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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GeoWorks, Inc. – GEOS Software Development Kit Objects, Volume 3, Release 0.8 (Documentation)
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Pen-Based Computing – May-June, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 5
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Pen-Based Computing – March, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 3
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GeoWorks, Inc. – GEOS Software Development Kit Objects, Volume 2, Release 0.8 (Documentation)
End-users will be honored for best use of mobile computing and wireless data communications technology.
Timeline
Mobile Insights Announces Call for Nominations for 2nd Annual Moby Awards; Go Mobile 2000
May 15, 2000
WineScore introduces WineScore 2.0, with more than 3,000 French wines added to the popular database of more than 5,300 California, Oregon and Washington wines.
Timeline
WineScore 2.0 Adds French Wines to the Popular Palm-Based Wine Selection Tool
August 2, 2000
Franklin Covey announces the availability of Franklin Planner for Microsoft Outlook, a solution that extends the popular Microsoft Outlook environment to include the principles from Franklin Covey’s revolutionary time and life management workshop, What Matters Most.
Timeline
Franklin Covey to Support Microsoft Outlook 2000 with Revolutionary Time and Life Management Principles
June 8, 1999
The special PCCA meeting, held in Las Vegas on opening day of COMDEX, drew some 75 people from about 50 of the major players in the wireless-data-communications field.
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Future of Handheld PCs Tied to Accessibility of Desktop Computer Data from the Field, Special PCCA Meeting Finds; Commencing Search for Solution
November 22, 1996
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