RE: Scrollbar on the AS400

I like the 132 column display.  A lot of people I know find the characters
too small to read comfortably.  From looking over people's shoulders I've
learned that the magic column number for job logs is 35.  I'm not going to
be the one to suggest they get glasses. <g>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boothm@earth.Goddard.edu [mailto:boothm@earth.Goddard.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 5:34 PM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Scrollbar on the AS400
> 
> 
> May I ask why you stay at 80 columns?  Are there many 80-column-only 
> displays left?  Why are you avoiding the 132-column screen?  I am not 
> picking on you, but I am curious because I see this 
> artificial limitation 
> imposed over and over and I just don't see the reason.   132 
> columns is 
> another 52 columns, a 65+% increase.
> _______________________
> Booth Martin
> boothm@earth.goddard.edu
> http://www.spy.net/~booth
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