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Re: (meteorobs) computer plotting vs chart manual plot
In a message dated 96-08-05 07:36:50 EDT, you write:
<< This is exactly what my last email was addressing, keypads can be painted
with flourescent paint-seeing in the dark not a problem, keypads can be
proggramed with accepted abbreviations(especially touch pads), The
technology is small enough and discrete enough to be about the size of the
typical clipboard. I find that you all can point out the things that need
to exist to make this useful. Might I suggest a list. Andrew, are you
looking to under take a project?
Marji
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This is an example of what I mean you should get out there and try plotting
to see what kind of problems you will have. I once painted a little
measuring device that I was trying to make with fluorescent paint so that
seeing in the dark would not be a problem. The problems I encountered were
at least these: You have to keep shining a brite light on the painted object
about every 30 minutes to keep the paint glowing. The other problem was that
while this object glowed, it produced a constant interference to the eye
while observing. When it's very dark, any little glowing lite to one's
periferal vision is a very big distractant.
George Z.