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 The Great White Newt: Phase II | |
I managed to get my hands on some excellent translucent plastic material, the kind used for file folders and notebook covers, and fashioned it into a pretty decent replacement cover for Oliver Cromwell, as you can see below. I actually made two of these covers, one built entirely out of the translucent plastic, and the mk II (pictured) which uses the original hinge, painted white to match the iNewt. It latches into the tab on the front when closed, as the original cover did, and folds flat to the back when opened. I'm continually impressed with Apple's engineering and attention to detail on the Newton line. The large white Apple logo comes compliments of a new G4 we purchased at my office - am I the only one who is surprised Apple still sends stickers out with new computers? I mocked up and printed out the smaller blue logo myself, on some transparent, adhesive-backed stock from 3M. The office color laser printer does an absolutely gorgeous job on this stuff, though the media is a little foggy, as you can see around the "iNewt" and Newton logo at the top of these pictures. The pictures didn't turn out as good as the first batch, so I need to note that the blue logo is actually much more "graphite" in color, and I did some color tweaking in PhotoShop so the logo didn't appear completely black. I had to put my mark on this guy somewhere, so i put my credit line on the back. If this ever turns up in the wrong hands, I trust someone will report it to me :) Next Steps: an airport-compatible wavelan card and compact flash reader, with a nice big CF card to hold all the Newton software I can scrounge. I'm also having a friend who works in vinyl and leather help me with making a cover/sleeve of my design to hold the iNewt in style. Once she has made a prototype, I'll report back on progress. Please feel free to email newton@option8.com with contributions, links, or comments. | |