From: Jon Glass (jonglass_at_usa.net)
Date: Thu Sep 16 2004 - 23:22:11 PDT
On Sep 16, 2004, at 11:43 PM, Boris Herman wrote:
> a) making notes with occasional scribbling (drawings). Scrollable
> window, making larger notes possible, would be a big plus
Most, if not all Notes extensions will work on your Newton. There is
Big Notes to allow larger notes sizes, there is NoteScroller to bring a
scroll bar, and other extensions to simplify navigation in Notes. Try
them all! You will find one you like. But feel free to try installing
anything. If it won't work, it will tell you, and probably not install
it.
If you can find Iambic's Stationery pack, it has all sorts of various
Notes stationery. Maybe someone else can help with this.
Mine have been on my Newton so long that I don't know what I did with
the originals, and besides, they were on a floppy, and I don't have a
floppy drive any more!
> b) tiny spreadsheet with +-*/ operators is enough
Quick Figure Lite!!!! Find it, download it, install it! It even adds a
"calculate" function to the built-in Assist function. and it's free.
> c) checklist
Built into Notes!
> d) date reminders with todo list
Hm. There are many--MoreInfo, Dateman, Action Names, TimeTraxx... Todo
reminder, and others. Try Action Names by Iambic. There is information
out there how to install it. It was releases by the owners, but the
data is not always easy to find.
> f) address book
Look above at the MoreInfo.... etc. These are all integrated.
> g) tiny pop3 email via modem or cell modem (not a priority)
>
Eudora and SimpleMail should both work.... However, I should warn you
that you will also need to install Newton Internet Enabler (known as
NIE for short). You have a 120. It is dangerously low on heap. What
this means is that you will have difficulties getting mail to work
smoothly on your Newton. You will frequently run out of memory. There
are tricks you can do.
For instance, I put all my extensions and extra apps on a card, with
the exception of those necessary for doing email--namely NIE and
SimpleMail. Then I would eject the card and insert my modem. This would
clean out all those apps and extensions from the "heap" memory. Next, I
would reset the Newton, thus cleaning out my heap even more.
Next, when I would sign on, I would start SimpleMail in downloading
email, and then close the In/Out Box to reduce heap use even more.
Next, (and I forgot to mention this part, but I use Avi's Backdrop) I
tap on the heap indication in Avi's Backdrop to do garbage collections,
and do this rather constantly while downloading email. I also set
SimpleMail to not download mails over a certain size (I think10 or 20
k). Doing this, I was able to get my email most of the time, but
usually, it was such a hassle that in the end, I just used my
Powerbook. Back in the days that AOL worked, I used Aloha, and it
worked a lot better, but then life got complicated, and people started
sending spam and html email, etc. and now I don't recommend using a 120
for email at all... and don't even think of browsing the web! :-) If
you seriously need email, get another Newton. The 130 does just fine,
and has more heap than the 2000. But the best three Newtons for email
are probably (and in this order) the 2100, eMate and 130. Others are
just more hassle than they are worth!
HTH
>
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