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- From: rlewis@muskwa.ucs.ualberta.ca (Robert Lewis)
- Subject: Re: ZEOS P.PC Owners Wanted
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- Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
- References: <1992Dec8.014059.3409@news.ysu.edu> <45040@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <BLK.92Dec14105735@vanity.mitre.org>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 20:19:51 GMT
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- blk@mitre.org (Brian L. Kahn) writes:
-
- >In article <45040@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> kronberg@sag4.ssl.berkeley.edu (Frank Kronberg) writes:
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- > The keys on my Zeos need to be depressed exactly in the middle or
- > the keystroke won't register. Not a big problem, however.......
-
- >Sounds pretty annoying. Do you have to watch the screen while you
- >type to make sure the letters get entered? Also, can you touch-type
- >on the Zeos in your lap or do you have to place it on a table top?
-
- A second opinion is that such is the case but that you get used to it, I
- found that after a weeks work I wasn't skipping letters (or spaces) very
- much, the spell checker will catch them in any case. One can touch type
- with the PCC in your lap but you need to put something (a sweater or
- handkerchief works) to keep it from tipping backwards, again no big
- deal.
-
- > The screen is very small and the characters are tiny, so as to fit
- > 25 lines of 80 characters within this small screen. This is a more
- > difficult problem and you should try out the Zeos before you buy,
- > so you can decide whether you are willing to live with this difficulty.
-
- >How can one try out a Zeos before buying? I thought Zeos used direct
- >sales only. I have never seen a Zeos or Poquet in a store.
-
- They have the standard 30 days no questions money back offer.
-
- Robert M. Lewis rlewis@muskwa.ucs.ualberta.ca
- Department of Sociology
- University of Alberta
- Edmonton, Alberta
- Canada
-