[Coco] 64/80 column version of Dynacalc?

[Arthur Flexser]

Since the display is only 256 pixels wide, to display 80 columns would mean
letters could only be 2 pixels wide with one pixel in between characters.
No way would that be tolerably legible.

Art

On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 2:40 PM, rcrislip <rcrislip at neo.rr.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 18 May 2018 11:24:54 +0100
> Tony Jewell <tonyjewell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi - I'm running it under OS/9, but I should have mentioned I'm
> > running it on a Dragon too. I'm wondering if the versions of OS/9
> > that I'm seeing are all 'tweaked' for the 51 column display that
> > comes with our OS/9 version. Where did you find the version you're
> > running at 80 columns? I'll grab that and see if it works!
> >
> > Many thanks, Tony
> >
> > On 17 May 2018 at 21:39, rcrislip <RCrislip at neo.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 17 May 2018 12:04:13 +0100
> > > Tony Jewell <tonyjewell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone out there know how to patch Dynacalc so it could work
> > > > at either 64 or 80 columns (for the CocoVGA and DragonPlus
> > > > respectively). Reading around, I get the impression that I patch
> > > > the dynacalc.trm file somewhere - but I tried replacing all 51s
> > > > with 64s, and that doesn't work. Perhaps it's more subtle - on
> > > > Stylo, for example, I have to replace 49 with 62, as the actual
> > > > usable width is 49 characters.
> > > >
> > > > Many thanks in advance,
> > > > Tony
> > > >
> > >
> > > I assume you're running the RSDOS version? I ask because I run
> > > Dynacalc all the time under NitrOS9 and it works great on an eighty
> > > column screen. So if you have NitrO9 or OS9 try it that way.
> > >
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>
> OK, That explains it to me. You're running OS9 V1 for the Dragon
> equivalent of the  CoCo2 which has at most 64k. I know of no way to do
> 80 columns on that machine. Other might. Anyone???
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