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From: wordy@cup.portal.com (Steven K Roberts)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Private Eye
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Date: 16 Dec 89 06:45:57 GMT
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Actually, to address the comment about this being dangerous while
driving, there is a solution to the problem.  I am using a Private
Eye on the new version of my computerized bicycle (the Winnebiko) for
map, text, and status display when conditions make the use of the
Mac screen on the console unpleasant (blazing sun, darkness, rain, etc).
It turns out that the Private Eye is actually most comfortable when
worn below the eye, so that it almost feels like bifocals.  Mine is
being mounted to the bicycle helmet on a sort of bail that flips
down from stowage in the visor, and is never directly in front of my
eye (I'd never give up binocular vision of a threatening world on the
road for a mere computer display!).

   Cheers....
   Steve Roberts

(PS -- it's been a while since I posted, and I sometimes get a flurry
of mail about the Winnebiko System 3 that's being readied for a return
to full time travel this spring.  I'm now publishing a bimonthly tech
journal called Nomadness --- sort of 50% technical details and the rest
an assortment of travel, adventure, craziness, profiles, and all the
other stuff that gives the tech stuff meaningful context.  For information
on subscribing, drop a line to Nomadic Research Labs, P.O. Box 2390, 
Santa Cruz, CA 95063 (it's $15/year, bimonthly, if you want to skip
the flyer handshaking).)

Cheers again...
  Steve