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Adrian McEwen

Dug out this late-90s-vintage Brother GeoBook from my work archive, after reading oldvcr.blogspot.com/2023/06/o-

We (at STNC) wrote the IP stack and web browser libraries (maybe email too?).

There's only the tiniest bit, if any, of my code on this - I did a few weeks on it when I started at STNC but then switched to the Psion Series 5 web browser.

Photo of the screen of a GeoBook showing the web browser (in all its late-90s glory)
Close-up of the BIOS message when booting up, including the text "FOR DEVELOPMENT TEST ONLY. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION"
Photo of the serial number sticker on the underside of the Geobook. Alongside the usual information is also printed: "PREPRODUCTION SAMPLE. NOT FOR RESALE"
#Brother#GeoBook#STNC
Jul 14, 2023, 08:42 AM·Public·Web
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Adrian McEwen

Fun fact: the GeoBook shares some code and OS with the Ericsson phone that James Bond used to drive the BMW 7-Series from the back seat; although Ericsson canned project Penelope before it made it to production (we were doing the email on that).

It can also trace its code through to Microsoft Mobile Explorer (MS bought STNC in 1999), which was on the Sony Z5/J5/Z7/J7 and Benefon Q mobile phones and the Amstrad eMailer!

#Ericsson#Sony#Benefon
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