Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 09:06:08 -0700 From: Chester Prudhomme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Soldering temperatures
Raymond wrote: > >Although I appreciate the image of the wearable computer why not just use > >the EPR > >with it's mouse/keyboard PS/2 ports? > > Well the L100 is already reasonably big to strap to one's waist and pass > off as a portable CD player ... with the EPR (or even the mini dock) its > still a little big(!). For such purposes it'd be a lot neater to have a row > of little black connectors glued perhaps to the right hand side where one > could plug in a chordic keyboard, mini-trackball and perhaps an external > display of some sort ... How 'bout using Voice Recognition Software - just talk to your Libby (some of do already!) and tell it what to do with no need for mice, keyboards, etc. Wow, I really like that image - walk around wearing your computer and talking to it.......I get the strange looks already at the airport when I haul out my L110 and paraphenalia! > >It seems like an awful lot of work to > >fabricate what's already there?! Get a small traveling optical mouse and a > >foldable > >membrane keyboard (which for my money has better "feel" and less "rattle" > >than the > >PDA units, is cheaper and packs easier with less space as well) > > Ewww ... I tried one of those out, I can't see me getting used to it ... I > can't stand a keyboard where the tactile feedback 'resistance' is linear > increasing (as opposed to the high initial and low following 'resistance' > of normal keyboards and of the stowaway) and I can't stand keyboards where > the keys don't go STRAIGHT down (the membrane keyboard I saw had keys > that'd go down sideways so your fingers would slide off mid stroke). > Besides, I'd say it would NOT be any smaller than the StowAway foldable > keyboard ... it won't be as wide but it'd be thicker and 'longer' when > rolled up, besides which it'd be ROUND, always a bad shape if you're trying > to fit it into that space in your bag or briefcase. I quite like the feel > of my palm folding keyboard (although I've got an old model ... they've > changed the mechanics in the newer ones so now they DO feel weird). > > >or get a PMCIA card > >USB hub and use USB accessories - an even cleaner, less bulky setup. > > Ya and it'll chew through the batteries like crazy plus I can't run a > wireless card then (well I COULD but I've got enough overheating problems > as it is, I make a point about always leaving the top slot empty just so I > can get some cooling in). > > >This all works > >well in my L110 with Win2K. I'm just waiting for the foldable membrane 15" LCD > >draped over my knee to add to all of this.....#8~} > > Umm ... yup well I dunno about you but I like reading things flat (which is > why I'm one of those people who can't read a newspaper without a table and > can't understand how someone could read a broadsheet newspaper on a train ...) > > - Raymond The roll-up keyboard I got has pretty good touch (and I still demand the older electric typewriter style keyboard for word processing), maybe they've improved the touch recently - it's a USB unit with no brand name. Rather than roll it up to pack I leave it flat in the middle somewhere of my bag and let it conform to whatever else goes in or I slide it unrolled into the edge of the bag along where it zips up as the final packing act. As for chewing up batteries I almost always find an outlet to plug the AC adapter into or use a Power Xtender in the car, plane, etc. I guess I don't wind up in frontier areas often where there is no power available! After spoofing about the membraneous fullsize LCD I started thinking - why not a pair of monitor glasses (like those TV glasses from a few years ago?). I'm one of the lucky ones - I can read anything, anywhere, anytime under any circumstances (except underwater I suppose) and the same goes for sleeping - I get off 7-10 hour international flights rested and ready to go, much to the chagrin of my companions! Raymond, you are picky but I love that, so am I! Chester ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
