[cctalk] Re: C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89

It's about as high as a typical hardcover textbook, just unusually wide. I don't know of any other reason other than "it's different". As I mentioned, it is not unprecedented; I have a book about book design which talks at some length about choosing the page proportions, and it mentions square pages as one of the recognized choices. I think it says that it isn't very common, but I don't remember what else it says, for example any particular reason why one might choose this format (or reasons to avoid it). paul