I’d love to do a similar project with a Newton eMate - there’s easily enough space in the case for a pi, battery pack and any other bits needed, and it’s possible to get colour touch screens the same size as the old one.

Just need the time and skill to make it happen.

The problem is the software --- there doesn't seem to be any decent opensource handwriting recognition software --- Cellwriter leaves a lot to be desired, and the one project which worked well required copying a DLL for HWR from Windows Vista.

To say nothing of Newton Intelligence and the wonderful note-taking and calendar and so forth.

It kills me that my Kindle Scribe is so limited compared to my Newton MessagePad.

A fun project would be to somehow use the Newton ROM and some emulation layer to get this stuff working on your tablet. Don't know how feasible it is