Intermec 6100 Reference Guide

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Handwriting recognition (HWX) refers to the process of converting handwritten

electronic ink into machineĆreadable character strings.  Once the driving force in

pen computing, HWX has taken a secondary role to the pencentric" application;

that is, an application optimized for use with a pen.  With Pen Windows, MicroĆ

soft offers a handwriting recognition system known as MARS.  It gets the job

done, though with far less speed and accuracy than most users find acceptable.

OEMs, such as Intermec Technologies Corporation, have the option of licensing

Pen Windows without the MARS recognizer.

Customers purchasing the NORAND Pen Windows license may also license the

handwriting recognition systems (Communications Intelligence Corp. (CIC))

from Intermec Technologies Corporation, at additional cost.

In addition to WindowsĆspecific value added software provided by Intermec

Technologies Corporation, there are several BIOSĆ and DOSĆlevel programs liĆ

censed with the PEN*KEY 6000 Series Computer.  The following is a list of softĆ

ware included and a brief description of the software's value.

This is the lowĆlevel software that allows operating systems, such as DOS and

Windows, to work on the PEN*KEY 6000 Series Computer.  This BIOS is unique

because of the additions that were made to support power management.  StanĆ

dard BIOS on PCs do not have the functionality available to implement the level

of power management that is present in the PEN*KEY 6000 Series Computer.

This software, licensed from SystemSoft, implements the software portion of the

PC Card specification that allows use of numerous forms of PC Cards in the

PEN*KEY 6000 Series Computer.  It is key to allowing a customer to change

cards over time, as technology moves forward.  A computer with a PC Card slot

that does not have this software requires custom software drivers for each card

the user requires.

This software, licensed from Intermec Technologies Corporation, supports AMD

ELAN PC Card controller.  Refer to Section 1, Getting Started for details.