[NTLK] Nick's SoftCharge and other precious baubles (was Re: [NTLK] Rechargeable NiMH AA bateries for Newton)

From: DJ Vollkasko (DJ_Vollkasko_at_gmx.net)
Date: Fri Nov 28 2003 - 04:05:06 PST


>Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 22:55:12 -0800 (PST)
>From: Ed Kummel <tech_ed_at_yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: [NTLK] Rechargeable NiMH AA bateries for Newton
>
[...]
>One thing though. Go to http://www.logictools.de and
>get the battery type Preference plug-in. This little
>Preferences add-in allows you to set the battery type
>in your Newt so that it will more accuratly display
>the approximate life remaining in your current set of
>batteries.

Sounds interesting! But the website is down - try this link
http://web.archive.org/web/20030321202117/http://www.logictools.de/index.html,
and have patience. Seems not all pages of that site have been archived, so
you may have more success trying older versions (from
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.logictools.de).

Q: Ed, do you know of any plug-in that also teaches the Newton how to
charge NiMH?
I follow the sage advice of Frank Gruendel to play it safe and stick to
NiCd, as the Newton has never been taught to handle NiMH with all due
respect. But NiMH would be very interesting, of course...

What I found:

MP2000 no longer in production? Build your own!

    DIY 1:2 plans
http://web.archive.org/web/20020616045441/http://www.logictools.de/newton/diy/mp2k.pdf.hqx

The Newton keyboard and its inner workings.

    Reverse engineering - Nick Müller puts a protocol analyzer to the
Newton keyboard (might be of interest to certain keyboard hackers on the
list - greetings!)
http://web.archive.org/web/20020203151334/www.logictools.de/newton/keyboard/keyboard.html

NewtonScript Source Mania
    Sources for most of Nick's projects (AutoLCD, TestIt, BattMon - 20
projects altogether), make good use of it!
http://web.archive.org/web/20020612065000/www.logictools.de/newton/sources/index.html

Build your own akku-pack!

Rechargeables for the MP 2x00 -

translation of Nick's article in Newton Lifestyle, check with Frank
Gruendel's website if interested.
http://web.archive.org/web/20020613075125/www.logictools.de/newton/akku_mod/akku2k.html

Windows95-Emulator

    What does this do?
http://web.archive.org/web/20020612064427/www.logictools.de/newton/german/project_drunken.html

Nick Müller's Freeware

WeekOfYear, AutoLCD, SoftCharge (this must be what Ed meant above - helps
with properly displaying charges in non-Apple battery types, doesn't deal
with charging, though...), HexDez

,

FontDrive, PowerUp, LockDown, MarkIt and the incredible "Nick's SoLong" -
the tool that turn your Newton into a ruler (

can be switched from metric to inches!

), it's all here:

http://web.archive.org/web/20020613064237/www.logictools.de/newton/english/freeware.html

Nick's Fort Knox

    Q: Are there any other ways and tools to make one's Newton and data
tamper-proof? What else is there for maximum security of confidential data?
http://web.archive.org/web/20020626040453/www.logictools.de/newton/english/shareware.html

Okay, gotta hop now - have fun!

'Kasko

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