Re: [NTLK] ebay Newton ROM Hacking/Testing Board

From: Grant Hutchinson (grant_at_splorp.com)
Date: Fri May 09 2003 - 13:39:07 PDT


In a previous message, Victor Rehorst typed vigorously:

>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3022820823&category=27966
>
>Looks authentic to me. It's known that as far back as the Bun Warmer
>prototype that half-sized ROM cards like that were used for test ROM
>versions. Grant H probably has some photos of that stuff, his basement
>is a treasure trove of cool Newton stuff...

Although my Bunn Warmer prototypes do not have cards exactly like the one
for sale, you can see how Apple utilized additional flash card slots and
an extended motherboard for their testing and development. Check out
these pictures:

http://homepage.mac.com/splorp/PhotoAlbum1.html

g.

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