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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. Further FutureView uses a character set of 9 bit height, which provides a better legibility than the usual 8 bit height character sets.
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*FutureView issues are released on 3.5" or 5.25" discs (or DSK images) in Vortex format, which provides 704 KB space.
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*The articles can contain text, tables, semigraphic characters and bitmap graphics.
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*FutureView uses a character set of 9 bit height, which provides a better legibility than the usual 8 bit height character sets.
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*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 14:58, 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.

Web links