Convergent Technologies workSlate

From: D. Peschel <dpeschel_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Sun Oct 4 05:13:11 1998

> You're familiar with the TRS-80 Model 100? Imagine something with about
> the same form-factor, built the same year, but with built-in spreadsheet,
> microcassette tape drive, speaker phone, and voice annotation! It was
> also colored black and looked much cooler than the TRS-80 thing.

Didn't it use the spreadsheet as the metaphor for the entire system and
interface? Sorry, but I think that's not always an appropriate metaphor.
The Model 100 OTOH is more structured around word processing, I'd say.
This could be another reason for the 100's popularity and the workSlate's
lack of popularity.

-- Derek
Received on Sun Oct 04 1998 - 05:13:11 BST