Light-up your HP Palmtop screen

Minimalist Headlamp

I have seen a sort of minimalist headlamp setup at Wal-Mart and some camping stores. It's a 3/4" nylon web strap with a "tunnel" loop sewn on and Velcro fasteners for adjusting the size for your head. You slide a small penlight flashlight into the loop and the put the thing on your head. It's better than trying to stick the penlight behind your ear.

Ron Vieceli CompuServe ID: [73310,3663]

Over-the-head strap headlamp

Petzl Micro (product # HH914, $28.00) makes an over-the-head strap headlamp that works with two AA batteries and comes with a spare bulb. I saw it in an L.L. Bean catalog (L.L. Bean, Freeport, Maine, phone: 207-865-3111, fax: 207-878-2104).

Daniel Legendre CompuServe ID: [100572,3340]

Small battery- powered swivel lamp

I have been using a small (1.5" x 4-5") florescent lamp that runs on 2 AA batteries. The brand name is ZELCO, and I purchased it at a Brookstone store at a local mall. I think it was about $25.00. Anyway the light swivels away from the case that holds the batteries and the switch. The swivel is a full 360 degrees so you can set the base w/ batteries on a table, or in my case on the flap in the leather desktop pouch I carry the Palmtop in. The light swivels out and illuminates the screen and keyboard rather nicely. I've used this in the car, on a plane, at home when the power is out, it seems to work great. It is not too bright, as to be annoying, but does put out enough to see well.

Ronald L. Black CompuServe ID: [75753,2166]

Palmtop Computer Light

I found a light made for PDA's. The base sits under the keyboard, and the light comes up over the back and is flexible enough to move around to the best orientation. The light is roughly the same length and thickness as the HP, but is only about 1.25" wide. It uses an Ektron bulb and the system comes with a red light - presumably for use on airplanes at night or when one doesn't wish to bother one's sleeping spouse or significant other.

The PCL-300 (Palmtop Computer Light) retails for $29.95. The package comes with a main lighting unit, 5 Ektron bulbs (3 clear & 2 red), a clip with Velcro, carrying case, DC converter with dimmer switch. Contact: ASF Associates, Ltd., Box 625, Merrick, NY 11566, USA; Phone: 800-936-3638; Fax: 516-868-6897; E-mail: ASF1 @EWORLD.COM.

Jini Scammell-Tinling CompuServe ID: [73240,1310]