[80] in bcs-newton
Re: Newton Transcription Rate
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Parker)
Sun Mar 28 12:39:33 1993
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1993 12:25:06 -0500 (EST)
From: Randy Parker <rparker@world.std.com>
To: Jim Rinaldo <bcs_jim@MIT.EDU>
Cc: bcs-newton@world.std.com
In-Reply-To: <9303252100.AA25997@MIT.EDU>
Jim,
Before you get all uptight and lay a load of pro-Apple, anti-DOS b.s. on
me, please reread what I said. I said nothing about DOS. I said nothing
opposed to Apple. I'm not a "palmtopper" -- I don't even own a palmtop --
my first palmtop purchase will be a Newton.
All I indicated is that, based on four years of experience in the
pen-based computing industry including consulting to HWX engine
developers, blink-of-an-eye *CURSIVE* recognition was not a current
reality, regardless of microprocessor.
Al Willis has since clarified his statement to cover only printed
characters, and I can happily say that for *PRINTED* characters that is
entirely true, especially on the ARM chip.
There is enough misinformation going around about PDAs that we don't need
to add religious crusades to the debate. Let's try to stick to the
issues. The worst thing any of us who care about this industry can do is
to convince buyers that this thing is going to read "chicken scratch"
perfectly in 1993.
-- Randy
