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An implementation of the Apple Newton Dock protocol in Swift.

Usage

Connection type

TCP

On your computer, run:

swift run tcp

This will start a TCP server on the Newton Dock port 3679.

Once you see Waiting for connection ..., start the Dock application on your Newton and initiate a TCP/IP connection. The connection is succesfully established once Connected appears, at which point you may enter a command (see below).

Serial

On your computer, run:

swift run serial <path-to-serial-device>

Where <path-to-serial-device> is the path to the serial device the Newton is connected to. On macOS, you should use the /dev/cu.usbserial-* device which appears when a USB-to-serial adapter is used. On Linux, the device name is likely /dev/ttyUSB* or /dev/ttyS*.

Once you see Waiting for connection ... start the Dock application on your Newton and initiate a serial connection. The connection is succesfully established once Connected appears, at which point you may enter a command.

Commands

• keyboard: Start keyboard passthrough. Enter .stop to stop and return to the command prompt.
• info: Get Newton system information
• backup: Start backup (work in progress)
  • Notes are exported as HTML files to ~/Library/Application Support/Newton/Backups/Notes/
• load <path>: Install the package at the given path

Currently only Newton OS 2.x devices (MessagePad 130/2000/2100 and eMate) are supported.

Development

Einstein

NewtonKit works with the Einstein Newton OS emulator. Make sure to use at least the pre-release version with serial port emulation.

Once you have Einstein running, use socat to create a PTY device for the named pipes created by Einstein:

socat -d -d PTY,raw,mode=666,echo=0,link=$HOME/einstein \
    PIPE:$HOME/Library/Application\ Support/Einstein\ Emulator/ExtrSerPortSend\!\!PIPE:$HOME/Library/Application\ Support/Einstein\ Emulator/ExtrSerPortRecv

Then start the NewtonKit command line tool:

swift run serial $HOME/einstein