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From: mazlack@ernie.berkeley.edu.BERKELEY.EDU (Lawrence J. &)
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Subject: Re: Very large screen for mac for partially sighted child
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Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 13:09:27 EST
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>A friend of mine has a daughter who is partially sighted.  Her best
>corrected sight is less than 20/200 (this means that she is unable to
>read the large E on a standard eyechart and is legally blind).
>
In a lot of ways, this is the often repeated request for a larger screen
that Apple once promised as part of the "Modular Mac" configuration.
This is NOT the same as cranking up the screen size adjustment on a normal
Mac. It IS one of the reasons that Mac has had its troubles penetrating
the business market.

We use the "video out" jack from a Lisa to feed our classroom projection
system.  Unfortunately, a little non-commercial electronics buffers the
output.  I don't know if a direct TV feed is possible.

As a side note, using the larger Lisa screen is nicer for word processing
than the Mac as you can get more of your documents image on it - about 7.25
inches with Word.

>She is able to use the mac with the aid of a large magnifying glass.
>
>What would be useful would be a 25-inch (or even larger) monitor connected
>to the mac.
>
>Are such monitors, complete with mac attachment, commercially available
>at a reasonable price?  or are there plans available that a technician
>could follow?
>
>dgc
>
>David G. Cantor
>
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