"Bill Daniels" bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote in message
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............ LCD's are hard to read in anything but the
ideal lighting. I use a PDA in my sailplane and I have to remove my
sunglasses to read it. A backlight bright enough to make it readable
would
consume too much battery power.


That is why I am still using my old "black & white" Compaq 1550.
http://www.soaridaho.com/photogaller...r_Mt_Range.jpg

Wayne
HP-14 N990 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder/HP-14/N990/N990.html