If you write "About Newton" on the Notepad, highlight it, and tap the Assist button, a list of the Newton development team members will appear.

Click on the version number of the Memory Preference element to see the programmers.

From NANUG's newsletter, Tom White (white@cs.uga.edu):
Insert the "Getting Started" card. In the NotePad, write "schedule Happy Hour Fri". Then tap Assist. Apple is notorious for their Friday "bashes".

Neat System Surprises::

What's really going on?

If you open the Extras Drawer and tap the upper left corner of the Extras window, then tap the upper right corner of the Extras window, you get access to the built in serial debugger. (To see what is going on, connect your Newton to a terminal program). I have no idea what this is good for to an end-user, and it isn't documented for developers, either.

If the MessagePad displays a warning or error message, you can tap on the up and down arrows to view the last four system messages.

On the original MessagePad, tap the clock in the lower left-hand corner of the display, and hold down on it. The display will show you the current temperature! (This is because the screen contrast works by sensing temperature.)

This will not work on the 110 or 120 because of the contrast dial on the side.

The MP has a secret font called "Espy". To get it, write "Remember toothpaste", select it, tap Assist and then tap Do. "toothpaste" will be entered in the ToDo list. The font used is the secret font. Select the word and move it to a note (using the clipboard). While it is still selected, type "Espy". Store the note carefully.When you want to use this font, select some text and move it to the right of "Espy".

NB: Use the size 18 to better see the differences between Espy and the other two fonts (Simple & Fancy).

Directions: Hit the reset button in the battery compartment, then turn Newton on (you may not have to restart depending on whether there is something to undo.) Tap Undo, and an error message ("There is nothing to undo") will appear. Hit the Overview (Belly) button, and you'll see two error messages that say "Newton." Tap on the first one (110 & earlier) or the second one (120). It will say "Welcome to Newton." Now hit the information sign in that box.

The date and time displayed are dates of some time close to the moon landing (7/20/69, 2:35 am). Contrary to previous reports it now seems that the theory of it being the moon landing is incorrect. A report, from the Apollo-11 Highlights, by Nasa says that the time of the first step was 10:56:15 pm eastern time on 7/29/69. So this really has no relation to the moon landing.

On the german version the date is the date for the fall of the Berlin Wall on 10/17/89 5:04pm.

For the French MP110 the date you get is 6/6/44 10:00, which is D-Day...

10/17/89 5:04pm is the date you get for the MP120. That is the date and time of the Loma Prieta earthquake in San Francisco, which is right next to Cupertino and Silicon Valley where the Apple offices are. It also happened at the same time as the World Series.

1. Open Dates.
   
2. Click the upper left-hand corner, above the first letter in the name of the day.
   
3. The phase of the moon should appear.

This seems to be moving with every release of the OS. The MP120, 1.3(44sthg) has the spot to the left of the week overview line (s m t w t f s).
Please Note: I've got a 120/2.0 and can't replicate this; if you can, please tell me where to click!