[mattkevan]

I still have my Newton eMate next to me on my desk. It makes for a surprisingly decent distraction-free writing machine and looks like something from a strange Cronenbergian alternate future.

At some point I’d like to do a casemod with it, but it feels wrong as the thing still works fine.

Incidentally, if anyone’s got a broken one I’d be very interested…

[AlanYx]

The EL backlight adds to the slightly unearthly vibe too. The eMate was one of the last mainstream laptop-size devices made with an EL backlight. I miss those.