Roger Pugh wrote:
  Not forgetting the Amstrad PENPAD..  an Apple Newton
knockoff at a tenth
 the price. 
I have one of those!  The rubbery plastic coating on the case
has deteriorated over the years, and is now a very sticky mess.
I took the machine along to Dorkbot Bristol and had to handle
it with rubber gloves to avoid getting the stickiness all over
my hands.  The audience found this very amusing.
--
John Honniball
coredump at gifford.co.uk