ProtoPalm

5 responses to “ProtoPalm”

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   BenODen

   Jun 10, 2005 at 6:08 pm

   Huh, most of the lines to the screen come from a blob of silicone. Wild. And that EProm looks pretty jurryrigged.

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   ranjit

   Jun 10, 2005 at 6:41 pm

   is there nothing hotglue and caulk can’t do?

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   T a k

   Jun 10, 2005 at 8:33 pm

   Cool. You can see the little white pushbuttons on the left side of the PCB, representing power, the four application buttons, and the up/down buttons.

   Oh, and reset sandwiched in the middle there.

   Hmm, what’s the one up front? NM1?

   Edit: Oh, wait: it’s NMI, isn’t it? Non-maskable interrupt.

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   complexify.

   Jun 13, 2005 at 6:09 pm

   Looks like its code name was "Touchdown"?

   The prototype’s Graffiti input area is interesting, as it has just a single area to write, with what looks like two silkscreened "buttons" to toggle uppercase and numeric modes (vs. the dedicated numeric silkscreen area on production Palms). Aside from that, the interface looks to have changed little over the past 9 years…

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   Eclipse Pics (∆ncient)

   Apr 9, 2006 at 4:30 am

   Cool!

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