Peters

28 May 97 12:33 -- Alex Kovrigin told Vyacheslav Mednonogov about Peters:

/skip the above/

VM>> So, the Peters developers went further and propose opening
VM>> an arbitrary number of windows of an arbitrary size with an arbitrary
VM>> resolution

AK> This is doubtful, given the above.

That’s all true (almost :). Only:
a) the resolution is possible, of course, not arbitrary, but from a subset
of those existing on the Sprinter;
b) the size is not entirely arbitrary (perhaps you were unable to read the article in
zxn32 about the organization of the Sprinter video memory).
In general terms: in addition to the video RAM itself (192k), there is a service
page (16k) describing the structure of the screen. In fact (IMHO) the screen is conditionally divided into cells (squares). There are 40x32 of them in total. Each square is described by some
bytes (like 2), the description includes: current resolution, number of the source
screen.
That is. windows with different resolutions are possible with an accuracy of up to such squares (in
applied to the usual Sinclair mode - one square - one familiar place)

AK> What am I talking about...

No, at least your letter does not smell of lamerism :))

With warm greetings, Slava.