NPDS originally started out as the demo application nHTTPd and wasauthored as an article in the March1997 develop magazine by RayRischpater*. nHTTPd was very limited but when I read the article Isaw great potential for it so I began to code and experiment.
Quite soon (early July) I had a version of nHTTPd and one plugin(Notepad Server) that could serve simple Notes as web pages and thatsoftware was released to the delight of many Newton users.
Next came NPDS 1.51, a beefed up version of Notepad Server thatbegan to hint at things to come.. Dates service, posting Notes fromthe Web, etc. PenComputing wrote a small blurb about NPDS 1.51.
After many cycles of development and the contributions of manytesters and users, NPDS 2.0 has emerged as the definitive handheldweb server featured in a short piece in the March 1999 issue ofWiReD magazine (p150). We have certainly come a long way..
*Ray prefers to not answer questions aboutnHTTPd. He's bound by some Intellectual Property claims from doingso. I, on the other hand, will be glad to talk with you all youwish.