When Apple built the first Newton, they commissioned AT&T to create these Hobbit chips, and they were too slow, too hot, and couldn’t deliver the power. And they discovered Arm. A little two-man team with the project name ‘Möbius’ went to the UK to try their chips
#AppleNewton #RetroComputing
The book cover
Some light #retroComputing reading arrived for the long weekend..
#appleNewton #Newton #retro
A cardboard box on a white background. Text on the box reads: 1 Newton “Dummy” Product P.O. #93-195-864
An open cardboard box on a white background. Inside the box is a mockup of an original Apple Newton MessagePad wrapped in clear plastic. A representation of what the user interface looks like is printed on the device, along with the words “Newton” and “MessagePad” and a rainbow Apple logo.
A mockup of an original Apple Newton MessagePad On a white background. A representation of what the user interface looks like is printed on the device, along with the words “Newton” and “MessagePad” and a rainbow Apple logo.
A closeup of the top right corner of a mockup of an original Apple Newton MessagePad. A representation of what the user interface looks like is printed on the device, along with the word “Newton”. A routing menu is open on the screen, with options listed. Print Note Fax Beam Mail Duplicate Delete The “Fax” option is highlighted.
Here’s a little tidbit from my #AppleNewton collection.
(As requested by @haineux, @stack, and @Eggfreckles)
This is a Newton “Dummy” Product for use as part of retail display.
I’ve had this item for years and thought I’d photographed it, but the box had never been opened.
It’s a new release of the Newton Glossary!
Now with over 2,090 terms, definitions, and trivia related to the #AppleNewton.
newtonglossary.com
Another 63 terms and 5 sources have been added this month.
Latest additions:
newtonglossary.com/latest
Full release notes:
newtonglossary.com/changes
Announcing a new release of the Newton Glossary!
This edition contains over 2,090 terms, definitions, acronyms, colloquialisms, cross-references, and trivia related to the #AppleNewton.
https://newtonglossary.com/
Since the last month’s update, another 63 terms and 5 sources have been added […]
Newton Toolkit (NTK) is a fully integrated developer environment for NewtonScript apps
#AppleNewton #NewtonScript #NewtonToolkit #RetroComputing
Elektriktrick shows how to get NTK working with Einstein: www.elektriktrick.com/Newton_Scrip...
Twenty nine years ago today, Apple shipped its Newton Toolkit development tool for Windows. “[It] gives developers the platform independence they desire.”
#AppleNewton
#RetroComputing
#NewtonScript
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“A lot has been said about putting the functionality of a business computer into a handheld computer"
#AppleNewton
Large Software Library
#RetroComputing
Weeks of Run-time on a Single Charge
Twenty nine years ago today, Apple shipped the #MessagePad 2000, billed as “ … a mobile computer for the business professional and one of the fastest handheld Internet computers on the market.”
#AppleNewton
#RetroComptuting
#StrongARMForever
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Gonna bring my #appleNewton to @oggcamp
Anyone else in #uk got one to bring ? We can beam like it's 1996 ...
#geek #retro #retroComputing #newton #newtonos #oggCamp #oggCamp2026
With a battery life of 28 continuous hours before recharging, the #AppleNewton #eMate300 makes it possible to work for long periods of time wherever you want
Dual input methods of a stylus and keyboard make it perfect for accommodating the many ways we think, work, and learn
Obviously, this was the first term I checked after learning about the Newton glossary!
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#AppleNewton #Apple
#histSTM #histtech
#Simpsons #EatUpMartha
It’s times like this that require me to remind people that there’s a variation of Bad Apple playing on an #AppleNewton device.
https://youtu.be/8GMICftzmRQ
March 14, 1996
The MessagePad 130 is the first #AppleNewton #MessagePad to offer user controllable back lighting for on-demand use and a new durable, nonglare screen for viewing and entering information in any lighting condition.
Thirty years ago today, Apple announced the #MessagePad 130, the first #NewtonOS device to offer a transflective LCD display with electroluminescent backlighting.
