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>emarsh@au*.as*.sl*.co* sez: >> You know, ever since I got my Newton I've been looking at it and thinking >> about how to make it servicable in an aquatic environment. If someone >> were to do this it would not only make a practical working tool for >> research, it could provide entertainment for deco hangs. Donkey Kong >> anyone? > >I've been playing around with a homebrew "ruggedized" Newton for some time now; >I built a deco software system into it, and added a pressure transducer. Are >people interested in this sort of thing? (Essentially, a user-reprogrambale >dive computer.) My impression was that Newton (and PDA's in general) have >not caught on (blame price, functionality, bulk, whatever), so there really >isn't much of a market. > >-frank >-- >fhd@in*.ne* | [M]athematics is not the study of intangible Platonic >1 212 559 5534 | worlds, but of tangible formal systems which have arisen >1 917 992 2248 | from real human activities. >1 718 746 7061 | -- Saunders MacLane >-- This weeks MacWEEK has an blurb on a "Weatherproof" ruggedized wireless Newton manufactured by Digital Ocean and Harris Corp.'s Dracon Division. It's improved chassis is said to be able to withstand a 6 foot drop onto concrete, and is waterproof (but they didn't say to how deep!). It has a backlight display and waterproof ports as well. All this for $3000 US. Perhaps this will be an easier model to "Techdiver Proof". Mark. "Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience trecherous, and judgement difficult." - Hippocrates
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