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   Joshua A.C. Newman (joshuaacnewman@xeno.glyphpress.com)'s status on Sunday, 18-Feb-2024 08:16:40 JST Joshua A.C. Newman

   • Thomas 🔭🕹️

   @thomasfuchs http://thecomputerarchive.com/archivemain/Computer%20Components%20and%20Accessories/Networking/Emerald%20Computers%20-%20LANstation%20I%20Diskless%20LAN%20Workstation.PDF

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     Joshua A.C. Newman (joshuaacnewman@xeno.glyphpress.com)'s status on Sunday, 18-Feb-2024 08:17:23 JST Joshua A.C. Newman

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs oh! Look at the size of it!

     This is EASILY a RasPi, cheap small screen, and 3D printed case stuff!

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     Allan Chow (grumpasaurus@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 18-Feb-2024 08:28:02 JST Allan Chow

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     @JoshuaACNewman @thomasfuchs those coiled cables were both amazingly designed for longevity and absolutely infuriating

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     Allan Chow (grumpasaurus@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 18-Feb-2024 08:29:14 JST Allan Chow

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs @JoshuaACNewman electrons go faster with each spiral for momentum

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     Joshua A.C. Newman (joshuaacnewman@xeno.glyphpress.com)'s status on Sunday, 18-Feb-2024 10:16:06 JST Joshua A.C. Newman

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     @Doomed_Daniel @thomasfuchs @me_ yep. The floating monitor stands of today are much better. They go where your eyes point while your hands go where your hands rest.

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     Daniel Gibson (doomed_daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Sunday, 18-Feb-2024 10:16:08 JST Daniel Gibson

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     @JoshuaACNewman @thomasfuchs @me_
     yeah, totally - and I guess the Apple Lisa had the same problem, see e.g. the guy on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apple_Computer,_1983_(Lisa).jpg
     might look halfway comfortable right now, but using the keyboard would make him look like a monkey :-D
     (and the alternative is putting the computer lower so he'd be staring down like the lady on your picture)

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     Joshua A.C. Newman (joshuaacnewman@xeno.glyphpress.com)'s status on Sunday, 18-Feb-2024 10:16:13 JST Joshua A.C. Newman

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     • Daniel Gibson
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     @Doomed_Daniel @thomasfuchs @me_
     Yeah, I gotta say, that looks like an ergo nightmare.

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     Daniel Gibson (doomed_daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Sunday, 18-Feb-2024 10:16:14 JST Daniel Gibson

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     @JoshuaACNewman @thomasfuchs @me_
     I somehow can't imagine that anyone *really* wants to use a machine with such a small screen, especially when it's not a handheld device

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     Daniel Gibson (doomed_daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Sunday, 18-Feb-2024 10:50:02 JST Daniel Gibson

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     @thomasfuchs @JoshuaACNewman @me_
     yeah, but that doesn't change the ergonomic problems of a tiny screen that's barely above keyboard level

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     Chris Espinosa (cdespinosa@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 18-Feb-2024 11:33:59 JST Chris Espinosa

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     @thomasfuchs this could have been us but you didn’t want it

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     Stinkie McPhee (stinkie@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 19-Feb-2024 00:43:00 JST Stinkie McPhee

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs I've been looking for some better photos of the Emerald LANstation I for a long time. If anyone finds any beyond the PDF on The Computer Archive, let me know! I want to make a custom clone chassis. Or something similar looking for modern hardware.