[NTLK] FoFa - 5th followup

[Jeff Sheldon]

Would be interesting if Frank made a new case to convert your 2x00 and keyboard into an eMate form factor, but previous comments suggest not. 


-Jeff

> On May 26, 2020, at 09:52, Michael Pick via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
> 
> 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
>>> 
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>>> 
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>> 
>> -- 
>> 
>> - Tere
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