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From: ralphw@ius2.cs.cmu.edu.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Flat Displays and Portable Computers
Message-ID: <1052@ius2.cs.cmu.edu>
Date: Fri, 16-Jan-87 12:53:18 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 16 12:53:18 1987
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In article <38@cerebus.UUCP> ronc@cerebus.UUCP (sysadm) writes:
>In article <191@its63b.ed.ac.uk> bob@its63b.ed.ac.uk (Bob Gray) writes:
>>Make it with a touch sensitive screen, Throw away the
>>keyboard and the pointer (mouse)...
...
>Ickkk!  I have a small problem with this.  I can not write.
>I can at best print slowly and painfully.  I got straight F's
>in penmanship all throughout school.  However, (probably as
>compensation) I can type at peaks of 120 WPM on a good keyboard.

How about adding a connector for a optional keyboard and pointing device
on the side of the machine?  Mechanical support for attaching it (directly
or with a detached cable) would be straightforward.

It should be easy to add a keyboard and {mouse,joystick,other device} to
this system for 'base operation' (like a desk).

+-----------+
|touch-sens |
|LCD        |
+-----------+
^           ^
+-----------+
| kbd       |------('auxiliary' pointing device)
+-----------+
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