It may have been the ham radio operators who first used Altoids tins to hold their sensitive ... Think of it like a mini version of a surveyor’s walking wheel. The Pro Trinket counts the pulses ...

As many fans who celebrated the news on social media noted, these particular candies were well-loved by kids in the early 2000s who made carrying the Altoids tins in their backpacks a habit.

It connects to the keyboard using the original mini-DIN connector, and is housed in the classic Altoids tin enclosure. Since the protocol used by NeXT isn’t standard, they had to figure it out ...