[NTLK] Newt2.X - Calender and Contact Syncs

William Maloney william.maloney.09 at cnu.edu
Mon Sep 10 12:50:11 EDT 2012


I am very much considering Newton Connection Tools. Do feel it is
worth it for bringing Newton up to date? What else can you tell us
about it?

Thanks,
William

On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 3:16 PM, SteveCraft <steve at craftsathome.net> wrote:
> I liked the Newton Connection Tools a lot (could not pay by the original
> Argentinian method, but paying by donation worked fine for me). Anyway, the
> main drawback to it was the copy protection, it is keyed to work on/for a
> single Newton device only (it worked on my single MP2k1 but not my eMates or
> my secondary MP2k). Also, it also needed a serial port, which have all but
> disappeared on modern machines (not really the fault of the software).
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newtontalk-bounces at newtontalk.net
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounces at newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Morgan Aldridge
> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 8:04 AM
> To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Newt2.X - Calender and Contact Syncs
>
> On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Blake Hanes <kissmyash933 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Perhaps an older version of palm desktop? I believe Claris Organizer
>> was made for windows as well.
>
> There is also a relatively new piece of software called Newton Connection
> Tools for Windows which supports Outlook synchronization:
>
> <http://usuarios.arnet.com.ar/mtu16/>
>
> I've never tried it myself, but I know there's at least a handful of people
> out there who use it. Full disclosure: the author changed the payment
> process a couple years ago to require a $45 donation to UNNA and I'm not
> suggesting it for that reason, but I am gauging use by the
> 1/2 dozen or so donations I've received.
>
> There's also another method describing syncing w/Outlook 2007 using LookOut:
>
> <http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToSyncYourAppleNewtonMessagePadWithOutlook
> 2007.aspx>
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Morgan
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