Eo's and Hobbits (was Re: Language-specific CPUs was Re: uIEC/SD == AWESOME!)

[Alexandre Souza]

> The Newton of course had much better handwriting recognition, so the Eo
> died (to be in turn killed by Palm), but despite that, Penpoint was an
> interesting OS that had the look and feel of a paper organizer (tabs,
> pages, etc. as opposed to desktop GUIs which appropriately use a
> "desktop" metaphor.)

    The newton is the best, wonderful, no-words-to-describe thing I've ever 
seen, but killed just by two items: No conectivity and no PDF reading. I got 
one fairly complete (rechargeable battery, power supply, extra stylus, 
cover, 4MB card, modem card) and build inside a serial connector not to use 
the dammed dongle I didn't have 
(http://www.tabajara-labs.com.br/newton/serial/index.htm). But I never got 
around to connect it to one of my computers, and I **WONT** leave an old PC 
or MAC just to play with newton. It got axed.

    But What a portable computer... :o(