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A year ago, the media applauded the arrival of a new generation of miniature computers, called palmtops and personal digital assistants, as the next great advance in portable computing.
The reaction from consumers, however, has been unenthusiastic.
Apple Computer Inc. has struggled to find an audience for its much-touted Newton, a personal digital assistant (PDA) that can recognize handwriting.
From its base in suburban Lombard, little Dauphin Technology Inc. launched its more powerful (and more expensive) palmtop, the DTR-1, in January 1993 and then watched in alarm as sales failed to materialize.
Apple has considerable resources to fall back on, as do such PDA competitors as IBM Corp. and Compaq Computer Corp. But Dauphin's future is wrapped around its...