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- From: ross@bnr.ca (Ross Brown)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Re: Bigscreen init
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.162646.15789@bmers95.bnr.ca>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 16:26:46 GMT
- References: <BxIA59.8MD@rice.edu>
- Sender: usenet@bmers95.bnr.ca
- Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
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- In article <BxIA59.8MD@rice.edu> stiv@stat.rice.edu (david n stivers) writes:
- >I've pulled this useful-looking init off sumex-aim. Unfortunately, I can't
- >get it to work with my 1MB SE (6.0.x-also tried an older system (4.x?))
- >
- >Of course, it was written in '87.
- >
- >In case someone can point me to an equivalent, this init apparently
- >allows you to have a desktop that is bigger than your screen. I guess that
- >it's supposed to scroll when you move the mouse.
- >
- >I guess maybe SteppingOut is an alternative. How much does this generally
- cost?
-
- I recall a price between C$50 and C$100.
-
- For C$0, you could wait a few months for my virtual desktop manager to emerge
- from beta test. It operates more like an X virtual window manager on UNIX
- (preset locations, scaled-down view of all items on virtual desktop, etc.).
-
- [ Vaporware alert! Vaporware alert! ]
-
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