Requirements

• A Newton with OS 2.0 or 2.1 is required. Older Newtons with OS 1.x are not supported.
• Macintosh computer with a PPC processor running Mac OS 7 to 9.2.2 or a PC with Windows 95 or later.
• Due to technical limitations, Mac 68K processor support is not available

This volume describes the NewtonScript development environment and teaches the reader how to write Newton software on the Macintosh. Key features include: hands-on Newton development training with a sample code created specifically for the Newton with NewtonScript; an introduction to the basics of the object-oriented paradigm, to facilitate use of NewtonScript; and the inclusion of a high-density floppy disk containing source codes for all the programming examples in the book. Note that the systems requirement for the software includes, Macintosh with 68020 processor or higher, 8Mb RAM, System 7.0 or later.

Julie McKeehan, Neil Rhodes.
Programming for the Newton: Software Development with Newtonscript.
Boston: AP Professional, 1994.
ISBN 0-12-484800-1
(352 pages, 19.2 MB PDF)

Apple’s Newton-specific technical journal, published six times per year from 1995-1997. The content is 70% development and 30% marketing.

Volume I, Number 1 (PDF; February 1995)
Volume I, Number 2 (PDF; April 1995)
Volume I, Number 3 (PDF; June 1995)
Volume I, Number 4 (PDF; August 1995)
Volume I, Number 5 (PDF; November 1995)
Volume II, Number 1 (PDF; February 1996)
Volume II, Number 2 (PDF; April 1996; translations: Japanese)
Volume II, Number 3 (PDF; June 1996; translations: Japanese)
Volume II, Number 4 (PDF; August 1996)
Volume II, Number 5 (PDF; October 1996)
Volume III, Number 1 (PDF; January 1997)
Volume III, Number 2 (PDF; March 1997)

NewtonDev 1.1 is an all-in-one collection of developer tools for the Newton. The developer stuff for the Newton is highly fragmented, and we figured it was high time to get all the modern improvements and stuff put in one easy-to-install, easy-to-setup package albeit a 123 MB (270 on an HFS 3 GB volume) one!

NewtonDev.sit: this package StuffIt 5.x compressed parts/: this package splitted in 8 parts plus the general read me
NewtDevel-HFSimage.zip: HFS image zipped (for BasiliskII) w/MPW
macos755-boot.zip: zipped HFS image - contains MacOS 7.5.5 & NCU 1.0

Included with this release:
NTK 1.6.4 with additions by Tactile Systems and Lunatech
C++ with additions by Paul Guyot - (new MPW downloaded separately -- we give instructions)
PCMCIA and Printer Lantern DDKs
Desktop Integration Libraries
Font Tools
Bookmaking Tools
NCU and PackType
OS X Icons
More documentation than you can shake a stick at
The most recent Sample Codes from Apple
Waba development stuff isn't here yet, but Sean promises that it will soon.

StuffIt 5.x compressed

HFS image zipped (for BasiliskII) w/MPW

If you don't care about the how, and are just looking for the goods, you can download the GlobalData file by clicking here. Copy the contents of this file into a file called "GlobalData" and place this file in the same folder that your NTK is in. If you already have a GlobalData, just add the contents of this file to what you already have.

NOTE: You can do with this code whatever you like, however, when you do make changes I would like to be notified. You can reach me at Peter.Kaas@lunatech.com.

NOTE: I have no idea as to whether all of this will work under the Windows NTK.