Re: Apple //c LCD Screen & SmartHome software.....

[bjbear@ibm.net (B.J. Major & Dennis J. Gorin)]

In article <10APR199702461419@vax2.concordia.ca>, spec@vax2.concordia.ca
(Mitchell Spector) wrote:

> In article bheinz <bheinz@hawk.phantasy.com> writes...
> 
> >Jim.Low@logicbbs.org wrote:
> >: The display is not bright and you must be looking directly on the
screen in 
> >: "just right" lighting.  However, my friend who uses it with the IIc
Plus (no 
> >: power brick) has a truly Apple II laptop computer.  WHile it always has to 
> >: be plugged in, he does have an adapter so it can be used from the
cigarette 
> >: lighter of his car.
> > 
> >VTech also had an LCD screen available for the Laser 128, along with a
> >battery pack that replaced the "brick".  I haven't been able to locate
> >either, however.
> 
>     No one mentioned the C-Vue LCD display. It looks identical to the
> Apple LCD, although the screen size may have been just a tad bit larger 
> and it was apparently easier to view. Unlike the Apple display though,
> it required a separate stand that had to be permanently attached to the
> back end of the IIc (whereas the Apple one had a fold-out stand that
> allowed it to fit closer to the keyboard end).
> 
>     I own one, although I've never seen it in operation. I sent it out
> for repairs and it should be arriving back any day now, should make an
> interesting companion for my Apple IIc Plus. :)
> 
> Mitchell Spector
> spec@vax2.concordia.ca

One of the first replies to this thread was the mention of the C-Vue but
I'm glad you brought it up anyhow because I didn't know about the stand
required for viewing.  Also, the Apple LCD pictured in one of my
third-party //c books does not show any fold-out stand at all, but a band
that went around the //c body itself to hold it in place.  Thanks for the
info!

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--bj
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