Anyone out there mess with Apple Newtons?

[octalpus]

Originally posted by nulltone

About Newtons...well, uhm, not many people use them anymore. They were discontinued quite a while ago.

And your point is.... what, exactly?

<Octalpussy hugs her Toshiba Libretto 50CT close to her chest, as she sheilds her Amiga 500 from Nulltone's hurtful words>

Some of the best things in life are discontinued.

[skroo]

A cookie...

To the person who can tell me the name (or manufacturer) of the SMP machine the Newton ultimately begat.

[AlxRogan]

I just picked up a Newton MP 2100 from a friend of mine, I was going to bring it out, but he didn't have the connection cable so I can jack in a wireless nic, maybe next year.

<Proudly displays his retail copy of OS/2 Warp 4.0 and PS-DOS 7> :)

[0ptik0n]

connection cable

what connection cable? you mean the one that plugs into the side (that needs the dongle adapter) ??

screw that for 40 buxx you can install your own serial port...


see linkage..

http://members.tripod.com/mrpcbman/SER-001.htm

still time to order this in time for con..

that'll get your driver installed so you can bust wireless action with me...


I may be trying to set up a break away pannel where I'll discuss modding the shiznit out of your 2100

[AlxRogan]

0ptik0n: That rocks! Thanks for the linkage, just ordered it. I just picked up this 2100 last week, I ran my MP 130 for a while, but just let it slide. BTW, I couldn't run across a copy of NCU (Newton Connection Utilities), you wouldn't have a copy handy would you? I've got a Dell WaveLan card that should work wireless with it, but haven't had the time or the tools to jack with it much. If nothing else, I wanna talk with you at the con so we can talk Newtons at least. :D

Thanks!

[0ptik0n]

I don't have a copy of that...


but here's the link for the wireless NIC driver:

http://www.ff.iij4u.or.jp/~ngc/eng/newtwave.htm

so make sure your card is compatable with the list.


the 2100 I ordered for con STILL hasn't come to my door yet and I have to add all the mods still :P


it has till 24 hours before con before I run out of time to mod it...

[KeLviN]

when they first came out i wanted a newton sooooo bad. however, when i had the money, i went for the tandy zpda. after i loved it to pieces i went for the original sony pda, the Majik link. it had an awsome interface and you could keep cats in drawers! i still have it somewhere. then the palm personal, professional, III, then IIIC. the palm IIIC is my baby.

my favorite is still my tandy though. i remember sitting in the corner of my bedroom with my old IIe 300baud modem connected to my tandy, typing away at a 1 inch by 2.5 inch on screen keyboard.

and in response to octalpussy's "Some of the best things in life are discontinued.", i couldn't agree more.

i don't call my 1984 at&t terminal discontinued, i call it Limited Edition.
:D