@mmu_man Ok, I need to know more about your #MessagePad display ribbon cables. Are these for MP2x00 devices?
@mmu_man Ok, I need to know more about your #MessagePad display ribbon cables. Are these for MP2x00 devices?
@deadbeefdotmonster @vyr Very cool! I used to have an m100 and was learning C on the Macintosh at the time, so didn't really delve into PalmOS very deep.
In the early aughts, I was trying to decide between a #Palm Tungsten/Sony Clié/Palm Treo on in one hand or older #AppleNewton #MessagePad 2100 in the other. "I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference," to quote Robert Frost.
(I think I prefer an underdog. Or, maybe I'm just a masochist?)
Just set up a fax line for my business. In 2025.
At least it's a virtual fax machine. Though, truthfully, I do hope to use it to transfer some documents from my #AppleNewton #MessagePad.
Sharp Expertpad ... a #newton #messagepad clone. Personally a prefer the original #pda
Updated my #DogCow Moof! app for #Newton again. Now v2.5. Check out the included Read Me for more info and the changelog. Enjoy! https://tinyurl.com/ClarusTheDogcow2-5
#apple #messagepad #pda #vintagecomputing #AppleNewton #newtonmessagepad #RetroComputing #Marchintosh
Patching for the year 2025 #newton #messagepad #pda
Updated my #DogCow Moof! app for #Newton. Check out the included Read Me for more info. Enjoy! https://tinyurl.com/ClarusTheDogCow-v2
#apple #messagepad #pda #vintagecomputing #AppleNewton #newtonmessagepad #RetroComputing #Marchintosh
Decided to release my #Newton #DogCow Moof! app in honor of #Marchintosh. Check out the included Read Me for more info. Enjoy! https://tinyurl.com/DogCowNewton
#apple #messagepad #pda #vintagecomputing #AppleNewton #newtonmessagepad #RetroComputing
Been working on figuring out the NTK and built a #DogCow MooF! app. I used the Clarus graphic from the recent macOS Print Setup window (Press Command + Shift + P to see that window)
Might anyone have the full version of "Columbo's Mystery Capers" in either a PCMCIA dumped format (.ppcard) or .pkg? I can only find the demo on unna. Thanks! #newton #apple #messagepad #pda #vintagecomputing #AppleNewton #newtonmessagepad #RetroComputing #Marchintosh
That’s two (count ’em, two!) #MessagePad 2100s spotted at the @SDF Interim Computer Festival in Seattle today.
https://typo.social/@bw/114208457141063908
Waiting for my plane at #YYC … starting off this weekend’s adventure to @SDF’s Interim Computer Festival in Seatttle.
And yes, there is a Newton #MessagePad in my carry on.
I dug up my old #Apple #Newton #MessagePad 130, put in a fresh set of 4 AA batteries, and fired it up for the first time in ages. After setting the date and time, I went back to the start and asked it to show me today’s agenda. I guess its calendar can only handle a limited date range, because it sent me back to March 7, 1991. #VintageComputing
An old photo I ran across
@mcc @mhoye The #Apple #Newton #Messagepad 2100 was just an excellent device. I still miss certain features it had. For example, you could drag text/images with the stylus and drop it at any edge/margin of the application. You could drop as many snippets as you like. Even if you switch to another page, the snippets were still there and you could drop it.
Here is even an enhancement request for #LibreOffice that is inspired by it:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37956
Might anyone have registration info for Newtopoly? #newton #apple #messagepad #pda #vintagecomputing #AppleNewton
#RetroComputing #Marchintosh
Calling all German #MessagePad 2100D users, Eckhart Köppen has announced a localized test patch for the Y2025 bug. Please make sure to read the instructions before applying the patch.
http://lists.newtontalk.net/pipermail/newtontalk/2025-January/002770.html
Newton Messagepad 110, introduced in 1993. Developers and companies making accessories were given a 'transparent case' version to see where all the internal components was.
Twenty seven years ago today, Apple released the #MessagePad 2100, the last device created for the Newton platform. It would be discontinued less than four months later, along with all remaining Newton development.
#AppleNewton
#RetroComputing
#LiveFastDieYoung
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/messagepad/stats/newton_mp_2100.html
Twenty eight years ago today, Apple unveiled the #MessagePad 2000 … “a complete mobile computer for the business professional.”