`07*** Quoting mark lewis from a message to Scott Adams ***`07

 SA>> So the length ...hmmm....weird it would mess up with just a
 SA>> new monitor like that.  I'm sure there are bbses with large
 SA>> screen that could test this out with allfix.

 ml>> its not the large screen... its the high resolution... possibly he's
 ml>> running his DOS windows at something other than 25x80... i knw that i
 ml>> run mine at 43x80 and 50x80 and don't have any problems... possibly,
 ml>> he runs at 120 or 132 width? dunno without more information...
 ml>> the OS and video card/drivers may also come into play...

 SA>         That's why I hope someone might test it on their end
 SA> and see what happens.  I know I still prefer 25x80 myself.
 SA> Now many programs look good in other formats.

ml> quite a few, actually... my frontdoor has no problems with longer and
ml> wider screens... most all of my programs have no problems either... so
ml> conform to the actual screen widths and others simply retain the origi
ml> 25x80 format... some even recognise the taller capablity and retain th
ml> 80 column width format...


I just never had desire to up the format.  I think only time I used it was for
some old Norton 4.5 programs.

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