[NTLK] Apple Newton VideoPad prototype axed by Steve Jobs heads to auction block | AppleInsider

[Michael Sheflin]

Correct, they predated the final Newton design.  What I am remembering is a
prose description of one of the devices.  I haven't seen the book since
1998.

The VideoPad 2 is stated to be - presumably appreciatively - from 1994-95.
Elsewhere, I read it was purchased from an engineer in 1999.

I see nothing but darkness through the ports on the first photo, so I
wonder if it is just a case.

On Sat, Oct 23, 2021, 12:40 AM Grant Hutchinson <
newtontalkmessages at gmail.com> wrote:

> > On Oct 22, 2021, at 10:24 PM, Michael Sheflin <sheflinm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Uh... if memory serves from Defying Gravity, which I got in 1998 along
> with
> > my MP 120, an early prototype of Newton was an LCD screen that was maybe
> > 12-14" and it ran on 13 C batteries.
>
> There were several larger screen Newton prototypes ... I own two of them.
> The “Cadillac” (1992) and the “Bic” (1994). They were built earlier in the
> Newton’s lifecycle, not towards the end of the era in 1998. There was also
> an unreleased, large screen version of the Original MessagePad (“Junior”)
> named “Senior”. None of these devices had anything in common with the
> VideoPad concept, other than a larger screen and the aforementioned “Pad”
> moniker.
>
> The device you’re mentioning from Defying Gravity (or “Graviity” as it’s
> printed in the spine) is likely either the Cadillac or Senior prototype.
>
> https://newtonglossary.com/terms/bic
> https://newtonglossary.com/terms/cadillac
> https://newtonglossary.com/terms/senior
>
> g.
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