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- From: ggolden@msen.com (Glenn R. Golden)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.pen
- Subject: Penpoint, EO & SW
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 03:30:46 GMT
- Organization: Msen, Inc. -- Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- I'm getting ready to get an EO - whenever they come out!
- The latest Byte has coverage which says about now, and I
- have a call into EO to find out for sure...
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- I am a software architect / designer, and want to use this
- as my key machine to do my job.
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- What I want to know is what software we know is available
- or in the works for PenPoint / EO. Here's what I will do with
- my EO:
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- Words
- - document creation
- - conversion to / from word for windows format (company standard)
- - spell checking
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- Drawings
- - Object Oriented Analysis and Design drawings
- - other less structured drawings (diagrams, slides)
- - of course, mixed in with my words
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- Communications
- - Email, via Internet dialup
- - Email, via Eithernet Novel Lan Microsoft Mail v3
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- Reading
- - reading word documents, emails...
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- Programming
- - Smalltalk for PenPoint (sounds like a great idea!)
- - A Dylan implementation, or CLOS or something like that?
- [I'd use my MS-DOS machine for 'C' level work]
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- Games
- - I wonder what games would fit in well with the notebook
- concept (open up a page and get an air traffic controller
- game!, open another and get board games ...)
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- It would be great if the OO programming env. would make use of all
- built in and installed classes (i.e. all installed software), as
- well as contribute user defined classes, and if the programming
- interface was well integrated with the document architecture ...
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- I've seen the GO catalog (a bit old), and there seems to be just
- a few apps out for Penpoint... How about PD / shareware stuf?
- Or just usefull classes ...
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- Any information or comments are welcome... Post!
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- - Glenn R. Golden | Global Architect @ Comshare, Inc. | Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
- (home) ggolden@msen.com (work) ggolden@comshare.com
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