Vintage Apple
A place to discuss and share anything related to vintage Apple computers and products (Pre-Intel).
Its a great device to experience the foundations of handheld computing. You'll get to see firsthand where some of the ideas that still exist in today's modern mobile phones came from. Its a piece of technological history.
Apart from that, be prepared to be disappointed with using it as a productivity tool. I got one secondhand in the late 1990s, and even then it was worthless as a productivity tool. The original model was significantly worse than the later ones.
The handwriting recognition was particularly horrible. This is one thing that got better in later Newtons. The battery life was also horrible. Even with the monochrome supertwist screen it just didn't allow for any long run time of use, and that was on functioning batteries from the day. I don't know if there are any modern replacement batteries using today's technologies.
Data transfer to and from the device was REALLY SLOW. If memory serves it was an RS-232 serial connection that topped out theoretically at 112kps, but was unreliably at that top speed requiring force drop in speed to 57.6kps or 38.4kps.
Don't forget, its large and heavy by today's mobile computing standards.
There's a reason that Palm PDAs and PalmOS ruled the 1990s and Newton didn't. You're about to get a front row seat to that experience.
im getting my h1000 for under 50$ so i think itl be worth it (it comes with its little baggie so thats a plus). i would get the newton 2100 but theres no listings for it where i live for under 100 atleast.
i have rechargable aa betteries that i can use with the newton so i think il be fine interns of batteries
i have rechargable aa betteries that i can use with the newton so i think il be fine interns of batteries
At the time rechargable AA and AAA batteries were Ni-Cad and wouldn't work because they don't produce enough voltage chemically. NIMh might have the same problem. Be prepared to have 1.5v Alkalines available.
I can't speak for the h1000, but my eMate 300 runs off modern rechargeable AAs perfectly. I replaced the rechargeable battery pack with my own home made one.
I essentially did this: http://newtonpoetry.com/2009/04/13/how-to-install-a-new-newton-emate-battery-pack/
i think my rechargables are 1.5v
$50 for a USB adapter? Isn't it just an rs232? You can find an 8 pin din to normal db9, then any usb to serial adapter.
ebay.co.uk/itm/146714004720? when i asked the seller "why is it so expensive" he said "you dont need to buy it" as if he made these cables with his own bare hands and didnt just re-sell them from ali express
Yeah you're just paying a premium for not needing two cables/an adapter.
https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Converter-Prolific-Chipset-CB-DB9P/dp/B00IDSM6BW
https://www.amazon.com/uxcell-Male-Connector-Cable-Converter/dp/B010ESEZU8
Should be the same thing for half the price.
Any things like that in the UK? Because I live in the uk
Prolly, just search USB to serial adapter, and DB9 to DIN 8 serial
Thanks