What is an iPad?
The original Internet Protocol Adapter (IPAD), a network operating system, was created by Philip L. Becker the founder of eSoft, Inc and creator of TBBS. He started the IPAD-OS project in 1993 with a small test box that his avid customers dubbed the Becker Box. It was originally designed to connect between many different kinds of devices and the Internet that made it a natural for anyone that wanted to start an ISP. In 1998 the IPAD was part of the daily operation of over 10% of the Internet Service Providers in the USA. The most amazing part is that it reached that level of market saturation with nearly no advertising and was instrumental in creating many new ISPs. Most are still in business and still own one or more IPADs. Much later, in 2010, Apple released their tablet device and named it iPad which has both caused a little confusion and also revived interest in the original IPAD-OS.
