From: jungletrain@outlook.com   
      
   On Wednesday, June 10, 1992 at 4:54:43 PM UTC-7, tom mckibben 2 wrote:   
   > Here is a bit of news I came across which might be of interest.   
   > GeoWorks Joins Tandy and Casio to Develop New Family of   
   > Personal Information Processors;   
   > GEOS(R) to Become Soul of a New Machine   
   > LOS ANGELES, Calif., June 2, 1992 -- GeoWorks today formally announced that   
   it   
   > will join Tandy Corporation, of Fort Worth, Texas, and Casio Computer Co.,   
   > Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan, in the development of a new generation of personal,   
   > portable information devices dubbed "Personal Information Processors."   
   GeoWorks   
   > will supply GEOS(R) (Graphic Environment Operating System), its award   
   winning,   
   > graphical, object oriented operating environment to this new family of   
   devices.   
   > The announcement was made on the first day of Lap & Palmtop '92.   
   > "We are very excited about joining Tandy and Casio, two giants in the   
   computer   
   > and consumer electronics industry," said Brian Dougherty, CEO of GeoWorks.   
   > "Tandy is the leading consumer and computer electronics manufacturer and   
   > retailer in the U.S.; Casio is the world's leading supplier of electronic   
   > (digital) organizers and calculators. We couldn't have asked for a better   
   > endorsement of the capability and flexibility of GEOS."   
   > "Our goal is to create a family of products that integrate various digital   
   > technologies into exciting and cost effective consumer products," said Howard   
   > Elias, Vice President of Tandy Computers. " We envision a range of devices   
   > based on an open operating environment, easy to use software applications,   
   and   
   > innovative input methods like pen. We specifically chose GEOS for the first   
   of   
   > a new generation of small, low poer and low-cost devices because of its   
   > efficient design, small code size and real time power management."   
   > GEOS is a state of the art graphical operating environment. Its object   
   oriented   
   > design incorporates preemptive multithreaded multitasking, a P   
   stScript(R)-like   
   > single imaging model for true "What You See Is What You Get" (WYSIWYG)   
   display   
   > and printing, and high performance virtual memory management. Additionally,   
   > GEOS supports both scalable and flexible user interface technologies which   
   allow   
   > an application to have selectable levels of complexity (beginner to   
   advanced) as   
   > well as multiple types of input devices (keyboard, mouse, touch screen, pen,   
   > etc.). GeoWorks recently announced support for pen-based applications in   
   > February at the Technologic Partners Pen Computing '92 Conference.   
   > Minimum system requirements for GEOS are an 8088 (PC XT class) processor,   
   512 K   
   > of memory, and 1MB of fixed storage.   
   > "We designed GEOS with these hand held devices in mind, " said Dougherty. "We   
   > believe the opportunity for this 'fourth wave' of computing dwarfs the   
   current   
   > market for desktop PC's. However, in order for the this market to ignite,   
   > compelling low-cost devices and applications must be in place. GEOS makes   
   these   
   > exciting developments possible."   
   > Among those developing GEOS-based applications is Palm Computing. Founded by   
   > Jeff Hawkins, formerly V.P. of Research at GRiD Systems, Palm is commited to   
   the   
   > hand held and consumer palmtop market. Palm will provide applications   
   software   
   > and its PalmPrint handwriting recognition software for the Tandy/Casio   
   Personal   
   > Information Processors.   
   > GeoWorks has over 500,000 customers of its GEOS-based GeoWorks Ensemble and   
   > GeoWorks Pro application suite, making GEOS the fastest ramping new graphical   
   > operating environment in the history of the PC industry. GeoWorks Pro is   
   > available in seven languages: Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German,   
   Italian,   
   > and Spanish.   
   > GeoWorks, located in Berkeley California, is the developer and publisher of   
   the   
   > acclaimed GEOS graphical oprating system and GeoWorks Pro applications   
   software.   
   > The company provides sophisticated and highly efficient systems and   
   applications   
   > software solutions for business, home and school computer users. GeoWorks   
   > products are available worldwide through OEM and dealer channels.   
   > # # #   
   >    
   > Contact: Lee Llevano, Vice President Marketing   
   > GeoWorks   
   > (510) 486-8655   
   > GEOS and GeoWorks are registered trademarks of GeoWorks   
   > PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated   
   good read.   
      
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