Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!guy
From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Why are micro keyboards braindamaged?
Message-ID: <633@rlgvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13-Jun-83 18:09:59 EDT
Article-I.D.: rlgvax.633
Posted: Mon Jun 13 18:09:59 1983
Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jun-83 19:15:12 EDT
Lines: 12

But memory-mapped screens DO make word processors and other screen editors
nicer:

1) They permit you to redraw the screen VERY quickly, which means you can
reformat paragraphs on the fly (what you see is what you get).

2) They generally require less CPU overhead than pushing characters through
a TTY driver.

		Guy Harris
		RLG Corporation
		{seismo,mcnc,we13,brl-bmd,allegra}!rlgvax!guy