The main reason I love this channel is that basically every product Colin buys is broken.

It's amazing that such a simple fix makes such an old device functional again. They were really build to last.

Thanks Colin!!! I got a Newtown a few years ago from a haul of retro stuff and got home and it didnt work. I opened it up to see what might be wrong but couldnt find anything and put it away as forever broken. Your video inspired me to take another look and sure enough it was the two caps you replaced. One had leaked significantly but hadnt damaged any traces. All working now!!! Thanks again!!

“Eat up Martha” for “Beat up Martin” in The Simpson ! Nice hint :)

I remember my MP100 fondly, On a trip to San Francisco I got to visit a Newton Shop and picked up an 8MB PCMCIA storage card. Man did that open it up to all kinds of fun games. Although the screen never seemed to allign so well. Missle Command on it was always great fun :)

It's really cool to see a device that is so simple, featureful, robust and easy to repair! Complete opposite of modern smartphones, and I wonder if I could learn a thing or two to apply it in custom hardware. Great job, enjoy your Newton!

You have great editing skills and I your videos are always entertaining to watch and appear to be the perfect length.

My friend worked at Apple back then in the Pirate 🏴‍☠️ flag days and we got to see an early, preproduction Newton. Apple was trying to do things that were years ahead of what technology would allow at that time.

When I got my first Windows Mobile 'phone' for less than 60€ it was a complete life changer, it's been just like having a smartphone but some 5 years before smartphone as a word even existed.. people were still paying hundreds of € for 'dumb' phones even though 2nd hand WM devices were already dirty cheap and had millions of legit quality games and apps.

So wayback in 2001 I got to engage in a 10 minute conversation with Steve Jobs about the Newton and PDAs at the grand opening of the University Avenue Apple store in Palo Alto, probably just a 10 minute walk from his home. I was a Applications Engineer writing code for ARM and MIPs chips for mobile devices at the time. I asked Steve Jobs if he was interested in PDAs, most specifically the Newton like devices at the time (he had already killed the Newton project years before) and his answer was a unequivocal no. From I got from that short conversation was that the Newton was messy and the chip at that time was just not robust enough to do what he envisioned what he wanted it do. I bought my first Newton way back in 1993 along with a another device made by Sony called a GenMagic. They retailed in $700 range and had very limited practical uses. In fact when the Palm and the Handspring came around in the late 90s, they made so much more sense for the general public and were considerably cheaper. You see Steve Jobs learned something when he was canned by the board and John Scully at Apple way back in the mid 80s; that was no matter how much you believed in a product - if the power of the processor hadn’t evolved to that point, much of the innovation you came up with will never be adapted by the public. By 2006, Steve realized micro computing power could finally do what it wanted to do - hence the iPhone.

I owned a Clié in 2003 and I think I stopped using it around 2009 when I bought my first iPhone, the 3GS. The only thing it needed was a new battery and to restore a backup of my documents from the Sony Memory Stick. Given the work I do now, and then need to move around, I might dig it out again and revive it.

3:48 Damn it! it's always the quantum capacitors! I mean 'capacitors' (in no way am I a time traveler from the future ).

I've recently fixed my OMP (Original MessagePad) in the same way, so glad you got yours working! 😄

I just pulled out my original MessagePad and powered it up to discover a screen flashing random garbage. Last time I had it out it worked perfectly. I was heart broken, but now have some hope that I may be able to repair it so thank you for this video! 😀

With such simple fix , you can bring 1993 back to life and re-experience that age once again😁

Thank you so much for this video, I was looking through a parts bin today and found a Newton I got for $10.00 at a Ham fest. In just a couple of hours, after replacing those caps, it was once again up and running.

I tried powering on my MP100 a few months ago and it did that. I placed it on the 'healing bench' but haven't had a look yet. I couldn't believe my luck when your video popped up in my feed! Thanks 👍

I had a good condition OMP with the original box, leather case, VHS tape, etc. that I bought through eBay a while back, but then I sold it when I needed some cash. I made money on the whole thing so that was nice, and it went to some guy that I believe has some kind of computing museum in Russia. Sometimes when I miss the thing, I imagine it's happily showing off for people somewhere on the other side of the world. Still have a 2100 in my closet that I like to mess with on occasion. The Newton was a real wasted opportunity, such a great platform.

I used to have a Palm T|X. Loved that thing. It only needed to be able to place phone calls... Cool vid!

Nice. I still have my MP120 on my living room shelf. I'm pretty sure the Newton failed because, while the tech was impressive, all but the last couple models were just too slow to be useful in real life. By the time these faster models came out, opinions were solidified that Newtons were expensive toys.

Experiment before trying this on anything important. I tested this on some old phone cases that had started to fail first, if the rubber is really sticky rubbing the oil in can smear it. Be very gentle If its starting to get sticky, I sometimes use some petroleum based 3 in 1 oil from ace hardware to fix some rubberized stuff that goes sticky. I used to use talcum powered before that. But I have rejuvenated some stuff I thought was gone completely with 3 in 1 oil. Carefully rubbing the oil into the rubberized stuff that is failing seems to arrest the desegregation. I came up with the IDEA after checking what the stuff on one of my devices was made of chemically yup petroleum based rubbererization and thought to treat it just like when I oil my leather boots. Worked like a charm on many things I have from the late 90s. though the stuff will smell for a while until the oil completely evaporates and works its way in.

