26 Jun
1998
26 Jun
'98
10:11 p.m.
On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
Yes, and bubbles rival floppies for speed.
There's a _reason_ why
that innovation didn't catch on.
I think cost had something to do with it, too.
BTW, I enjoy collecting over-hyped innovations that never quite caught on
in the way they were supposed to: Bubbles. Pen-based computers. Touch
screens. Wireless networks. Bob. MSX. Robots. AI. Home automation.
The Z8000. The iAPX432. Parallel processing. Voice recognition.
What did I miss?
-- Doug