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Einstein: NewtonOS running on other operating systems

80 points by zdw 4y ago

Aloha 4y ago
Now I just gotta find a ROM
- kappuchino 4y ago
  I suggest you search for the relevant terms with "site:archive.org", then if puzzeled by the suggested audio formats klick on "show all" and voila!
- stolen_biscuit 4y ago
  https://archive.org/download/AppleNewtonROMs https://archive.org/download/AppleNewtonROMs
  - Aloha 4y ago
    Thank you lazyweb, I appreciate your diligence in solving this issue/problem for me.
- _zzaw 4y ago
  I really wish there was a reasonable—like, less than 75 years from now—copyright expiration date for things like ROMs. Apple doesn’t make a dime from Newtons these days, so it’s not like they care if someone wants to run Newton OS on Linux. Same for the companies that made retro game ROMs—a lot of them don’t even exist anymore. It’s just silly.
frozenport 4y ago
Should have called it Leibniz to match the famous calculus controversy
- Diskutant 4y ago
  I didn't know about this controversy and checked Wikipedia[0]. Funny thing is, the first information is what it is called in German ("Prioritätsstreit"), indicating it's somewhat relevant in Germany and yet there is no German Wikipedia article about it. There is a small segment in the german article about Leibniz[1] and even less in the German article about Newton[2]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leibniz%E2%80%93Newton_calculus_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leibniz%E2%80%93Newton_calculu... [1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz#Priorit%C3%A4tsstreit https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz#Prio... [2] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton#Mathematik https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton#Mathematik
  - juhanima 4y ago
    "Prioritätsstreit" is just a german word for a priority dispute, i.e. the question who was the first to come up with calculus, not something to indicate that this would be a priority to the German volk. If my memory serves me right, Leibniz didn't much mind about the whole business.
    - Diskutant 4y ago
      but why write the german word for it in the english article if it isn't somewhat relevant?
      - LocalH 4y ago
        Because Leibniz was German, and thus knowledge of the word's relevance to the topic might be useful in further reading?
- gostsamo 4y ago
  Einstein is the perfect name. Newton's physics is a private case of Einstein's after all.
  - NmAmDa 4y ago
    *limiting case is the term physicists describe this relation between newtonian mechanics and relativity.
    - gostsamo 4y ago
      If you don't want physics, do not evoke Newton's name and try to bandwagon on someone else's reputation.
captn3m0 4y ago
It seems to support Linux, but I see no mentions of running on Remarkable - that would be a good target right?
itomato 4y ago
You can run Einstein with a large (larger than OEM) virtual display. If the idea of having an virtual eMate in a floating floating window appeals to you, you’ll like this. I don’t recall running it on a Nokia n800, but you could have done that.
Krisjohn 4y ago
I'm having some brutal flashbacks
midislack 4y ago
Has this seen much progress? It had a few niggles last I saw, with TCP/IP for instance.

80 points by zdw 4y ago

Aloha 4y ago

Now I just gotta find a ROM

kappuchino 4y ago
I suggest you search for the relevant terms with "site:archive.org", then if puzzeled by the suggested audio formats klick on "show all" and voila!
stolen_biscuit 4y ago
https://archive.org/download/AppleNewtonROMs https://archive.org/download/AppleNewtonROMs
- Aloha 4y ago
  Thank you lazyweb, I appreciate your diligence in solving this issue/problem for me.
_zzaw 4y ago
I really wish there was a reasonable—like, less than 75 years from now—copyright expiration date for things like ROMs. Apple doesn’t make a dime from Newtons these days, so it’s not like they care if someone wants to run Newton OS on Linux. Same for the companies that made retro game ROMs—a lot of them don’t even exist anymore. It’s just silly.

frozenport 4y ago

Should have called it Leibniz to match the famous calculus controversy

Diskutant 4y ago
I didn't know about this controversy and checked Wikipedia[0]. Funny thing is, the first information is what it is called in German ("Prioritätsstreit"), indicating it's somewhat relevant in Germany and yet there is no German Wikipedia article about it. There is a small segment in the german article about Leibniz[1] and even less in the German article about Newton[2]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leibniz%E2%80%93Newton_calculus_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leibniz%E2%80%93Newton_calculu... [1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz#Priorit%C3%A4tsstreit https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz#Prio... [2] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton#Mathematik https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton#Mathematik
- juhanima 4y ago
  "Prioritätsstreit" is just a german word for a priority dispute, i.e. the question who was the first to come up with calculus, not something to indicate that this would be a priority to the German volk. If my memory serves me right, Leibniz didn't much mind about the whole business.
  - Diskutant 4y ago
    but why write the german word for it in the english article if it isn't somewhat relevant?
    - LocalH 4y ago
      Because Leibniz was German, and thus knowledge of the word's relevance to the topic might be useful in further reading?
gostsamo 4y ago
Einstein is the perfect name. Newton's physics is a private case of Einstein's after all.
- NmAmDa 4y ago
  *limiting case is the term physicists describe this relation between newtonian mechanics and relativity.
  - gostsamo 4y ago
    If you don't want physics, do not evoke Newton's name and try to bandwagon on someone else's reputation.

captn3m0 4y ago

It seems to support Linux, but I see no mentions of running on Remarkable - that would be a good target right?

itomato 4y ago

You can run Einstein with a large (larger than OEM) virtual display. If the idea of having an virtual eMate in a floating floating window appeals to you, you’ll like this. I don’t recall running it on a Nokia n800, but you could have done that.

Krisjohn 4y ago

I'm having some brutal flashbacks

midislack 4y ago

Has this seen much progress? It had a few niggles last I saw, with TCP/IP for instance.