Sony Magic Link - the first device on the OS Magic Cap
The history of the Magic Cap operating system itself is very interesting. Its developers are Bill Atkinson and Andy Hertzfeld , as well as Andy Rubin , founder of Android Inc.
About the operating system itself there is a wonderful article “The Amazing History of Magic Cap” . We should also note that Magic Cap is not a graphical shell, but a full-fledged operating system for which the scripting programming language TeleScript was also developed .
I want to tell you more about the first product based on this operating system - Sony Magic Link communicator.
Traditionally for this heading a lot of pictures under the cut.
The Sony Magic Link PIC-1000 device was introduced to the market in October 1994 as a personal intelligent communicator with a price of $ 995.95 as standard.
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Specifications:
On the device was SoftTouch coverage, but the time to it is merciless, unfortunately. On one of my exhibits, I managed to give it a more or less normal appearance, washing it off in warm water with a powder, and on the second I had to clean it off completely, since it was already hung with burdocks.
External accessories were also available to the communicator:
And a cover for greater safety of the device:
In 1995, the communicator had a competitor on the same OS - Motorola Envoy , also in the 95th year the next version of the Sony MagicLink PIC-2000 was released, which already had an updated version of the Magic Cap, the second PCMCIA slot, more memory, a faster modem and screen backlight.
Below are some photos:
Appearance
Insides
Start screen
Desktop
Instruments
The operating system assumed the active use of AT & T and America Online services.
Telephone setup
Developer Information
Useful links:
Magic Link PIC-1000 User's Guide
Magic Cap for Windows
Telescript Language Reference
My Instagram and Facebook Museum
About the operating system itself there is a wonderful article “The Amazing History of Magic Cap” . We should also note that Magic Cap is not a graphical shell, but a full-fledged operating system for which the scripting programming language TeleScript was also developed .
I want to tell you more about the first product based on this operating system - Sony Magic Link communicator.
Traditionally for this heading a lot of pictures under the cut.
The Sony Magic Link PIC-1000 device was introduced to the market in October 1994 as a personal intelligent communicator with a price of $ 995.95 as standard.
')
Specifications:
- Touchscreen (resistive) screen size 4.8 x3, 2 inches, displaying 4 gradations of gray
- 16-MHz Motorola “Dragon” 68349 CPU
- Built-in serial and infrared ports at 38.4 Kbps
- Telephone modem with RJ11 interface and 2400-bps data / 9600-bps fax speeds
- 4 MB ROM for operating system and applications
- 1 MB RAM, expanded to 2 MB with a PCMCIA card
- Powered by Sony NP-500 battery and external power supply
- Battery life - 10-12 hours
- Weight 550 grams
On the device was SoftTouch coverage, but the time to it is merciless, unfortunately. On one of my exhibits, I managed to give it a more or less normal appearance, washing it off in warm water with a powder, and on the second I had to clean it off completely, since it was already hung with burdocks.
External accessories were also available to the communicator:
- External keyboard for $ 129.95
- 1 MB memory card for $ 219.95
- PCMCIA Pager for $ 249.95
- Cables for connecting to computer and printer
And a cover for greater safety of the device:
In 1995, the communicator had a competitor on the same OS - Motorola Envoy , also in the 95th year the next version of the Sony MagicLink PIC-2000 was released, which already had an updated version of the Magic Cap, the second PCMCIA slot, more memory, a faster modem and screen backlight.
Below are some photos:
Appearance
Insides
Start screen
Desktop
Instruments
The operating system assumed the active use of AT & T and America Online services.
Telephone setup
Developer Information
Useful links:
Magic Link PIC-1000 User's Guide
Magic Cap for Windows
Telescript Language Reference
My Instagram and Facebook Museum
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/390873/
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