This includes the design files for the PCB, the Newton software that enables WiFi, and a nifty 3D printed port cover that shows off the new wireless capabilities of Apple’s greatest tablet. has pushed all the files for his project up to Github. The APIs to access the internal serial slot were never documented, and it took a bit of time with a disassembler to figure out how to address the port correctly. That said, thanks to unintelligible and ‘Apple Classified’ documentation, getting this card working wasn’t easy. It’s a very interesting module there is a lot of hardware out there that speaks PPP natively, and a module like this could be a drop-in replacement for a modem. This allows legacy hardware to use standard AT modem commands to access a WiFi network. Instead, a WiReach module from ConnectOne was used for the built-in PPP server. The critical piece of hardware for this build isn’t an ESP8266 or other common WiFi module. The RF design didn’t work, but with a few more years of experience, figured he had the skills for the job. There’s an internal serial port inside the MessagePad 2×00, and a few years ago tried to build an internal Bluetooth card. Oddly, this isn’t ’s first attempt at expanding the capabilities of his Newton. He succeeded, opening the door to modern networking apps on the finest tablet Apple will ever make. While other Newton aficionados trudge along with old PCMCIA WiFi cards that only support 802.11a without WPA2, thought it would be possible to build a modern WiFi card for the Newton. There’s a hidden port in this machine for a modem card, but Apple never made one. has the king of the Newtons – a MessagePad 2100. Those who know of the Newton love the Newton it has an exceptionally well-designed interface, the handwriting recognition is great with updated firmware. The Apple Newton gets a bad rap, partly because of the bad handwriting recognition of the first version of the firmware, and mostly because Steve Jobs hated it.
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