Mobile Resources

 “Ironically Bill Atkinson, as his first exercise in fellowship, holed himself in his house with couple of other guys working on what he called a handwriting machine. He called it the Magic Slate. It was going to have gigabytes of storage, a radio link, and all this stuff. And it was way ahead of its time. They worked on it for almost a year I think. On one side, he said that this is going to take ten years to figure out and we’d better start right now. And he was actually kind of about right—if you take 1984-85 and add ten years, we’re kind of here today.” — Steve Capps, Fellow, Apple Computer, speaking with Pen-Based Computing

Pen-Based Computing on the Web

Pen-Based Computing is more than a monthly newsletter—it’s a complete online resource for mobile computing information. In addition to having a site on the Web containing information about the newsletter, Pen-Based Computing co-resides with two exciting Web-based resources:

• mobilis: the mobile computing lifestyle magazine. A monthly, consumer-oriented magazine available exclusively on the Web. mobilis features how-to tutorials and articles, consumer product reviews, shareware alerts, and the informative question and answer column: Ask Ms. PDA?!?.
• Volksware’s Mobile Universe: A new and evolving collection of handy pointers to online mobile resources covering all aspects of mobile computing including PDAs, pen computers, keyboard-based handhelds, wireless communication, and PC Card-based peripherals.

To reach Pen-Based Computing on the Web, please use the following URL:

http://www.volksware.com/pbc

To reach mobilis, please use the following URL:

http://www.volksware.com/mobilis

And finally, to reach the ever changing Volksware Mobile Universe, please use the following URL:

http://www.volksware.com/universe

CompuServe

CompuServe has many resources that support pen-based computing. Among the most popular are the following online forums which support pen-based computers, PDAs and palmtops:

• GO NEWTON (Newton users forum)
• GO NEWTDEV (Newton developers forum)
• GO PALMTOP (supports most palmtop computers and PDAs)
• GO PENFORUM

The Pen Technology Forum is mostly developer oriented, but includes support for hardware, operating systems, and various pen-based software packages. You can find Pen-Based Computing in CompuServe’s Pen Technology Forum under the heading “Pen-Based Comp Jrl.”

Additional online areas will be added in the months ahead to support all aspects of portable and pen-based computing and wireless communications.

The primary managers for the above areas are:

• Ron Luks 76703,254
• Neil Shapiro 76703,401

For a free introductory CompuServe membership kit, which includes a $15 usage credit and one month’s free standard subscription (an $8.95 value) please call 1-800-524-3388 and ask for operator 307.

Internet and the World Wide Web

General

• USENET Newsgroups
  • comp.sys.pen
  • comp.sys.handhelds

General Magic/Magic Cap

• Anonymous ftp
  • ftp.plym.ac.uk/pub/Magic/
• Mailing lists
  • [email protected] (subscribe magiccap)
  • [email protected] (subscribe magicdev)
• USENET Newsgroups
  • comp.os.magic-cap
• World Wide Web
  • Magic Cap Programmer’s Cookbook: http://cnn.genmagic.com/cookbook.html
  • Spies Magic Cap Freeware Archive: http://www.spies.com/MagicCap/index.html
  • Magic Cap applist V10: http://www.spies.com/MagicCap/MagicApp.html

GEOS/Zoomer

• Palm Computing’s ftp Site
  • ftp.netcom.com (192.100.81.1) /pub/pa/palm
• Anonymous ftp
  • ftp.biostat.washington.edu (128.95.21.103) /pub/zoomer
• World Wide Web
  • Zoomer WWW Site: http://www.grot.com/zoomer/

Newton

• Anonymous ftp
  • Apple ftp site: ftp.apple.com (130.43.2.3) /pie/newton
  • sumex-aim.stanford.edu (36.44.0.6) /info-mac/Newton
  • newton.uiowa.edu (128.255.63.55) /pub/newton
  • ftp.uni-erlangen.de (131.188.2.43) /pub/Newton
  • ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca (130.179.16.24) /Mac-Develop/Newton
• USENET Newsgroups
  • comp.sys.newton.programmer
  • comp.sys.newton.misc
  • comp.sys.newton.announce
  • comp.binaries.newton
• World Wide Web
  • Stanford Newton User’s Group (SNUG): ftp://ftp.rahul.net/pub/flasheridn/snug/index.html
  • Stanford Newton Users Group Home Page II: http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~luckie/stuff/SNUGinfo.html
  • AMUG’s Newton Page: http://www.amug.org/amug_newton.html
  • The North Atlanta Newton Users Group: http://www.amug.org/amug/sigs/newton/nanug/nanug_newton.html
  • University of Iowa Newton Archive: http://newton.uiowa.edu/

PenPoint

• Mailing lists
  • [email protected] (not very active)
• World Wide Web
  • EO Interest Document: http://www.utexas.edu/ftp/microlib/eo/.html/
• Anonymous ftp
  • Archive of the PenPoint mailing list netcom.com (192.100.81.1) /pub/ds/ds/penpoint.Z

PCMCIA

• USENET Newsgroups
  • alt.periphs.pcmcia
  • fj.comp.dev.pcmcia
  • comp.os.geos

Wireless

• Archives
  • csd4.csd.uwm.edu (129.89.7.4) /pub/Portables/Wireless
• USENET Newsgroups
  • comp.std.wireless
  • comp.dcom.lans.wireless
• World Wide Web
  • Canadian Wireless Home Page: http://www.wirelessinc.ca/
  • ORNL Mobile Networking Page: http://www.epm.ornl.gov/~batsell/Wireless.html

Events

Western Communications Forum 1996

Dallas, TX — February 12-15, 1996

An opportunity to learn about the latest wired and wireless communication products and services. For more information, please contact WCF96 at 1-312-938-3500, 1-312-938-8787 (fax), [email protected].

Mobile Insights

Phoenix, AZ — February 18-20, 1996

Billed as a meeting of the minds on mobility, this high-powered conference features a unique opportunity to meet many of the leaders of the mobile industry. For more information, please contact Mobile Insights, Inc. at 1-800-419-0413, 1-408-253-6600.

NetworkWorld Unplugged

San Jose, CA — February 19-21, 1996

The Mobile and Remote Access Expo. An opportunity to meet industry experts, discover new products, and evaluate new solutions in wireless computing and communication. Please contact DCI at 1-508-470-3880 or http://www.DCIexpo.com/

Field & Sales Force Automation Conference & Exposition

San Jose, CA — February 19-21, 1996

A conference showcasing how to apply technology to increase sales and enhance productivity and customer management. For more information, please contact DCI at 1-508-470-3880 or http://www.ocm.com/dci/fsfa/intro.htm

IMC ’96

Rostock, Germany — February 26, 1996

An English-language workshop bringing together researchers and developers in all facets of mobile and multimedia computing networking. For more information, please contact Heidrun Schumann at +49 381 498 3421, +49 381 498 3426 (fax).

Mobile 96

Boston, MA — March 17-18, 1996

One of the premier mobile computing events of the year. For more information, please contact Technologic Partners at 1-800-326-3613.