Laptop ID

From: Doug <doug_at_blinkenlights.com>
Date: Sat Feb 6 01:51:59 1999

On Sat, 6 Feb 1999 jpero_at_cgocable.net wrote:

> One thing I could tell is that keyboard looks like partly from zenith
> guts but I kinda can tell it's not exactly wooden, it's more of
> computer graphic generated?

The keyboard is just about the only "real" part. It probably looks
computer generated because of the jaggies I introduced when transforming
my messy workspace background into a blue screen.

It's a work of art. I've seen mock-ups before, but not this detailed.
Really the only way I could tell it was a fake was from a very small area
where the wood is exposed. It looks like somebody tried to pry it open
along one of the seams (only to find that it was a single block of wood
with fake seams).

The hinges really work, the screen is a sheet of dark reflective plastic,
the touchpad is another sheet of plastic, the mouse buttons and latches
are fixed position, there are fake connectors embedded in it, and
carved PCMCIA, port, and battery covers.

I've always wanted a wooden laptop to go with my metal GRiDs and acrylic
Headlands prototype. If I can find a glass subnote and a stone PDA, I'll
be all set....

-- Doug
Received on Sat Feb 06 1999 - 01:51:59 GMT