I had the same rig (1976). Took a lot of soldering to get it together. Ran like a champ for years. Loved the audio tape storage (Kansas City Standard). There was a public radio station that occasionally broadcast programs over the radio that you could save on a tape. Hauled it around for about a decade before ingloriously ending its life in a dumpster.
I experience severe wrist and arm problems a couple years ago. My ergo department let me experiment with
a lot of different solutions including the foot mouse. I found it very tedious and difficult to use for
programming. It was very hard to do any exact pointing and I found myself with my feet tensed up, leaning
back in my chair trying to get the cursor where I wanted it. This was making my back ache and wasn't particularly
relieving my wrist pain.
I finally settled on the roller mouse http://www.contourdesign.com/rollermouse/
The design slips under a standard keyboard and provides a sliding roller near the
spacebar. I found I could quickly point the cursor just about anywhere with minimal
wrist movement. It has really contributed to my quality of computer life. I liked
it enough to get one at home too.
Your mileage will vary.
Its been around and been commercial. The AVLIS program at Livermore Labs was a commercial venture.
The problem has been that there is so MUCH enriched uranium around that you can't sell the stuff
even if you make it very cheaply. Overview article at http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/intro/u-laser.ht m
Its actually smaller because you aren't spinning
any disks (KNOPPIX loads off the CD and then
is pretty much out of the way).
Basically everything runs as a large processor array with CPU/Memory/100baseT and nothing else.
Actual draw is going to be pretty big
1200 * anything = numbers that make plant engineering cringe
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I had the same rig (1976). Took a lot of soldering to get it together. Ran like a champ for years. Loved the audio tape storage (Kansas City Standard). There was a public radio station that occasionally broadcast programs over the radio that you could save on a tape. Hauled it around for about a decade before ingloriously ending its life in a dumpster.
I experience severe wrist and arm problems a couple years ago. My ergo department let me experiment with a lot of different solutions including the foot mouse. I found it very tedious and difficult to use for programming. It was very hard to do any exact pointing and I found myself with my feet tensed up, leaning back in my chair trying to get the cursor where I wanted it. This was making my back ache and wasn't particularly relieving my wrist pain. I finally settled on the roller mouse http://www.contourdesign.com/rollermouse/ The design slips under a standard keyboard and provides a sliding roller near the spacebar. I found I could quickly point the cursor just about anywhere with minimal wrist movement. It has really contributed to my quality of computer life. I liked it enough to get one at home too. Your mileage will vary.
Its been around and been commercial. The AVLIS program at Livermore Labs was a commercial venture. The problem has been that there is so MUCH enriched uranium around that you can't sell the stuff even if you make it very cheaply. Overview article at http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/intro/u-laser.ht m
Its actually smaller because you aren't spinning any disks (KNOPPIX loads off the CD and then is pretty much out of the way). Basically everything runs as a large processor array with CPU/Memory/100baseT and nothing else. Actual draw is going to be pretty big 1200 * anything = numbers that make plant engineering cringe
No... When the LAN party starts, you're on your own for virus protection.