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Re: HMD for text that is commercially available.

>From what I seen of the faxview product, which the p-5 is used in and is
based on, it's a handheld device, and uses some wierd propitary circutry, I
havent seen the deveopers kit but it did sound like the devel kit wasnt
something that was plug-in and go, but required re-design and special
drivers that are very un-like the P-4's drivers. so along with a full
re-design of the case to make the unit only block one eye, most everything
else will require re-design.  Which will bring the total cost close to
buying a M1- display. (IMHO, it was a very bad idea for them to abandon the
P-4)
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Lenigan <>
To: Tim Gray <>
Cc:  <>
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: HMD for text that is commercially available.

>On Tue, 19 May 1998, Tim Gray wrote:
>
>> I've seen a P-5 and it's going to take ALOT of re-engineering to make it
>> work. More re-engineering than the high price of the unit would make it
>> worth.  (The p-5 I saw is in the end user product portable fax viewer
that
>> they describe)
>>
>>
>What are the specific problems with the P-5 display?  My understanding
>was that the goal of the buyer's co-op on this group was to buy the
>developer's kit for the P-5, basically just the display unit and maybe a
>driver board, in bulk.  What is there about the P-5 that makes it so
>vastly different from its venerable predecessor, the P-4 Private Eye?
>
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