A fun #marchintosh surprise from @csilverman 😁 what fun and thank you!!
We got to experience this unusual Mac for a few hours before (predictably) the barrel jack gave up on this 5300-based machine. HD imaging and some touch-up work on the docket! 🤞
@likesoldmacs @csilverman crumbs, like #appleNewton big brother
@falken @likesoldmacs @csilverman Yeah, somewhere between the early #AppleNewton 'Cadillac' #prototype and an #eMate300 (sans keyboard), if it had been in the PowerBook color palette.
See @splorp's photos of the 'Cadillac':
https://flickr.com/photos/splorp/albums/72157623287193080/
And, Sonny Hung's:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonnyhung/albums/72057594095135157/
@morgant @falken @csilverman @splorp whoa! That is one cool device!
@likesoldmacs @morgant @falken @splorp I think I remember from "Defying Gravity" that Apple almost went with Cadillac, or something like it. Michael Tchao, who handled product marketing for Newton, was on the same flight with Sculley and talked him into the smaller form factor, which was probably a good idea, since I heard somewhere that Cadillac would've cost something like $8K.
A bit surprising to me that Apple never actually released a Mac tablet, given how many of these they prototyped.
@csilverman @likesoldmacs @morgant @splorp I've only just found out about the #Newton Defying Gravity book and have immediately ordered a copy!
