Windows for Pen Computing is a

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for Windows 3.1x, that

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designed to incorporate

pen computing Pen computing refers to any computer user-interface using a digital pen or Stylus (computing), stylus and Graphics tablet, tablet, over input devices such as a keyboard or a mouse. Historically, pen computing (defined as a computer system employin ...

capabilities into the Windows operating environment. Windows for Pen Computing was the second major pen computing platform for

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tablet PCs; GO Corporation released their

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, PenPoint OS, shortly before Microsoft published Windows for Pen Computing 1.0 in 1992. The software features of Windows for Pen Computing 1.0 includes an on-screen keyboard, a notepad program for writing with the

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, and a program for training the system to respond accurately to the user's

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. Microsoft included Windows for Pen Computing 1.0 in the Windows SDK, and the operating environment was also bundled with compatible devices. Microsoft published

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in 1995, and later released Pen Services for Windows 95, also known as Windows for Pen Computing 2.0, for this new

. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition superseded Windows for Pen Computing in 2002. Subsequent Windows versions, such as

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and

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, supported pen computing intrinsically.

References

External links

The Unknown History of Pen Computing
contains a history of pen computing, including touch and gesture technology, from approximately 1917 to 1992.

- an article that mentions Windows Pen in passing

* ttp://www.winhistory.de/more/wfp.htm Windows für Pen Computer
Windows for Pen Computer
(German link above translated by Google)
Notes on the History of Pen-based Computing (YouTube)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Windows For Pen Computing 1992 software Handwriting recognition

Pen Computing Pen computing refers to any computer user-interface using a digital pen or Stylus (computing), stylus and Graphics tablet, tablet, over input devices such as a keyboard or a mouse. Historically, pen computing (defined as a computer system employin ...

Microsoft Tablet PC Tablet computers

See also

References

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