Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 19:07:43 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Soldering temperatures
>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 ... >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). Besides, the whole point of a wearable is that you can use it wherever, whenever. You can be typing away on a chording keyboard, with or without an external display, whilst walking, in the car, on a park bench, etc. ... lets see you do that with your rolling keyboard. >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 --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************
