>Nope, no workee!
>
>The Newton doesn't even have a filesystem, much less a clue of what a hard
>drive is.
>
>The Newton's storage is known as "Persistent Memory Objects", and this is
>why you can get to all of the data, all of the time, even by apps that
>didn't create it. It's like having all of the data files constantly open,
>even though the apps that created/manipulate the data are not open. One of
>the most powerful and, at times like these, the most frustrating things
>about the Newton architecture.
>
>Even if it could be done (and, theoretically, it could with the Lantern DDK
>and some *REAL* creative coding), there would be all sorts of
>problems/issues. The Newton is expecting fast memory, encounters slow(er)
>memory and times out, etc. UGLY!
>
>So, sorry, it won't, can't, and will never work.
Was there originally plans for a hard drive or something to go in the
eMate? How come it has that extra height in the PCMCIA slot?
Ben Doughney
Director
AdMac Inc.
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