Penpoint! was Re: 10 years

From: Keys <jrkeys_at_concentric.net>
Date: Sat Oct 5 08:51:01 2002

I've got a PenCentra 130 with windows CE and it's a pretty cool tablet.
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From: "Tothwolf" <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: Penpoint! was Re: 10 years


> On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Joe wrote:
>
> > Is this machine related to the pen top Fujitsu computer? I have one but
> > haven't used it in a while. The dammed batteries are about worthless in
> > it, they go dead in a few days even with the machine off. Anyway mine
> > has two (IIRC) PCMCIA slots and runs the pen version of Win 3.1. It's
> > actually a pretty neat machine, you can detach the keyboard completely
> > and run everything via the pen. Also it has SRAM for memory so you can
> > turn it off then turn it back on and everything is exactly the way that
> > you left it.
> >
> > I THINK I remember reading that this machine would support PenPoint but
> > I've never seen a copy of it.
>
> IIRC, Alan Cox is currently working on getting the Linux kernel to play
> nice with one of those Fujitsu computers. Maybe once thats all polished
> it'll be a little more fun than win3.1?
>
> -Toth
>
>
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