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Article #1186Re: replacing the desktop metaphor
From: John Robinson
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1988 14:42
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1988 14:42
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In article <4441@Portia.Stanford.EDU>, davef@Jessica (David Finkelstein) writes: >One neat thing that IBM has is "personal terminals." (Well I thought >it was neat.) The person who repairs our IBMs has one. Basically >it's a small computer about 8"x4"x2", with a two or three line lcd >display. It's cordless and antennaless, and connects via a cellular >network to IBM central. From the field, they can send and receive >mail and messages, or ask about the availability of parts, or get more >detailed technical information. Cellular remote computing... IBM and Motorola co-developed these things, I believe. Remember, Motorola makes a lot of pager gear. I agree they're cool. Too bad cellular is priced where only businesses can justify the cost, but someday... 'Course, by then, the cellular frequencies will be long since filled up. -- /jr jr@bbn.com or bbn!jr
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!bbn!jr@bbn.com From: jr@bbn.com (John Robinson) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: replacing the desktop metaphor Keywords: desktop metaphor, graphical interfaces, computing environments Message-ID: <33827@bbn.COM> Date: 23 Dec 88 14:42:59 GMT References: <4362@pitt.UUCP> <257@gloom.UUCP> <82702@sun.uucp> <8939@ut-emx.UUCP> <4441@Portia.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@bbn.COM Reply-To: jr@bbn.com (John Robinson) Organization: BBN Systems and Technologies Corporation, Cambridge MA Lines: 17 In-reply-to: davef@Jessica.stanford.edu (David Finkelstein)