on 8/7/00 2:00 AM, Robert Benschop at robertbenschop@bigfoot.com wrote:
> on 07-08-2000 6:36, Ben Doughney at ben_d@clear.net.nz wrote:
>
>> It's weird that some company has not come up with some sort of a lens system
>> that can get layered on top of an LCD screen and make it appear bigger. I
>> think that the pocket size is something that a Palmtop needs, and the Palm
>> has that, but the screens are quite hard to see. I don't see why some sort
>> of lens thing that goes on top of a screen has not been thought off.
>
> Would be bulky too, and very tiring for your eyes.
I had a fresnel lens thing for my Osborne 1 (5 inch screen) It would not
have worked trying to write through a 1 mm thick lens with concentric rings
molded into it.
Jim Johnston
Teacher
Mac Smacker
Newton User
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