>On the technical side, it may even be possible to do something in
>AppleScript Studio which just puts a nice interface on the UnixNPI
>command line tool. That would be a start. If UnixNPI works via the
>Terminal in MacOS X and Sloup on the Newt as far as backups, package
>installation and transfer of text files over a serial port is concerned
>(and although I haven't got it working yet - yes, you are right, I
>don't like these games - I believe it does!), then an AppleScript
>Studio interface _should_ be at least possible.
>
>
>Easy for me to say in my relative ignorance. What do folks think ?
As Victor corrected it, UnixNPI doesn't use Sloup.
And I'll add, AFAIK, there is no existing backup solution not based
on the full Dock protocol (not the package loading thing UnixNPI is
based on or the Sloup protocol or whatever).
Nevertheless, an AppleScript Studio interface or anything else over
UnixNPI is fully possible (it will just install packages over serial
with mnp compression). Grab UnixNPI from
http://unixnpi.sourceforge.net/ and implement it.
Paul
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