From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2022-01-21 21:53:15 +0000, Slick RCBD said:   
      
   > For years, I used to use the 80-column text screen on the old Apple II   
   > as displayed on an AppleColor monitor (either the composite one for the   
   > IIe or the analog RGB one for the IIGS) as the metric for minimum   
   > readability for text.   
   >   
   > However, in recent years nobody knows what I'm talking about when I say   
   > "If it's smaller than the 80-column text screen on an Apple IIe it's   
   > too small". Or if they have an idea what an Apple IIe is, they don't   
   > know what the text looked like.   
   >   
   > Could somebody suggest a better way to talk to the next generation too   
   > young to remember the Apple II? I'm not sure the best way to describe   
   > the text size on an Apple II.   
   > The context is something like talking about say the text in the   
   > Battletech game from Harebrained Schemes / Paradox Interactive, or how   
   > a web page is rendered on my phone and being annoyed at how small the   
   > "Mobile friendly" version appears, especially if I try to zoom and the   
   > site forces me to use horizontal scrolling.   
   > We had Word Wrap on the Apple II+ with DogPaw and numerous other   
   > programs for god's sake, why can't a phone with a processor 40 years   
   > more advanced do simple word wrap?   
      
   I don't know about describing it, but if you've got a Mac then you can   
   show them ... the Terminal app's preferences can be set to be 80   
   columns wide x 24 rows high, or any other size you want.   
      
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