@deadbeefdotmonster @vyr Oh, yes, the Palm OS 5 was excellent and quite useful.
I had completely forgotten about the Sharp Zaurus! The #Einstein #AppleNewton #MessagePad emulator was originally written for one.
Also, yes, I'm very familiar with jcs@ work, including his classic Mac OS C programming! Highly suggested and glad you're spreading the word.
@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
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
@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
Falling in love with Newton MessagePads in 2024.
#blog #Newton #MessagePad #video #Apple
@waldoj My #AppleNewton #MessagePad still uses #AI handwriting recognition. While the the earlier models had a bad rap (#EggFreckles), the #NewtonOS 2.1 models were quite good.
The #SoulsCircuit #Pilet _almost_ looks like an #AppleNewton #MessagePad implemented in Apple's older #SnowWhite #DesignLanguage:
https://soulscircuit.com/pilet
Ok, #RetroComputing fediverse … here’s a stumper for you.
Was there ever a printed version of the #MessagePad 2100 User Manual?
The PDF version of the 2100 manual is available all over the interwebs, but I’ve only ever seen a MessagePad 2000 User Manual (and the MessagePad 2100 “Getting Started” guide) in print form.
Does this thing even exist?
If it does exist, I’d love to find a copy for my #AppleNewton library.
@newtontalk A friend said people here might be interested in Newton devices. I think I will keep the 2000 (so I can theoretically run my software) but the others are available to anyone who wants to pay shipping from Tacoma, WA. (Preferably as a set.) #newton #messagepad
@knickish Such a great name choice!
This got me thinking, if one were to write a #NewtonOS #Mastodon client for #Apple #Newton #MessagePad, what could we possibly call it? A little digging later and I think 'Andrias' (after the genus containing large, prehistoric salamanders) would be most appropriate:
TBH, handwriting recognition improved a lot between the first MessagePad models and the following ones, esp. with NewtonOS 2.x.
Twenty six years ago today, Apple announced the #MessagePad 130, the first #Newton device to offer a transflective LCD display with EL backlighting.
I’m not crazy. You’re crazy.
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