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Scott Hoffman | 1 Apr 2008 03:13
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Re: Beginnner: Connect Newton 2100 to Mac..

Greetings,
     What sort of Mac do you have?  If it's old enough to have an IRDA port
you can beam it using "DIL Tester" or something along those lines - it's
available on the UNNA archive.  Works like a charm for me - I'm using a
WallStreet PowerBook G3 running OS 9.2.2.  Haven't been able to get NCX
running on either of my OS X Macs.  Can't even get serial to work with my
WallStreet!

     Scott Hoffman

On 3/31/08 8:17 AM, "Nico Vanden Eynde" <nicovde <at> edpnet.be> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm a collector of Vintage Apple computers for many years.
> I recently started with the Newtojn PDA's as well. The first one I bought
> was a Newton 2100.
> 
> Eventhough it had some stuff installed on the included flash card, I would
> like to install my own applications.
> There's just 1 problem: I don't have the serial cable with the dongle to
> connect it to my Mac...
> I have looked on Ebay for weeks: this piece seems to be impossible to find.
> 
> If there another way to connect the newton 2100 to my Mac to install
> applications ? by network card ?
> 
> Regards,
> 
>
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Scott Hoffman | 1 Apr 2008 03:25
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[OT] OS 9 help needed.

Hi again,
      I'm still unable to connect either of my Newtons to my WallStreet
PowerBook running OS 9.2.2.  I have followed the directions exactly as
outlined in the manual for NCU - I've even tried a fresh install of it.
      Here's the situation: When I try to dock one of my Newtons (either one
- a 2000U or a 2100) it refuses to see the serial connection.  I start the
computer with the device hooked up: Dongle into Newton, then Serial cable
into WallStreet and then into Newton.  Turn on computer.  Start NCU.  Open
"Properties" - select "Printer / Modem" port.  Click OK.  Open "Dock" on the
Newt.  Select "Serial".  Try "Connect" - and... Nothing!  Error message
given says that the connection was stopped because there was no response.
     That's the same error I keep getting when I try to connect using NCX on
either of my OS X Macs.  I don't think it's the cable because I have another
one and same story with that one.

     Could both of my serial cables be bad?  I bought them from a cable
wholesaler.  Both have all eight pins as advertised and are straight.  Is
there a difference between your average Newton Mac serial cable or do I have
to have some special one?  I know the dongle works because my keyboard works
with it just fine.

      This is really irritating.  Any OS 9 gurus out there care to help a
novice out?  OS X no problem.  OS 9 and I'm lost!

      Thanks for any advice you can provide.
      Scott Hoffman
      scottyhoffo <at> hotmail.com

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Lee Mazur | 1 Apr 2008 04:24
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Re: NewtWorks, footnotes, and MS Word

Can you expand on this?  Is this a program called 'Footnote'?  Where can I
d/l it?  Is it for the Mac or Newton?
Thanks,
Lee

William Pociengel wrote:

>I use Footnote. It works pretty well and seems to hold up across OS
>upgrades.
>
>william

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matthiasm | 1 Apr 2008 07:17

Re: Einstein on iPhone


On 31.03.2008, at 19:43, Jason Lincoln wrote:
> Well, I started out by ensuring that Einstein would build on the new
> SDK.  Then tried changing targets to see what would happen.  I did
> this for KLibs as well as Einstein.  K Libs seems to build fine as a
> static library using the new target which was sort of surprising to me
> but since the BSD subsystem can be installed on the iPhone I thought
> perhaps it would work.  When building Einstein for the new target I
> run into complications.  There are two at the moment that I am
> facing.  One is with missing X11 header files and the other with the K
> Libs dependency.  Not sure why the compiler isn't finding the X
> include files since I am certain the X11 SDK is installed and Einstein
> did build cleanly before.  I am sure it's just a configuration problem
> in the project that I've caused.  So far I haven't had any luck trying
> to resolve the dependency with K Libs that Einstein has by creating a
> new target, one that depends upon a new K Libs target for the new
> target device.

