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e53 – The Newton


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This episode, we look at the Newton platform — Apple's first attempt at (almost) handheld computing. Recorded on the 10th anniversary of the iPhone announcement, we notice a lot of parallels between the development of Newton devices and the iOS devices we carry today.

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      • Low End Mac: The Story Behind Apple’s Newton
      • Jean-Louis Gassée
      • Steve Sakoman
      • Isaac Newton's "Apple incident"
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      • Knowledge Navigator
      • AT&T Hobbit processors
      • PCMCIA
      • List of Newton models

      • every Newton model

        Newtons and clone

        Newton keyboard

        PCMCIA expansion
        • the competition: Palm
          • Handspring Visor
          • Ed's Palm PDAs: Vx, TX
          • WebOS
          • pop culture references
            • "Eat Up Martha"
            • Doonesbury "Egg Freckles" etc.
            • Newton enthusiasts
              • Thomas Brand
              • Einstein emulator
              • NewtonScript
              • Soup filesystem 🛎
              • ...more
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                Simple BeepBy Ed Cormany and Brian Sutorius

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