Asus Eee - teh Angband machine

[pav]

I recently purchased one of these toy-subnotebooks. I believe Angband was considered when this machine was designed, because 80x25 in default font just fits on the display. Coincidence? I think not!



Of course no dedicated numeric keypad, so I guess I need to start learning rogue keyset...

[new.ideas]

Of course no dedicated numeric keypad, so I guess I need to start learning rogue keyset...

Mh, my first months of Angband were played on a notebook, too, and so instead of using the NumPad (now that I play on a desktop pc) I still use the Cursors and the Numbers 1,3,7,9 above the letters to move. Not to intuitive, but I feel more comfortable with it than playing with numpad.

nice picture, by the way

[Pete Mack]

SONY has nothing to fear, despite their worry about downward price pressure. Nobody will buy that thing if they have even the slightest choice. (They'll buy a used laptop like I did.)

What a blast from the past--that thing looks like a TRS80, or maybe an Amiga.

[pav]

I don't think SONY has to fear either, this surely is not going to replace the ultra-performing ultra-stylish ultra-expensive VAIO line.

But for someone, who basically needs a lightweight, very portable terminal with something that resembled a real keyboard, and does not need Windows or shitload of horse power, it is a very nice new option.

[bonzo]

Been reading some reviews on that one and was considering a purchase myself.

Please share what you do like and don't like about the unit so far.

[pav]

What I dislike is: noisy fan which kicks in after a longer period of continuous usage; page up and page down keys done over Fn shift, so you can't use them when browsing web single-handedly; well that's about it so far. Otherwise I like it so far. One especially cool feature for me is a very nice Skype integration, as I never managed to get it moving properly on a big PC with all those microphones and headsets and stuff...

[Nick]

Of course no dedicated numeric keypad, so I guess I need to start learning rogue keyset...

I found it easier to get used to using Fn + J, etc than a whole new keyset. Only problem is that Fn + I isn't always like keypad 5. Or you could play a variant with full mouse control

[pav]

Fn + I is what I'm doing at the moment. Not very comfy.

And mouse it has neither. Touchpad is murder.

[Pete Mack]

Learning the roguelike keyset only takes a couple hours' play. I find it more natural now, because you rarely need to move your right hand from the home keys.

[Garrie]

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Of course no dedicated numeric keypad, so I guess I need to start learning rogue keyset...

I guess it does have a usb so you could always go and plug in a USB number pad only keyboard... sorta breaks portability though!

[Garrie]

I don't think SONY has to fear either, this surely is not going to replace the ultra-performing ultra-stylish ultra-expensive VAIO line.

But for someone, who basically needs a lightweight, very portable terminal with something that resembled a real keyboard, and does not need Windows or shitload of horse power, it is a very nice new option.

That you can buy a brand new laptop with brand new warranty does put downward price pressure on the previous bottom end of the market (which was, 15" screen Acer etc brand laptops). This does trickle through the rest of the market... but I doubt that Kia puts much downward price pressure on a Ferrari, and comparing the Asus Eee to a Sony Viao is equally pointless.

[takkaria]

Of course no dedicated numeric keypad, so I guess I need to start learning rogue keyset...

Lies! I play Angband perfectly well on my laptop without roguelike mode. After a while, you just know what diagonal moves to make on the top row of number keys.

[ajps]

Lies! I play Angband perfectly well on my laptop without roguelike mode. After a while, you just know what diagonal moves to make on the top row of number keys.

And watch out for 3.1.0 (or the svn version, if you're playing that), because it has my (un)patented "lazymove" system to alow you to move diagonally by simply pressing (for instance) left and up in quick succession. Well, in my experience simply pressing them at the same time does the job best.

I could update my 3.0.8 patch so that people could easily apply it to 3.0.9b if anyone was interested - it simply adds a slight delay after directional commands (running, tunnelling, walking, firing objects) so allow you to press another direction before it moves. On my machines, a delay of 3 or 4 centiseconds (I think they're centiseconds anyway) allows for reliable choosing of diagonal directions without being an irritating delay for normal movement. YMMV.

It slows down movement from holding down arrow keys too, which might be considered a bonus if you often die from not paying enough attention to such things.

[Nick]

And watch out for 3.1.0 (or the svn version, if you're playing that), because it has my (un)patented

Is that like UnAngband?

[David Dark]

sweet how much for that baby? btw, you can buy an usb keybad