Brilliant video!

5:37: Colin: "One last thing to check, does the sound work now too?" Device: "Hey, Colin how's it goin'?" Colin: "Nice".

Oh man this is a rabbit hole I could fall right down.

I go to a Simpsons trivia night, (well before the pandemic) To discourage cheating the host says put away your Newton’s and other electronic device as a tongue and cheek way of saying that... I once thought about getting a Newton as a prop to be funny but the prices they command on eBay quickly. discouraged that idea....

The font Apple used on these devices seems very similar to a font Rolls-Royce uses on their vehicles. Really stood out to me when I saw it in all caps on the battery warning sticker.

"Eat up Martha."

Colin, these videos are brilliant, you're a legend 👍

I had a 120 until it was stolen at my hotel in Prince George's county, MA, motel 6. They can leave the light out for me.... The Apple Newton was the only device I owned that could read my lousy handwriting.

Thanks for the walk down memory lane. I loved my Handspring Visor in college. 😊

That soft touch coating is a real problem. I have a digital point-shoot camera that's about 10 years old that has already gotten ridiculously sticky. Trying to wipe the coating off is a major pain.

Love the vids, keep them coming! Please clean that iron tip.

Nice Simpsons reference at the end dude!!!

Like that sky blue Palm PDA. Oh, and if you do some tear downs, i recommend you get a few bowls to seperate screws, it should organize them well

I had an Apple Newton MP100 back in the day, it was very nicely built, but after about 6 months, I noticed I wasn't really using it for like...anything lol. So I sold it about a year later. Nice piece of pioneering tech though!

You made a good Video Job. Even as a foreigner clear to follow.

I'm a proud owner of a palm Tungsten T5 acquired in mid 2011, broken down and got it fixed late 2020, same with my Tungsten TW, these things were made to last!

I loved the Handsprings for their expansion slot. I had the camera, GPS and eventually the Phone too. Still have all my old PDAs

I remember I had a Palm Zire (thought forgot about that until I saw this video). Thought it would be easier to track my to-do’s than on paper but that was never the case. Entries were too slow to take and much of life wasn’t online in the late 90’s/early 2000s. I kept everything I needed to do on a paper diary. Now? Everything is online and accessible using computers and smartphone.

Love watching this video.

This video spoke to me

The exact same thing happened with my MessagePad 100. Recap time. 🙃

Wow! This is perfect for me. Just picked one up for $40 with the exact same issue and the seller though it was down to leaking batteries in the tray. I will try this and hope it works. Thanks!!! :)

Built to last !!!

PDAs are like Dinosaurs, everyone thinks they went extinct, really they just became Smart Phones / Birds. I mean which form factor is your smartphone? a PDA or a flip? mostly the first.

I loved Newton OS. But I much preferred Palm's pricing. (I had one Newton MP130. I've had a half-dozen Palm devices, mostly Visor line. Best was a Clie with a build in keyboard.)

Those old-school PDAs were great

So when will Colin do a full out RU A CYBERPUNK kit? I loved PDAs, but I do appreciate modern phones that absorbed some of their features.

I had an IBM one that it was like brand new but, my 5 year found it while at work and will i think you know how that end it up lol....

Cool video 👍👍👍👍👍♥️

Is there a method to help with the degrading of the rubberized coating? It becomes such a mess.

Hey, wait a sec... is that a Ridge Wallet screwdriver? ;-)

Makes sense it was actually made by SHARP when you consider that SHARP still provides many of the main parts of iphones to this day

No hello? Well,MrNewton,you’re not so polite. Guess I’ll stick to my iPad herd…… they have manners!

Seeing leaky capacitors on early 90's tech is so weird. I'm used to hearing about stuff from the 70's and earlier having leaky electrolytics, not "modern" 90's electronics!

I still have my Toshiba E755 PDA. With snap on expandable keyboard. I used to call it my Laptop Killer! I had a 2gb compact flash and a 2 gb SD card installed! Also has the VGA expansion Dock for output to a monitor or projector! Even used it for GPS with CoPilot 6 for Pocket PC.

General rule, if a listing says untested it means it was tested and doesnt work.

5:39 what do you mean "does the sound work"? didn't you hear the chime when it powered on?

Great video, thanks! I just ran into exactly this issue today. Would you mind posting the part numbers of the capacitors (or technical data and sizes) you used? Cheers, Mike

not replacing that last cap HURT

I recently got both an OMP and a 120 in fully working condition for ~$35 shipped.

I worked for Sony in sales and had that Clie.

Great video, do you ever use these devices for real or just to tinker with ?

