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Worlds First Portable Touchscreen - Casio IF-8000

Added 2025-11-13 23:53:15 +0000 UTC

Hello!

This is a device that I was sent in a mail video a long time ago now and it ended up being a fascinating device! Somehow this simple Casio from 1988 has managed to slip under the radar when from all the research I've done, it is the first portable device with a true touch screen that maps 1:1 to display pixels!

I have had a script for this video being workshoped for about 6 years. The reality is the IF-8000 was really undercooked as far as what all it can do. And it's also just about the least intuitive device I've ever used. So it's taken me a LONG time to figure out how to make a video about it. I finally decided the answer was more about it's place in history than it itself and I tried to balance comparing it against other devices which I felt like made the video stronger. This is the third major revision of this video and I'm finally happy with how the story comes across now.

This video was also filmed with my phone at home, but I made some significant changes since the Atomic Keyboard video where I last did it and the lighting is a lot more consistent now. I couldn't really make it in to the office this week and this worked out as a good compromise project since all of the items were small enough to move and I knew I would be at home. I'm much happier with how this one turned out, but I think I've determined one weird quirk when shooting with my phone, I can lock the white balance temperature but not the tint which leads to shots varying in red/green hues. I have no idea why it's like that but I'm going to keep experimenting.

Video Link: https://youtu.be/Viosm9rqCn8