Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!dunc From: dunc@cs.ubc.ca (Deadly Dunc) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Any impressions of the new GrIDPad? Message-ID: <6447@ubc-cs.UUCP> Date: 23 Jan 90 07:22:34 GMT References: <6292@celit.fps.com> <15545@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <15782@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <144@tacitus.tfic.bc.ca> <531@toad.hplb.hpl.hp.com> Sender: news@cs.ubc.ca Reply-To: dunc@cs.ubc.ca (Deadly Dunc) Organization: UBC Department of Computer Science, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 17 Flame-To: /dev/null In article <531@toad.hplb.hpl.hp.com> esh@hplb.hpl.hp.com writes: >So even without the benefits of being able to input freehand sketches >notes etc (ever written to your mother or lover using a typewriter - were >they impressed?). The days of giant keyboards and monolithic terminals >must be numbered. And what about writing in Chinese characters? I tried using Chinese wordstar, but I think hand written is still faster. >As for EMACS, and all other meta-twiddle-escape-cokebottle editors/shells, >the sooner they are consigned to the museum of amusing memorabilia >the better. I second that! emacs is dead, but they just don't not know it yet... Duncan Stickings EAN X.500 Project