From: esworp (esworp_at_mac.com)
Date: Thu Jun 21 2001 - 21:06:30 PDT
I'm slowly adding money to my 'Officially Useless Tech Fund' in order to
replace my backlight. Although i'm not too interested in making mine
more contrasty. Instead, i am planning on adding a red backlight. Also
in the works is an app that will invert the lcd output. Ya see, i'm
going for a look remiscient of the movie Tron. I'm trying to form a
plan for the exterior look, too... maybe i'll find a way to add some of
the thinner strip-shaped lightpanel stuff...
go on and laugh, fools!
(actually, some insight into the process Brian an I are curous about
woud be groovy!)
On Thursday, June 21, 2001, at 09:37 PM, Brian Pearce wrote:
> The one problem that threatens to come between me and my MessagePad
> after all these years is the fading backlight; the reduced contrast in
> just about any situation except for low light is making reading more
> difficult than it probably ought to be. (And since I'm often reading
> from the screen about two hours a day, five days a week, it's not a
> problem I can put off forever.)
>
> My hope is that one of the replacement white backlights that a few
> people have successfully tried (most recently David Humphreys) will
> provide slightly improved contrast. One report from another MessagePad
> user who tried this (though I'm not sure if he used the same materials)
> was that the white backlight was less bright, but that the legibility
> was better; at this point, I'm willing to try just about anything to
> avoid having to make a choice between my MessagePad and my eyesight.
>
> Anyone else tried this solution?
>
> BRIAN/bpearce_at_cloud9.net
>
>
>
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