The land that time forgot

[beachycove]

Newties rejoice! It's 1997 all over again. Those were the days, when men were men, when Macintosh computers didn't yet look like multicoloured jellybeans, and when all you needed was your stylus and your screen.

(And those software descriptions, pricelists, and so on are kind of interesting, too.)

 

[BlastoiseBlue]

Oh wow, is this what the original Newton website looked like?

 

[beachycove]

No, that is a specialist shop from the time. This is the basic website from the mothership.

 

[BlastoiseBlue]

Bluh, library has it blocked. Ahh well, still pretty cool that you've got it all hosted up and whatnot. :3

 

[beachycove]

I am not doing the hosting. The Internet Archive (and the other site) live elsewhere.

It takes me back, though, because I frequented those very pages back in the 90s. I've been inspired of late by a new Newton discovery, NewtCard, and went a-looking and found those first pages referenced, which are kind of useful. Most of the stuff on unna is without description.

 

[Byrd]

Interesting how a Newton 2100 was priced (or on special) the same as an eMate, I know what I'd be choosing The eMate is cool, but it's pretty bloody big for what it is, and slow.

 

[redrouteone]

It is amazing how expensive how expensive the apps were. Looks like most were $40.

Now most mobile apps are just a few bucks. I wonder if the Newton would have more successful with there were more low cost apps for it.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Back then, apps came with a paper manual and support troops with a clue . . . for the most part. :-/

 

[morgant]

There were also far fewer Newtons on the market than there are iOS devices (or even were when the App Store was first launched), so it would not have been particularly sustainable to price apps that low. There were still plenty of $5-$10 shareware apps for the Newton at the time.