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    Re: Horizontal scrolling while posting? (was: Re: whoop de doo) —Kevin Salm
   (...) Settings indicate 640x480. My monitor does not support anything larger which sucks--unless there is some tweaking that I can do somewhere. (...) Netscape v 4.51 is set for Fixed width font Courier 10 allowing document specific fonts. Would I (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
   
        Re: Horizontal scrolling while posting? (was: Re: whoop de doo) —Dan Boger
     (...) on a 17" monitor, you should be able to use at least 1024x768 - depending on your video card... what drivers is it set to use? :) Dan (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
   
        Re: Horizontal scrolling while posting? (was: Re: whoop de doo) —Kevin Salm
     (...) Okay, I have adjusted my Netscape font settings down by two points for variable and one point for fixed font. Much better to navigate; now I have to get used to the new look. At work I have a 19 inch monitor with the resolution set extremely (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
   
        Re: Horizontal scrolling while posting? (was: Re: whoop de doo) —Todd Lehman
     (...) A 17" monitor that only goes up to 640x480? Hmm. Hmm. What year was the monitor produced? Does it have an 18-pin VGA connector? (...) You might want to try the Lucida Sans (monospace) font at 8-pt if you have it on your system, otherwise (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
    
         Re: Horizontal scrolling while posting? (was: Re: whoop de doo) —Larry Pieniazek
      (...) I have one of these too. (which I never use for anything) (...) 1986 (...) No. But it does work with VGA via a special adaptor cable, as well as working with CGA and EGA. (remember those? :-) ) ++Lar (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
    
         Re: Horizontal scrolling while posting? (was: Re: whoop de doo) —Kevin Salm
      (...) (640x480?) (...) which (...) Beginning to sound like I bought a cheap monitor..... Monitor is AOC Spectrum model 7Vlr 17 inch 14-pin VGA connector manufactured 2/99 purchased 5/99 Video hardware is 640x480 in True Color, RAGE IIC AGP (English) (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
     
          Re: Horizontal scrolling while posting? (was: Re: whoop de doo) —Matthew Miller
      (...) Well, honestly, it's not the best monitor out there. But: (URL) has some specifications [1]: 17" (16.0" visible) w/ .28mm Dot Ptich VESA, XGA, SVGA, VGA Compatible VESA 85Hz Refresh Rate Preset [2] 1280x1024 maximum resolution So I'd say (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)  
     
          Re: Horizontal scrolling while posting? (was: Re: whoop de doo) —Kevin Salm
      Xfered from admin.general..... (...) Thanks a ton Matthew. I am now set at 1280x1024 with my browser fonts just where I want them and everything is most excellent. Re-installing ATI Rage did not help. However, the website for my monitor's (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)  
    
         Re: Horizontal scrolling while posting? (was: Re: whoop de doo) —Susan Hoover
     (...) I wouldn't recommend that people use Terminal unless they don't mind translating in their heads when people use characters from the upper- 128. Terminal is an OEM font, codepage 437, like the old PC-"ANSI" BBSes used to use for their graphics. (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  
    
         Readable text fonts for screen editing (was: Re: Horizontal scrolling while posting? (was: Re: whoop de doo)) —Todd Lehman
     (...) Ahh, good point. I used Terminal 6pt for everything in the old days, but that was before +128 was a big deal. I'd forgotten about the character set of Terminal. (...) I switched from Terminal to Lucida Console (that's what I meant to write (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)
    
         Re: Readable text fonts for screen editing (was: Horizontal scrolling...) —Bram Lambrecht
     (...) I use 8 pt. Fixedsys (the font Notepad uses) for email, html editting and other applications which require a fixed width font. It's very easy to read, easier than Terminal, IMO, and much easier than Courier, which is usually too light-weight. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)  
    
         Re: Readable text fonts for screen editing (was: Horizontal scrolling...) —Susan Hoover
     (...) Just tried both Lucida Console and FixedSys. They are both lighter weight and have a different aspect (taller vs. width) than Terminal, so either one will take some getting used to. I use Terminal for just about everything -- newsreading, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)  
   
        Re: Horizontal scrolling while posting? (was: Re: whoop de doo) —Larry Pieniazek
   On this topic, I'd like to see the whole window made a bit smaller. I always have to scroll down to get to see the fields and text entry box. Perhaps let me set preferences on the server and remember them... ++Lar (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  
 

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