Good one! :-)
> It'll be perfectly unreadable even if you render it in a
> variable font, in which case you might even get OVER 80 characters per
line
> if they're just 1's. :)
I tried 80 cols on the OGO using TEXTEDIT and setting the font size
to 6 points. It wasn't pretty :-)
> Also, it'll probably increase the cost of the
> display rotate feature significantly (in $$$ and performance).
I don't know if it will add much cost to the price. It would affect the
speed of rotation but I don't think it will be that bad I would gladly
sacrifice a little speed in rotation for a bigger screen and iIf Apple can
do it I'm sure HP can also do it :-)
>
> BTW, the Zaurus does not support 80 cpl. It does upto 63(?).
Thanks. I read the 80 cols bit in Byte Magazine but was a little
skeptical. I had a chance to play with a Zaurus 5000 after I posted
the article and I couldn't get 80 cols.
On a tangent, I also got to play with a Newton 130 at the same time. Nice
backlighting!
I definitely want this. I was disappointed with the handwritting though.
I could easily outwrite it (which I can't do with Graffiti) and it didn't
recognize my handwriting very accurately in both printed and cursive modes.
I will take Graffiti any day. Anyway, I digress and this ain't the place
for this :-)
William