>>I think you probably mean "one of those Digital Precision 'hard to >>photocopy' productions" - Freddy was very very good at protecting >>his >>interests. All his manuals were on coloured paper that was, at least >>back then, very difficult to photo copy. I'm told, because I never >>actually tried, that they (a) come out all black with black text and >>(b) use up all your [employer's] toner ! > > Indeed ... :-) ... having a coloured background gives a lower > contrast > ratio with the black for the text. > > The "protection theory" also made them hard to read. The only one > that > was restful was black on a yellow ground. > > I guess that is why I have hardly ever read any the manuals ... :-( > > -- > Malcolm Cadman IIRC the Lenslok device disappeared in later versions of Supercharge. Or maybe it was Supercharge Special Edition (or whatever the last release was called) which didn't feature Lenslok.
Although I hated it in those days, I thought it was a brilliant piece of technology back then. It took me a while to get used to it, but once you mastered it, it was pretty straightforward then. -- Dilwyn Jones _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
