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Re: lynx-dev screen widths
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mattack |
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Re: lynx-dev screen widths |
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Sat, 17 Apr 1999 16:37:54 -0700 (PDT) |
On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Philip Webb wrote:
>the reason for making CRT terminals 80-col seems most likely to have been
>that on a 12" screen it gives characters roughly paper-printing size;
>some very early personal computers had 40-col displays,
>probably due to their very small memories or processors.
I think it's because the video hardware required is more complicated. Also
it's harder to display clear 80 column text on a TV.
- lynx-dev ^Z and stty cols (was: screen widths), (continued)
- Re: lynx-dev screen widths, Bela Lubkin, 1999/04/16
- Re: lynx-dev screen widths, dickey, 1999/04/17
- Re: lynx-dev screen widths, Henry Nelson, 1999/04/19
- Re: lynx-dev screen widths, Bela Lubkin, 1999/04/20
- lynx-dev screen widths, Philip Webb, 1999/04/21
- Re: screen widths [lynx-dev], Michael Warner, 1999/04/21