> Hmm... it wouldn't be quite so nice and thin, but I wonder what it would
> take to take a Duo screen and the lower half of of a Duo (minus the
> keyboard) and somehow glue them together. You'd have to rig up a mouse or
> trackball, but it might work...
>
> Scott Holder
I'm working on doing just that with a 2400 that I bought recently.
I want to attach the screen and motherboard/processor to a inner
assembly so that the ports all point out the bottom . The casing will be completely
redesigned of course. although it wont be a tablet it will be a vertically standing
slab of sorts. Sort of like the 20th anniversary mac a.k.a. TAM.
I want to use it to run some automated tasks and run "mouse house".
I will post all of this to my web page that has been on hold for the longest time.
As has been this project.
Some thoughts on computers that belonged to the government.
Since there was so much interest in the last post on shielding, I thought the list
would be
interested in the following.
I purchased a 2400 that had belonged to a federal agency (probably FBI although I
have talked to ex military people that recognized the duo from their experience in
the
field) of course that was all they would say . A federal "technician" had removed
the hard drive, as is the policy for computers
that are used in government offices. This is the second 2400 that I have purchased
with the hard drive removed. Let me tell you that it was removed with a flathead
screw driver.
it was inserted under the speaker holes at the part line. The "Technician/butcher"
appears to have just pried open the laptop bending the motherboard separating the
processor
from the motherboard and pulling screws out of the bottom casing . The palm rest was
then pulled away from its attachments without unscrewing a single fastener. The
damage
was unbelievable . Even the stiffener that holds the screen in place was twisted as
access
was attempted from the back of the powerbook. to top it all off . the hard drive was
also
pulled right out without removing the screws that were keeping it in place.The socket
that the hard drive attaches to the motherboard is completely missing except for a
few of the
pins that attach to the Hard Drive. I have also been told that these computers are
quite often destroyed, and never re-sold . I know of a powerbook 3400c that also
received the same hard drive removing technique.
I re-assembled the 2400 without the case and with a spare stiffener that I have.
plugged a hard drive externally using the scsi port and, shazam!!!! the 2400 booted
up all the ports work. Believe it or not , not a mark on the screen . no cracked
solder joints.
I don't know what school these people come from but they all seem to think that a
laptop
opens like a can of paint.
All of this is just deduction, from looking at an end result.
And if this laptop did indeed belong to the Feds, It's interesting to note that it wa
developed in Japan. Hmmmmm!!!!
If I'm incorrect on my assumptions ,I apologize. Just trading stories here.
Cheers
Carlos
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