The Newton lives, kinda: Boffin turns Apple eMate 300 into Raspberry Pi laptop
Copy This low-cost computer shipped with Newton OS (the same operating system used in the ill-fated Newton PDA), a 6.8-inch (480 x 320) grayscale display, and a power-sipping 25MHz ARM processor. In recent years, these have become collectors' items, even though their actual utility remains in question. But if you know your way around a soldering iron and are not afraid of irreparably destroying a piece of, er, computing history, you can turn the eMate 300 into a viable Raspberry Pi laptop, as demonstrated by East Texas-based YouTuber Billy The Kid. Lasting two days, and with a total cost of $...