ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, August 3, 1993                   TAG: 9308030135
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: METRO 
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APPLE COMPUTER UNVEILS THE NEWTON

Monday, Apple Computer unveiled the Newton, a "personal digital assistant" widely viewed as a potential standard-setter for a new generation of personal electronics and critical for the troubled company's future.

The battery-powered machine that combines a computer's brains with an array of communication and organizational features has sparked immense interest and speculation since Apple Chairman John Sculley waved a prototype on a Chicago stage in 1992.

The Newton has emerged as a touchstone of Apple's future success since the company's battered personal computer business forced it to lay off 2,500 workers and post a $188 million quarterly loss last month.

Today, the $700 device will be for sale at MacWorld Expo in Boston. It goes on general sale a few weeks later. - Knight-Ridder Newspapers 


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