Amcnc.1065
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utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!mcnc!taylor
Thu Feb 25 09:10:39 1982
Re: ucbvax.6283:
Tho it is usually considered an inconvenience, many micros, notably Apples,
have standard 40 column displayrather than 80, which ofen turns out to
be more readable.  A relatively dumb terminal package can then be used to
use the micro as a terminal.  According to our micro group here, the visi-term
package might also be useful, as you can define you own character set - but
to do so is quite a bit of work.

Using the micro has one further advantage.  Most, at least our, monitors
are adjusted to overshoot the edges and ofter dhcannot even be adjusted in
far enough to see the right and left edges of the screen.  Consequently,
characters are lost - which is most annoying.  The micros tend to use
graphics mode for output - or at least assume that you will be using a normal
tv for a monitor.  Consequently they work much better with monitors and do
not lose characters!

Steve Taylor

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