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| − | FutureView issues are released on 3.5" or 5.25" Vortex format, which provides 704 KB space. The articles can contain text, tables, semigraphic characters and bitmap graphics. | + | *FutureView issues are released on 3.5" or 5.25" discs (or DSK images) in Vortex format, which provides 704 KB space. |
| + | *The articles can contain text, tables, semigraphic characters and bitmap graphics. | ||
| + | *FutureView uses a character set of 9 bit height, which provides a better legibility than the usual 8 bit height character sets. | ||
| + | *FV uses connected expansion RAM, in this case it loads all data at once and no reload is needed while using FV. This makes sense since all the FV issues contain a lot of texts and graphics. | ||
== Web links == | == Web links == | ||
Revision as of 13:58, 4 May 2011
FutureView is a disc mag published by TFM of FutureSoft. It runs under FutureOS. Up to now four issues have been published in various languages.
Issues
Technic
- FutureView issues are released on 3.5" or 5.25" discs (or DSK images) in Vortex format, which provides 704 KB space.
- The articles can contain text, tables, semigraphic characters and bitmap graphics.
- FutureView uses a character set of 9 bit height, which provides a better legibility than the usual 8 bit height character sets.
- FV uses connected expansion RAM, in this case it loads all data at once and no reload is needed while using FV. This makes sense since all the FV issues contain a lot of texts and graphics.
