on 7/24/02 11:07 AM, jrackley at jrackley_at_electronicbingo.com wrote:
>
> Just curious,
>
> If apple doesn't support the newton, and it's a dead project, has anyone
> asked them about releasing the sources for the OS to us?
>
> If I'm familiar with apple at all, that would be a resounding no, but I
> thought it might be worth the effort. If the OS were available, new drivers
> could be written, new features could be added. It would be great for us!
> (maybe not so great for apple though).
>
> Oh well. I was just curious:)
>
> Regards,
>
> Eagan Rackley
>
>
Well, seeing as they're reusing the HWR in MacOS X, you can bet that it's
not going to see the light of day. Now, a more realistic goal might be to
get bits and pieces released to specific individuals (or a non-profit corp -
i.e., a group of Newt Programmers??!). There's been some mention that
getting the communication code and getting access to screen drawing other
than thru NewtonScript would both be useful. But even with relatively small
bits, I doubt Apple would do that.
- Eric.
--Eric Strobel (fyzycyst_at_NOSPAM^mailaps.org)
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