Mary, my power is on the right, but, of course, our monitors are different brands and ages. Also, for any of you, there is a way with the mouse to increase the letter size on the screen. I'm not sure how to do that; it has something to do with the wheel on the bottom, I think. Maybe someone on this list knows how that is done, in case anyone needs that. In God We Trust, Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Optacon" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 4:30 PM Subject: [optacon-l] Recommending the Acer V173B 17-inch LCD Display > Hi folks, > This is a wonderful monitor. There was no need to adjust it when I turned > it on; there are six buttons on the lower right corner of the monitor, > just below and outside the glass area. The buttons are on the frame > surrounding the glass, so if you're not careful your arm might touch the > buttons and change something. Other than that, the letters are a nice, > readable size; even when there are a few windows on the screen. I could > read e-mail messages with the R1D, and a regular optacon lens, in regular > mode; the only time I used invert was when Windows was coming up. There > might be a way to make the letters a little brighter, but I haven't needed > to do that. Amazon has this display for about $105. A little stand comes > with it, but I didn't bother with it. I just plugged it in and turned it > on, by pushing all the buttons and hoping one of them would work. I guess > the power is either the left-most or right-most; not sure which. > > My desktop PC came right up when I turned it on, although I couldn't get > into safe mode; that's for another day, and there are a couple PS/2 ports > on the machine so I'll give it a try some time later with an older > keyboard. > > Mary > to view the list archives, go to: > > www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l > > To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message > to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > to view the list archives, go to: www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.