The History of Personal Computing

Episode 50 – Apple Newton MessagePad and eMate

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On today’s show, we continue our coverage of the first phase of handhelds. Specifically, we’ll be covering two more of the early handheld computers, the Apple Newton MessagePad and eMate. This is the podcast where we take an informal look at personal computing history through the lens of eBay auctions. It’s sort of like Antiques Roadshow, but all about antique personal computers.

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Links mentioned in this episode:

  • Surprise Amiga Workbench 3.1 Update, 20 Years Later
  • Vintage Computer Festival Zurich
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Newton
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMate_300
  • Apple II port of GEOS
  • Old Computer Fairs, Finland

    • Auctions:

    • Jeff’s auction: Apple Computer Newton MessagePad 2100
    • David’s auction: Apple Computer Newton PDA Licensed CLONE ,Sharp Expert Pad (PI-7000)
    • Jeff’s auction: Apple Newton Message Pad 130 Backlit
    • David’s auction: Apple Newton Messagepad, Model H1000, Vintage Apple,
    • Jeff’s auction: Apple Newton eMate 300 Drawing Instruction-Green With Styl
      • ...more
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