Do not build the target based on X11. X11 is not part of the iPhone  
and so it is not part of the iPhone header files (they are different  
headers than the system header files).

Einstein for iPhone must be built using the special iPhone version of  
Cocoa, which is quite similar, yet not the same. You have to use UIKit  
to generate the basic UI and emulator surface.

Matthias

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Neal Sofge | 1 Apr 2008 15:17
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Re: Newton Gamers [was: A few newbie questions.]

> My contribution was to make the Amtgard Rulebook, Magic Classes,  
> and Songbook in NEWTON format.

That's brilliant.  I hadn't thought about it before, but LARPers  
would be the perfect market for PDA-based gamin' materials.

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Neal Sofge, Hibernation Vat Manager
Fat Messiah Games <http://www.fatmessiahgames.com>

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Woody Smith | 1 Apr 2008 15:26
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Re: Beginnner: Connect Newton 2100 to Mac..

I don't recall that there was very much feedback to the list, by  
either provider or consumer.  There was talk of setting up a link on  
UNNA at the beginning but I never checked it and currently UNNA seems  
to be down.
Paul Curtis was one of the providers but we rarely hear from him these  
days.  When he visited me a few years ago, I made a copy of the card  
he was using.  It provides two services, it will it seems dock a  
Newton automatically to the last dock setup you used and has a backup  
of files for ethernet connection.
It also includes Newt Test, Nitro, NTox, NHttpLib, Bluetooth Setup and  
Courier.  These may be dated versions but should still work.
I have a few cards that I could set up if needed.

Woody

On Mar 31, 2008, at 2:38 PM, Goodwin, Greg P. wrote:

>
> 	This program still going on BTW?  And if so, how are you doing
> for cards?
>
> Greg Goodwin
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Adriano | 1 Apr 2008 15:53
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Re: [OT] OS 9 help needed.

Hello Scott,

using 'straight through' Mac serial cables you cannot get connected,  
sorry.

The correct cables are those made to connect to Mac serial printers.

Kind regards,

Adriano Angelillis
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01/apr/08 Scott Hoffman wrote:

> <snip>
>
>      Could both of my serial cables be bad?  I bought them from a  
> cable
> wholesaler.  Both have all eight pins as advertised and are  
> straight.  Is
> there a difference between your average Newton Mac serial cable or  
> do I have
> to have some special one?  I know the dongle works because my  
> keyboard works
> with it just fine.
>
>       This is really irritating.  Any OS 9 gurus out there care to  
> help a
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Goodwin, Greg P. | 1 Apr 2008 16:51

Re: Newton out of mothballs, how to work with OS X?


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From: John Coady
>how can you get a Newton to talk to a USB port?

Simon Bell's excellent NCX

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Woody Smith | 1 Apr 2008 18:00
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Re: [OT] OS 9 help needed.

Guru, I am not.
I wonder if 9.2.2 is the problem.  When I had a beige g3 with 9.1.? I  
had no problem with the built in serial and NCU.  After I installed OS  
X the serial port was not available in classic, however
Newten  <http://stevenf.com/software/newten/>
did support the built in serial port.

Can you install an earlier version of OS 9?

While I think it is unlikely that both of your Newtons have a problem  
with the Newton interconnect port, do you have a keyboard or any other  
way to test the interconnect port?  These had a problem with breaking,  
you would likely feel some looseness in it if that were the case.

Woody

On Mar 31, 2008, at 8:25 PM, Scott Hoffman wrote:

>

>     Could both of my serial cables be bad?  I bought them from a cable
> wholesaler.  Both have all eight pins as advertised and are  
> straight.  Is
> there a difference between your average Newton Mac serial cable or  
> do I have
> to have some special one?  I know the dongle works because my  
> keyboard works
> with it just fine.
>
>      This is really irritating.  Any OS 9 gurus out there care to
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John | 1 Apr 2008 18:07
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Re: Newton out of mothballs, how to work with OS X?

Look for NewTen, the OSX app.

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