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[comp.sys.palmtops.pilot] PalmPilot vs. Etch-a-sketch...
Mmmm.... ahbou....
On 24 Nov 1997 08:32:01 -0700, in alt.humor.best-of-usenet Killjoy
<not-a-webmaster/[email protected]> wrote:
>Subject: Re: PalmPilot vs. Etch-a-sketch...
>From: [email protected] (PK Shiu)
>Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops.pilot
>
>Hot News from Comdex -- Bill Gates just announced that Microsoft
>is entering the Etch-a-sketch market with a much more easy to use
>and powerful version -- Draw98 (tm) will improve upon the out dated
>Etch-a-sketch user interface by employing a single motor driven
>rotating knot. During the demostration an audience member pointed out
>that the user can only move the cursor (which by the way, is animated
>in the familar Win95 style) in one axis with a single knob.
>Bill promptly explained that the ability to switch axis using a touch
>sensitive shift key will be added in Draw99 to be released next year.
>
>Just before the demo unit drained the 2 pounds external power pack and
>seized to function, Bill managed to demostrate the hot-link feature
>where the pictures drawn can be downloaded into Excel 97 (Not 95) via
>a propriatary link. The downloaded graphics can then be imported into
>Outlook and mailed to any Exchange based mail server for final viewing
>in Internet Explorer.
>
>All audience also received a preview released of the Draw99 API SDK on
>six CD's. Bill told the audience that after mastering the 233 API
>calls the audience will be able to develop additional software for the
>Draw98 platform and promised a wealthy career in the up and coming
>corporate uni-axial rendering device programming market.
>
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