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- From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: CBM mention on 12/11/92 Computer Chronicles
- References: <1h7pl3INNqo2@uwm.edu> <1992Dec22.203903.26699@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>
- Message-ID: <jbickers.0m0g@templar.actrix.gen.nz>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 13:18:14 PST
- Organization: TAP
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- Quoted from <1992Dec22.203903.26699@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> by jerry@msi.com (Jerry Shekhel):
-
- > : Which are not nearly as integrated into the system as the Amiga's
- > : screens are, and therefore, quite a bit less useful.
-
- > You're quite wrong about that. The Windows solutions are extremely well
- > integrated, and have excellent keyboard, menu, and panel access to the
-
- So you can scroll one screen down to reveal part of the one below
- it? And applications can use the OS to create split screens? Is
- that what you're talking about, or are you just setting yourself
- up for yet another "oh, I misread"?
-
- > If you're talking about extending real estate, it's still a half-baked,
- > if fast, solution, as screens are limited by Chip RAM. Put a high-color paint
-
- Half-baked? It's been working without the users seeing a need for
- change for the last, what, 7 years? Funny idea of half-baked that
- you have there.
-
- What we have is a concept that fits the hardware like a glove,
- which provides a variety of benefits. One of which happens to be
- this "extending real-estate" thing. The concept does not live or
- die based on the real-estate benefit, so even now when huge
- Workbench screens can be created, we still have screens.
-
- As an aside, I think it's a shame that CBM don't figure out a way
- to let external graphics boards be just another "screen" in the
- system list.
-
- > | JERRY J. SHEKHEL | Molecular Simulations Inc. | Time just fades the pages |
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