brain surgery

How to disassemble / take apart an Apple Newton MessagePad 2000 / 2100

So you want to take apart your trusty old MessagePad 2000 or 2100? Good luck! Doing this is not for the faint at heart.

Neglect is an ugly thing. I had just decided to see if I could make my faithful Newton MessagePad 2000 part of my day again, when I discovered it won’t boot. Nothing will bring it back to life.

So I’m not sure what I’ll do now. I’d like to know what’s wrong with this one. But another one may be in the future. Now it seems there are connection tools for OS X, which I also discovered today.

All in all, not a particularly great day.