@bitsavers That served as a good reminder I should get some data off old DVD-Rs before they can't be read any longer. SDKs and other things from developer.danger.com, January 2005: https://archive.org/download/danger-hiptop

@BobTop also I started working on getting pcmcia support in Leibniz. NewtonOS recognizes the cards when they’re inserted but fails when activating the packages. I have a suspicion as to what’s causing that, but I wont be able to dive in further until June.

@BobTop if I ever come across the card at a reasonable price I will buy it and dump it.

@BobTop https://archive.org/download/AppleNewtonROMs/Getting%20Started.pccard

@BobTop I got the pccard working in Einstein and have uploaded it to: https://archive.org/download/AppleNewtonROMs/Fortune%20500%20-%201993%20Guide%20to%20American%20Business.pccard

@BobTop I'll add that the CIS data that is there, while scant, seems valid. The card is 2MB, and "NewtOS" makes sense as the vendor.

@BobTop And I should note, the card doesn't seem to care about REG#: Whether or not I assert it, the CIS data is always there, followed by the card data. Ideally it should only return the CIS data when REG# is asserted, and the read would be handled in 8-bit. Given the cards behavior, this is a raw dump of the 2MB space with REG# de-asserted: So every other byte of the first 4096 bytes would need to be removed (to match the expected 8-bit) and then 2048 bytes of 0x00 appended.

@BobTop I was trying to get it to work in Einstein since the card worked fine in my MP2100 (and this seemed far easier than writing PCMCIA support for Leibniz). Einstein itself doesn't like its CIS data - I can get around that by just making a pccard file in a hex editor. NewtonOS in Einstein doesn't like that though, and I've been trying to figure out if its an issue in my handcrafted pccard file or a shortcoming in Einstein (seems unlikely as there isn't much difference to a flash card).

@splorp And because I'm really good at distracting/preventing myself from finishing things, I figured whats the fun in just dumping those old ROM cards – wouldn't it be great to make new ROM cards? And then use the reader to write to them? So here's my custom made Newton ROM card, presumably the first one made in ~ 27 years.