[NTLK] Suggested Laptop for Newton programming

[Vladislav Korotnev]

I did some development (for the Bad Apple project) last year on a PowerBook G3 (PDQ version) and it was very snappy! (However the project involved huge amounts of data until i developed a compression algo, so it was a bit crashy too — with the 7MB RSRC file, lol).
If you like it the desktop way, then you would need a desktop G3 like a Gossamer model PowerMac, which I can also confirm works snappy for that with OS 9.2.

As for the OS, I would personally recommend (once again) Mac OS 9 since it has enough connectivity (provided you buy an ethernet-equipped Mac), and 9.x low end Macs (pun-intended) are way easier to find than Motorola CPU-equipped ones.

~ Vladislav Korotnev
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On 16 Mar 2014, at 21:14 , Sebastian Sparrer <mailinglists at sparrer-online.de> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have the odd idea to bring my MessagePads back to life and using them, for displaying some data. This would mean writing my own software for the Newtons. However, none of the Macs I have in use, is capable of running a pre-OS X OS.
> 
> Which laptop would you guys recommend buying off eBay for Newton development? Which OS would you recommend? I do have Newton development books to start with but where do I find specs for the supported infrared protocols?
> 
> Thanks and best regards,
> 
> Sebastian
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