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From: t-jacobs@cs.utah.edu (Tony Jacobs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MaxAppleZoom
Keywords: neat screen cdev
Message-ID: <1990Feb25.195100.8380@hellgate.utah.edu>
Date: 26 Feb 90 02:51:00 GMT
References: <1369@nih-csl.UUCP> <38947@apple.Apple.COM>
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
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In article <38947@apple.Apple.COM> rewing@Apple.COM (Richard Ewing) writes:
>In article <1369@nih-csl.UUCP> fratus@mgaid1.niaid.nih.gov (John Fratus) writes:
>>I just downloaded the MaxAppleZoom INIT/cdev from a local bbs. What it
>>does (in case you haven't heard of it) is increase the size of the screen
>>on a Mac II series computer with a genuine Apple color (640x480) board.
>>Amazingly enough, it works. Pretty much. My screen is now something like
>>700x500. Unfortunately, the left hand side of the screen is not quite right.
>>It seems to be shifted about ten pixels to the left. (In other words it's
>>not visible...) There's no mention of this possibility in the readme file
>>that came with the cdev. Sooooo, does anyone else have this cdev; has anyone
>>else had this problem?
>>
>>Apple: If there was available memory on the card all this time, why didn't
>>you guys use it? The gains quoted above don't sound like much, but the gain
>>makes the screen feel _much_ larger. And as we all know... bigger is better!
>>(=J>)
>>
>>- John (fratus@niaid.nih.gov)
>
>In the Readme file, there is a section about readjusting your Apple
>Color Monitor to handle the screen overscan problems that occur
>with this cdev.  And with this problem comes the crux of why Apple
>went with a 640x480 resolution on the card.  This init stretches
>the capabilities of the Apple Sony-designed monitor to its absolute
>limits, as it was designed for 640x480 resolution in mind.  I personally
>think the init is pretty neat, and many people in our office use it,
>but if you have to readjust your monitor to do it (something I
>don't recommend the lay user do), you may want to reassess your desire
>to use this little program.
>
>|Internet: REWING@APPLE.COM-----------------------Rick Ewing              |
>|ApplelinkPE & MacNet Soon!------------------Apple Computer, Inc.         |

NO. I've messed with these adjustments and they are not the problem. It's as
though the cdev is telling it to use 705 in the horizontal direction and its
only getting 690 or so. The cursor as well as windows go off the screen and you don't see them. It doesn't matter if you have adjusted the monitor to shrink
in the horizontal direction.
Tony Jacobs * Center for Engineering Design * U of U * t-jacobs@cs.utah.edu