[84] in bcs-newton
Re: Newton Transcription Rate
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sam Hunting)
Mon Mar 29 16:52:28 1993
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1993 16:51:38 -0500 (EST)
From: Sam Hunting <shunting@world.std.com>
To: Randy Parker <rparker@world.std.com>
Cc: Jim Rinaldo <bcs_jim@MIT.EDU>, bcs-newton@world.std.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.05.9303281201.A11809-b100000@world.std.com>
Hey, chicken scratch in 93! Alright! ;-)
On Sun, 28 Mar 1993, Randy Parker wrote:
> 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
>
>
