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Tuesday Mac Mods

Posted by pudge on from the all-i-have-is-a-roll-of-duct-tape dept.

Jeff Paradiso writes "If you want a Mac tablet make it! Using an original iBook, a touch screen from Troll Touch Touchscreen, a bigger Hammer, and a heat gun you can make it. Kids don't try this at home." Will this work with Inkwell? And Riscx writes "Thought a few of you would like to see puter modifications I did to a Mac G4. Enjoy." Mmmm, blue.

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  1. Re:this looks like a job for... by RevAaron · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wish InkWell would work with more. :( There's no reason that it wouldn't work with *all* Macs running OS X, I'm very disapointed in Apple's restrictions on InkWell. One more step pushing me away from Apple and toward a better future. After all, InkWell is derived from the Newton OS 2.x handwriting recognizer, which ran on 20 MHz ARM610, 25 MHz ARM710 and 162 MHz SA110 CPUs at a very good speed.

    I'd probably attempt to convert my iBook2 into a tablet like one of the authors of one of those links did, but without InkWell, there's really no motivation for me to do so. I don't think there is any other usable HWR for OS X, OS 9, or even Linux/PPC. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to stick with my original plan- to sell my ibook and Jornada 720 and buy an OQO when they come out!

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  2. Pretty Nice. . . alot cheaper than the Gemini. . . by DansnBear · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I work for United Cerebral Palsy and I have the oppurtunity to see the latest in augmentative technology first hand. The ironry of this article right now is that i am writing this response from a modified iBook right now that a company sent me to demo. This project is extremely similar to this Gemini made by AssistiveTech. (http://www.assistivetech.com/p-gemini.htm) Basicly, they take a revision 2 or 1 iBook, and retrofit it with a touch screen, completely contained inside of the original case. . . I was suprised, because mosst augmentative devices are speciality products, designed to preform the task (i.e. - verbal comunication, speech therapy. . . ) where as the Gemini contains all the software to do this, plus, it's a full blown mac. It looks like it was ment to have the touchscreen in it from the begining. The only thing I dont like about it is the $6,500.00 price tag. . . oh well, at least I have a week more with it before I have to send it back to them.

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