Re: [NTLK] Newton Solutions CD

From: James Elliott (rootbeeraddict_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Dec 04 2001 - 16:57:15 EST


I'd appreciate the PDF.

>My dad ran across a CD that evidently came with his PowerMac 8500 so many
>years ago. The booklet with it is entitled "What can you do with Newton
>2.0?" and its contents say things like "Betsy plans her trip to Thailand -
>Use your newton PDA and third-party applications such as True North's
>Gulliver to manage your flight itinerary and make hotel reservations." etc.
>etc.
>
>Pictures show a 130 and another NOS device, evidently a Motorola Marco, but
>the screen sure looks like it's backlit. Could be a Photoshop trick to make
>the screen look optimal, though.
>
>The disk contains a long multimedia presentation of the Newton's features
>and connectivity and a PowerPoint-style presentation as another app. The
>most interesting feature is a PDF "Solutions Guide" with gobs of aftermarket
>and 3rd party software and doodads described.
>
>Is anyone interested in seeing this disk or any of its contents? Should I
>upload this to UNNA? The overall disk is a PPC-only 512 MB monster, but the
>PDF (the most useful part) is only 2.8 MB.

The James Elliott Newton Site:
http://www.geocities.com/rootbeeraddict/newton.html
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