[NTLK] FoFa - 5th followup

Michael Pick mpick at mac.com
Tue May 26 10:51:09 EDT 2020


I have no idea at all what this is, but it looks to me like the curve of that piece matches the lower left or right side of an eMate profile...

> On May 26, 2020, at 10:21 AM, Tere <tjggriffin1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Is it electronic? Is it for a Newton? Cheers!
> 
> On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 5:47 AM NewtonTalk <newtontalk at pda-soft.de> wrote:
> 
>>> Other hints: Several prototypes, costing $$$, failure, then success,
>> potentially salable
>> 
>> Yep...
>> 
>>> Simply stylus for Newton in different colors
>> 
>> Nope...
>> 
>>> the "Newton USB Dongle" is now available in many colors!
>> 
>> It will be, once it's finished. However, there are some issues left to be
>> resolved. For example, the Interconnect port in the Newton 2x00 family is
>> kind of fragile, so you don't want to slide a dongle in while it's tilted.
>> I
>> would like to design the case in a way that it can simply be slid on the
>> tabletop right into the Newton's port, provided the Newton sits on the same
>> tabletop. I'm afraid I'll need a little practice until I can create a 3D
>> model that is actually correct, and since having lots of wrong case
>> prototypes manufactured elsewhere is too expensive, I'll need a 3D printer
>> of my own before this project can leave the prototype state.
>> 
>>> The first pic has to be light passing through a prism.
>> 
>> Nope...
>> 
>>> The second pic is still unfamiliar to me, but it appears to be gold.
>> 
>> Nope...
>> 
>>> The third pic appears to be a rainbow stack of construction paper
>> 
>> Yep...
>> 
>>> likely used for the lovely peacock art piece shown in the fourth clue
>> 
>> Yep...
>> 
>>> Frank has developed some type of spectrophotometer for the Newton
>> platform
>> 
>> Nope...
>> 
>> Here's a little hint. The article you're looking for consists of four
>> parts.
>> The new image shows one of them in full.
>> 
>>    <https://www.pda-soft.de/scratch/WhatIsThis/WhatIsThis06.png>
>> 
>> And here are the images you already know, just for convenience's sake.
>> 
>>   <https://www.pda-soft.de/scratch/WhatIsThis/WhatIsThis05.png>
>>   <https://www.pda-soft.de/scratch/WhatIsThis/WhatIsThis04.png>
>>   <https://www.pda-soft.de/scratch/WhatIsThis/WhatIsThis03.png>
>>   <https://www.pda-soft.de/scratch/WhatIsThis/WhatIsThis02.png>
>>   <https://www.pda-soft.de/scratch/WhatIsThis/WhatIsThis01.png>
>> 
>> Good luck!
>> 
>> Frank
>> 
>> -- Newton software and hardware at http://www.pda-soft.de
>> 
>> 
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