Marcin WicharyApr 5, 2023

This obscure (to me, at least?) Hungarian microcomputer represents the correct ratio between the keyboard and the display.

Via the amazing and seemingly endless https://www.holdcomputers.com/

Régi magyar számítógépek - Hungarian Old Computers

Magyar számítógépipar hőskorát bemutató virtuális-múzeum, 3D képekkel.

Show threadMarcin WicharyApr 5, 2023
Wait, this is a much better photo.
Show threadMarcin WicharyApr 5, 2023
Other kinda amazing Hungarian machines.
Show threadMassa 👽 HumbertoApr 5, 2023
@mwichary I am in love with the ergonomics, that are much better than the TRS80 and the PCs and XTs
Show threadmnemonicoverloadApr 5, 2023

@massa
It looks cool as heck. From an ergonomic perspective though there's no real debate, you definitely don't want to be looking down at a monitor that far below your eyeline for extended periods of time.

@mwichary

Show threadMassa 👽 Humberto
@mnemonicoverload @mwichary at least two of them have the monitor on top of a console -- and the "tpa quadro" and the "szki pro" have it raised still...
Apr 5, 2023 at 7:37pmWeb
Show threadmnemonicoverloadApr 5, 2023

@massa
Those ones are better than the lower ones but still far from ideal as they are at a fixed height. You want to be able to position the top of the monitor at your eye level. Having to shim up the whole computer instead of just the monitor to get it in the right spot is inconvenient at best.

@mwichary