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BuRnN
06-26-2006, 08:12 PM
i bought back a old newton pda a the corner Pawnshop for 15$ now i know why i was so in love back in the days
the hand wright reconition is amaizing but unfortunetly i dont have my old mac to sync it .do anyone know a ways to sync it with XP and a how-to to make a connector cable (i did not have it)

thanks
ASHLEY75
06-28-2006, 02:25 PM
I always liked the idea of the newton, but I couldn't think of a real use for it. What kind of apps does it run?
ech18
06-28-2006, 03:48 PM
I found this

http://www.nsbasic.com/newton/info/technotes/cable.html

http://www.jneuhaus.com/applserl.html

No idea if they work but could be fun to have a try
dragonsgames
06-28-2006, 06:31 PM
Wow, now is that the color one? (did they have color ones?)
gammada
06-28-2006, 10:15 PM
Wow, now is that the color one? (did they have color ones?)

Nope!

The last of the line was the Message Pad 2000 with an external keyboard but no color screen. At the time, they seemed quite small. Today they're huge!

Anyway, nice devices altogether! Hope Apple picks up were it left sometime soon.
dragonsgames
06-28-2006, 10:17 PM
Hey, maybe someday they will. They have iSync, an iOrganizer would work great.
gammada
06-28-2006, 11:45 PM
Hey, maybe someday they will. They have iSync, an iOrganizer would work great.

Perhaps. Unfortunately for all of us poor souls loving PDA's, chances are Apple is more likely to build a Smartphone rather than a nice, powerful and no-nonsense PDA.

I mean, it's nice to have device convergence but it definitely sucks when it compromises sheer computing power. Jack of all trades, master of none!
ASHLEY75
06-29-2006, 04:08 PM
MacRumors.com had an article about the possibility of Apple moving into the ultra mobile pc market. If they did I think it would be amazing!

Who knows, perhaps there'll be something before the end of the year.
PocketPowerPC
06-29-2006, 09:04 PM
No, there were no color Newtons. The last model was the MessagePad 2100 before SJ came back to Apple and axed the whole thing.

Check out www.newtontalk.net for a community of still active Newton users.
gammada
06-29-2006, 09:20 PM
MacRumors.com had an article about the possibility of Apple moving into the ultra mobile pc market. If they did I think it would be amazing!

Who knows, perhaps there'll be something before the end of the year.

That'll be great!

I can only hope for a UMPC that kicks the a** out of Sony's shameful attemp.

Let's all cross our fingers.
BuRnN
07-03-2006, 08:35 PM
thanks everybody for the greats links, for the moment i only have the buid in app (calender, note, mail ect.) but the handwriting reconition is amazing even if my firts language is french after a few mispell the newton learn new words and reconize them and everything start to be like writing on paper thats realy amazing are fare this thing was back in 98 :D (i thinks everybody who love pda must buy one second hand to had to is colections )
sfringer
07-13-2006, 07:40 AM
BuRnN,
I'm getting in a little late here, but you should be able to track down the Newton Connection Kit for Windows (I have a binary squirrled away if you need). You'll also need a serial cable, not sure where to pick one of them up.
I had a MP110, then a 2000 and had it upgraded to a 2000u (equivalent of a MP 2100 - when Newton was its own company; before Jobs brought them back into Apple and killed them). They are certainly nice devices, and I still have my 2000u running here.

Scott
Dekaritae
08-03-2006, 02:43 PM
Sorry I'm late to the party. Here's what I found, as I'm having the same issue with my MessagePad 2100. I'm going to try the modem2modem connection later today.

http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/index.php/BootStrapping

Also, the Newton Connection Utilities is a bastard to track down, so here it is.

http://maur.shellscape.org/uploads/NCUforWindows.exe