Andrew King wrote: > > However the Pismo keyboard is adb, I don't see an easy way to get > > around that. > > I thought I had given away all my adb stuff.....
It may sound strange but its true, and also the trackpad. You can see it when you boot linux (maybe verbose mode OSX too ???). Its also that way in (at least the early) TiBooks. I can hook up my old adb tablet with an Imate and it draws but no pressure sensitive degrees (that is, like a giant trackpad). > > I've got two functioning Pismos and two parts machines. > The one with the good battery and screen is the portable. > The one with the dim floppy screen and the old battery sits on the desk. > Both are set to boot off a 30 Gb solid state disk in the expansion bay. > When I need to travel I take the SSD out of the desktop machine and > plug it into the portable. Wow. I've got an SD reader pc-card, I don't boot off it, but it goes around pretty well. > Easier than unplugging all those cables. (or plugging them in ) > > I'd certainly be interested in a hotted up Pismo motherboard but I > share Bruce's skepticism. > Just off the top of my head I'd expect a custom mother board would > cost several thousand minimum at which point the MacBooks look much > more attractive.... I still think an off-the-shelf solution would be the way to go... Somebuddy could do a mail-order home business out of rebuilding them ... formulating the pieces to hold it in the case and connect with things. Or possibly with the advances in SOC technology (system on a chip), a logic board could be assembled on the spot, using one of those. Still worried about the keyboard, but maybe the pismo could get a keyboard that worked as well as the wallstreet, even re-use the pismo keys ... Gosh you might even be able to land some of those Green business startup funds. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
