On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Bob Shannon wrote:
> In the end, Go's assesement was that Penpoint would have to be
> fundementally re-engineered to fix this issue. The changes needed would
> be to dramatic that the project was canceled. This was a bug they just
> could not fix, and without the ability to use a PCMCIA modem and
> data-card, NEC's customer for the VersaPad would be forced to abandon
> the Penpoint application and retool for a Windows for Pen Computing
> application. The result of this, and some really major issues with early
> Ni-MHD battery cells was enough to kill the complete VersaPad project.
Why not just label the virtual PCMCIA card (the "book" icon) with the slot
number?
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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