Access vs. Media

Stefan Schmiedl s at xss.de
Tue Oct 30 19:29:30 UTC 2001


Swan, Dean (2001-10-30 13:29):

> John,
> 
> >A 320x240 screen is just too small for 
> >programming, in Squeak or any other
> >language. Programming is hard enough
> >even when you have enough screen real
> >estate...
> 
>     Forgive me, but I just can not let
> this go un-rebuked.  Many of us started
> our programming careers on machines like
> the venerable Apple II, which only had
> a 280x192 screen and a fixed pitch 40
> by 24 text mode.

make that a Sinclair ZX81 with 1 kB RAM,
which did not allow you to use every
character on your 24x32 display P-)

s.

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