Re: Inform: screen dimensions
13 Oct 1995 18:48:00 +0100
In article <ckT8rNe00WB2ArEeQE@andrew.cmu.edu>,
erkyrath+@CMU.EDU (Andrew C. Plotkin) wrote:
>jools@arnod.demon.co.uk (Julian Arnold) writes:
>> What would be the minimum height and width of screen I could reasonably
>> demand? I'm using a lap-top, and the biggest window in which I can run ZIP
>> is 26 characters deep and 74 characters wide. Would it be reasonable to
>> demand everyone else have a display of at least these dimensions?
>> (Obviously bigger doesn't matter).
>
>The earliest Infocom games I played were on a 40x24 Apple II screen.
>40 across, that is. If you're going for super-portability, that'd be a
>good minimum to aim for.
There are even people playing Infocom games on the Atari Portfolio.
This PC compatible palmtop comes with a 40x8 character display
(40 columns x 8 lines).
Anyone with a smaller screen? :-)
So long
Tom
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"Look, my eyes are just holograms." - TT