[NTLK] Suggested Laptop for Newton programming

[Morgan Aldridge]

Agreed, the Pismos are the best choice for their reliability, connection
options and ease of repair/expansion. That said, pretty much any other
model (68k or PPC) with built in Ethernet and serial ports will work fine
for installing NTK and developing for the Newton.

If you have a more modern Mac running OS X or a Linux or Windows PC, you
might try developing more natively if you don't need the serial NTK
inspector. You can install Mac OS 7.5.5 & NTK in a Basillisk II emulation
environment for development, or try DyneTK natively (OS X, Linux, or
Windows), or if you're more comfortable with the command line there is
tntk. See <http://newtonscript.org> for more details & links to these
options (plus additional NewtonScript programming references).

Morgan

On Sunday, March 16, 2014, Bradley Mattice <bradwart at gmail.com> wrote:

> I also second the Pismo just because you'd at least get Airport capability
> as well as USB. You'd just need a Keyspan adapter for the serial to USB
> connection.
>
> Sent from my iPad Air
>
> > On Mar 16, 2014, at 2:43 PM, Lord Groundhog <LordGroundhog at gmail.com<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> >
> > ~~~ On 2014/03/16 17:13, Daniel Coughlin at cidisguise at gmail.com<javascript:;>wrote ~~~
> >
> >> Though I am by no means an expert on Newton software development, I
> would
> >> think the Wallstreet/PDQ series G3s would work well. They are common,
> cheap,
> >> well-built, have built-in support for DVD drives, floppies, and 32-bit
> Cardbus
> >> for USB and the like along with built-in Ethernet while retaining the
> old
> >> serial and IrDA ports that you are indicating you need. The 14" models
> have
> >> rather nice displays as well.
> > Holy run-on sentence, Batman!
> > In any case, I
> >> hope you find what you're looking for. I don't want to have stopped
> silently
> >> lurking on the list for nothing.
> > Apologies for the excessive quote, my Windows
> >> Phone doesn't let me edit it. (grumbles)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm no expert on Newton software development either, but as owner of 5
> > still-in-use Firewire Pismos I'd say, if you're going for a Wallstreet
> you
> > may as well go the whole hog and get a Pismo.  The way I evaluate
> hardware,
> > I'd call the Pismo the ultimate laptop for design and execution, as far
> as
> > users are concerned.  I'll stop there; the last time I wrote to someone
> > about the Pismo it turned into a small article that wouldn't have looked
> out
> > of place as a review in MacPlus, back in 2000.  But trust me, as laptops
> go
> > they're the business.  In fact, in my (very personal and perhaps
> eccentric)
> > opinion they're the second-best computer ever made by anyone, right
> behind
> > the Newton.
> >
> >
> > Just my 0.02 of copper in whatever currency you prefer.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Shalom,
> >
> > Christian
> >
> > ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
> >
> > ³Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from a Newton.²
> >            -- ref.:  Arthur C. Clarke
> >
> > Newton Comeback <http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ZzpdPJ7Zr4>
> > (With thanks to Chod Lang)
> > http://tinyurl.com/29y2dl
> > http://www.diyplanner.com/node/3942
> >
> >
> > ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
> > Where Newtonians meet: http://www.newtontalk.net/
> >
> >
> >
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