Windows for Pen Computing
Windows for Pen Computing was an add-on for Windows 3.1x that incorporated specialized software for pen computing into the Windows operating environment. With Pen Computing 1.0 (informally known as Pen Windows and W4PC), Microsoft competed with GO Corporation, who also published their product, PenPoint OS, the same year.[1][2]
Among the software additions to "Pen Windows" were an on-screen keyboard, a notepad program for writing with the stylus, and a program for training the system to respond accurately to the user's handwriting. Microsoft included Windows for Pen Computing 1.0 in the Windows SDK, and the operating environment was also bundled with compatible devices.
After Microsoft published Windows 95 in 1995, they released Windows for Pen Computing 2.0 for this new operating system. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition superseded Windows for Pen Computing in 2002. Subsequent Windows versions, such as Windows Vista and Windows 7, supported pen computing intrinsically.
See also
References
- ^ Lisa Stampfli (December 1995). "Pen Computing and Windows 95". Pen Computing Magazine. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
- ^ Marlin Eller and Jennifer Edstrom (1998), [[Barbarians Led by Bill Gates]], Owl Books, retrieved 2008-10-17
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External links
- The Unknown History of Pen Computing contains a history of pen computing, including touch and gesture technology, from approximately 1917 to 1992.
- About Tablet Computing Old and New - an article that mentions Windows Pen in passing
- Annotated bibliography of references to handwriting recognition and pen computing
- Windows für Pen Computer Template:De icon
- Windows for Pen Computer (german link above translated by Google)
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