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The Newton, The First PDA
Anecdotes about the development of the Newton, the world's first PDA. (11 stories)
  
LISP: The root of Newton Toolkit
Newton ToolKit started life as a LISP prototype that was used in early Alpha 3rd party developer kitchens
Date: August 1992
Author: Maurice Sharp
Topics: NTK,Third Party Developers
Rating:  (5.00)

Getting In on the Ground Floor
A young third-party developer describes his enthusiasm about the Newton launch. From Usenet.
Date: August 1993
Author: Paul Potts
Topics: The Newton Launch,Third Party Developers
Rating:  (3.00)

You're Not Supposed to Lose Data
A third-party developer writes on Usenet about the philosophy behind the Newton's data store.
Date: November 1993
Author: Paul Potts
Topics:
Rating:  (4.00)

Newton Jabberwocky
What recognizing "Jabberwocky" teaches us about the Newton's handwriting recognition algorithms. From a Usenet posting.
Date: December 1993
Author: Paul Potts
Topics: Handwriting Recognition,The Original MessagePad,The Print Recognizer
Comments: 1
Rating:  (4.00)

Like a Bug Under a Microscope
A third-party developer recounts his brief involvement with an early Newton development effort.
Date: March 1994
Author: Paul Potts
Topics: Third Party Developers
Rating:  (5.00)

A MessagePad Memory Primer
There is more than one kind of memory in the Newton. A third-party developer elaborates on Usenet.
Date: April 1994
Author: Paul Potts
Topics: Third Party Developers
Rating:  (4.00)

A Kick Under the Table
A third-party developer recounts further adventures with startup Fry Multimedia, trying to sell Newton development.
Date: June 1994
Author: Paul Potts
Topics:
Rating:  (3.00)

Newton Applications Use Heap Space
The Newton's radically different application architecture could occasionally be surprising to developers. Notes posted to Usenet by a third-party developer.
Date: August 1995
Author: Paul Potts
Topics: Third Party Developers
Rating:  (4.00)

The Alternatives are a Real Step Backwards
A third-party developer reflects on the death of the Newton. From Usenet.
Date: March 1998
Author: Paul Potts
Topics: Third Party Developers
Rating:  (5.00)

A Free Newton with Your Plastic Pen, Sir?
How I learned of the Newton and fell in love. By a third-party hardware developer.
Date: undated
Author: Frank Gruendel
Topics: The Original MessagePad,Third Party Developers
Rating:  (3.00)

Faxing is Easy!
Hardware developer Frank and his second half use the Newton's faxing feature for the first time.
Date: undated
Author: Frank Gruendel
Topics: Newton features,Third Party Developers,The Original MessagePad
Rating:  (3.00)


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