[NTLK] The piMate 300

[Michael Sheflin]

I'm debating starting a project like this also.  I'd be curious for updates
on how others are doing with this.  I concur with swapping out the screen.
There's no real reason to keep the original screen and it'd ultimately be
much easier to use a modern, replaceable component.

I'd just caution to measure twice and cut once; I previously tried this
with a Powerbook 3400c and I am now the proud owner of parts of a Powerbook
3400c.

On Fri, Mar 19, 2021, 1:45 PM Tim <eft37 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Iain-
> I also am doing a PiMate 300, but was going to swap out the screen. Really
> only keeping the keyboard.
> Interested in your keyboard solution. I have some bookmarked info
> somewhere and can chat offlist if needs be.
>
> Mr.PCBman-
> Welcome back. I'd been wondering what happened to you, as I fondly
> remember buying an eMate memory card and something for my since sold mp2100
> from you. Hope you're well.
>
> Best,
> Tim
>
>
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> >Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 22:42:42 -0400
> >From: DXH <dxh at woh.rr.com>
> >To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
> >Subject: Re: [NTLK] The piMate 300
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> >In answer to your question, yes, it is possible to drive an eMate or
> Newton LCD from the Rpi.
> >Caveat: you need to provide ~24V for lcd drive.
> >
> >PCBman
> >
> >
> >
> >Sent from my iPad
> >
> >> On Mar 16, 2021, at 7:28 PM, Iain Billington <iain at mosphere.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> ?Yikes!
> >> Does anyone know if it?s possible to drive the eMate or a Newton LCD
> display directly from a Raspberry Pi?
> >> I?m pretty sure I could figure out how to conver the eMate keyboard
> into a USB or Bluetooth HID decide.
> >> It would be nice to have a note destructive ways to upgrade and revert
> back if desired.
> >> I?ve been thinking too about using the Pi or whatever modern history
> device to do all the heavy lifting, using its WiFi and proxying requests to
> the Newton browser as an image with this project:
> >> https://github.com/tenox7/wrp
> >> I think we may have talked about it before last year.
> >>
> >> Iain
> >>
> >>> On 17/03/2021, at 11:14 AM, Fritz Toch via NewtonTalk <
> newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> ?Yes, we can all agree that this is a travesty, but at the same time
> it got me thinking about repurposing *actually* dead hardware and perhaps
> running Einstein on it? https://deninet.com/creation/2020/12/06/pimate-300
> <https://deninet.com/creation/2020/12/06/pimate-300>
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