Re: Adjustable Platform for Laptop/Navigational Software in Pilothouse???

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At 12:01 PM 6/2/99 -0400, Dick Jurgensen wrote:
>TWListees:
>
>I have a laptop with 14" TFT screen loaded with navigational software which
>I find very useful... except when the glare off the water makes viewing the
>computer screen quite difficult (bordering on impossible) and causes my
>tired eyes to go bonkers. I need help.
>
>I have been looking around for an articulating/adjustable platform that can
>be mounted to the console at the lower (pilothouse) helm station to which
>I could attach my laptop. I want to be able to make continuous adjustments
>to the viewing angle of the laptop as I change positions and as lighting
>and other conditions change.
>
>I have seen such devices advertized that are designed to hold good size
>monitors at traditional computer work stations. Does anyone have any
>suggestions as to how I might marry a laptop to such a device? Any
>recommendations? Sources?
>
>Also I have thought of putting blinds of some sort over one or more of my
>PH windshields to cut down on the glare... and I may. However, it sure
>would be nice to adjust the position my laptop (1) to optimize viewing no
>matter the lighting inside or outside the pilothouse and (2) to free up
>space at the worksurface to accomodate my backup paper charts.
>
>dick jurgensen
>Orion-2 (KK-42)
>
>
Frank H. Timpano

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