Mbiri ya zinthu za Apple: Newton MessagePad kapena PDA yoyamba kuchokera ku Apple

Zaka zingapo mafoni am'manja asanayambe kulamulira dziko lonse laukadaulo, zida zotchedwa PDAs - Personal Digital Assistants - zidatchuka kwambiri m'magawo angapo. Kumayambiriro kwa zaka makumi asanu ndi anayi zapitazo, kampani ya Apple inayambanso kupanga zipangizozi.

Newton MessagePad ndi dzina la PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) kuchokera ku msonkhano wa Apple. Kukula kwa chipangizo cha mzerewu kunayambira kumapeto kwa zaka makumi asanu ndi atatu za zaka zapitazi, chitsanzo choyamba cha Newton chikhoza kuyesedwa ndi mkulu wa kampani ya Apple John Sculley mu 1991. Kukula kwa Newton idakula mwachangu kwambiri, ndipo kumapeto kwa Meyi chaka chotsatira, Apple adayipereka kudziko lonse lapansi. Koma ogwiritsa ntchito wamba amayenera kudikirira mpaka kumayambiriro kwa Ogasiti 1993 kuti amasulidwe ovomerezeka. Mtengo wa chipangizochi, kutengera mtundu ndi kasinthidwe, unali pakati pa 900 ndi 1569 madola.

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Newton MessagePad yoyamba inali ndi dzina lachitsanzo H1000, inali ndi chiwonetsero cha LCD chokhala ndi mapikiselo a 336 x 240, ndipo imatha kuyendetsedwa mothandizidwa ndi cholembera chapadera. Chipangizochi chinayendetsa makina opangira a Newton OS 1.0, Newton MessagePad yoyamba inali ndi purosesa ya 20MHz ARM 610 RISC ndipo inali ndi 4MB ya ROM ndi 640KB ya RAM. Mphamvu zamagetsi zidaperekedwa ndi mabatire anayi a AAA, koma chipangizocho chikhoza kulumikizidwanso ndi gwero lakunja.

M'miyezi itatu yoyambirira kuyambira pomwe kugulitsa, Apple idakwanitsa kugulitsa 50 MessagePads, koma zachilendozi posakhalitsa zidayamba kukopa kutsutsidwa. Osati ndemanga zabwino kwambiri zomwe zinalandiridwa, mwachitsanzo, ndi ntchito yosakwanira yozindikira malemba olembedwa pamanja kapena mwina kusakhalapo kwa mitundu ina ya zipangizo zolumikizira kompyuta mu phukusi lachitsanzo choyambirira. Apple anaganiza kusiya kugulitsa woyamba Newton MessagePad mu 1994. Lero, ndi MessagePad - onse oyambirira ndi wotsatira zitsanzo - amaona akatswiri ambiri monga mankhwala anali m'njira zina patsogolo pa nthawi yake.

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