[aprssig] OT: Fujitsu Stylistic Pen's Was. RE: Messaging on the NUVI GPS

[Patrick]

Toss me your mailing address off list.. I've got one from a machine I melted....  Also a
great source for the AAAA's is 9 volt batteries as many (but not all) 9v's are actually
made from 6 AAAA's.

p

On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 16:15:18 +0100, Dave Baxter wrote
> If anyone has a spare "pen" for an early Stylistic 1200, one of the
> active types with the AAAA cell (yes, 4 A's!)  I'd like to know please..
> 
> The early 1200's had a pasive screen, that needed a signal radiated from
> the pen.  AFIK, it's somewhere between 30k to 150kHz  I did make it
> respond once to a coil fed from a sig-gen, but that's not exactly
> practical for portable work!
> 
> 73.
> 
> Dave G0WBX.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jesse (KC5LOS) [mailto:kc5los at yahoo.com] 
> > Sent: 06 September 2008 21:47
> > To: TAPR APRS Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [aprssig] Messaging on the NUVI GPS
> > 
> > You also have to watch some of those "Touch Screen" tablets 
> > are actually pen based tablets and if you loose the pen your 
> > outa luck. I own a few fujitsu stylistics and pulled  them 
> > from service due to lost pens.
> > 
> > Jeff N0JUH wrote:
> > > But the fujistu stylistic is just windows 98 computer - isn't that 
> > > about as "large numbers of ready-to-use, standard devices" 
> > as you can get?
> > > 
> > > Your nightmare "how-to" scenario is exactly why I am arguing FOR 
> > > software-based solutions :)
> > > 
> > >    --Jeff n0juh
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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