Need for speed is a must have for ps vita

If the rubberised coating gets really bad, you can usually remove it with isopropyl and a lint-free rag and a lot of scrubbing. Of course you'll lose anything printed on it like the logos. I've got a few devices I've had to rescue like this. It's a tradeoff depending on how gross your hands feel after using it. Not much use owning something if it sticks to everything it touches and you can't actually hold it anymore.

He must not of heard the start up noise because he then went and said time to test the sound. When he used no start up noise as a diagnosis for sound not working.

I really think it's funny how people can have fond memories of something that was so bad. I got a Message Pad 100 new in 1994 from Tiger Direct for $79. All I can remember is it was so bad I thought I had overpaid. "Eat up Martha" was about right, but it would not have gotten the middle word right either. I thought I heard somewhere that Apple dumped these in a landfill like the Atari ET games, but have never been able to verify that.

Colin: you should checkout the Asia exclusive PDAs from the 2003 to 2006 era. They were way ahead of their time and had tons of "quirks and features".

Solid Simpsons reference at the end.

Ha, wow, I have a Newton and most of the ones you have except the Clie. Never thought of them as collector items.

Isn't that the same type of cap from the Sony walkman you fixed??

MARTHAAAAA. but nice Simpson reference and accidentally Batman one 😬

Thank you very informative video. I have just found my own Newton in the cupboard and it powered up ok when I put new batterys in it, but only the once! So I assume I will need to take it appart and replace the electrolitic capacitors that you showed in your video. Could you please be more specific about the values of these caps? The speaker cap looks like 100uF at 4 v and the other one says 3.3 at 35v, 3,3 what uF? And where did you find replacement parts that will fit? Can you message me with an answer.

"Egg freckles?"

4:12 I cringe every time I see that Hakko FX-901 come out. It looks like it's making super cold joints that look pretty amateurish, which is kind of upsetting since I find your videos to be really professional quality-wise. Have you checked out the soldering lesson videos that PACE has on their channel 'paceworldwide'? I would LOVE if you boiled down the important lessons that most youtubers don't tell you in soldering videos to a newer updated tutorial of your own. Also please consider a TS100 iron which packs more power than your wired Weller iron with the potential for portability using lipos. It also has an easily upgradeable firmware with a fantastic open-source alternative and even Game Boy-style translucent shells you can buy to replace the stock one. Anyway I don't mean to be negative, loved the video and seeing those PDAs. Crazy to think of how many ancient electronics would still be 100% fine if the dang caps just didn't leak!

I have a few Handspring Visor and Sony Clie models with blackened displays. Hard to find replacement parts for them.

Any suggestions for a multi pack of capacitors? I wanted to practice soldering and the value packs on Amazon have many complaining about quality. Not sure if anyone on here has a preferred brand or do you purchase a couple at a time as needed and avoid the bulk kits of various sizes. Thank you!!

Martha: WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME!!!!

Everything always needs a killer app… Imagine the Apple Newton with a mp3 music app… would have sold like crazy. Mini iPad.

I remember my first PDA on 2006.

now, those memory cards could be made into caddys to adapt SD cards

Yesterday I was about to buy an Apple Newton I am not joking

+1 for the Simpsons reference 😄

well it chimed when ya turned it on so yea sound works

Caps look similar to the ones used on the Game Gear. Kinda annoying to deal with.

Why would you replace electrolytic caps with new electrolytic caps? Why not replace with something without the possibility of leaking in the future (ceramic or tantalum). That's what I've done with mine whenever I can and will continue to do.

What if we replace ram with 1 flash drive. Will this machine will work?

1:33 MITSUBISHI?????

You mention the rubber getting sticky. I have a MP110 on which the rubber is getting pretty nasty. Any tips on cleaning it?

Wow, a portable device that is easy to service...

The iPhone is (still) a PDA, but you happen to be able to call from it too.

In the late 90's I started collecting Newtons but I sold my collection to make room for other stuff. Collecting old Apple hardware can be addicting and back then everything was so cheap that it was hard to say no to people who were offering up stuff for cheap or free.

Hi. I followed this great video (although mention if that annoying hidden screw near the card eject would have been a helpful hint here), and be happy to become a patron at some point, but I need a bit more info. My MP100 had this exact same issue, but it is not clear what the replacement parts are for the parts you replaced. The speaker cap is 100uF at 4 v? And the other one says 3.3 at 35v, 3,3 what? 3.3 pF?uF? And where did you find replacement parts that wild fit? Can you message me with an answer. Once my MP100 is running again, Ill support your Patreon. Thanks. Great video, thank you. Now to go reassemble it and wait to buy parts.

I would LOVE to find someone to troubleshoot and refurbish MY old MP110. Beyond MY skillset. I have all the original boxing, paperwork.. even the modem and external memory cards. I'm having a similar display problem. An engineer friend told me it may also be due to the physical properties of the LCD and so perhaps not a capacitor issue.

"A gigabyte of ram should do the trick"

a repairable apple product, aint that wacky.

One of the last Newton models had the ability to playback MP3's if I remember it correctly.

I was in jr high back then wanted a palm pilot so bad

No intro sequence for this video?

RIP Sharp lol