Re: "Killer" content

William Tanksley (wtanksle@ucsd.edu)
Wed, 8 May 1996 11:23:56 -0700 (PDT)

On Wed, 8 May 1996, Jim Kirkpatrick wrote:

> I'd like to ask this list for ideas about what might comprise really useful
> or entertaining content for the OmniGo Book Reader.

Useful. I use paper for fun. ;) Well, except for Solitaire. Oh well.

> - What kind of information / content / entertainment do you want?

Okay. (Rubs hands together...)

I would like the entire CRC (Chemical Rubber Company Handbook of Chemical
Constants...), probably on a SRAM (the book is half a foot thick).

And that Engineer's guide. Same thickness.

A simple matrix manipulation language (sorry, that's an application, but
hey...), perhaps an equation editor. Heck, as long as I'm here I might
as well mention LaTeX... hmm? And/or groff/nroff.

A table of physical constants, with seperate files to supply each of
several fields (quantum, Newtonian physics, mass flow, heat transfer,
etc, etc).

A periodic table, fully annotated. With musical themes (just kidding).

A Latin->English dictionary. A Spanish->English dictionary. And vice versa.

A quickie guide to Geos programming. (The Concepts book is ALMOST there!)

An assembler reference, with timings and descriptions for all processors
(386 instructions ought to be enough, but whatever).

> - What would it do for you?

My engineering.

> Private or public replies are fine. If I use an idea, it will most likely be
> available for free.

Wow. I'd like to see that tried with the CRC.

> Thanks,

Thank you! It's very nice to hear that someone at Geoworks aside from
Steve is watching us :).

> -Jim Kirkpatrick
> Webmaster, Content Author, Practical Joker

Uh oh. What a job description.

-Billy