dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott) (02/21/90)
Over the weekend, I picked up a new shareware ($25) INIT called
MaxAppleZoom.
It reprograms the Mac II video card to change it from 640x480 to
704x512, thus using the unused memory in your video card. Note that
this is *not* like Stepping Out II, which, though an excellent program,
only simulates having a larger screen.
I found that I had to squish the screen area in both directions a
little to actually see all of the screen.
The INIT works surprisingly well. Some programs (Solarian II) don't
make use of the extra area. Others (Tetris, Brickles Plus) become
sluggish. Also, I was unable to get it to work with a Mac IIcx at
work.
The only complaint I have is that I have to stretch out all of my
background screens. Hmm, maybe a variant on the Black Box theme would
work. That way, one could have a standard 640x480 screen with a 512x64
and a 640x32 (or 480x64 and 704x32) strip with icons, buttons,
application tabs, clocks, and what have you. Make it more configurable
than Black Box and I might even use it...
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David Elliott
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