[NTLK] Apple Newton Cadillac

[J.M. Heinrichs]

Depends. Once upon a time I played with a GridPad, which, if I recall correctly, had a stylus mounted on a wired connector and it would have been 'tethered' as of 1989. Cutting that tether would be deleterious to the GridPad's performance. Subsequently, changes in technology made the wired connection unnecessary, and the tether became a security measures. In which case, cutting the tether would have no effect.

In the the case of Wacom, their styli require no physical connection to the drawing pad, and thus are untethered physically; however they are 'tethered' electronically. The Newton, of course, is not tethered in either consideration.

There is an iPad stylus due for release shortly, which is tethered to the iPad via the bottom port.

'Tethered' works for me as either a description for the physical cord from Pad to stylus, and to cover the electronic link between pad and stylus.


Cheers
J.M. Heinrichs
 minicapt1 at mac.com

On 02 Jan 12, at 23:42, James Fraser wrote:

> Hello,
> 
>> Tethered.
> 
> I thought of "tethered," too, but, somehow, that doesn't seem to denote the 
> concept at which I am trying to get.  I'm afraid I may have hopelessly confused 
> things (I seem to do that a lot) by asking for a single word. (Sorry.)
> 
> If, in a fit of madness, Grant were to take a pair of wire cutters to the 
> "tether," would the stylus continue to work on the prototype?  
> 
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> James Fraser
> 
> 
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