Tablet PowerBook Mod Pictures

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Wacom Graphire 3, 6 by 8	PowerBook Titanium 800mhz	Proof of concept; tablet is taken apart and placed behind screen
Completely removed the tablet sensor and replaced usb cabled	Cut plastic behind lcd panel	plastic removed to reduce spacing between tablet sensor and lcd
Monitor cable	put everything together to see what it would look like	booted it up with paper to make sure nothing shorted
running	works! but the mouse is offset	Since the tablet is smaller than the screen, only a portion of screen can be used
Preparing to build housing for now "tabletscreen"	Took the bottom housing of another powerbook	perfect fit
cut the bottom of old graphire housing	had to expand the powerbook casing to fit	test fit; note the notche made to route the usb cable
small and ugly notch for the monitor cable	usb and monitor power cables	test fit again
glued the tablet case to powerbook case with steel glue	Final assembly!	tablet sensor
the white rectangle is the bound of the sensor	finished tablet/lcd casing	tablet sensor is placed behind lcd panel
not to forget thick paper so it doesn't short	metal shield on the back side to reduce interference	monitor cable had to be placed behind shield for tablet to work