Re: [NTLK] newbie questions

From: Richard Clark (mawgadog_at_tin.it)
Date: Sun May 16 2004 - 14:09:36 PDT


On 16 May 2004, at 10:58 PM, Vaguely Radio wrote:

> As far as I know there is no Magic Cap program for the Newton. Am I
> wrong?!? If so I'd love to know. Magic Cap is an operating system
> written by General Magic for portable devices, notably the Sony
> MagicLink PIC-1000 and PIC-2000 and later the DataRover 840. There was
> also Magic Cap for Windows, a program that would emulate that
> environment on a Windows computer; and a Mac version was in development
> though I have never personally seen that one and don't think it ever
> made it to market. Magic Cap was a great but limited OS and IMHO its
> lack of features makes the Newton a clear winner in the battle of the
> PDAs. I do have a Datarover and love it - it's got such character -
> but all I can think when I turn it on is "...if only development had
> continued..."
>
> Hope that helps,
> Dan

Well actually i know it did exist because i remember i had it when i
got my original OMP it was pretty useless at the time but a very neat
concept.

Richard

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