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Article #624679Re: Xerox 1980s bitsavers
From: Andy Leighton
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2018 12:41
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2018 12:41
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On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 11:20:11 +0100, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote: > On 3 Jul 2018 09:13:55 GMT > Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote: > >> I've tried phone & laptop. Hated both. I suppose I should try a tablet >> of some kind, but I'm not sufficiently bothered to spend the money. > > I used a tablet for a while, they tend to be too heavy for long > term comfort. Even a phone is heavier than a paperback. The phone's saving > grace is that it is in my pocket at all times. I prefer an epaper based device such as a Kindle or Kobo. They are lighter than a paperback, and I find them easier to read for a decent length of time rather than a phone or a laptop (or a tablet for that matter). -- Andy Leighton => an...@azaal.plus.com "We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!" - Douglas Adams
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