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  3. From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
  5. Subject: Re: OS/2 is NOT Crashproof!
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov23.211229.8910@njitgw.njit.edu>
  7. Date: 23 Nov 92 21:12:29 GMT
  8. References: <Mf4HHkm00WBNQ5RFV5@andrew.cmu.edu>
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  14. In article <Mf4HHkm00WBNQ5RFV5@andrew.cmu.edu> cj00+@andrew.cmu.edu (Carl B Jabido) writes:
  15. >Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.os2.misc: 23-Nov-92 Re: OS/2 is NOT Crashproof! by David Charlap@hertz.njit 
  16. >> Why?  I don't think I've ever had a need to regularly change the
  17. >> desktop resolution.
  18. >
  19. >Actually, I have.  It's not a Mac, it's not a workstation (ie,
  20. >Decstation, Sparcstation, NeXTStation, etc).  It's a PC running the
  21. >version of Mach which was released here at CMU.  I saw someone
  22. >demonstrate it for me.  He went from 800x600x16 to 1024x768x256 with the
  23. >touch of a hotkey.  Something like ctrl-alt-+ (plus).  Likewise, c-a--
  24. >went back to 800x600x16.
  25.  
  26. I've seen this running.  A professor here is dabbling with PC-Mach.
  27. But I didn't say it couldn't or hasn't been done.  I just can't see a
  28. reason you'd want to.  I mean, if you've got this great 1024x768
  29. desktop, why would you want to drop to a lower res?  Or if you like
  30. the low-res, why would you want to pop back?  This is a curious
  31. feature, but one that would get little real use, IMO.
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