Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ficc!peter
From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Walkman computers
Message-ID: <2795@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 17 Jan 89 14:09:14 GMT
References: <336@belltec.UUCP> <27304@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <27304@bu-cs.BU.EDU>, kwe@bu-cs.BU.EDU (kwe@bu-it.bu.edu (Kent W. England)) writes:
> 	This sounds like my idea of a portable computer- the Sony
> WalkMan Computer.

> 	Uh, oh.  I just thought of something.  You remember the
> pre-calculator nerd with the slide rule hanging on his belt?
...
> I reach down for the chord keyboard hanging on my belt (a little
> too low) and start groping it as I type out my reply.  To anyone else
> on the sidewalk it's "instant geek".

Think that's bad... imagine you're using a Dataglove for input, having
it figure out what you're doing from a spectral keyboard projected in
front of you. You're walking down the street, contorting your fingers
into typing positions as they rest on nothing, moving the cursor by
pointing, etc... they'll think you're on drugs. Or else that you're
listening to Michael Jackson. :->
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