Bic - Aren't that lighters? Ok. The team started from scratch again and designed a new device still following the old ideas. It was codenamed "Bic". Meanwhile the market developed a new and better touchsensitive screen which weren't that precise and bright but much, much cheaper. They also thought that a second PCMCIA slot would be a good idea, because one was supposed to be used by a modem.... and where should the RAM card go? The display kept its size. Interfaces were cut down to the serial inteface and the design of the case was simplyfied (which doesn't mean it has to be ugly).   ( Bic front)  The design was simpler, the pen without wire   (Bic back)  The hole in the middle was used to fix the device with a screw  into the lethercase   (Bic's left side)  Powerswitch, serial, two slots, penrest Who's jelling Newton 2000?! Exactly! Despite of using the slower CPU (still ARM 610 / 20MHz) the Bic was the direct successor of the actual "Master-Newton" (at least from the hardware point of view). The Bic was the teams absolute darling... unfortunately not the one of the board. Still too expensive, they want to see a Newton in everybodys hand. So Bic found its way to the secret Apple achives.