My roommate and I went to that COMDEX in 1992 specifically to see this device. When we got to the booth they wouldn’t let us in, so my roommate, thinking much more quickly than me, told the dude at the booth entrance that we were developers (in fact we were juniors in the BYU CS department). Our status immediately switched to “VIP” and we were escorted inside, handed a device, and left on our own to play with it for half an hour.
I thought I was seeing the future of computing.
Unfortunately, Microsoft was also at COMDEX, in force, with its “Pen Windows” product. Which was clunky and stupid and very clearly only meant to crush GO. And it was clear even then to me as a 20 year old that that strategy was going to work.
I thought I was seeing the future of computing.
Unfortunately, Microsoft was also at COMDEX, in force, with its “Pen Windows” product. Which was clunky and stupid and very clearly only meant to crush GO. And it was clear even then to me as a 20 year old that that strategy was going to work.