Re: PET 4016 large display uses "small display" area only

Thanks.  Makes sense.
Bill

On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 3:59 PM Rhialto <rhialto_at_falu.nl> wrote:
>
> On Fri 04 Nov 2022 at 13:38:30 -0400, Bill Degnan wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> > Quick question - I have a US PET 4016-12.  It has worked fine for
> > years but I was wondering, why does it only use the middle of the
> > display, as if it was a small-display version?  There is no distortion
> > on the screen or evidence of issues with the display.  I could locate
> > the potentiometer inside the display and expand the horizontal to fill
> > the screen but I thought I'd ask to see if this was normal that it
> > looked like a "small screen" PET or only certain software uses.  Did
> > someone do this on purpose for some reason?
>
> I guess you mean the model with the larger CRT, that's also used in the
> 80 column models?
>
> Those are also called Fat-40, either because their "head" is bigger than
> was usual before, or (and I like this version better) because the
> characters are a lot wider than before.
>
> My guess is that a previous user didn't like the wide characters and
> wanted the old aspect ratio back.
>
> -Olaf.
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