From: keith (keith_at_vortex.co.uk)
Date: Sun Sep 12 2004 - 11:51:26 PDT
>I think I do have the dongle. It's the one that you also use to connect the
>keyboard? If so, yes I have it. If not, then no.
>
>I don't have the "Mac serial to RS 232 (PC serial)"
>
>I don't have a memory card for my Newton.
>
>(Btw, it is possible to get a memory card, save my text there and there put
>that in the memory card slot on my powerbook?)
Hi Roberto - welcome to the Newton community!
It sounds like you got a reasonably good package - keyboard, dongle
and MessagePad 2000 is a great core setup. You'll need a bit more to
get it connected to your Mac and/or PC, but I'm fairly sure the
people here can help you get up and running.
Do be prepared for a little experimenting. These things are like
owning a muscle car rather than a cheap tinny hatchback; damn
rewarding and fun, but you do need to do a little setting up.
Newton-format memory cards can't be read by other operating systems.
The data is stored in a way that is *very* different from desktop OS
formats.
That keyboard dongle is just what you need to connect a serial cable
to the Newton. (You can install a serial socket directly, bypassing
the need for the dongle, but you don't *need* to do that.
You'll need either a 'Mac serial to Mac serial' cable plus a
serial-to-USB dongle if you want to connect it to your Mac. To
connect to your PC, you need a 'Mac serial to Windows serial' cable,
as every PC I know of still has the chunky RS 232 serial socket on
the back.
I'm working on getting a wireless card to work with my AirPort
network at home (and at work too, eventually), but for now I use
either a serial connection to the (ugly little) PC on my home network
for syncing, or an Ethernet cable and Ethernet PC card for printing.
k
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