e53 – The Newton
Jan 14, 2017•1 hr 17 min
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Episode description
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.
Stocking stuffer followupNewton- Low End Mac: The Story Behind Apple’s Newton
- Jean-Louis Gassée
- Steve Sakoman
- Isaac Newton's "Apple incident"
- Be Inc.
- 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
- NewtonScript
- Soup filesystem 🛎
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