`07*** Quoting mark lewis from a message to Scott Adams ***`07   
      
    SA>> So the length ...hmmm....weird it would mess up with just a   
    SA>> new monitor like that.  I'm sure there are bbses with large   
    SA>> screen that could test this out with allfix.   
      
    ml>> its not the large screen... its the high resolution... possibly he's   
    ml>> running his DOS windows at something other than 25x80... i knw that i   
    ml>> run mine at 43x80 and 50x80 and don't have any problems... possibly,   
    ml>> he runs at 120 or 132 width? dunno without more information...   
    ml>> the OS and video card/drivers may also come into play...   
      
    SA>         That's why I hope someone might test it on their end   
    SA> and see what happens.  I know I still prefer 25x80 myself.   
    SA> Now many programs look good in other formats.   
      
   ml> quite a few, actually... my frontdoor has no problems with longer and   
   ml> wider screens... most all of my programs have no problems either... so   
   ml> conform to the actual screen widths and others simply retain the origi   
   ml> 25x80 format... some even recognise the taller capablity and retain th   
   ml> 80 column width format...   
      
      
   I just never had desire to up the format.  I think only time I used it was for   
   some old Norton 4.5 programs.   
      
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