From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Wed Nov 19 2003 - 05:13:06 PST
Brian Middleton wrote:
> I'm new here. Don't even have a Newton yet. I'm about to buy a MP130
> and was just wondering, is there any advantage that the 130 has over
> the 120 besides the backlight? I have seen the 120s go for pretty cheap
> on ebay, where the 130 seems to be at a little more of a premium (but
> not much more). I really like the backlight feature, which is why I
> wanna go for the 130.
You should know that there are two different models of 120s around: one with
the same amount of memory as the 130, and one with half as much. Also, most
120s shipped with OS 1.3 but later Apple offered to upgrade them to OS 2.0 by
swapping the ROM chips.
The FAQ has a nice table of all of the Newton models and their specs:
http://www.chuma.org/newton/faq/newton-faq-hardware.html#IIA1d
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