WATCOM C/386 User’s Guide for PenPoint
This is the original WATCOM C User’s Guide (Intel 386 architecture) for the GO Corp. PenPoint operating system.
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Artifact Details
Watcom International Corporation
Canada
English
1991
Perfect bound, black and white printed manual with color covers.
Chapters
- WATCOM C/386 Compiler Guide
- WATCOM Linker
- WATCOM Tools
- The WATCOM Strip Utility
- The Make Utility
- The Touch Utility
- The Object File Disassembler
- The WATCOM Patch Utility
- Advanced Topics
- Pragmas
- Appendices
7" x 9" (352 pages)
1-55094-034-1
4744f5781f481f17
1992
Acquired from publisher
2020-06-21
Organizations
History
The WATCOM C/386 User's Guide for PenPoint is a developer manual for the WATCOM C/386 compiler running under GO Corporation's PenPoint operating system.1 GO had first unveiled PenPoint to the developer community in January 1991, and on April 16, 1992 it shipped the commercial release of the operating system together with the PenPoint Software Development Kit, which included an executable copy of PenPoint along with tools and documentation intended to make developers quickly productive.2
GO identified the WATCOM C/386 32-bit C compiler as the tool developers could use to build PenPoint applications.2 To begin, a developer needed the PenPoint Software Development Kit, an 80386- or 80486-compatible PC running DOS, and a digitizer tablet to emulate a pen computer.2
Watcom issued its PenPoint C documentation as a set, and this User's Guide was accompanied by a companion WATCOM C Library Reference for PenPoint.3 Watcom's involvement with PenPoint extended beyond development tools: at the April 16, 1992 launch the company also announced WATCOM SQL for PenPoint, an SQL database engine for GO Corporation's operating system.4
AI generated using primary sources referenced in the footnotes
Footnotes
- Watcom International Corporation, WATCOM C/386 User's Guide for PenPoint (image scan), 1991
- GO Corporation, GO Corp. Announces Availability of PenPoint, April 16, 1992
- Watcom International Corporation, WATCOM C Library Reference for PenPoint (image scan), 1991
- GO Corporation, GO Announces Industry-Wide Support for PenPoint, April 16, 1992
Oral History
Media
GO Corporation – Introducing PenPoint (1991)
GO Corporation used this video to promote the developer release of the PenPoint OS in 1991. PenPoint was one of the first operating systems designed specifically to run on mobile devices. Featuring: Dr. Norm Vincent (State Farm), Terry Conner (EDS), Phillipe Kahn (Borland), Jack Blount (Novell), David Reed (Lotus), Alan Lefkof (Grid), Vern Raburn (Slate), Dan Bricklin (Slate), and Jim Cannavino (IBM).
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