prindle@nadc (04/18/86)
From: prindle@NADC Not being an Amiga owner, I can't imagine what is this obsession with 79 column terminal emulators!??? Who in his right mind would buy a terminal emulator that was missing a column? 640 pixels across the bit map should exactly support 80 characters, each in an 8 bit wide field. What gives? Frank Prindle Prindle@NADC.arpa
dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) (04/19/86)
I agree.... I see no reason to use '79 columns'.... I simply open the window without border's or border gadgets and WHALLA..... 80 columns.... Additionaly, by using the console driver, and telling it the first usable pix. row is 8 (it defaults to 9), I get 24 rows...... WHALLA, a real terminal. ... Now, if only Amiga went with a custom screen w/ larger screen area .. oh well. -Matt
keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) (04/21/86)
In article <8604192154.AA10066@cory> dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes: >Additionaly, by using the console driver, and telling it the first usable >pix. row is 8 (it defaults to 9), I get 24 rows...... WHALLA, a real terminal. ^^^^^^ I believe the word is 'voila' with an accent over the a (where's that darn accent key again?). Not a spelling flame, just a FYI. Keith Doyle # {ucbvax,ihnp4,decvax}!trwrb!cadovax!keithd # cadovax!keithd@ucla-locus.arpa
mykes@3comvax.UUCP (Mike Schwartz) (04/21/86)
In article <8604192154.AA10066@cory> dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes: > > I agree.... I see no reason to use '79 columns'.... I simply open >the window without border's or border gadgets and WHALLA..... 80 columns.... > >Additionaly, by using the console driver, and telling it the first usable >pix. row is 8 (it defaults to 9), I get 24 rows...... WHALLA, a real terminal. > > ... Now, if only Amiga went with a custom screen w/ larger screen area >.. oh well. > > -Matt If you open a 640x400 window, you can still use the console.device AND you get full ANSI (change them Amiga Termcap's to 48 lines, please...) and almost two screens tall worth of text at a time. I use it in my homebrew terminal program, and it works fine. Just one thing to keep in mind, at 640x400, it takes almost 2x longer than normal to repaint the entire screen with text.