26 Jun
1998
26 Jun
'98
8:55 p.m.
On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Hotze wrote:
Of these, only PC/TV has been overhyped in the sense I'm thinking of.
I have a Tandy VIS in my collection, and I need to add an early WebTV once
they die out and get cheaper.
Speaking of pen-based computing (sort of), if anybody has a 1981 calcu-pen
that they want to get rid of, I'm interested!
-- Doug
Pen-based computers, although not a BOOMING success,
have had a limited
success...
The key word was *overhyped*. Pen-computers were hyped in the late 80's
and early 90's to be *the* new natural way to use computers. Every
manufacturer of software and hardware scrambled to catch the wave.
Likewise, all of the other innovations I mentioned were hyped to bring a
sea change, not to fill little niches.
What did I
miss?
Bunches of processors, lots of RAM designs, some cool hard disk systems, and
PC/TV integration.