Grant HutchinsonWho doesn’t love a little bit of #AppleNewton minutia?
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NewtonTalkThirty four years ago today, then Apple Chairman John Sculley previewed the company’s Newton technology at CES in Chicago.
Twenty five years ago today, I compiled and published the very first version of the Newton Glossary as a page on my personal website.
At the time, it consisted of a mere 527 terms and 23 sources.
An early version of that page can be found in the Internet Archive.
https://web.archive.org/web/20011031103303/splorp.com/newton/glossary/
Twenty. Five. Years.
Twenty nine years ago today, Apple announced the formation of a separate Newton subsidiary “… to pursue its business and create the marketing and operating strategies it needs to succeed.”
It would have been a great idea if it had actually panned out.
Announcing a new release of the Newton Glossary!
This edition contains over 2,160 terms, definitions, acronyms, colloquialisms, cross-references, and trivia related to the #AppleNewton.
Since the last month’s update, another 71 terms and 6 sources have been added.
Latest additions:
https://newtonglossary.com/latest
Full release notes:
Ethernet! LocalTalk! TCP/IP!
Thirty years ago today, the Newton Internet Enabler 2.0 was announced.
the roamerDinner came to an end, and several of the assembled knights opened up their refurbished Psions and Apple Newtons to commence the evening's jestposting.
Our Lady Joan Mastodon finished her bowl of rhubarb crumble (she loved rhubarb crumble and always took seconds), then she spoke:
Remember, my friends, we toot for The Now. Don't toot for the archives. There's no chisel and marble in the Fediverse, my friends, only our frail temporary voices, heard in the moment, then forgotten. Jest away. And thank you, Sir Alfred, for tonight's rhubarb crumble. It was very good. You've surpassed yourself.
Thirty one years ago today, Apple announced a rebate program on the #MessagePad 120, making the device more affordable to a wider audience.
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