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Oh look, a #Newton #eMate!

https://youtube.com/live/mAmt2tLUfAA

https://www.twitch.tv/mmu_man

in ~25min

#RetroComputing #Apple

We’re not sure how Andrew Warkentin is accomplishing it, but he has included #MessagePad 2000, 2100, and #eMate variations of #NewtonOS 2.1 in his massive Virtual OS Museum project.

https://virtualosmuseum.org/

@Luke @paperposts The smarter choice was using a supercapacitor, like Apple did with the #MessagePad 2x00 and #eMate series #Newton devices. It would hold clock related data for ages if you removed the main power or battery. Of course, user and system setting were stored in flash RAM, so you never lost that.

@overlordspock @keyboards @Hawkesnest No, it’s not an Apple keyboard, because it’s a prototype #Newton #eMate 300 that used a third party keyboard for development and industrial design testing.

Here’s the source of the image (and more details about the prototype.)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/abeles/4285487332/

Oh, neat!

#Newton #eMate #ImageWriter #VintageApple #MARCHintosh

As of now, you may also access the UNNA.org sites via #HTTPS in addition to standard #HTTP!

Go ahead, try it out:

https://www.unna.org/

Newfangled, huh!

Don't worry, we're not taking away the venerable HTTP connectivity, nor will we be automatically redirecting any connections to HTTPS. After all, we need to be able to connect from our #AppleNewton #MessagePad and #eMate!

Designed and printed a 4 x AA NiMH battery tray for the Apple eMate. This lets me change the batteries out quickly because they're not soldered, welded, or wrapped together. The bottom of the tray is open so you can push the batteries out easily. The fit should be snug.

Model available here: https://www.printables.com/model/1485849-apple-emate-aa-battery-tray

#VintageApple #VintageMac #RetroComputing #3DPrinting #AppleNewton #eMate

Twenty eight years ago today, both the #eMate 300 and 20th Anniversary #Macintosh were awarded best of category prizes in I.D. Magazine’s annual design review.

#AppleNewton
#RetroComputing

https://web.archive.org/web/19990224141614/http://product.info.apple.com/pr/press.releases/1997/q4/970821.pr.rel.idawards.html

Кроме того, я тогда же купил Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE Silver, которая, вроде как, принесёт WiFi на #eMate. Однако, для этого нужны драйвера, а для драйверов кабель и синхронизация

Ура, живой! (привёз из мск блок питания)
Let’s play!

#Newton #eMate #newtonpda #eMate300 #retrocomputing

My final project for #MARCHintosh 2025. Sitting on the couch downloading an app to my #Newton #eMate over wifi from my workshop server that is 5 miles away on a different zone on #globaltalk.

Seems simple by today’s standards but that took a lot of retro tech to make it happen.

2x LC475 (AIR routers)
1x Original Airport Basestation
1x clamshell iBook to setup BS
1x rebuilt eMate battery plus eMate hinge repair
1x PCMCIA wifi card that would support #appletalk

That is a Mic drop for me.

Cool little admin tool for #globaltalk. The only issue is that you need an #eMate or #Newton 2x00, a wifi card that can handle AppleTalk, and original Apple Airport Basestation connected to your existing GlobalTalk node. It did a good job of finding @europlus Laser printers. Thanks to @splorp for pointing me to this little gem.

More photos of the #eMate battery rebuild

I’ve just ordered some tabbed AAs to rebuild my #emate battery pack - but now #MARCHintosh and #globaltalk are looking intriguing.

Is there a “start here” webpage for those of us with only intel Macs?

@IPXFong The @TechByAndroda expansion for the #eMate is a pretty spectacular upgrade. I have several of them installed.

@flargh @Eggfreckles @IPXFong If only there were enough #eMate battery packs around to actually hoard. No extras here.

@blakespot The #eMate shared that screen resolution as well.

Si le design de l’#iMac ne ressemble à aucun autre, il découle directement de celui de l’#eMate 300, lui aussi dessiné par Jony Ive. Le secret ? Du plastique translucide, de la couleur et des formes courbes. Tout le contraire des ordinateurs de l’époque. Il sera copié par tous.

@realcaseyrollins @th You need to install Eckhart Köppen’s Y2010 package. There is one specifically for the #eMate.

https://40hz.org/Pages/newton/hacking/newton-year-2010-problem/

Additional reading from the Newton FAQ:

https://newtonfaq.com/newton-faq-nos.html#IIIC2j

#eMate battery pack, #free to a good home! :apple_inc:
#Apple #Retrocomputing #Newton

EDIT: All gone!
#Free to good homes, emphasis on the plural! 5 unopened #eMate styluses, one per person. I'll edit this post as they're claimed.
#Apple #Newton #PDA #Retrocomputing

Anyone able to help this person figure out why their #eMate won’t power up? Seems like an odd problem.

https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/emate-300-not-working-dead.46462/

Spot the #eMate.

https://bitbang.social/@NanoRaptor/111632158701790672