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- From: jack@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Jack Kobzeff)
- Subject: Re: Apple 13inch colour monitor
- Message-ID: <jack-150992164552@compstore.jpl.nasa.gov>
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- Organization: Jet Propulsion Lab
- References: <1992Sep14.032140.16582@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 23:43:43 GMT
- Lines: 22
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- In article <1992Sep14.032140.16582@leland.Stanford.EDU>, Stuart Cheshire
- <cheshire@cs.stanford.edu> wrote:
- >
- > I have a 13 inch Apple colour monitor, and the case is much deeper than I
- > had expected it to be, so when I put it on my desk, with it pushed all the
- > way back against the wall as far as it will go, the screen is still closer
- > to my face than I would like it to be. I don't have room to move the desk
- > a long way back from the wall to make space behind it.
- >
- > To make matters worse, the plug on the end of the Apple monitor cable is
- > large, and the cable is quite stiff, so that forces the monitor to be
- > another three inches closer. That might not sound like much, but with the
- > monitor almost against your nose, those three unnecessary inches are very
- > irritating.
- >
-
- I know many people that have the monitor backed up against the wall, and
- would love to have a extra couple of inches. I have long wondered why Apple
- (or someone else) doesn't come out with a cable with a right angle
- connector.
-
- Jack Kobzeff (jack@jato.jpl.nasa.gov)
-