[NTLK] Can the Newton's ARM processor ever be upgraded?

[Matthias Melcher]

> On 30. Nov 2025, at 00:17, Doug <ispinn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Spitballing… could an Arduino or RaspberryPi or some powerful PLC ever
> be programmed to substitute for the StrongArm? I could see the core
> code blazing, but having its serial communication throttled
> appropriately.
> 
> Could the SA-1110 be added in and have the Arduino or the Pi or the
> PLC be the translator sitting between the 1110 and the SA-110?

IMHO it would be easier to write the ROM from scratch... .

> …or would the best approach be about asking Apple nicely enough for
> the ROM source?

We did that several times, and it seems that they are no completely unwilling. But in the end there seem to be legal issues that are not entirely iin the hands of Apple.

As the saying goes “If Legal says no, even gravity eventually stops trying.” .

 - Matthias

Oh, and  Einstein does run on an iPhone. It's just not very efficient because it is an emulation.