I can vouch that the original peg legs tilted the M100 at a much greater angle than the built-in angle of the NEC.
I know my sanity has been hotly debated (at least by my family), but I guess this makes it official: I must be bonkers, because I enjoy programming directly on this thing. Granted, I usually sit with it in a comfy chair under a nice light, and I still need to jiggle the contrast knob occasionally, but the experience is comfortable enough. The joy I personally get from retro-computing comes from using the devices themselves, not from working through a modern computer as a surrogate, and the M100’s diminutive form factor makes it so practical for this. On the couch, in bed, on the deck, at the dining room table ... I can play with the M100 anywhere. Best, CAM On Dec 30, 2020, at 13:00, John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 12:21 PM Scott McDonnell <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Aluminum laptop stand arrived today. It fits between the rear feet just >> right. The bottom feet rest right on the aluminum frame. The rubber grips on >> the stand keep the M100 from moving. It puts the keyboard at a comfortable >> typing angle. Well, as comfortable as an M100 can get anyway. A little bit >> taller would probably be perfect. >> >> >> >> So, maybe you guys will find this interesting or at least amusing hearing a >> perspective from a newbie to the M100: >> >> >> >> I can’t imagine myself ever typing a program out on this thing! You can >> either get the viewing angle just right or the typing angle just right, but >> so far I have been unable to achieve both. The original purpose of this >> thing was for journalists to type up their articles. I bet that was just >> painful. 😊 >> >> >> > > Never found that to be a problem with good overhead lighting and a M100 or > T102. > > Adjusting the contrast knob has always been enough for me given a flat > surface. > > I've never used the add-on legs. > > The T200 I have more problem with the viewing angle. > > The NEC units do incline the display (and keyboard) a bit, but I'm guessing > not as much as the peg legs? > > Don't know how the peg legs or NEC incline compare to your aluminum frame. > > -- John.
