Umlando wemikhiqizo ye-Apple: I-Newton MessagePad noma i-PDA yokuqala evela ku-Apple

Eminyakeni embalwa ngaphambi kokuba omakhalekhukhwini baqale ukubusa umhlaba wezobuchwepheshe, idivayisi ebizwa nge-PDA - Personal Digital Assistant - yajabulela ukuthandwa kakhulu emikhakheni eminingi. Ekuqaleni kweminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye yekhulu leminyaka elidlule, inkampani ye-Apple nayo yaqala ukukhiqiza la madivayisi.

I-Newton MessagePad iyigama le-PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) evela ku-workshop ye-Apple. Ukuthuthukiswa kwedivayisi yalo mugqa womkhiqizo kuhlehlela ekupheleni kweminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili ekhulwini elidlule, i-prototype yokuqala yokusebenza ye-Newton yayingase ihlolwe ngumqondisi ngaleso sikhathi wenkampani ye-Apple uJohn Sculley ngo-1991. Ukuthuthukiswa kwe-Newton ngokushesha yathola umfutho ophakeme kakhulu, futhi ekupheleni kukaMeyi wonyaka olandelayo, i-Apple yethula ngokusemthethweni emhlabeni. Kodwa abasebenzisi abajwayelekile kwadingeka balinde kuze kube sekuqaleni kuka-August 1993 ukuze kukhishwe ngokusemthethweni Intengo yale divayisi, kuye ngokuthi imodeli nokucushwa, yayiphakathi kwama-dollar angu-900 no-1569.

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I-Newton MessagePad yokuqala yayiphethe imodeli ebizwa ngokuthi i-H1000, yayifakwe isibonisi se-LCD esinokulungiswa kwamaphikseli angu-336 x 240, futhi yayingalawulwa ngosizo lwe-stylus ekhethekile. Le divayisi ibisebenzisa isistimu yokusebenza ye-Newton OS 1.0, i-Newton MessagePad yokuqala ifakwe iphrosesa engu-20MHz ARM 610 RISC futhi ifakwe 4MB ye-ROM kanye no-640KB we-RAM. Ukunikezwa kwamandla kunikezwe amabhethri e-AAA amane, kodwa idivayisi ingase futhi ixhunywe kumthombo wangaphandle.

Ezinyangeni ezintathu zokuqala kusukela ekuqaleni kokuthengisa, i-Apple ikwazile ukuthengisa ama-MessagePads angu-50, kodwa ubusha buqale ukuheha ukugxekwa okuthile. Akuzange kutholwe ukubuyekezwa okuhle kakhulu, isibonelo, ngomsebenzi ongaphelele wokubona umbhalo obhalwe ngesandla noma mhlawumbe ukungabikho kwezinye izinhlobo zezesekeli zokuxhuma kukhompyutha kuphakheji yemodeli eyisisekelo. U-Apple wanquma ukuyeka ukuthengisa i-Newton MessagePad yokuqala ngo-1994. Namuhla, i-MessagePad - kokubili amamodeli okuqala nalandelayo - ibonwa ochwepheshe abaningi njengomkhiqizo owawungaphambi kwesikhathi sayo ngandlela thile.

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