Re: Multimedia

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Marc_F_Hult <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:41:56 -0400, "Robert Green"
><ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
><n7SdnWfNdKNIfiDZnZ2dnUVZ_tmdnZ2d@xxxxxxx>:
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>>"IVB" <ivb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> With the 3400, it's a full PC [$160 gets you a 10" P3-400 touchscreen].
>>>That means no special card needed, just the CQC software for fully
>>>distributed, networkable HA & HT control.
>>
>>That's a pretty good deal for the money.  A PIII-400's got plenty of
>>horsepower for HA purposes - especially when used as just a "smart
>screen."
>>
>>How is the screen?  Visible in daylight or when viewed at an angle?  Lots
>>of them available on Ebay.  I just bought one to see for myself!
>
>Jist so others do not misunderstand, the Fujitsu 3400 tablet PC  is *not*
>a touch screen in the conventional sense. If you touch it with your
>finger, or a celery stalk, or a pencil, nothing useful happens. It
>requires a special wireless electronic pen.
>
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Marc,

I don't believe this is correct. Based on the manual on the Fujitsu web
site, the digitizer on the 3400 is a resistive type, and the pen is *not*
active, just a mechanical stylus. This should mean that any pressure on the
digitizer will activate it.

Eric