Re: [NTLK] MagicCap and Newton

As far as I recollect The Magic Cap was a join partnership between Sony and Apple.
Sony actually made a few Magic Cap PDA units, and there was Windows Software that allowed you to run the Magic Cap OS on Windows (3.1, 95 and NT4).

Here are some devices that ran Magic Cap.

http://joshcarter.com/magic_cap/devices

Of course the project was abandoned so it never really made it very far (kinda like the newton)

The Magic Cap OS had no HWR, it relied on an onscreen keyboard for data entry

On Tuesday, August 18, 2009, at 12:50PM, "MoonMan" <moonman272@gmail.com> wrote:
>Im a bit confused. Does anyone know how MagicCap and Newton are
>related, or if they are at all?
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>according to wikipedia, the newton began development in 1989, and was
>released in 1993
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>MagicCap began life at apple in 1990, but was spun off as GeneralMagic
>in may of that year, got a bunch of corporate partners, and
>eventually ended up being absorbed by windows CE.
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>I am just a bit confused, how a whole other platform was developed and
>spun off while the newton was developed.
>
>Anyone remember anything?
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