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From: djc@sun.uucp (David J. Cardinal)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Data General/One
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Date: Tue, 11-Dec-84 14:53:10 EST
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> The DB/one is a nice little machine - a lot packed in a small
> package. The screen is definitely a little hard to read under
> less than optimum light conditions.  There is a glare screen
> which is removable, and you can adjust the darkness of the LCD
> display, but never quite as dark and clear as I would like.
> 

I will second that, with the additional caveat that since the
display is LCD, and you are not in fact adjusting the "darkness",
but the "angle", it is difficult for more than one person to read
the display simultaneously.

I have been playing with a CT Workslate, and it has the same problem.
My decision is whether it is worth the big dollars for the DG/one
or to live with the inconvenience of the CT for now, in hopes
of better laptops.  I think the 1200b built-in is 6-9 months
(the chips are announced, just that little matter of delivery
and product integration), and probably some advance in screen
technology will also occur.

Does anyone have any work on the Morrow Pivot or the ACT Apricot?
They are rumored to be competitive with the DG, and perhaps not
as expensive (the DG goes WAY UP when you add in all the good stuff!).

--dave cardinal