Worldwide PenPoint Developers Organization (WPDO) Flyer – 1993
This flyer was handed out at various Silicon Valley events, often by WPDO co-founder David Schachter.
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Artifact Details
Worldwide PenPoint Developers Organization
United States
English
1993
Single-sided yellow printed page.
8.5" x 11"
2019-03-29
Donation
Gift of David Schachter
2019-04-08
History
The Worldwide PenPoint Developers Organization (WPDO) was an independent nonprofit organization that served the needs of PenPoint developers by providing information, networking opportunities, and representation.1 This 1993 flyer describes the WPDO as operating through affiliate chapters located throughout the world.1
Membership benefits advertised on the flyer included monthly meetings, video tapes and overhead slides of those meetings, newsletters, and developer workshops.1 The organization also ran an online bulletin board system offering sample code, developer tools, newsletter back issues, a registry of members, classified ads, electronic mail, and discussion forums.1 Video tapes of meetings and workshops were made available to members for rental and purchase.1
The flyer lists five chapters: an International and Silicon Valley chapter in the United States, along with chapters in Boston, New York City, St. Louis, and Waterloo, Canada.1 For the Silicon Valley chapter, membership was offered at both individual and corporate levels, with corporate membership including one individual membership and a discount on additional memberships for employees of the member company.1
AI generated using primary sources referenced in the footnotes
Footnotes
- Worldwide PenPoint Developers Organization, Worldwide PenPoint Developers Organization (WPDO) Flyer - 1993 (image scan), 1993
Oral History
Media
EO Personal Communicator
This show was originally broadcast on TV at De Anza College in Cupertino, California. Hosted by David Schacter (founder of the Worldwide PenPoint Developers Organization) and featuring Calyton Weimer of AT&T Microelectronics, the segment in this clip introduced some of the advanced features of the EO Personal Communicator and GO PenPoint operating system.
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