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I replied to your post on TinkerDifferent, but will post my response here as well: I would suggest contacting Frank Gründel at PDA-Soft. He is the most knowledgeable person I known for determining what to do with Newton hardware issues. There are a few folks on the NewtonTalk mailing list...

Very slick. Thanks for this!

These were both workhorses for our design team back in the mid-90s. Both drivea still work, as do all the backup cartridges I kept.

These are my two Bernoulli “Transportable” drives, leftover from my old workplace.

Thank you! These are very interesting details. By the way, one of my contacts sent me a link to this review of the Macintosh Bernoulli Box from the July 29th, 1985 issue of InfoWorld. Not sure if this provides any additional information or not...

I only have the 5.25" Bernoulli cartridges (and drives) in my collection, but I do know a couple of people with 8" cartridges. I’ll check with them to see what capacity disks they have. Can you share a link (or scan) of the brochure you’re referring to?

You might try posting this to the NewtonTalk mailing list as well.

Hello Christopher! What a nice surprise to hear from you. I added an entry for NewtHack to the Newton Glossary last year. I trust that it sounds alright. https://newtonglossary.com/terms/newthack Do you simply not have a Zip drive anymore? Or is the disk itself lost to history?

You might using Paul Guyot’s SimpleArchive. https://www.kallisys.com/files/newton/Utils/SimpleArchive-0.1.pkg It was created specifically for transferring .pkg files between various Newton devices, usually via beaming. There’s a bit of information about SimpleArchive on the NewtonTalk mailing...

I have a bucket full of original Newton serial cables and would be happy mail you one from Canada, if you can’t find one locally.

The fairly common Sony SCPH series of power adapters will work with a Newton device, including the eMate. https://newtonfaq.com/newton-faq-hardware.html#IIB7

I have an extra OMP battery holder that I can sell you for $10US plus postage, if you’re interested.

Good find. I’ve added the Vector Newton software page to the Newton FAQ. Where can I find software for my Newton?

I believe this is the same Pict2pkg applications that was bundled with NewtPaint. https://discmaster.textfiles.com/browse/38584/PDA10.toast/mac/Packages/Mac/All/Pict2Pkg%200.23

That’s good to know, because I have an Envoy in the collection as well.

Thanks for documenting this. I really would like to get at least one of my Marco devices running again.

Does your Marco power up when using the AC adapter, but without the lithium backup battery installed? I can’t seem to get any of my Marco devices to power up anymore.

Yes, but it doesn’t play very well with recent macOS releases (Sonoma, Sequoia, Tahoe).

I’ve loaded MP3 files (and various images) onto my MessagePad 2100 using the binary server module from the Newton Personal Data Sharing web server suite. Here’s a walk-through of the process: http://npds.free.fr/docs/new/BinaryServerHowTo.html

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...