[NTLK] Thinking of giving it all up

[Ross Deihm]

I use a Newton 120 with OS1.3, so I'm a little behind the main stream
anyway. But I've been looking at my Newton the same way lately. Not just the
Newt, but also the Mac G3 Wall Street and 540c which is it's life line to
software loading and backing up. But I do so little with it, that I was
thinking of seeing if anyone on the list could make better use of it. It's a
great device, but I have so many others, it's been pushed to the back
burner. I too have been presented with the "it's a free" hobby comment.

It's not a dead technology, but it does seem to have stagnated for me, and I
guess I'm not alone.

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Tim Kaluza <timkaluza at me.com> wrote:

> Well,
>
> Newtons won't disappear. Worst Case make it a clock. (not destroying it!)
>
> This product is history - at least for me, probably for all of us.
>
> I was to young to get in touch with it being alive and new. But it
> fascinates me even now.
> I don't really use it. But I play sometimes, or leaving it by the telephone
> - it's a good notepad.
> Waiting for the day it gets real work.
> But most of time when I'm seeing it - I'm some kind proud of it.
>
> You said, you used it for a long time. Aren't there historic moments
> combined with Newton?
> Isn't it just a hobby but perhaps a part of your life?
>
> Even for me it mine is.
>
> Last but not least - you are a part of a community that has spread all over
> the world!
>
>
> All the best from Bavaria!
>
> Your's sincerely
> Tim Kaluza
>
>
>
> Am 01.12.2010 um 19:12 schrieb pmiker at copper.net:
>
> > My wife is against the idea because she knows how much I've enjoyed it
> over the years.  But I no longer work in the IT field since the internet
> bubble burst a few years back.  Now I have no office, do mostly physical
> labor, and deal with a single vendor at work.  Not much need for an
> organizer these days and as for other software, my spreadsheets are too
> complex for Quickfigure, ebooks are easier on a Kindle, wifi is darn near
> impossible and wouldn't be much good given the screen limitations (too
> dark).
> >
> > My wife does make an interesting point.  Unlike other hobbies, just about
> all monetary expenditures have already taken place.  Other hobbies just keep
> on costing. But back to my original problem, why should I keep it if I can't
> find a need for it?
> > Mike
> >
> > PS. I've followed this list off and on for at least 10 years.
> >
> > --- morgant at makkintosshu.com wrote:
> >
> > Always sad to see another Newton user go (or considering it), but
> > obviously we all wish you the best and you're always welcome here.
> >
> > going-rate.
> >
> > Morgan
> > ---
> >
> >
> >
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