[NTLK] NewtonOS ROM Source Code

[Dennis B. Swaney]

On 14/02/11 12:11PST, Michael J. Hußmann wrote:
> Dennis B. Swaney (romad at aol.com) wrote:
>
>> Nah, Apple doesn't give a rat's ass about it's loyal customers.
>
> I may count as a loyal customer on the strength of the six Macs I've
> bought after the Newton's demise (or the three Macs I've bought before).
> On the other hand, someone believing to be a loyal customer just because
> he or she has bought one or more Newtons back in the 90s (two
> MessagePads and an eMate in my case) and never anything from Apple ever
> again would naturally be regarded as an ex-customer. Customer loyalty
> means little if it doesn't translate to actual buying decisions. (This
> is a phenomenon I'm familiar with from the camera market: there are
> photographers picturing themselves as loyal customers of some camera
> vendor even when the last time they've actually bought something from
> that vendor was 10 or more years ago.)

I guess I meet your loyalty "requirements" then:     ;)

1984 while stationed in Germany:
Apple IIc
Apple Scribe Printer
Disk IIc
AppleWorks

After return from Germany.
1988:
Apple 3.5" drive update for Apple IIc
Apple Link - Personal Edition

Sometime between 1988 and 1991:
ColorMonitor IIc

1992:
Macintosh LC
StyleWriter Printer

1994:
Macintosh Quadra 605
Newton MP 110

1998:
iMac G3

2002:
iMac G4 (800 MHz, w/ SuperDrive

2005:
iMac G5 ALS

2007:
iPhone 4GB

2008:
iPhone 8 GB
Newton MP 2100

2009:
iPhone 3GS

2010:
iPad

Except for the Quadra 605, the ColorMonitor IIc, the Scribe & 
StyleWriter printers, and the Newton MP 110, I still have all of the 
above, plus an Apple IIgs CPU I picked up somewhere. The 4 GB iPhone is 
in the process of being sold, however.

-- 
Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney

"Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is 
... oh, never mind."