Artifact Details

Title

Lectrice ebook reader foam mockup

Catalog Number

102729604

Type

Physical object

Description

This object is a styrofoam mockup for the tablet prototype (a linked object). A label on the bottom right front of the object reads "Lectrice," and contains an open book image. The book page insert is "Chapter 1 Down the Rabbit-Hole" and text from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Under the insert is a piece of plexiglass holding in four unsecured lead weights in two small compartment cutouts.

Date

1995 ca.

Manufacturer

Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), System Research Center

Place Manufactured

Palo Alto, Calif.

Dimensions

overall: 2 in x 10 1/2 in x 13 in

Category

Fixed-application digital computer/eBook reader
 

Related Records

102729601 "Lectrice" prototype ebook reader