Oh, just powering my #AppleNewton over USB-C
#retro #retroComputing #apple #newton #newtCom #dongle #3dPrinting
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Thinking languagey thoughts, and was reminded of #Dylan, the language they wrote for the #AppleNewton but didn't get ready in time & never ended up using.
It's derived from #Scheme and #CommonLisp but it has a built-in object system derived from CLOS, and *looks* a lot like Ruby‡
I really wish they had shipped it. I feel like it died before it ever got a chance to live.
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‡ this was long before Rails was released and made Ruby popular.
not sure how well known this already was, but i just stumbled upon an archive of super high-res 35mm photos of Newton and NeXT photos from the 90s, by photographer doug menuez. the vast majority are candid b+w snapshots of the newton and next teams as they grind through workdays and product launches
thank you to buriedbits for the archival heavy lifting. the originals are from stanford's doug menuez archive, which has more here:
https://exhibits.stanford.edu/menuez
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