2026-04-18T18:10:27Z https://yabu.me NewtonTalk https://yabu.me/npub1jrevf53rc0gna3ukpynlklts0qlcezwrumw4gye8w5vcy295grjsau2r9x https://files.bitbang.social/accounts/avatars/111/445/270/849/189/799/original/dd6492b95ec6def7.gif https://files.bitbang.social/accounts/avatars/111/445/270/849/189/799/original/dd6492b95ec6def7.gif https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8fvgglv3e6nd68wvn5ru4d0zrz7vv0cdc47967wug9flgq680fmszyzg093xjy0paz0k8jcyj07mawpurlryfc0nd64qnya63nq3gk3qw2y9nhqf Thirty years ago today, Apple announced the #MessagePad 130, the first #NewtonOS device to offer a transflective LCD display with electroluminescent backlighting.<br/><br/>#AppleNewton<br/>#RetroComputing<br/><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/19981205071558/http://product.info.apple.com:80/pr/press.releases/1996/q2/960314.pr.rel.msgpad130.html">https://web.archive.org/web/19981205071558/http://product.info.apple.com:80/pr/press.releases/1996/q2/960314.pr.rel.msgpad130.html</a> 2026-03-14T19:23:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd2g3y25apn80xjvht7802dl6lykh40ln4se3x58xv20ykc4yxrmszyzg093xjy0paz0k8jcyj07mawpurlryfc0nd64qnya63nq3gk3qw2xpae54 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfawkkhp6sdrj6k2gets28kxjj9dd2j4mlvjzeehzu08fgkfcuesqymkeeu'>nevent1q…keeu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is a great start. Thanks for reminding us about discmaster. 2024-11-01T22:11:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvxxa0tk2exvc7d2y4c5vk0vekjw3mg2t5nzdw0mg2ycmuec3nkwczyzg093xjy0paz0k8jcyj07mawpurlryfc0nd64qnya63nq3gk3qw2v2nf6z Does anyone know what happened to Gerald Fox and his #AppleNewton newsletter “Gecko”? It was originally published on his AOL member page, but as is with so much of the web of that era, it never made it into the <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1umd6j4jrnjqdvn9kqttvsgxwzw38s92zn2lsuq0d73neh7mjxa3sa8wfr7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>internetarchive</span> (<span class="italic">npub1umd…wfr7</span>)</a></span>. 2024-11-01T14:48:15Z