Hi Scott, I'm sorry if I came across as reactionary, but I for one wasn't offended. It's certainly not my place to judge how people participate in this hobby, I just found it amusing when you described that "most sane people these days" would be using the PC for development work for the M100, when one of the most effective ways for me to relax is to immerse myself into learning assembly language on the M100 and programming directly on the machine.
And thanks for your review about using the aluminum frame with the M100, I expect I'll pick one of those up as a result. Best, CAM > On Dec 30, 2020, at 13:52, Scott McDonnell <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, hopefully my impression didn’t upset anybody. That was not the > intention. I am sure I will get used to it. > > As I think I had mentioned before, I was a Commodore kid in the 80s and had > never touched or seen an M100 in person. So, I was always used to CRTs or > backlit color LCDs. This is new for me. > > The fact that I have not seen anyone try to backlight or frontlight an M100 > tells me that this was not really an issue for most users. > > And yeah, I noticed that the most comfortable position was actually on my lap > looking straight down on the LCD, so it would be perfect for sitting in a > comfy chair typing. > > Scott > > From: C.Magaret > Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2020 4:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [M100] Replacement rubber feet / Peg Leggs > > 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.
