[NTLK] Crowd funding

[Jon Glass]

At the moment, my 2100, that I use is I'm fine feckle, but my 2000 could
use a freshening up. But, hey, why not get a case for both, so, yeah, count
me in for two. :-)
On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 at 01:38, Sylvain Pilet <sylvain at pilet.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> It's a good idea to want to redo new case for Newton.
> Even if the technology has evolved, it will not be easy, to succeed to
> have a correct price for the manufacture of small quantities. Especially if
> you want to have a product of very good quality. But that does not prevent
> to try!
>
> For this project, there are two options.
> - the first, is to redo the same, the same model as the original (except
> perhaps the appearance of skin)
> - the second is to make a new case. which could bring improvements ...
>
> For example, the only Newton 2x00 clone I know, is Schlumberger Watson.
> Which has a different case of Apple models. Different in appearance!
> Because in truth, the lower part of the original Newton case is present in
> Watson!
> Tomorrow I will dismount one of my Watson's, and you will take pictures,
> so that you too see what it looks like.
> The most interesting option, on the Watson, is that they installed a port
> interconnect port on the case, allowing for example the use of its
> functions in a Dock…
>
>
> Sylvain Pilet
>
> NPDS | Newton Personal Data Sharing
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>
> Le 21 sept. 2018 à 00:38, Piotrowski Paweł (Newton) <newton at indigi.co.uk>
> a écrit :
>
> > This is really good idea, Iain!
> >
> > I will try to ask couple of my friends about costs. I have feelings that
> 3d model and mold can be expensive, but maybe we could gather enough ‘crazy
> Newtons’ to gather enough money :)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Pawel
> >
> >>
> >
> > http://newtontalk.net/
> > http://twitter.com/newtontalk
>
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