Pen-Based Computing Alumni
Reconnect with the people who built pen computing.
A place for the engineers, designers, founders, and writers of the stylus era to find old colleagues — and to put the definitive oral history of that time on the record.
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From the museum
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Pen-Based Computing – April, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 4
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Pen-Based Computing – December, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 9
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Pen-Based Computing – November, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 11
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Pen-Based Computing – May, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 5
Apple MessagePad 130 now connects with Microsoft Office for Windows 95 applications, allowing users to access and use data on the go.
Timeline
Apple Offers Coupon for Win2Go Software with MessagePad 130 and Reduces Price to $699
October 24, 1996
These software components, called Intrinsyc SP Libraries, will ship with Intrinsyc’s Integration Expert embedded systems development tools.
Timeline
Intrinsyc Introduces Signal Processing Libraries for Windows CE & NT
September 9, 1997
The plant, which will be Tandy’s 30th worldwide, will begin production on Victor’s personal computer product line before the end of the year. Victor Technologies markets personal computers and related peripherals under the Tandy, Victor, and GRiD brand names.
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Tandy to Open New Plant in Scotland
June 17, 1991
TelePad Corporation announces a significant enhancement of its distribution channels as a result of its selection by ENTEX Information Services as a vendor of mobile computing products for field force workers.
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TelePad Selected By Entex Information Services To Be Mobile Product Platform Vendor
May 16, 1995
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