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Announcing the July release of the Newton Glossary!
This edition contains 2,280 terms, definitions, acronyms, colloquialisms, cross-references, and trivia related to the #AppleNewton.
Since the last month’s update, another 43 terms and 5 sources have been added.
Latest additions:
https://newtonglossary.com/latest
Full release notes:
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Announcing the July release of the Newton Glossary!
This edition contains 2,280 terms, definitions, acronyms, colloquialisms, cross-references, and trivia related to the #AppleNewton.
Since the last month’s update, another 43 terms and 5 sources have been added.
Latest additions:
https://newtonglossary.com/latest
Full release notes:
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Thirty two years ago today, Apple Online Services (AOS) announced the release of NewtonMail Modules 1.0 — giving #MessagePad users “… the tools to formulate, send, and receive messages more easily than ever before.”
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Thirty two years ago today, Apple Online Services (AOS) announced the release of NewtonMail Modules 1.0 — giving #MessagePad users “… the tools to formulate, send, and receive messages more easily than ever before.”
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Thirty one years ago today, Apple announced the completion of a 10 month pilot project at the Johns Hopkins Hospital to assess the utility of the Newton #MessagePad for health care case managers.
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Thirty one years ago today, Apple announced the completion of a 10 month pilot project at the Johns Hopkins Hospital to assess the utility of the Newton #MessagePad for health care case managers.
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Thirty one years ago today, Apple announced the release of Newton Toolkit 1.5, an “enhanced” version featuring a new #NewtonScript compiler and profiler, as well as Newton Book Maker 1.1 for Mac OS.
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Thirty one years ago today, Apple announced the release of Newton Toolkit 1.5, an “enhanced” version featuring a new #NewtonScript compiler and profiler, as well as Newton Book Maker 1.1 for Mac OS.
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Thanks to John Jerney and his Pen-Based Computing History Museum site, I discovered that Apple sent out an informational press release headlined as a “Newton Glossary” in 1993.
My own Newton Glossary already includes most of what is described in this press release, but I still found a couple of interesting tidbits to add.
https://www.penbasedcomputing.com/timeline/apple-computer-newton-glossary/
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Thanks to John Jerney and his Pen-Based Computing History Museum site, I discovered that Apple sent out an informational press release headlined as a “Newton Glossary” in 1993.
My own Newton Glossary already includes most of what is described in this press release, but I still found a couple of interesting tidbits to add.
https://www.penbasedcomputing.com/timeline/apple-computer-newton-glossary/
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By the way, here’s the TrimBus entry I added to the Newton Glossary. With sources, natch.
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By the way, here’s the TrimBus entry I added to the Newton Glossary. With sources, natch.
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Twenty nine years ago today, Apple announced Newton Internet Enabler 2.0, bringing enhanced networking and connectivity features to #NewtonOS devices.
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Twenty nine years ago today, Apple announced Newton Internet Enabler 2.0, bringing enhanced networking and connectivity features to #NewtonOS devices.
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Announcing the June release of the Newton Glossary!
This edition contains 2,237 terms, definitions, acronyms, colloquialisms, cross-references, and trivia related to the #AppleNewton.
Since the last month’s update, another 70 terms and 7 sources have been added.
Latest additions:
https://newtonglossary.com/latest
Full release notes:
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Announcing the June release of the Newton Glossary!
This edition contains 2,237 terms, definitions, acronyms, colloquialisms, cross-references, and trivia related to the #AppleNewton.
Since the last month’s update, another 70 terms and 7 sources have been added.
Latest additions:
https://newtonglossary.com/latest
Full release notes:
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Thirty years ago today, Apple shipped the very first release of the Newton Internet Enabler, providing “… a suite of connectivity tools that allows Internet-based application development …”
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Thirty years ago today, Apple shipped the very first release of the Newton Internet Enabler, providing “… a suite of connectivity tools that allows Internet-based application development …”
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Twenty nine years ago today (and less than a month after spinning out from Apple to become a wholly owned subsidiary) the Newton, Inc. team made its first major industry appearance during PC Expo at the Jacob K. Javitz Center in New York.
