Re: 24 x 80 is too small.

Thanks Rob.. I was talking about application design, not GUI. Modern
application design does not rule out green screen, just does it differently
than the traditional "fill up the screen... oh damn - the screen is too
small!... let's get a bigger screen and fill IT up" method.

Although, now it has been brought up, IBM seems to be moving to replace
Twinax, so maybe...

And, can you even buy a 3487-HC any more? Hmmmmm - the green ages appear to
be getting darker.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: 24 x 80 is too small.


> I don't think this is what he was saying,  GUI vs. green screen.  I think
> he was saying that, instead of shoving more data on the screen perhaps you
> should redesign your screen.
>
> Rob Berendt
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>
>
> "James H H Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Re: 24 x 80 is too small.
>
> > Sticking to a philosophy of "there is room on the screen, stick a field
> > on it" will keep us in the green ages.
>
> You talk like there's something WRONG with Twinax. Like a "slick" GUI
> screen is somehow inherently better than a text-based one that does the
> same job with less (and cheaper) hardware. Like there's no real difference
> between a 3487-HC (color, 132 columns, mouse support) and some dreadful
> old 5251.
>
> --
> JHHL
>