Re: [NTLK] Info on Gestalt slots needed

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Sun May 11 2003 - 20:00:02 PDT

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Frank Gruendel wrote:
> Hi gang,
>
> I need some help with some slots returned by the Gestalt call.
>
> a) manufacturer, machinetype, ROMStage, ROMVersion
>
> Is there any documentation that allows to find out
> the real values symbolized by the number returned? All I get
> is integers...
>

I believe in the NPG or NPR, it mentions that you shouldn't really read or
rely on these values but use a different slot that returns a string...

> b) tabletresolutionx, tabletresolutiony
>
> It's 800 on the Newton 2100, but what does this value mean?

It's the raw resolution of the tablet in dots per inch (dpi). The screen
resolution is only 480x320, which i believe is 72 or 100 dpi?

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