Re: LCD for IIc?

[erik@hypermall.com (Erik Kloeppel)]

In article <3mq75l$onc@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us>,
dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff) wrote:

[snip]> 
> c.  The LCD flat-panel display.  This was NOT, in fact, released when the
>     computer came out, but it was ultimately released.  Most of the reviews
>     I read about it at the time were rather negative, indicating that the 
>     display came too close to the edges of the screen, was hard to read, etc.

[snip]

> On the other hand, I have the //gs at home...it seems to me that then
> travelling it might be nice to have a //c and a little portable
> black-and-white monitor (or the LCD panel) so that I could create files
> for my home computer.  Hey...the //c WILL run AppleWriter!
> (AppleWorks, too, for that matter...)
> 

heh - exactly - in fact, that's what I use my IIc FOR.. I work various
places in on of my jobs, and I take the IIc with me.  Set it up, pop on a
disk, and start typing.  I find I actually like AppleWriter better than
AppleWorks, though.. I have zero need for a database or spreadsheet while
I'm writing.

As ofr hard to read.. well.. yeah.  you have to have an external light
source, and it has to be fairly bright.. and in the right position (or you
get massive reflections off the screen, or cant' see the text at all..) 
as for the display going to the edge of the screen.. well, I've not
noticed a problem there.. and I hate the way the IIGS screen has an inch
of "wasted space" all around the active display area.