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A hand held computer having a display screen which accepts writing from an electronic pen-type stylus has a cord which tethers the stylus to the computer. At the periphery of the computer is a flange or ledge forming a peripheral groove within which the cord resides when the stylus is stored in anot

A hand held computer having a display screen which accepts writing from an electronic pen-type stylus has a cord which tethers the stylus to the computer. At the periphery of the computer is a flange or ledge forming a peripheral groove within which the cord resides when the stylus is stored in another wider part of the peripheral groove. The groove has a widened notch for receiving a larger-diameter portion of the stylus, such that the stylus snaps into a prescribed position lengthwise in the groove. In a preferred embodiment the cord is connected into the stylus via an internal spring in the stylus. The stylus thus gives some resiliency when pulled against the cord, and this feature is used to tightly seat the stylus in the groove or channel recess so that it is stored with the cord under some tension.

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A system for retention of a stylus on a housing comprising: a stylus; a housing having channel in one edge of the computer, providing a recess within which the stylus can be laterally inserted for storage, at a storage position; a tethering cord connected to the housing and to the stylus; the length

A system for retention of a stylus on a housing comprising: a stylus; a housing having channel in one edge of the computer, providing a recess within which the stylus can be laterally inserted for storage, at a storage position; a tethering cord connected to the housing and to the stylus; the length of the tethering cord being just sufficient to allow the stylus to be inserted into said storage position with the tethering cord wrapped around the housing, from its point of connection to the housing to the stylus; and the stylus having a smaller diameter portion and a larger diameter portion, and the housing\s channel being sized to receive the smaller diameter portion of the stylus, and having an enlarged slot area slightly longer than the enlarged diameter portion of the stylus and configured to receive the larger diameter portion to thereby positively locate the position of the stylus when it is inserted into the storage position in the housing\s channel.