From: Jared Bland (jrbm689_at_mac.com)
Date: Thu Mar 18 2004 - 14:36:03 PST
> The iPod is a fine example of hardware miniturisation and integration,
> this is the model Apple will us for its next LSD, hopefully with Newton
> like features.
I didn't know Apple manufactured LSD... (You meant Digital Lifestyle
Device - or DLD).
Back on topic:
1: If someone got ahold of the code for the OS and integrated Apps, we
could have a Newton clone with all the third-party extensions developed
over the years integrated into the OS. This could be done,
conservatively, in under two years.
2: It seems to me that the code for the NOS is no longer intact. All
the NOS2.x programmers would have to be rounded up and set in a room to
pool the remains of their knowledge and get it down on paper/hard
drive.
3: If the above statement is true (about the code no longer being
intact), there is no way a working Newton could be produced again.
Conclusion:
A complete rewrite of the Newton OS would have to take place in order
for a working Newton-like device to ever make it past the "vision"
stage.
The facts are - we have no intact OS code, we have no source for the
old chips (or compatibles) and ---- ----- ---... well, those are the
facts. Nothing we, or anyone else, can do about it.
I'd love a revived Newton as much as the next guy, but it just can't
and won't happen. Now, onto expanding Newton 2100's supported WiFi
cards.
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