Russell,
     You have made several very good points and these could be a=20
possible solution. But printed materials are the easiest thing for me to=20
use and to learn from. I can have two or three books open at the same=20
time and I can jump back and forth between these books.
     Finances are very difficult for me and now I am going to have to=20
start saving to completely replace my computer system. Argh! Oh, linux,=20
oh linux. Looks better and better all of the time. A tablet would=20
probably be a good solution as a second to printed books. You know they=20
were saying 20 years ago that every thing would eventually go paperless.=20
In fact there were predictions that this would happen by the year 2000.=20
Hum, more paper than ever now.
     I'll start looking into tablets but I have gotten comfortable with=20
being able to check mail, do research on the net, write programs for=20
Windows and uPs, burn the code into the uP, and then test it all from=20
the system and leave all of the programs running at the same time.
     Sometimes I'll take a break, leave the programs running and load=20
one of my games. I'll play that for a while and then go back to the=20
other stuff and leave the game running in the background. I got used to=20
doing this on my Amiga and the computer systems of today with XP, Linux,=20
MacOS, and I would guess Win7 and 8 can finally do that. This is the way=20
I work. I truly multitask. I figure I only have a few years left on the=20
planet and I am trying to make the most of them. I appreciate the=20
understanding and the ideas.
Thanks
rich!

On 7/3/2014 11:13 PM, RussellMc wrote:
>>       True but I still have the problem of reading on the screen. The
>> books make it possible and the screen doesn't. The pain level is just to
>> high.
>
> Maybe a Kindle or equivalent, or possibly a bottom end tablet that can be
> positioned as required, with font and appearance adapted to suit - probab=
ly
> an available feature in a number of 'apps' already. Maybe even a small LC=
D
> screen mounted on an arm or similar and able to be positioned to suit.
> (Here it's ot so that small old LCD screens cost about as much as bottom
> end Arduinos).
>
> I'm aware of your mention of financial constraints. If a technical soluti=
on
> was available that worked and opened up web access to you when it was
> otherwise impractical, the way the world often works (surprisingly) is th=
at
> finance may come to not be an issue. (I have absolutely nothing specific =
in
> mind finance wise - I just know that it is usually not a barrier to havin=
g
> something like this happen if the solution is otherwise viable).
>
>
>           Russell

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