eMate 300
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Manufacturer | Apple Computer |
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Type | Personal digital assistant |
Release date | March 7, 1997[1] |
Introductory price | US$799 (equivalent to $1,517 in 2023) |
Discontinued | February 27, 1998 |
Mass | 4 pounds (1.8 kg) |
Related | MessagePad |
The eMate 300 is a
Features
The eMate 300 featured a 6.8" 480x320 resolution 16-shade grayscale display with a backlight, stylus pen, keyboard, infrared port, and standard Macintosh serial/LocalTalk ports.
The keyboard was roughly 85% the size of a standard "full size" keyboard.
Power came from built-in rechargeable
Expansion
Unlike the MessagePad line, the eMate 300 featured an internal memory expansion slot.[2] It was located in the hatch under the battery door, next to the ROM card. Both cards fit into both slots, but the ROM card was larger. The expansion card is on the left. Companies like Newertech produced cards for the eMate. Most cards expanded the data bus from 16 bits to 32 bits, as well as providing additional DRAM (program memory), and flash (storage). When one of these cards was installed, the internal DRAM was disabled, but the internal flash RAM is combined with the flash on the card. For example: If a memory card were to have 4 MB of DRAM and 2 MB of flash, the Newton would report having 4 MB of flash, and 4 MB of DRAM, not 5 MB of DRAM.[4]
In addition to the expansion slot, the eMate also featured a single non-CardBus
Design
The eMate 300 featured a green-colored translucent durable
Timeline
Timeline of Newton models |
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See also
Notes
- ^ a b "Apple Discontinues Development of Newton OS". February 27, 1998. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020.
- ^ a b c Gore, Andrew (January 1997). "eMate 300 goes to head of the Class". MacUser. Vol. 13, no. 1. p. 27.
- ^ a b Negrino, Tom (August 1997). "eMate 300". Macworld. Vol. 14, no. 8. p. 62.
- ^ Apple eMate 300: Memory Upgrade Discussion Archived June 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Support.apple.com (February 18, 2012). Retrieved on August 2, 2013.
- ^ "Splorp – Newton – The elusive pink eMate". Archived from the original on February 4, 2006. Retrieved February 26, 2006.
- ^ "Sonny – Newton – The Ultra Rare Clear eMate". Archived from the original on October 3, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
References
- Linzmayer, Owen W. (2004). Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company. ISBN 1-59327-010-0. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
External links
- Everymac.com – eMate 300 Specifications
- The Apple Museum – Newton eMate 300
- Applefritter – eMate 300
- IGM – eMate 300 review
- Compare the eMate and iBook
- Overclocking
- "Apple Gets An 'A'" at BusinessWeek
- Salon.com's review
- STREETtech.com's review
- Retrospective review at the-gadgeteer.com
- Newtontalk: The Apple Newton mailing list
- Byte Cellar: Newton eMate 300 As A Serial Terminal