John: I was trying to answer the Subject: question above. The article was implying that tablet-based systems would evolve - perhaps as a compromise between palm-tops and lap-tops. I gather a combination of LCD screen and light pen or membrane screen/tablet - all in a package about the size of a laptop screen.
I, personally, have doubts about voice or handwritten entries compared to keyboards. Although they will eventually work the bugs out, I wonder at the cost in "bloatware". It should be OK as a notepad, given sufficient resolution, however. Thanks for the background. Knowing where we are coming from gives us a better idea where we are headed. Boyd Ramsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, John Oram wrote: > Boyd: > > We worked from 1990 to 2001 with Fujitsu Personal Systems Inc. and > their proprietary tablet hardware as well as their proprietary > versions of DOS & Windows which allowed input with a battery powered > pen onto the grid overlay. We did the beta testing for the "AHA!" pen > based word processor which Micro$oft bought out in 1993. We also still > have contacts with current and retired folks at Fujitsu. The pen > software extensions for DOS & Windows were written by Fujit$u which > has an OEM relationship with Micro$oft. This technology is over ten > years old and works well for specific applications, especially now > that the CPU isn't 396 based and the RAM on the motherboards is not > limited to 4 MB <BG> > > So what are your (specific) questions? > > John Oram > > Kenneth Alan Boyd Ramsay wrote: > > > > I just read some hype extolling the virtues? of Windows XP and tablets > > or touch screens. Comments? To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