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Twenty nine years ago today (and less than a month after spinning out from Apple to become a wholly owned subsidiary) the Newton, Inc. team made its first major industry appearance during PC Expo at the Jacob K. Javitz Center in New York.
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Thirty years ago today, Apple presented “Newton: A Day in the Life of Business Computing” at the Jacob K. Javitz Center in New York.
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Thirty years ago today, Apple presented “Newton: A Day in the Life of Business Computing” at the Jacob K. Javitz Center in New York.
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Who doesn’t love a little bit of #AppleNewton minutia?
https://lists.newtontalk.net/pipermail/newtontalk/2026-June/003879.html
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Who doesn’t love a little bit of #AppleNewton minutia?
https://lists.newtontalk.net/pipermail/newtontalk/2026-June/003879.html
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Thirty four years ago today, then Apple Chairman John Sculley previewed the company’s Newton technology at CES in Chicago.
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Thirty four years ago today, then Apple Chairman John Sculley previewed the company’s Newton technology at CES in Chicago.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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:
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Ethernet! LocalTalk! TCP/IP!
Thirty years ago today, the Newton Internet Enabler 2.0 was announced.
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Ethernet! LocalTalk! TCP/IP!
Thirty years ago today, the Newton Internet Enabler 2.0 was announced.
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Dinner 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.
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Dinner 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.
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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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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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The #AppleNewton platform has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ethernet, and cellular capability. Agreed, it did not have these things when it launched (and barely had them when it was unfortunately “Steved” five years later) … but you can use all of these technologies now … with a nearly thirty year old device.
https://tech.lgbt/@dgriffinjones/116505552059524808 -
The #AppleNewton platform has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ethernet, and cellular capability. Agreed, it did not have these things when it launched (and barely had them when it was unfortunately “Steved” five years later) … but you can use all of these technologies now … with a nearly thirty year old device.
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@splorp it was packed this year! Can’t wait for next year!
#vcfpnw
#retrocomputing
#AppleNewton #Macintosh #portable #BeigeTown -
@splorp it was packed this year! Can’t wait for next year!
#vcfpnw
#retrocomputing
#AppleNewton #Macintosh #portable #BeigeTown -
Searching for a camera battery charger, might as well peek in the small computing friends tub #applenewton #messagepad
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This image from today’s VCF event illustrates the intersection of computing devices with rainbow Apple logos and computing devices that run on AA batteries.
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This image from today’s VCF event illustrates the intersection of computing devices with rainbow Apple logos and computing devices that run on AA batteries.
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I've suggested a #retroComputing BoF for tomorrow at #oggcamp2026 based on the interest of people stopping me to ask about the #appleNewton I'm note taking on today.
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I've suggested a #retroComputing BoF for tomorrow at #oggcamp2026 based on the interest of people stopping me to ask about the #appleNewton I'm note taking on today.
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Thirty years ago today, Apple announced expanded email capabilities for the #Newton platform with the availability of a #CompuServe Mail Client.
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Thirty years ago today, Apple announced expanded email capabilities for the #Newton platform with the availability of a #CompuServe Mail Client.
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RE: https://tech.lgbt/@DosFox/116364875603363574
My other computer is an #AppleNewton #MessagePad
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RE: https://tech.lgbt/@DosFox/116364875603363574
My other computer is an #AppleNewton #MessagePad
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Some light #retroComputing reading arrived for the long weekend..
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Some light #retroComputing reading arrived for the long weekend..
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Here’s a little tidbit from my #AppleNewton collection.
(As requested by @haineux, @stack, and @Eggfreckles)
This is a Newton “Dummy” Product for use as part of retail display.
I’ve had this item for years and thought I’d photographed it, but the box had never been opened.
