Re: [NTLK] Is any one going to bid on the WALT tablet?

From: James Elliott (james.elliott_at_newted.org)
Date: Fri Oct 25 2002 - 19:14:41 EDT


Same here. It's probably just a Mac tablet with Newt HWR. But I
still want to know what's under that door!

-James

>I have to agree. The screen size, the flashing disk, the wired stylus
>with a button. And, the AC adapter is a dead ringer for the one from a
>PB 1xx series.
>
>And, of course, there's the timing. IIRC, the OMP came out in 8/93. If
>this is copyright '93, it seems really fast to have inked a deal with
>BellSouth to develop a NewtonOS based machine. Seems more likely that
>they would have used something like a modified PowerBook design with
>some touchscreen additions. The wiring of the stylus and the button
>would suggest that the touchscreen isn't very advanced.
>
>My 1.5 cents,
>Rich

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