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
Artifact
Pen-Based Computing – February/March, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 2
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Pen-Based Computing – April, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 2
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GeoWorks, Inc. – GEOS Software Development Kit Concepts, Volume 2, Release 0.8 (Documentation)
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Pen-Based Computing – October/November, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 5
TRG will introduce its first product, a handheld computer for enterprise deployment in mid-October to coincide with the PalmSource ’99 conference, Palm Computing’s worldwide developer software conference.
Timeline
TRG Products Signs Licensing Agreement with Palm Computing to Develop and Produce Palm OS Devices for Enterprise Deployment
October 11, 1999
Big Planet, the InterNetworking Company, will now offer the Franklin Covey version of the Palm Computing connected organizers produced by Palm Computing Inc.
Timeline
Big Planet to Offer Palm Computing Connected Organizers From Franklin Covey
March 11, 1999
Motorola, Inc. announces plans to jointly develop and market with Racotek, Inc. a wireless metropolitan area network (MAN) service for mobile data/voice communications.
Timeline
Motorola and Racotek Plan Strategic Agreement to Bring Wireless Metropolitan Area Network Service for Mobile Data/Voice Communications
January 21, 1992
The distribution agreements with Marubun and Tokyo Electron Limited are a direct result of Metrowerks’ strategy to offer CodeWarrior embedded development tools for the RTOS/Windows CE and other markets.
Timeline
Marubun Corporation and Tokyo Electron Limited to Bundle Metrowerks CodeWarrior With Motorola MBX Board
September 30, 1997
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