LGR Oddware: The 400 CrossPad Tablet from 1998
video description
It was one expensive unit. It sat in a showcase and never moved. Sure looked amazing however.
Today, strangely as a graphic designer something like this, with drawing (and erasing) on real paper has an appeal. If this came out today at a reasonable price I could see it selling in a few specific markets.
Date: 2023-02-03
Related videos
Comments and reviews: 14
Doegiz
Love the interesting old technology but eyy even myself back then would've just used a printer scanner on a piece of paper hahaha but still, I can actually imagine this would've been pretty useful if it doubled as a portable document scanner as well, but I think we can all guess a device like this would've been counter intuitive for anything other than artwork when you have a keyboard on your desk, unless you were among the not so tech savvy. So this is that kind of product that will forever remain a cool and unique idea of an era long gone, which is exactly why I love it.
reply
Love the interesting old technology but eyy even myself back then would've just used a printer scanner on a piece of paper hahaha but still, I can actually imagine this would've been pretty useful if it doubled as a portable document scanner as well, but I think we can all guess a device like this would've been counter intuitive for anything other than artwork when you have a keyboard on your desk, unless you were among the not so tech savvy. So this is that kind of product that will forever remain a cool and unique idea of an era long gone, which is exactly why I love it.
reply
Dave's
That device seems like a useful device, especially back at the time it came out and I would have loved to have had one then, had I known about it at the time. I never actually knew there was AAAA batteries until you showed the pen takes them as I have never heard of or seen those types of batteries before. It amazes me a company selling writing stationary is still going 177 years after it was founded and only branching into also selling things like watches, cufflinks, pen cases and a few other things besides writing implements.
reply
That device seems like a useful device, especially back at the time it came out and I would have loved to have had one then, had I known about it at the time. I never actually knew there was AAAA batteries until you showed the pen takes them as I have never heard of or seen those types of batteries before. It amazes me a company selling writing stationary is still going 177 years after it was founded and only branching into also selling things like watches, cufflinks, pen cases and a few other things besides writing implements.
reply
AlexArken
Omg, I had a similar device to this that my dad got for me as my 1st ever drawing tablet. Tho it was abit more like a typical tablet, ofcourse without pressure or opacity sensitivity. But still it came with paper than slid onto the tablet, and the stylus still had ink in it even tho didn't need the ink at all, or the paper either, tho it did help prevent the stylus from scratching the tablet as the stylus still had an ink nib.
reply
Omg, I had a similar device to this that my dad got for me as my 1st ever drawing tablet. Tho it was abit more like a typical tablet, ofcourse without pressure or opacity sensitivity. But still it came with paper than slid onto the tablet, and the stylus still had ink in it even tho didn't need the ink at all, or the paper either, tho it did help prevent the stylus from scratching the tablet as the stylus still had an ink nib.
reply
No
90 page user guide. I can see why this failed. While I imagine there is somebody who read that entire user guide, your average on the go businessman is not going to have the time to sit there and go through all that, all for a product that offers a moderate convenience at best.
Edit: Also if you want an easy source for AAAA batteries, many 9 volt batteries are made up of six AAAA batteries.
reply
90 page user guide. I can see why this failed. While I imagine there is somebody who read that entire user guide, your average on the go businessman is not going to have the time to sit there and go through all that, all for a product that offers a moderate convenience at best.
Edit: Also if you want an easy source for AAAA batteries, many 9 volt batteries are made up of six AAAA batteries.
reply
Garethsmod
I had something similar to this like 6 years ago but it was like new, you could draw on it with a pen and paper and it had these special rings you attached to the pen and paper and yeah it did not work well like at all, I remember becoming frustrated with it and just stopped using it all together. It's neat though that the concept has been around before awhile though.
reply
I had something similar to this like 6 years ago but it was like new, you could draw on it with a pen and paper and it had these special rings you attached to the pen and paper and yeah it did not work well like at all, I remember becoming frustrated with it and just stopped using it all together. It's neat though that the concept has been around before awhile though.
