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iPad Runs Newton OS Courtesy of Jonathan Vi
Few people remember the Apple Newton OS, one of the first hand-held computers in the world. Well, one guy does, and his name is Jonathan Vi. Vi runs a group called the Einstein Project (their repository of Newton love can be found on code.google.com) and he’s in love with the Newton.
So much so, he has ported Newton to the iPad. Vi, a receiver of an early delivery iPad for his review, did more than David Pogue did in his time with the iPad, he actually got Newton to run on the device.
We can’t say why he did it, but we can say it took him less than a week and we can also say that Jonathan Vi loves the Newton more than anyone else on our planet. I just hope he enjoys the iPad as well…
[Vi] has rigged it to run Apple’s old Newton personal data assistant from the ’90s. Fire up the Newton emulator app, and the iPad’s screen changes to that muted green color with dim gray text and the old Mac fonts.
Story by: Charlie White | Original Published Date: 4/1/2010
Original Title: iPad hacked to run Newton OS
Source: DVice
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