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From: krag@cup.portal.com (Kevin Ray Grotjohn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: 'Virtual Monitors'
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Date: 7 Jan 90 02:54:00 GMT
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>Drivel about wierd screen widths violating the spirit of a multitasking os.
>Also about how the MAC has a slight problem with color pallettes when running
>multiple programs.
 
The amiga has slidable screens that can have different resolutions and color
palletes and depth.  This avoids the problem entirely.  You can have an editor
on a 1 bit screen for performance while running a 4096 color paint program on
another screen.  Look at the Amiga WorkBench sometime, notice the gadgets in
the corner? Those are screen front/back gadgets.  I'd hate to use a 
wordprocessor on a "True color" 32bit deep screen.