Meanwhile
Sept 1992
Monterey, USA. In the offices of Digital Research the inaugural meeting of the EPOS standards Group (aka ESOG) took place. The mission was to develop an open interface standard for EPOS peripheral devices. The world of EPOS was still character based.
Many EPOS vendors became members. But with the principle exception of US based IBM, the membership was focused on Europe and particularly Japan
End 1993
Draft standard (v1) published to members for comment