24x80 Standard? (was: Re: HX20)

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Fri Dec 11 14:31:48 1998

Hans wrote:
> So a 40x12 or a 80x24 similar gives a 'good' view (Just for us
> ol'apple freaks, didn't the APPLE ][ 40x24 display look _very_
> clumbsy ?

Well, maybe so, but I'm glad they *didn't* go with 40x12.

40 characters was chosen because it was the most that a typical television
(not monitor) in 1976 could display legibly. And even so, most color
televisions still had color fringes on the characters.

Eric
Received on Fri Dec 11 1998 - 14:31:48 GMT