Time To Go: Newton Clock Suite

Fri, 02/21/2026 — AdrianFreed

TimeToGo v1.2 was a suite of clock and timer applications I developed into a product for the Apple Newton in 1994. It was published self published under "Extra Lead" and I charged ($39 + tax & shipping = about $45).

Each package in the suite was bundled onto a floppy disk and put in a VHS box with a manual and shipped by mail order from phone orders.

The original NewtonScript source code has been translated into modern HTML5 Canvas and TypeScript, faithfully recreating the pen-driven visual style and interactivity of the Newton originals. I have wrapped these with the original manual text below

Tap or click on each timepiece to interact with it. Many support drag gestures. Click the ? button on any timepiece to see interactive help annotations.

Alarm Clock

Inspiration
Travel Alarm
Features
  • Large readable time display
  • 10 minute Snooze control
  • Large snooze button for use with finger
  • Choice from standard morning wake up times
  • Easy to set alarm time by writing in the time
  • 12 or 24 hour display of time and alarm time
  • Continuous alarm
See Also
Clock, World Clock

Chimes

Inspiration
Earliest mechanical clocks without hands
Features
  • Wide range of chime intervals
  • Distinctive hourly chime
  • Exception Period
Applications
  • Short intervals for exercise programs
  • Exception period to avoid night time chimes
Notes
Chimes work without application installed until a reset or until disabled with the application

Clock

Inspiration
Analog clock
Features
  • Optional second hand
  • Digital Time and date display
  • Roman or Arabic numerals
  • Draggable
  • 24 hour mode with 24 hour numerals
See Also
Alarm Clock, World Clock

Egg Timer

Inspiration
Hour Glass
Features
  • Digital display of remaining time
  • Popup choice of standard times
  • Accurate to the second timing
  • Write in time
  • Falling sand running indicator
  • One minute warning alarm
Applications
  • Cooking
  • Games and sports
  • Darkroom
See Also
Minute Timer
Egg Timer running on Apple Newton MessagePad

Large Clock

Inspiration
Large digital clocks
Features
  • Large, readable display
  • Resizes to fill screen
  • Flashing second indicator
  • 12 or 24 hour display
Applications
  • Wall clock for ailing Newtons
  • Teaching digital and 24 hour display
See Also
Alarm Clock, Clock

Meeting Cost Tracker

Inspiration
Hours spent in slow, inefficient meetings
Features
  • Estimates running cost of a meeting
  • Estimates cost per decision made
  • Large, readable cost display
  • Analog display of meeting progress
  • Elapsed time and time remaining display
  • Alarm for end of meeting
  • Report of Meeting cost and time
  • Money display according to Locale setting
Applications
  • Improving meeting efficiency
  • Estimating cost of long phone calls
  • Time billing
  • Estimating cost in parking garages

Minute Timer

Inspiration
Kitchen timers
Features
  • Analog and digital display of minutes remaining
  • Analog setting and display of initial setting
  • Continuous alarm with Time To Go application running
  • Shadow display retains last timing interval
Applications
  • Kitchen
  • Darkroom
  • Kid bedtime enforcement
See Also
Hint
To save memory install the parking meter instead of the minute timer—unless you need to cook and park at the same time!

Parking Meter

Inspiration
Parking enforcement everywhere
Features
  • Analog and digital display and entry
  • 5 minute warning
  • Multiple scales to adapt to local meters
  • Repeating Alarm with Time To Go running
See Also
Minute Timer, Egg Timer
Hints
  • Use this in any controlled parking situation — not just parking meters.
  • When you park at a broken meter, set the parking meter timer to the maximum time on the meter — many municipalities will fine if you park longer than this even at a broken meter!
  • Pay fines as soon as they arrive — they are easily lost until the late payment penalty reminds you of them.
  • Buy meter change to keep in your car next time you visit a bank
Parking Meter running on Apple Newton MessagePad

Stopwatch

Inspiration
Mechanical stopwatch
Features
  • Analog and digital display
  • Draggable second hand to define countdown time
Hints
Timing is accurately measured from when you tap start or stop buttons. The short delay before the display updates does not affect accuracy. This delay is part of the power saving strategy of the Newton operating system.
See Also
Meeting Cost Tracker

World Clock

Inspiration
Clock for cities in another time zone
Features
  • Uses Time Zones application to choose location
  • Compass button to rapidly open and close Time Zones application
  • Resizes to fit on screen
See Also
Clock

Phone Timer

Inspiration
Keeping track of long distance call costs
Features
  • Running cost display over phone handset graphic
  • Elapsed call time display
  • Selectable per-minute call rate
  • Start/Stop timing control
  • Tap phone to reset
Applications
  • Monitoring long distance charges
  • Budgeting phone costs
See Also
Meeting Cost Tracker

Metronome

Note
The Metronome was a Work in Progress intended for Time To Go version 2.0, which never shipped for the Newton platform. This web edition completes the implementation from the surviving NewtonScript source.
Inspiration
Musical practice tempo keeping
Features
  • Vertical BPM scale with tick marks (20–208 BPM)
  • Italian and English tempo markings
  • Draggable horizontal slider for continuous tempo adjustment
  • Tap on scale to set BPM directly
  • Selectable time signature (2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8) with accented downbeat bell
  • Audible click with bell accent on beat 1
  • Visual beat flash on tempo indicator
Applications
  • Musical practice
  • Dance rehearsal
  • Rhythm training

Time To Go © 1994 Extra Lead. All Rights Reserved.
Web edition translated from NewtonScript source code, available graphics and text from the original manual.