Re: [NTLK] Did RadioShack Sell Newtons?

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Mon Nov 25 2002 - 08:40:13 EST


Glen Warner wrote:
> Hmmm .... anyone seen this?
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1940201730
>
> Did RadioShack sell Newtons? This is the first I've heard of it ...
> but admittedly, the fellow selling it doesn't know much about Newtons.

That auction is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. The Zoomer is NOT a Newton. The Zoomer
*was* a competing product that was released before the OMP was in 1993. The
Zoomer ran GEOS, among a bunch of other differences. The seller is obviously
misinformed, as he says that he was told that it is a Newton.

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