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- From: anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
- Subject: Re: ZEOS P.PC Owners Wanted
- Date: 18 Dec 1992 02:34:09 GMT
- Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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- In article <1992Dec15.131504.50031@ccvax.ucd.ie> lkomito@ccvax.ucd.ie writes:
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- >or some such other compromise. Still, if there was some way to enlarge
- >the text, even at a loss of some of the lines, then I would be happy
- >to work on the ZEOS for most daily tasks. Certainly it is good for
-
- Try "mode bw40". The CGA used in modern machines still has the old 40
- column mode that IBM put in the original 1982 IBM PC so it could be
- used on television sets. Note that only some software will detect and
- work properly in 40 columns.
-
- Here are a couple programs that may also do what you want. They are on
- SIMTEL20 and its various mirror archive sites. There are several more
- similar programs in the same directory.
-
- "PD1:","<MSDOS.HANDICAP>","20-20.ZIP",1,95701,8,911104,"Large characters text word proc. for laptops"
- "PD1:","<MSDOS.HANDICAP>","BCDEMO.ZIP",1,54891,8,910313,"BigCalc, which works with large characters"
- "PD1:","<MSDOS.HANDICAP>","BEDIT20.ZIP",1,236868,8,910311,"Large character editor for sight impared users"
- "PD1:","<MSDOS.HANDICAP>","BIGT.ZIP",1,3980,8,910315,"Enlarges CGA/MDA text 10 characters at a time"
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