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- From: michael.smith@f842.n800.z3.fido.zeta.org.au (michael smith)
- Message-ID: <3_800_842_fidonet2b61134a@Kralizec.fido.zeta.org.au>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: A letter to Dave Baggett
- Organization: Fidonet. Gate admin is fido@socs.uts.edu.au
- Date: 23 Jan 93 10:40:32 GMT
- Lines: 32
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- Original to: wells_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
- In a message of <14 Jan 1993 22:46:5>, wells_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
- (3:713/602) writes:
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- ws> I mean, the full 80 lines across, 24-lines down being displayed at once
- ws> on the screen. These windowed programs don't do this, due to scroll
- bars,
- ws> title bars, and menu bars etc. Bob Brodie might like it, but he's
- ws> probably using a TT where he *can* get the full 80*24 on the screen due
- ws> to the extra resolution! It does background downloading!? So, it's
- ws> not a major extra. You still have to wait for it, and it's slower than
- ws> single-tasking downloading.
-
- *laugh* Umm, I can't see how 945cps on a V.32 link is 'slower'. Then again,
- I guess I'm one of those fascists with a TT. Really, you can't expect the
- state of the art to continue to work on a system now 7 years old...
-
- ws> Just for the record, how many people out there *do* have 9600bps and
- ws> higher modems!?
-
- I have a couple of Motorala Codex 2260's that I picked up in a pile of junk
- for effectively nothing. Sure, they don't have lots of the 'nice' features,
- and if you leave them on too long they make the room warm, but they do v.32
- just fine.
-
- ws> TARI | | \_/ Steve Wells - Wellington, New Zealand. |
-
- \`miff` /|\
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