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Article #621568Re: Old word processors
From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 09:32
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 09:32
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On Mon, 26 Mar 2018 03:24:47 -0500 Andy Leighton <an...@azaal.plus.com> wrote: > On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 16:50:11 -0400, Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net> > wrote: > > I think I once ran in on an emulated Spectrum. It used graphics to > > display an 80 columns display. Cannot locate the tape image on my > > computer anymore to verify. > > The Spectrum's display was only 256 pixels wide so you may be > misremembering. > > The Spectrum word processor I am familiar with is Tasword which did > 64 columns (and that was difficult to read). I believe it originated > on the ZX81. Not a chance! 64 columns gives only 4 pixels wide and you need a gap. The tightest character set I know of is 5x7 in a 6x8 grid which would make for a 42x24 mode. IIRC the standard text mode on the spectrum was 32x24 using an 8x8 grid. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:\>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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