#AppleNewton
#RetroComputing
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The Newton was beloved by almost everybody who had one. It came from an R&D group hidden deep within Apple and was developed by people who believed it’s the next big leap in computers
The #LoveNotesToNewton film was made possible by #AppleNewton fans all over the world
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a Spartacus, a Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (TAM) prototype, in Alfred’s private quarters. He burns a CD using the TAM Batgirl (Barbara) using the BatNewt (eMate 300) to hack the CD Alfred gives her Batman and Robin (1997)
Batman and Robin (1997) featured the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh and the BatNewt, an #AppleNewton eMate 300
The #AppleNewton eMate 300 features a 25 MHz ARM 710a processor, 8 MB of ROM, 3 MB of RAM, a PCMCIA slot, IrDA-beaming capabilities, and Newton InterConnect port in a translucent aquamarine clamshell case with a backlit LCD display for use with a stylus or the built-in keyboard #RetroComputing
Twenty nine years ago today, Apple introduced the eMate 300 … in all of its translucent clamshell glory.
#AppleNewton
#RetroComputing
#ItsNotEasyBeingGreen
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"When I'm in the field, I need access to a variety of reference information. Rather than haul manuals, or my laptop, Newton Press lets me access and retrieve the information from my hand-held MessagePad."
#AppleNewton #RetroComputing
Unboxing Newton Press
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Thirty years ago today, Apple shipped Newton Press for Mac OS … “making it easy to take important documents from their Mac OS-based personal computer with them on their Newton PDA.”
#AppleNewton
#RetroComputing
web.archive.org/web/19981202...
Since its humble beginnings in 2001, the Newton Glossary has grown into one of most comprehensive collections of terms, definitions, acronyms, colloquialisms, and other bits of trivia relating to the #AppleNewton
The glossary currently includes 2,030 terms and 223 sources
Mind your head
A hand holding a package of software, with a laptop and keyboard in the background. The text on the package reads: Newton Language Kit用大型辞書 ラージ醉善 2.1 Macintosh版
Just arrived from Japan!
I hope the floppy still works.
#AppleNewton
#MessagePad
#NewtonOS
#NewtonLanguageKit
Announcing the latest release of the Newton Glossary!
This edition contains 2,030 terms, definitions, acronyms, colloquialisms, cross-references, and trivia related to the #AppleNewton.
https://newtonglossary.com/
Since the last update, another 56 terms have been added.
Latest additions […]
As the pioneers in the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) product category, Apple is closely listening to the market to ensure that we deliver next generation products that meet customers' needs.
—Shane Robison, January 30, 1995 #AppleNewton #RetroComputing
Thirty one years ago today, Apple announced the availability of the Newton #MessagePad 120, with “enhanced features.”
#AppleNewton
#RetroComputing
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A protest sign reading “Newton Forever.” As Newton developers gathered outside Apple Computer (AAPL) headquarters today to protest the computer maker’s decision to discontinue the handheld device, company executives responded in low-key fashion. Apple reserved space in its parking lot and supplied cookies, pastries, coffee, and other drinks to Newton protesters on what has turned out to be a crystal-clear day after yesterday’s rainfall. Perhaps 100 protesters turned up, carrying signs reading "Newton forever," "Newton is my pilot," and "I give a fig for the Newton." Newton executive Mark Rabkin appeared briefly to accept a list of ten questions the 200-member Newton Developers Group (NDG) prepared for Apple's interim CEO, Steve Jobs. The queries mostly regarded why Apple chose to fold Newton back into its operations only to discontinue development, instead of selling the division to a list of suggested candidates, including Sony, Dell, or Umax. —March 6, 1998
Perhaps 100 protesters turned up, carrying signs reading
Newton Forever
Newton is my pilot
I give a fig for the Newton
#AppleNewton 1998
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Attention #AppleNewton users … does anyone happen to have a copy of Enfour’s Japanese Newton Language Kit (NLK)?
It was made available to #MessagePad owners running the Japanese version of #NewtonOS.
Not sure if was a download of on CD. Even an exported copy of the packages would suffice […]
Newton Data Viewer software
#AppleNewton #RetroComputing
an Apple Newton MessagePad 2100 in a case in my pocket
I’ve always been a fan of old tech, so I was happy to cheerlead for #AppleNewton Technology
