Re: lynx-dev screen widths

[C.J.LAWSON]

Thanks .. that was very informative ..

        Regards

On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 address@hidden wrote:

> > 
> 
> ordinary (typeset) text runs more than 80 columns, e.g., in a book.
> 
> newsprint runs shorter.
> 
> (I could cite numbers, but people will argue)
>   
> 80 columns simply happens to correspond to punchcards (because programs
> were developed on punchcards, the video terminals that were developed
> to replace them had 80 columns, except for the less common ones used
> for replacing point-of-sale terminals aka cash registers - those are
> commonly 40 columns).
> 
> -- let's not confuse cause (historical legacy) with effect (relative ease of 
> use)
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Jonathan Lawson 
Thermal Processes Unit 
Department of Applied Energy and Optical Diagnostics 
School of Mechanical Engineering, 
Cranfield  University, 
Cranfield, Bedford. UK.  
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