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It’d be great to see you there. I’ll likely post a new thread for the next meetup, though.

The video will be posted to YouTube, hopefully within a few days. We’re looking at scheduling another meetup in October or early November.

The first Global Newton Users Meetup (GNUM) in over a year is happening next weekend! Global Newton Users Meetup #16 Saturday, September 27th 2025, 17:00 UTC Join us on Zoom for a casual, online get-together for fans, aficionados, developers, and collectors of Apple’s Newton platform. Details...

I’m looking for a printed, physical copy of the MessagePad 2100 User Manual. I have a couple of printed copies of the MP2000 manual (and the MP2100 Getting Started booklet), but in all my years of using and collecting Newton stuff, I have never seen an MP2100 manual in person. I’m wondering if...

“Up To Here” by The Tragically Hip

Well, there you go.

Nevermind … I was having trouble viewing the movie of the boot sequence. I see what’s going on now. Do you know if the eMate has a memory upgrade installed? If it does, you might try removing that.

So, just to clarify … are you seeing something on the screen when you do the hard reset? There should be a confirmation dialog. Do you see a startup screen after the chime? Or is it blank through the entire boot cycle?

Calling all PNW retrocomputing enthusiasts! The SDF Public Access UNIX System is presenting another Interim Computer Festival! Two days of nerdy fun in Seattle, featuring exhibits, speakers, demos, and (hopefully) a swapmeet. Intraspace 3100 Airport Way South Seattle, WA 98134 March 22nd &...

I don’t think you’re doing anything wrong, but from my experience (and discussions on the NewtonTalk list) NCX does have some issues with macOS beyond Catalina (10.15) or so. I can try it on one of my Sonoma machines and double check. Unfortunately, Simon Bell (the developer of NCX) is no...

I would ask Frank Gründel. If anyone can identity a particular part in a Newton circuit, it would be him. https://www.pda-soft.de/en/email/email.html

Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

I get itchy just looking at these images.

Yep. Frank Gründel has a pretty good walkthrough … https://www.pda-soft.de/emate_battery_pack.html There are a couple other options listed in the Newton FAQ … How do I recondition or rebuild a Newton battery pack? https://newtonfaq.com/newton-faq-hardware.html#IIC7

Once you get the eMate up and running (and are able to connect to it), you’ll need to install this patch for the OS to recognize any year after 2010. https://40hz.org/Pages/newton/patches/patch732000/ Additional reading: http://newtonfaq.com/newton-faq-nos.html#IIIC2k