OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/25163/Wanted_a_Copy_of_PenPoint_OS_for_the_NCR_3125_Tablet Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:52:25 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Comment by Brynet http://www.osnews.com/thread?489789 http://www.osnews.com/thread?489789 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. Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Brynet) Comments RE: Comment by Brynet http://www.osnews.com/thread?489790 http://www.osnews.com/thread?489790 So you're thinking a sort of Back to the Future type of computer history article? Which is oddly appropriate, since OSNews shows that you wrote your comment 5 hours from now (23:22 CST). :-D Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ricegf) Comments RE[2]: Comment by Brynet http://www.osnews.com/thread?489792 http://www.osnews.com/thread?489792 Time must be off on their server. Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Brynet) Comments RE[2]: Comment by Brynet http://www.osnews.com/thread?489796 http://www.osnews.com/thread?489796 23:22 CET (which still would seem a bit off; but more like 1 or 2 h late, or so)
Generally, it would Back to the... no, installing NetBSD or Linux would just pointless in context. Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (zima) Comments Why not try ordering it form IBM? http://www.osnews.com/thread?489803 http://www.osnews.com/thread?489803 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 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 03:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Ezrec) Comments NCR system 3125 tablet computer http://www.osnews.com/thread?489832 http://www.osnews.com/thread?489832 NCR system 3125 tablet computer

better hide this before it gets confiscated for patent infringement Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fran) Comments RE: NCR system 3125 tablet computer http://www.osnews.com/thread?489833 http://www.osnews.com/thread?489833 Don't forget about the Rex. The first real PDA. Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:09:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (AndrewZ) Comments Robert Carr http://www.osnews.com/thread?489834 http://www.osnews.com/thread?489834 Maybe you should try getting in contact with Robert Carr. Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (broken_symlink) Comments I found a broken NCR 3125 http://www.osnews.com/thread?489838 http://www.osnews.com/thread?489838 It was in a trash heap in a third world country. I tried to get it working, but failed. Didn't see any kind of disks for pen point. I think it also had win 3.1 with the pen add ons.

I tell you all of the old interesting, messed up hardware ends up in the strangest places. Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Bill Shooter of Bul) Comments Magic Cap http://www.osnews.com/thread?489841 http://www.osnews.com/thread?489841 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 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Agent69) Comments The Power of Penpoint http://www.osnews.com/thread?489859 http://www.osnews.com/thread?489859 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). Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:58:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (transputer_guy) Comments PenPoint contact http://www.osnews.com/thread?489860 http://www.osnews.com/thread?489860 Article author: Contact me by email and I'll put you in touch with two ex-GO employees with access to the alumni mailing list.

You might also try the Computer History Museum in Mountain View or Digibarn, but I'm sure you already thought of that. :-) Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:34:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (davidschachter) Comments post something out. http://www.osnews.com/thread?489869 http://www.osnews.com/thread?489869 ..Thom, it will great if you find PenPoint OS and if you write something about it, why don't you donate some screenshots and comments to wikipedia. Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (martini) Comments RE: PenPoint contact http://www.osnews.com/thread?489870 http://www.osnews.com/thread?489870
Article author: Contact me by email and I'll put you in touch with two ex-GO employees with access to the alumni mailing list.


Thank you for the comment - I will send you an email over the weekend ;) . Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda) Comments RE: post something out. http://www.osnews.com/thread?489871 http://www.osnews.com/thread?489871
..Thom, it will great if you find PenPoint OS and if you write something about it, why don't you donate some screenshots and comments to wikipedia.


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. Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda) Comments RE: Magic Cap http://www.osnews.com/thread?489913 http://www.osnews.com/thread?489913 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. Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:30:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (steve_s) Comments RE[3]: Comment by Brynet http://www.osnews.com/thread?490087 http://www.osnews.com/thread?490087 It's generally fascinating how many servers seem to operate like that, despite NTP and such ...makes one wonder how large portion of other things we do wrong for no particular reason. Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:24:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (zima) Comments