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From: e-reuter@UIUC.EDU (Erik Reuter)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: the interface for the rest of us?
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Date: 7 May 91 23:56:14 GMT
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Has anyone gotten a UPS package lately?

They seem to be using some new "clipboard" computer. It is mostly a
keyboard, but it has a signature pad that you sign, and the signature shows
up on the little LCD screen above.

The signature part actually works pretty well, even though I would much
prefer to actually write on the screen. The signature doesn't look very
good on the low-res screen. I wonder if it digitizes the signature in more
detail than shows up on the screen, presumably for uploading to the big
computer at the end of the day. It is a little worrisome to have your
signature stored in a computer's memory. I hope they have good security.

I asked the UPS man a few questions, and apparently this was his first day
with the device. Ironically, he was running late, so I didn't get much time
to question him about it. Anyone else have any experiences with it?


  Erik Reuter  e-reuter@uiuc.edu