WATCOM C Library Reference for PenPoint
This is the original WATCOM C Library Reference for the GO Corp. PenPoint operating system.
Artifact Details
Watcom International Corporation
F.W. Crigger, J.B. Schueler, J.W. Welch
Canada
English
1991
Perfect bound, black and white printed manual with color covers.
Chapters
- Overview
- Library Functions and Macros
- Appendices
7" x 9" (301 pages)
1-55094-035-X
5314914fc56472e4
1992
Acquired from publisher
2020-06-21
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History
The WATCOM C Library Reference for PenPoint is a software-development manual published by WATCOM for the GO Corporation PenPoint operating system.1 It is the library-reference volume of WATCOM's C development documentation for PenPoint, a set that also included the WATCOM C/386 User's Guide for PenPoint.2
WATCOM's C tools held a defined place in the PenPoint development environment. When GO Corp. announced the commercial release of PenPoint on April 16, 1992, it named the WATCOM C/386 32-bit C compiler as the path by which developers could build PenPoint applications, working from the PenPoint Software Development Kit on an 80386- or 80486-compatible PC running DOS.3
GO Corp. detailed industry-wide support for PenPoint on the same day, and WATCOM was among the companies announcing products for the platform; alongside its C tools, WATCOM announced WATCOM SQL for PenPoint, an SQL database engine for the PenPoint operating system.4
AI generated using primary sources referenced in the footnotes
Footnotes
- Watcom International Corporation, WATCOM C Library Reference for PenPoint (image scan), 1991
- 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
- 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).
