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Ian H. S. Cullimore is an English-born mathematician and computer scientist who has been influential in thepocket PC arena.[1]
Cullimore has a degree inmathematics fromKing's College London, and aPhD incognitive andcomputer science from theUniversity of Sussex.
He was the original founder (in 1985) and main inventor of the pocket PC which became theAtari Portfolio (originally known as the "DIP Pocket PC") in 1989.DIP Research Ltd. was acquired byPhoenix Technologies in 1994.[2]
In 1988 Cullimore was also one of the founders and Vice President of Software atPoqet Computer Corporation inSilicon Valley, where he developed thePoqet PC.
His interest in PDAs was sparked from his early times atPsion, working on the first Organiser products.
He was also the original instigator of thePC Card (formerly "PCMCIA Card") movement. This came about from his decision to use the then-emerging credit card memories in the design of the Atari Portfolio. On founding Poqet, and with major investment from Fujitsu, a decision was made to use the 68-pin JEIDA card. He successfully persuaded the board of Poqet to set up an industry standards organization,PCMCIA, to promote this as a standard.
Cullimore wrote parts of the PCMCIA driver stack for (NetWare)PalmDOS 1.0, a variant of Digital Research'sDR DOS, tailored specifically at battery powered mobile PCs in 1992.[3]
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