--- Bill Velek <billvelek@a...> wrote:
... first lawyer in my county to get a computer -- a Kaypro II
back in about '83 or so. Boy, does that bring back memories. ...
I schlepped a Kaypro for a while. And an Osborne, and a Compaq...
...no built in modem (I bought one later with a 300-baud speed
A Hayes Smartmodem. (List: $399.) I should have held on to the box
for one of those... for a long time now, an "original retail box"
has been worth more than the contents. 
'daisy-wheel', 17 characters per second... Had a lot of
experience with printers, too; heh, heh, I remember my tractor-feed
dot matrix that I bought to replace the Adler. Have primarily had
Hewlitt-Packard and Epson --
We can stipulate that you still have Lotus macro dreams. Does \027
^G ring any bells?
I can just grab my disk and head into the next room and use a
different computer and printer there. I'm just mentioning this info
in case a new purchaser has a Lexmark ...
Nowadays, you want to Wi-Fi your data screens down to your PDA --
which might even be the same device as your cellphone.
And as I've mentioned, I prepare my own strategy cards (which I
will be selling as soon as I complete my inventory) which print out
just beautifully.
Seriously? I'd split program logic away from the output -- then keep
watching for things like Casio + Timex collaborations to put the
results out where your intended audience can use them effectively.
Having a scrolling-window strategy chart strapped to someone's wrist
(for the top-25 VP paytables) would be worth a slight premium over a
plain old wristwatch, and I don't think any casino would dare call a
static-data crib sheet illegal.
Figure you'd sell a customized man's Timex for $150 and update
subscriptions for $20-25 yearly. (Some people might pay that for a
single customized showing perfect strategy by line for 9-6 JoB
Multistrike)
John