The Altair 8800 could display only 1 or 2 character wide (a handful of blinkin lights). So why are we using the 1928 standard of 80 characters? We could support so many more devices formatting to 1 char wide or two if we want to strain our eyes. https://x.com/SAGExSDX/status/1315769102812749825
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October 13, 2020