[NTLK] Autoserver: Tweet from @bryanstearns

[Clu]

Hey Bryan, been a Mac user since 1989 (give or take two years) and the Newton era was my favorite time hands down.

So what was the Autoserver?

-Doctor Clu



> On Jul 19, 2019, at 9:07 AM, Marco Mailand <marco.mailand at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bryan,
> 
> It's nice to read something from a former Apple employee. Despite I don't
> know what the purpose of an "Autoserver" is I'm often questioning, what is
> going on with the current PDA devices. I will doubtlessly not go back to
> the Newton - simply because of its size - but it already had so may good
> features which are missing today. I wonder why? Why does nobody program
> Newton style notes with hierachic checklists and this excellent handwriting
> capability? Where is cliphoard?? Where is MoreInfo with its cross-linking
> features between the standard PDA apps? Are they gone, because the concept
> of Soups to store data has been vanished?
> 
> In this context: The Newton and its ideas where ahead of time and therefore
> it will never die.
> --
> best regards and have a nice weekend,
> 
> Marco Mailand
> 
> Switzerland
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> newton2k1 at gmail.com
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> On Fri, 19 Jul 2019 at 08:33, sirizaac <sirizaac at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Bryan Stearns ‽ @bryanstearns
>> Here’s a story that I’ve been thinking a lot about this week: My last role
>> at Apple, from 92-96, was doing builds-and-tools stuff in the Newton
>> project - I built a thing called the "Autoserver" that was really 30-odd
>> Quadra 950s (1/13)
>> 18 July
>> 
>> Conversation sent from Twitterrific
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>> 
>> 
>> Newton Never Dies; It gets it's battery recharged.
>> 
>> Mailed from my treehouse
>> 
>> sir iZaac
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