Re: [NTLK] Tablet enclosure

From: Dylan Stewart (rxs015500_at_utdallas.edu)
Date: Thu Apr 03 2003 - 11:42:41 PST


On 03.4.03 at 16:21:33 +0200, Robert Benschop wrote:
> But without the dot at the end, so it should be
> www.utdallas.edu/~rxs015500/NewtonTalk

Hmm. My link works just fine on my machine. Odd.

So, what do people think?

I could use a Newtonish "screen shot" of it to map to the display. If
anyone is willing to make a quality simulated screenshot, then E-mail me.
The only problem is that I can't see Apple moving away from the Aqua style,
but they would have to be awfully stupid to abandon the Newton usability
research.

I am still not sure about what ports should go into it. Surely FireWire and
USB, but I doubt that they'll have Ethernet. If you want Ethernet
connectivity, then you can just use IP over FireWire. Perhaps a CF slot for
storage expansion, not to mention how easy it would make photo transfer.
Perhaps a port for an AC adapter? I doubt that FireWire would be sufficient
to charge this. Perhaps a charging cradle would take care of that, though.

Could there be a docking port? I don't see a portable device using a 5, 10,
or 20 GB drive (let alone a 40 GB) unless it can be docked with something to
make it a desktop. Also, a portable wouldn't be as much use to businesses
if you couldn't do presentations and such from it. A dongle to give the
device a video out port would be good enough for that. If there was a
docking port, how many pins would it need to be? DVI out, VGA out,

> Robert Benschop

 Dylan Stewart AC5ZH

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