[Coco] Please don't laugh :(

jimcox at miba51.com jimcox at miba51.com
Sun Jan 4 13:09:58 EST 2004


On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 08:52:25 -0500
  Robert Gault <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>jimcox at miba51.com wrote:
>> Robert:
>> 
>> I think I understand what you are saying, and that 
>>WIDTH80 is only for a 
>> real DECB system and not a MESS session. Well I started 
>>up the Projector 
>> 3 project and once I got the green screen, jsut for 
>>S&G's, I entered 
>> WIDTH80 and the screen changed to 80 collums.  Seems to 
>>run fine.
>> 
>> Maybe I misunderstood what you meant.  Thanks for you 
>>help.
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>What I was saying is that there is nothing you can tell 
>Portal-9 or MESS that changes the width. You have to 
>treat MESS emulation exactly as you would the system 
>being emulated. Therefore your use of WIDTH80 is exactly 
>what you should have done.
>

Thanks Robert, don't know why I didn't understand you the 
first time.   engaged my brain, but must of popped the 
clutch. :)  

Jim



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