The additional specs on your working environment were interesting and helpful for a box designer. It seems like it would also be useful in many schools. What about the MIT Media Lab box that runs with a hand crank. Perhaps a variant could be useful for your project(s). On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 08:02 -0800, Rickey Moore wrote: > > > Bob Gustafson <bobgus@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Check out the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet. Mine arrived > yesterday morning > and it is pretty neat. Has OS (reportably Debian Linux) on > Flash. Linux > Journal cover article of last month. > > Wow! Nice! <drools> It's a little small for my purposes, amazingly > enough alot of reading disabiled inamtes need only a pair of > corrective lenses for far-sightedness, most are not examined for that > condition, only near-sightedness (stand back 20 feet and read the > chart on the wall bullshit) but I headed over to Nokia to see what > they can come up with, so thanks for the heads up! > > The stylus could be used as a weapon, (they won't even allow > kindergarden no-cut sissors in there!) traded for coffee or rollups, > or potentially stolen by those who aren't successful! ly treated yet. > <cackles> > > So, I want to keep the package to one largish (not easily hidden) item > that could be used while lying down in a bunk or in the day-room, or > even outside, if in close enough proximity to a wireless transmitter. > The screen should be large enough to be used for several hour a day > sessions without eyestrain, and allow full comprehension. That's the > meat of the matter, clearly getting a message across. I'd like to see > a display of about 8X10, at the least. And gorilla proof. Take no > offense at that last statement, some of my best friends are gorillas. > Ric > > > > > ================================================ > My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: > "There are two Great Sins in the world... > ...the Sin of Ignorance, and > ...the Sin of Stupidity. > Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. > > Linux user# 44256 > Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ > ================================================ > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Bring words and photos together (easily) with > PhotoMail - it's free and works with your Yahoo! Mail.
