Semi-OT: Apple iPad

I have an iPad. There's a lot I like about the device in general, but it does not do a particularly good job of working with PDFs. Adobe does not provide a reader (not surprising, given their current feud with Apple) and the 3rd party apps are clunky at best. Little support for bookmarks, wonky page navigation. It's a terrific form factor for reviewing documentation, but I would currently give it a "D" as a tool for reading PDFs. -- Tony -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Zane H. Healy Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 11:35 AM To: classiccmp at classiccmp.org Subject: Semi-OT: Apple iPad Okay, I know the iPad is totally OT, but here is my question, does anyone on this list have one, and have you tried using it for reading PDF's off of Bitsavers? How practical is this? I'm finally making real progress at getting my computer "lab" setup with the systems I plan to keep, and don't have a way to read manuals out there. Currently the only computer that doesn't have a VT420 attached is the Commodore 64. Guess I should get the SGI o2 or Sunblade 1000 hooked up... Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |