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Re: El cheapo Wearable.

At http://www.fringeweb.com/laptops.html, "Fringe Ryder's Corral" has
a bunch of good laptop info (not maintained so much lately, but that'd
suit your needs, I think?)

  At http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/, "Linux on
Laptops" has bunches of specific makes & models listed, with details on
getting Linux to fit happily.

  Can't find much else tonight, I know I have another good site lost for
right now (the machine with most of this sort of data's off the home lan
temporarily, it thinks 32 Mb of it's 64 Mb Ram isn't there for some
reason so it chokes during bootup, Grumble.  Something to do tomorrow!) 
I can help find something if I know the laptop make/model, I've
practiced a lot with search engines & learned by (some of) my
mistakes...

  Really looking forward to what other folks come up with here, too!

  Mark Willis
  

James R. Hall wrote:
> 
> 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
>      -
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  <>
> To: Tim Gray <>
> Cc:  <>
> 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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