can choose a
lower resolution screen in this case.  Admittedly for the mac II audience,
this is not much of a problem since everyone is assumed to have a lot of
memory, but at least the Amiga gives the developer a choice.
 

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