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Subject:Re: It ain't Pacman From:Andreas Ramos <andreas -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 29 Mar 1994 15:09:46 -0800
After years of taking my glasses [ 8) or :) ] off and on to look at the
screen or the rest of the world (...there's something else than a
screen?...), my optician told me about gradated (or transitional) lenses.
It's the same as a bi-focal, in that there are different strenghts, but
it uses 128 different zones (128-focals), all of which are merged
together so that others don't see that.
So I bought a pair (rather expensive, but he wrote me a bill for a
"monitor perceptual support system", which i deducted from taxes).
It lets me see anything at any distance (close or far) in sharp focus. I
tilt my face up or down slightly, until my eyes are looking through the
right zone (of the 128 zones). After several weeks, i was able to forget
about doing this, and now my eyes do this automatically.
I find that it helps me with my work: looking at the monitor, paper on
the desk, across the room and out the window.
yrs,
andreas
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Andreas Ramos, M.A. Heidelberg Sacramento, California
On Tue, 29 Mar 1994, Stephen Bernhardt wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Mar 1994, burgamw1 wrote:
> > For those of us with bifocals, reading large amounts of text from a screen i
> I have begun seeing mentions of new bifocals with gradated lenses that
> have a midrange focal point that helps computer uses. As one who
> anticipates bifocals in a year or two and sits too llong at the screen,
> that sounds good to me. Too good?
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> > Stephen A. Bernhardt >
> > Department of English, Box 3E >
> > New Mexico State University >
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