too bad the mp is too fat to fit in the screen portion of the emate, because
then you'd have that yummy looking design concept thing
with a handle too
mimi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephanie Maks" <steph_at_maksystems.com>
To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 1:06 AM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Cool Newton keyboard-dock thing???
>
> Maybe we should pull apart a Newton keyboard and see what's inside. If it
> has a similar arrangement of ribbon cables that go into a serial
converter,
> then maybe the serial converter could be yanked out of the regular
keyboard,
> stuck onto a salvaged eMate keyboard, and made to work?
>
> I have a Newton keyboard here, but I haven't gotten around to opening it
up
> yet.
>
> -Stephanie
>
> > Makes sense, what with the power button and backlight functions to
> > deal with. I suppose I could play around with the 4 or 5 strand and
> > maybe get lucky and rig a serial interface, but that one is more
> > likely to be power/light functions and maybe the 12 strand is some
> > sort of souped up serial... But then the function keys may not work
> > and that was what I was really hoping for, a quiet, nice keyboard
> > with functions keys I could use with my 2x00. I don't suppose
> > anyone's got a schematic of this laying around somewhere?
> >
>
>
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