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Magic Cap from General Magic. What a lovely, odd little operating system. I read an article saying there was an effort to get it open sourced after General Mag
by mattkevan 8y ago
Magic Cap from General Magic. What a lovely, odd little operating system.
I read an article saying there was an effort to get it open sourced after General Magic folded, but unfortunately all their IP fell into the Sarlacc-like maw of Intellectual Ventures.
While we’re on the topic of failed, over-ambitious mobile OS’s, Newton OS would be great too.
- blacksqr 8y agoHandwriting recognition on the last iteration of Newton was pretty fantastic. Is there anything comparable for phones today?
- mattkevan 8y agoMyScript Nebo [0] on an iPad with an Apple Pencil is astonishingly good. I have a Newton and Nebo beats it hands down. (With almost infinitely more processing power and 20 years one should hope so, but it’s not always the case.) [0] https://www.myscript.com/nebo https://www.myscript.com/nebo