[NTLK] The MessagePad and the amiga

[Eric Hill]

I’d be very interested in learning more about how you did this.

Beyond having the Amiga see the newton as an input device, have you found any software that allowed the two machines to share data? Amiga has a ton of PD software for Palm, Sharp Wizard (remember those) and others - but I never found a Newton program. 

Maybe those two brands were just too silly about each other from a user/fan perspective (esp from the Amiga side). I’m a big Amiga guy - but the MS/Apple hate is ridiculous sometimes, even today.



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> From: Christoph <newtonhonk at posteo.de>
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> Hi Folks,
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> I have fulfilled a long dream and bought an Amiga. Of course I had to try right away whether it would connect to the MessagePad. 
> No problem. There is an app that turns the Newton into a mouse and even packages can be installed from the Amiga. 
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> I always find it fascinating how good all the devices were back then and how great the charm of offline computers is.
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> Many greetings
> Christoph
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> Newtonhonk.de
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> From: Michael Sheflin <sheflinm at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [NTLK] The MessagePad and the amiga
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> Whoa. I had no idea.  My Amigas are in storage now, but I'd be grateful if
> you could identify that program.
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael
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> On Sun, Jul 4, 2021, 10:31 AM Christoph <newtonhonk at posteo.de> wrote:
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>> Hi Folks,
>> 
>> I have fulfilled a long dream and bought an Amiga. Of course I had to try
>> right away whether it would connect to the MessagePad.
>> No problem. There is an app that turns the Newton into a mouse and even
>> packages can be installed from the Amiga.
>> 
>> Image:
>> https://i.redd.it/5b1czuyqg7971.jpg <https://i.redd.it/5b1czuyqg7971.jpg>
>> 
>> I always find it fascinating how good all the devices were back then and
>> how great the charm of offline computers is.
>> 
>> Many greetings
>> Christoph
>> ?
>> Newtonhonk.de
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