5 Feb
1999
5 Feb
'99
5:33 p.m.
Date sent: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 00:04:18 -0500 (EST)
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From: Doug <doug(a)blinkenlights.com>
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers"
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Laptop ID
Originally to: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
I've found a rare transitional form between the
ancient abacus and the
modern laptop: the wooden laptop! OK, it's a pre-prototype mock-up of a
fairly modern laptop. Does anybody recognize the make or model?
http://www.blinkenlights.com/classiccmp/ufo/woodlap.jpg
It looks somehwat NEC-ish, but might just be a random Taiwanese clone.
And that nifty blue screen effect? Tediously painted by hand. Is there
software out there that can make a pretty good guess at separating
foreground and background? I'd like to just click on an object in a
complex pic, and paste that object into a new pic.
-- Doug
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?
Jason D.
