From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent.daudelin_at_verizon.net)
Date: Fri Sep 06 2002 - 06:33:24 PDT
on 06/09/02 09:22, Michael Sciascia at msciascia_at_poc.it wrote:
>
>
> On Friday, September 6, 2002, at 03:04 , Laurent Daudelin wrote:
>>
>> You're exactly right. That's the chicken and egg problem. If you had
>> someone
>> with a Newton near you, they could load the packages you need on an
>> external
>> flash RAM card that you could then use. If that is not an option, then,
>> yes,
>> IrDA is a possibility. You need to have a Macintosh that is IrDA
>> capable and
>> the Newton DIL Tester from Thomas Tempelmann <http://www.tempel.org/>.
>>
>> Or, you'll need to get a USB to Serial adapter, or a LocalTalk to
>> Ethernet
>> bridge, like the AsanteTalk.
>>
>> -Laurent.
>>
> My Titanium has the irDA and it works also on OS X 10.1.5, so I should
> be able to tranfer data to the newton with this system.
> If it won't work I will just buy the serial cable (quite hard to find
> with the adapter) and transfer drivers and packages with my old Performa
> or Classic ;-)
> Anyway I would certainly prefer to find another solution, and the irDa
> seems to be my best option.
> I also looked for the ethernet adapter on the web site you suggested me,
> but couldn't find anything. is there a place were it is quite easy to
> find Newton accessories other than ebay?
> But if I buy a Flash RAM or other support can I load by myself the data
> to the Newton? And not just to add packages and drivers, but also for
> future use?
> How can i give the Newton storage capabilities (floppy, compact flash,
> etc)?
>
> thanks for the kindness and patience but everything is still so
> confusing for me.
> maybe i should just wait for the Newton to arrive and then worry about
> all these things, but I would also be able to use it as soon as
> possible :-)
>
> Ciao,
> Michael
>
For a cheap Ethernet adapter, try Computer-Show, in the network adapters for
laptop
<http://www.computer-show.com/Modern/items.asp?CartId=200863MQJZK99&Cc=NET02
>.
-Laurent.
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