From: don porter (don.porter_at_mindspring.com)
Date: Wed May 14 2003 - 16:14:37 PDT
Here is what I remember.
When Apple decided to spin-off Newton the powers that be went looking for a=
corporate identity. They hired the person who designed the original Newton=
bulb. He had left apple and started his own firm in the city (SF). The o=
riginal Newton=E2=80=99s had the apple shaped badge. It was produced in Ja=
pan for Sharp the manufacture of the 2XXX series of Newton=E2=80=99s as wel=
l as the original Newton. When Newton Inc looked at a badge the round shap=
e worked best with the new Newton Inc logo. There was also some talk that =
we could add other companies branding if they had the bucks. By the time w=
e got the Newton Inc logo ready the rug was pulled out from us by Steve who=
needed the seed money (20 M) back and the engineers/OP=E2=80=99s people. =
As it would take time and money and time to change the plastic top case too=
ling back to the apple shaped logo we decided to go with the round logo. =
We then went into a spaz trying to put an apple logo on a round badge. Mec=
hanical tolerances being what they are made it impossible to have the Apple=
logo straight 100% of the time. There were only a handful of Newton=E2=80=
=99s built with the Newton Inc logo. They were hand built. And yes I have=
two. Neener neener.
-------Original Message-------
From: Alan O'Neil <alan_oneil_at_attbi.com>
Sent: 05/12/03 06:25 PM
To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Two Questions...
>=20
> >>> 1. On my MP2100 the little badge with the old Apple stripy logo is no=
t
on
>>> straight. It is a few degrees off being level. How do I move it a bit
>>>to get
>>> it straight?
>>
>> On a 2100 this isn't possible sinde it's silkscreened on the housing
:-(
>
>No, it isn't... It's on a little round metal badge, that was originally
>intended to bear the Newton logo.
>
>Pry it off and glue it back on, straight.
Wait, I thought (though I haven't seen one in person) that the 2000 and
2100, because they were made under different companies (Apple Inc. vs.
Newton Inc.), had different logos? My 2000U has the "traditional"
Mac-style
metal foil badge. Who owns an "original" (non-upgrade) 2100?
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Alan O'Neil. Quadra 605.
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