You want to use your Apple Computer Inc. eMate, Newton Message Pad PDA or Handheld PC together with a Linux based computer? Here are links to compatibility and configuration reports about Linux and PDAs manufactured by Apple Computer Inc.. The general resources section at the bottom, contains links to useful Linux utilities (mostly available under GPL), community efforts, HOWTOs and FAQs. Do you have written a report yourself? Please submit a new entry.

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Applications, Ports, Drivers

OpenEinstein

The Einstein Platform(http://code.google.com/p/einstein/) allows NewtonOS to run on other operating systems. It currently runs on Mac OS X (ppc and x86), Zaurus (with OpenZaurus), Nokia Internet Tablets 770 and 800, PepperPad 3 and Windows (with Cygwin and X11).

HOWTOs, FAQs

• NewtonTalk(http://www.newtontalk.net/)
• Newton Message Pad History(http://www.msu.edu/~luckie/newtgal.htm)
• Newton Programming Bookmarks(http://newted.dyndns.org/users/osohn/NEWTtools/Hardware.html)

Einstein Newton Emulator

The Einstein Newton Emulator(http://www.kallisys.com/newton/einstein/) runs on any Linux-based PDA with X11 support.

Resources

• back to Linux PDA Survey
• manufacturer site: Apple Computer Inc.
• Linux Mobile Guide - Installing, Maintaining and Tuning of Linux on Mobile Computers
• How to do-it-yourself Apple PDA and HandHeld PC upgrading, repairing and modding(http://repair4pda.org/disassembly_apple.html).
• Linux InfraRed-HOWTO
• JAVA Applications for (Linux) PDAs
• Debian Packages for PDAs
• Other Equipment - barcode readers, braille terminals, keyboards, ..
• vendors which sell pre-installed Linux laptops, notebooks, PDAs or mobile phones
• Data migration and conversion for PDAs and HandHeld PCs (addresses, calendars, ..)(http://dataconv.org/apps_pda.html).
• FCC ID: unknown