Sometimes, I just want to hug the internet. As some of you may know, I'm working on an article about the history of mobile computing. Tomislav, from the PEEK&POKE computer museum in Rijeka, Croatia, got in touch with me and generously offered to loan me four incredible mobile computers: a Cambridge Z88, a Psion Series 3a, an Apple Newton eMate 300, and, the one I'm most excited about, an NCR system 3125 tablet computer from 1993. Now I need your help: I'm looking for a copy of GO's PenPoint OS (much more detailed overview) which can run on this NCR 3125.
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While it won't be this "PenPoint" product you want, 386SL still has a MMU and supports 32-bit protected mode, no FPU though (..unless NCR added one).
You could likely install an older version of NetBSD or Linux on the system.
I don't know how the touchscreen is implemented, but there may be X drivers.
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You would be surprised what you can order from IBM if you have the part number...
http://ps-2.kev009.com:8081/pcpartnerinfo/ctstips/8a06.htm
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Don't forget about the Magic Cap operating system, developed by General Data for mobile PDA devices. Both Sony and Motorola made devices and for a while, there was even a version that ran on Windows.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Cap
http://www.guidebookgallery.org/guis/magiccap
http://www.guidebookgallery.org/articles/sonyreleasesmagiccapdevice
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Magic Cap was made by General Magic.
Magic Cap itself started life as a project within Apple, but gained little traction with upper management, so the team involved managed to spin out the company as a separate entity. The key figures involved included Macintosh creators Andy Hertzfeld and Bill Atkinson.
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I have the book by Robert Carr, Dan Shafer, I bought it for $1 shortly after ATT? threw in the towel. A shame really, it seemed far ahead of it's time even when I bought it. Would have loved to have played with the device too.
It's been gathering dust next to my other tomes on deceased OSes like Taligent, BeOS. At some point all of this library will hit the big dumpster because owning it is only for people living in the distant past (moi).
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I don't edit Wikipedia (and certainly not to inject my own article!), but others are obviously free to do so. I'll be sure to clearly label any photos as CC.