RE: reading with a crt lens
- From: "Rose Combs" <rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 19:35:26 -0700
Hey! Did you get the hot tub? My only experience with a hot tub the
water didn't seem to get deep enough to really help my shoulders which
take a beating typing all day long. However, I could be persuaded to
install one here, although getting Tommy to do it would be another
story.
Rose Combs
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[mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 10:25 AM
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Subject: RE: reading with a crt lens
A blind secretary working for BPA in Portland had the same arm-tiring
problem and someone over at BPA HQ made a similar device. I never cared
mushc as I was using a VT-100 which, although taking up real estate,
wasn't as big as a 3270 and besides, I figured it was macho to
strengthen my arm! People offered to build me a cabinet such as you
describe but I told them to forget it and install the hot tub, instead,
please! (grin)
Mike Freeman
On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Don Bishop wrote:
> Rose, your comments about shoulder and arm problems brought this
> memory back.
>
> I used a 3270 terminal for programming. It has a separate keyboard
> and the monitor takes up a lot of realestate on a desk. Also, my arm
> really got tired after holding it up at an odd angle for an entire day
> of reading the screen.
>
> Someone at work came up with the bright idea of constructing a cabinet
> affair to hold the terminal with the screen facing upward. One of the
> handi-man type guys who did various jobs around the company built this
> thing. It was a big cabinet which sat on the floor and was on
> casters. The terminal dropped down into it and he even made a padded
> arm rest for the thing. It was absolutely great and the talk of the
> office. I think a lot of my sighted co-workers secretly wanted one.
>
> It was really a professional-looking job. You could move the drt lens
> around the screen in a similar way to moving a somewhat large pen
> across a sheet of paper. It really made a difference and was far less
> tiring to use.
>
> I've often wondered just what ever happened to that piece of
> furniture.
>
> Don
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