Hey, Mastodon … I’m trying to track down an #AppleNewton developer named Stephen A. Cronin.
He worked at #AMD and operated a software company called TapTech based out of Austin, Texas in the late 90s. I’ve managed to contact his former software partner, Francis Preve … but Francis lost touch with Stephen years ago.
Together they released a sequencer program for #NewtonOS called NR404 and I’m hoping the source code still exists somewhere.
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.”
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):
Twenty two years ago today, I published the very first edition of the Newton Glossary, containing a mere 571 entries.
Today, it contains over 1,300 terms, definitions, acronyms, colloquialisms, and bits of trivia relating to the #AppleNewton platform … and is still growing.
Twenty seven years ago today, Apple shipped its Newton Toolkit development tool for Windows. “[It] gives developers the platform independence they desire.”
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).
“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…”