[NTLK] Newton 2100 Speed Boost Implant

[Forrest Buffenmyer]

Yes I had done the same years ago, installed the faster crystal as Ed has done, with the micro-switch. But I believe what the OP is referring to is the actual Implant, which IIRC does not require soldering or hacking of the MessagePad 2x00’s board.

The faster crystal also does nor allow communications between a computer (Mac or PC) when in accelerated mode. The switch must be restored to its original configuration; also, users are warned not to flip the switch for either mode “on the fly”; the Newton is supposed to be powered down first, then the change can be made, and the machine is powered back up. While it’s been my experience that nothing really bad seems to happen if you do flip the switch while the Newton is on, some settings are messed up, so you’d have to power down and then back up to reset them anyway.

Perhaps these same limitations also apply to the Implant?

Mahalo,
Forrest

Sent from my iPad Pro 9.7"

> On Apr 14, 2019, at 12:06 PM, Ed Kummel via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
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> I installed the faster crystal in my 2100 and used a micro-switch to flip between the original speed and the accelerated speed. It makes quite a difference with no discernable issues other than audio is sped up and it can no longer communicate with the external keyboard. You can get the keyboard to work if you boost it too.Ed
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> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android 
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>  On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 5:31 AM, L.L. Electronics<info at rozzbox.de> wrote:   Hi there,
> 
> does anyone here have the Newton Speed Boost Implant installed in the 
> 2000/2100 (which increases the Newton's Clock speed from 160Mhz to 
> 220Mhz)? Does this make a noticeable difference when using the device? 
> Also, are there technical details somewhere on how this is implemented?
> 
> Thanks :)
> Kilian
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