speaking of laptop computers, does anyone have a good (cheap) source for
information on older laptops (386 and up) like reviews or something...
Thanks
-James, N9XLC
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From: 
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To: Tim Gray <
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Cc: 
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Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: El cheapo Wearable.
>on your earlier comment on display (sunlight),
>what you need is dark glass to put in front of the beamsplitter.
>that way
>everything you see is seen through the glass, darkly.
>that will fix the problem and make the screen readable.
>
>as for the laptop computer, that's been the basis of many of the
>earlier
>systems like wearcomp5.
>
>see http://wearcam.org/historical/
>see http://wearcam.org/wearhow/index.html
>
>please send pictures if you like and i'd be happy
>to post info/description on the wearcomp5 www site (portion of
>wearhow).
>
>steve
>
>
>>
>> Last night I bolted out of sleep with an idea!
>> I ripped open my laptop (486 dx100) and found that the motherboard was
about
>> 3 inches X 3 inches! and the connector board (the board that holds the
vga,
>> serial, and keyboard connectors on the back of the unit) was small enough
to
>> deal with.. This is a toshiba sattelite alptop. and I have seen them at
swap
>> meets with dead screens for about 100 bucks. (Unit works, dead lcd
screen)
>> This seemed to be an ultra cheap way to go, I'll document what I start
with
>> photos and Keep you guys updated.... (Hmmm ripping apart the Casio camera
>> must wait first...) I believe this unit can be stuffed in a largish
fanny
>> pack easily. Does the twiddler plug into a ps-2 keyboard connection?
>>
>> Tim, (In search of the dirt cheap wearable) Gray.
>> P.S. How do you tell your significant other that her laptop was
accidently
>> broken?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Roland Orre <
>
>> To: <>
>> Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 10:06 AM
>> Subject: Howto vary reflection coefficient?
>>
>>
>> >This summer I guess that I may afford one of these VGA-chips
>> >out there. What I will do then is the following goggles, or
>> >complement to my ordinary glasses. Sorry for the proportions...
>> >
>> > left eye of prescription glasses
>> > M (....................................)
>> > M
>> >=================\
>> > | . \
>> >V | . . \
>> >G | . . \
>> >A | . . \ <==== 45 degree semi-see-through
>> >- | . . \ mirror.
>> >C | . . \
>> >H | . . \
>> >I | . . \
>> >P | . \
>> >====================-------------------\
>> > ....
>> > . .
>> > . Eye-ball .
>> >
>> >It would be nice to be able to adjust the reflection coeffient of the
>> >mirror between 0-100 %. I've forgotten all my physics, does anybody
>> >know how to do that? What materials to use?
>> >
>> > Best regards
>> > Roland Orre
>> >
>>
>
>
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