“Love Notes to Newton is a film about what a beloved (but short-lived) pen-based Personal Digital Assistant created by Apple Computer has meant for the people…”
Twenty seven years ago today, Apple shipped its Newton Toolkit development tool for Windows. “[It] gives developers the platform independence they desire.”
Twenty eight years ago today, #NewtonOS 2.0 received the “Mobility Award for System Software” at the Mobile Insights ’96 conference … beating out other contenders including Microsoft Windows 95, General Magic’s #MagicCap, and Geoworks’ Geos.
In addition to the full length “Love Notes to Newton” film, Noah Leon has recently published full interviews with with Steve Capps (author of the MacOS Finder and much of #NewtonOS), as well as James Joaquin (head of #AppleNewton marketing and business development).
While I'm thinking of all the things I'm thankful for, I want to make sure to say a huge thank you to @mhzmodels for the recent creation & donation of new #AppleNewton#MessagePad & #eMate voxel art to UNNA.org!
Even better, they have been released under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license and uploaded the UNNA.org archives for the community to use (non commercial & by attribution, of course):
Two and a half years ago, I reached out to Tom Collins and Dan Rowley of ICS (Innovative Computer Solutions), a company that developed software for the #AppleNewton such as GestureLaunch, NewtCase, SoupKitchen, and BarKeep.
After a bit of back and forth. they kindly created a GitHub repository containing most of their software, as well as a #Python script to generate registration codes for the products that require activation.
Twenty six years ago today, Newton, Inc. unveiled “an exciting, new look”, including a refreshed logo and corporate identity “… which complements our business focus.”
Happy 30th birthday to the Apple Newton which was released on this day in 1993!
While the Apple Newton had its challenges and eventually paved the way for more advanced mobile devices, it remains an essential milestone in the evolution of portable computing.