benford | 
07 19th, 2009| 
TSo in today’s episode of computing anachorism, I present to you the Fujistu Stylistic 1000, one of the first mass market attempts at putting an ordinary computer into a touchscreen, tablet-based, form factor. Hailing from 1996 this fantastic piece of technology was not just the future, it was made of the future: A fully functional computer in a package weighing less than 10 lbs (~ 5 kg) with a battery life of much greater than 30 minutes, and multiple shades of greyscale. Instead of using a mouse, you could poke the screen with a special kind of pen to click things. It’s like having one of those funny PADDs from Star Trek or something.
Jul
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No pictures today, but I have some progress to report on the iShell project. I needed to regrind the clamps that I made last time so that the monitor section of the case could fit cleanly into the rest of the unit. During initial fitting I found that the area near the LCD monitor mount screws was far too close to the edge of the case, or on the lower half, the clamps would run right into the speakers. I marked the excess metal with white out, as black sharpies would not show up so well. Then, one at a time, I took each clamp and ground out the white out marked sections. By removing them one at a time, then replacing them, I could guarantee that each clamp returns to its original spot, preventing further need for grinding.