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I worked there for 5 years, and I maintain some historical artifacts from the time, including a gallery of Magic Cap handheld devices and some interesting conce
by jdcarter 7y ago
I worked there for 5 years, and I maintain some historical artifacts from the time, including a gallery of Magic Cap handheld devices and some interesting concept art from Magic's very early days:
http://joshcarter.com/magic_cap/ http://joshcarter.com/magic_cap/
- classichasclass 7y agoAlways loved your site, and my DataRover thanks you too. I have a couple 840s and one of the original Sonys. There was nothing quite like these devices, and they were way ahead of their time. I have one of the CodeWarrior dev kits with the Mac emulator around here somewhere too.
- jdcarter 7y agoThanks! Glad you found the site useful. Unfortunately, we were too far ahead of the time in lots of regards--processors were slow, screens were bad, battery technology iffy, no mobile data service that normal humans could afford... These days an iPhone costs just as much as a Magic Cap device did, and you can definitely see that that's what we were trying to accomplish, but there was no way for General Magic to stay in business long enough to see it realized.
- 2sk21 7y agoBack in the 90s, I was so envious of those who worked at General Magic. From the outside at least, it seemed to be _the_ place to be to do cool stuff.
- Wistar 7y agoPlus, I have always thought that it was one of the finest company names imaginable.
- maxxxxx 7y agoThis must have been a fun place to work at. I did a lot of work on the Newton during that time and it was super exciting how the industry developed.
- kickingvegas 7y agoHaving seen “General Magic”, I’d say calibrate your sentiments when you see it.
- dmix 7y agoThese are great. How have I never heard of this business?