X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,d1df926a113e6ecd X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-06 14:21:38 PST From: Neil Franklin Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: AsciiOS ;) Date: 06 Jan 2002 23:21:10 +0100 Organization: My own Private Self Lines: 26 Message-ID: <6u4rlzm889.fsf@chonsp.franklin.ch> References: X-Complaints-To: news@chonsp.franklin.ch NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 Jan 2002 22:21:12 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.4 NNTP-Posting-Host: galapagos.ethz.ch X-Trace: 6 Jan 2002 23:21:33 +0100, galapagos.ethz.ch Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!130.59.214.20!news-ge.switch.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!chonsp.franklin.ch!not-for-mail Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:13500 "bug" writes: > U�ytkownik "Johannes 'Joey' R�ssel" napisa� w wiadomo�ci > news:a19tu4$cfm$02$1@news.t-online.com... > > > > Font used will be... good-old DOS VGA 16x8 font (80x25 text mode :) > > > > Looks good so far. But why limit to 80x25. There are still graphics modes > > (and of course 80x50). You could use graphics modes with even more > > characters. > > I think that 80x50 would be the best mode for that OS, but > it would be also cool if it could be changed for instance > as easy as it is in windows... 80x50 leads to characters that are relatively "flat", not much higher than wide. This will distort others art. And it will led to art made on such a system being distorted everywhere else. 80x30 is OK. 80x43 may still work. But 80x50 is too much. -- Neil Franklin, neil@franklin.ch.remove http://neil.franklin.ch/ Hacker, Unix Guru, El Eng HTL/BSc, Sysadmin, Archer, Roleplayer - Intellectual Property is Intellectual Robbery