#: 13898 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    07-Jan-92  01:46:11
Sb: MM/1 Windio
Fm: GLEN HATHAWAY 71446,166
To: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 (X)

Hi Kevin... I've got a bunch of questions to ask ya about the MM/1 and its
windowing system. Here's the story: I started out using windio #17. Noticed the
bell wouldn't work, but I thought it was that darn monitor cable again. Trying
to start mode 8 or 9 windows crashed the machine. I wrote some graphic demos in
C and found other people using windio #22 had problems running them. In my
demos I changed screen type by DWEnding the current screen and immediately
DWSetting the same window to the mode I wanted. (I switched to #22 about this
time to find out what the trouble was). I found that when changing window type
by this method, you have to either do a Select or quickly flip through your
windows with the function keys to get the new window to display properly.
Sometimes it works without all that, though, and sometimes it doesn't.
Sometimes the machine crashes. Why should I have to Select a window I'm already
in? I used this method on Level II windows all the time with no problems.
Windio #17 doesn't complain, it just won't open mode 8 or 9 windows without
crashing the machine. You got any ideas? Does #22 have a bug? Kinda seems like
it might... Also, I've been experimenting to find the real text and graphic
resolutions of all the screen types - seems every piece of documentation I've
seen gives different numbers. Are these correct:
     Type00 - 80x26 - 640x208
     Type01 - 80x26 - 640x208
     Type02 - 80x52 - 640x416
     Type03 - 40x26 - 320x208
     Type04 - 40x26 - 320x208
     Type05 - 40x52 - 320x416
     Type06 - 90x30 - 720x240
     Type07 - 90x60 - 720x480
     Type08 - 45x30 - 360x240
     Type09 - 45x60 - 360x480 Any others we should know about?