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- From: kllove@vigilanti.ecn.uoknor.edu (Kenneth L Love)
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- Subject: Re: Closed architecture harmful? Maybe.. maybe not
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- Date: 11 Dec 92 21:23:44 GMT
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- hyc@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov (Howard Chu) writes:
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- >The Falcon doc book says (page 7, Game/Entertainment Software Guidelines)
- >to expect 640x480x256 color mode as the most commonly used video resolution.
- >(The entire manual is copyright 1992 by Atari Corporation, otherwise I would
- >have reproduced the entire page here.) They also say to make the games
- >launchable from any resolution, and to return the user to the same desktop
- >mode as they left on program exit, etc. etc.
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- I have a question... Why wasn't this sort of thing done all along?
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- >My personal favorite tho - make the games installable on harddisk. I'll be
- >really peeved at any game that ignores this one...
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- Me too!!!
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- Adios,
- Kenneth Love
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