reply
mizu
Oh my goodness my dearest friend from school when I was a kid his father had a cross pad. He was for work so it was a company item. He used it to make spreadsheets and notes and everything. He accidentally took it to school once and played around with it and at the time it had a ability to store data when he got home instead yelled at him xD
reply
Oh my goodness my dearest friend from school when I was a kid his father had a cross pad. He was for work so it was a company item. He used it to make spreadsheets and notes and everything. He accidentally took it to school once and played around with it and at the time it had a ability to store data when he got home instead yelled at him xD
reply
Alice
That's pretty neat. Reminds me of the rocket book things, which are reusable plastic notebooks that you write on with a Pilot Frixion pen, then you use an app to scan it in and then you can use a wet washcloth to wipe all the pages clean. I didn't really like it, so I just got a digitizing tablet to use with my laptop instead.
reply
That's pretty neat. Reminds me of the rocket book things, which are reusable plastic notebooks that you write on with a Pilot Frixion pen, then you use an app to scan it in and then you can use a wet washcloth to wipe all the pages clean. I didn't really like it, so I just got a digitizing tablet to use with my laptop instead.
reply
CallMeL
Just a few years later I was so very interested by such systems for note taking and work.
The biggest appeal that you may not recognize is that such devices work anywhere and outside in the natural light. I can totally imagine modern hipster writers use such a thing in a coffee shop for the absolute lack of distraction.
reply
Just a few years later I was so very interested by such systems for note taking and work.
The biggest appeal that you may not recognize is that such devices work anywhere and outside in the natural light. I can totally imagine modern hipster writers use such a thing in a coffee shop for the absolute lack of distraction.
reply
blue
the technology is impressive, but the idea was doomed from the start. you could buy a scanner for easily half the price and produce a far superior copy of documents. you couldn't even call it a more convenient way to make soft copies since a pad of paper is much thinner, more portable, and doesn't require batteries.
reply
the technology is impressive, but the idea was doomed from the start. you could buy a scanner for easily half the price and produce a far superior copy of documents. you couldn't even call it a more convenient way to make soft copies since a pad of paper is much thinner, more portable, and doesn't require batteries.
reply
Five_in_Five
I'd have legitimate uses for this now in 2023!
I work in a data center and we're always jotting little diagrams and notes down on paper while brainstorming problems. I've thought in the past it would be VERY useful to have the note in digital form to send in the email etc.
reply
I'd have legitimate uses for this now in 2023!
I work in a data center and we're always jotting little diagrams and notes down on paper while brainstorming problems. I've thought in the past it would be VERY useful to have the note in digital form to send in the email etc.
reply
The
I feel a bit sorry for them in the sense that this was clearly a pretty good idea, but probably just too early (and too expensive by far) to really take off. It was a surprisingly forward-thinking product for a company like that to come out with.
reply
I feel a bit sorry for them in the sense that this was clearly a pretty good idea, but probably just too early (and too expensive by far) to really take off. It was a surprisingly forward-thinking product for a company like that to come out with.
reply
mmmlinux
I have a similar thing made my Seiko. It uses a smaller size notepad, but sent it over irda to a pda you put in the other side of the leather binder it was built in to. Similar pen tech though. Id be the pen is almost identical.
reply
I have a similar thing made my Seiko. It uses a smaller size notepad, but sent it over irda to a pda you put in the other side of the leather binder it was built in to. Similar pen tech though. Id be the pen is almost identical.
reply
Kajsa
Lenovo Yoga Book from 2016 has similar functionality. You can draw on one side (a pad that can turn into a keyboard, even on paper, and it will digitize drawing or writing. It was pretty good for taking notes or sketching.
reply
Lenovo Yoga Book from 2016 has similar functionality. You can draw on one side (a pad that can turn into a keyboard, even on paper, and it will digitize drawing or writing. It was pretty good for taking notes or sketching.
reply
Bill's
This video reminded me of a mousepad I was given by a company. It was a pad of paper. There was no holder, it was just paper. You could write on the mouse pad then rip off the sheet. It functioned extremely well.
reply
This video reminded me of a mousepad I was given by a company. It was a pad of paper. There was no holder, it was just paper. You could write on the mouse pad then rip off the sheet. It functioned extremely well.
reply
Add a review, comment
Other channel videos
