From: Cook, Thomas (tcook_at_craworld.com)
Date: Tue Jun 26 2001 - 13:34:44 PDT
I am using Newton Press on my NT4.0 box at work. I have Macs at home but
have not had a chance to play with Newton Press at home yet.
In a nutshell you can paste nearly anything into this little app and then
save it as a newton book (.pkg file) and it even has a connection feature
that allows you to install it straight from Newton Press.
With a lowly 120 for the longest time the only way I knew to get text from
my PC to my Newton was to use NCU and the keyboard paste feature that allows
you to paste text into a newton note. But this was limited to something
like 5000 characters (including spaces) and consequently was only good for
short articles or notes.
Then I found Newton Press and I can paste as much text as I like along with
1 bit (b/w) images! I can copy all of the text from a web site and any
important picts (which I paste into LViewPro (or any other graphics program)
and change the color depth to b/w (1 bit) and viola... a newton book that I
can install via Newton Press to read later when I get a chance.
The other neat feature was creating newton books of picts that are able to
be used as backdrops for AVI. I found the directions on This Ole Newt
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/thisolnewt/html/hints/index.html and now I have
a pict of my vanagon westfalia to remind me to do my work so I can go out
and play.
I am using Newton Press to replace web surfing on my newton by making books
of long articles on my desktop and then reading them when I get a chance...
not quite surfing but close enough for now.
Keep the Green-
TJC
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric L. Strobel [mailto:fyzycyst_at_home.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 3:58 PM
To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] MP120 email and surfing? and Lookout success
on 6/26/01 3:26 PM, countless monkeys randomly typing on behalf of Cook,
Thomas at tcook_at_craworld.com miraculously produced:
>
> I have just successfully used Lookout to sync my 120 with Outlook on my
work
> WinNT box. This has given me new excitement about continuing to use my
> Newton for the foreseeable future while Palms and Wince (what a perfect
> name) come and go all around me.
>
> I also recently discovered the power of Newton Press to get information
> (including copied web sites) into my Newton in the form of Newton books
> (including b/w images (which can be used for AVI backdrops!) and maps
too!).
> Every few months I learn a new trick with my 120 and it keeps me happy and
> eases the 2x00 envy for a little while.
>
> Now that I have the synching problem solved I am re-evaluating some of the
> other wish list items. Is anyone sending/receiving email with a 120/2.0?
> Surfing the web?
>
> I have two goals with the posting - learn about email and web surfing with
a
> MP120/2.0 and tell people about my recent discoveries in case they are
> trying to use their 120/130 and like me were unaware that Lookout and
Newton
> Press were available and greatly increased the capability and usability of
> our venerable message pads.
>
A tutorial on what you've done w/ Newton Press would be very interesting.
I've got Newton Press sitting on my Mac, but haven't really given it much of
a look.
- Eric.
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