Re: NTLK Bighorn for Newton Golf

From: Daniel Wignall (dwigna10@scu.edu.au)
Date: Sat Feb 26 2000 - 17:45:55 EST


Anyone know where i can get hold of GoldTee or Bighorn golf for my eMate
MP2K or any other golf game for newton.

Dan

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>From: Ed Kummel <tech_ed@yahoo.com>
>To: newtontalk@planetnewton.com
>Subject: Re: NTLK Newton 2100 misc. items
>Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 7:27 PM
>

> If you are wanting to use your Digital Startac on your
> newton, then forget about it! Nothing will work. The
> reason being is that a modem for a digital phone isn't
> really a modem as much as it is just an interface.
> (Modem stands for MODulator/DEModulator...and digital
> phones don't do any modulation or demodulation of
> analog signals) And there are very few cards that work
> with digital phones. I believe that the dominant cards
> come from Nokia. There are others I can't remember
> now, but I can look them up, but none will work with
> the Newton because there aren't any drivers available
> for them (in fact most don't even have drivers for
> Apple products period!)
> So, unless you feel industrious and want to write your
> own drivers, You are basically out of luck using your
> digital phone with your Newton...besides, trash your
> digital phone because it's junk anyway, the sound
> quality is horrible (sounds like a drunken robot) and
> drop outs occure an a higher rate than analog
> phones...and 80% of phone users don't use the digital
> features anyway (sms, call waiting, three way calling)
> according to the CTIA and Wireless World
> Magazine...Digital is just a ploy to sucker the public
> into thinking that they are getting something "cool"
> when they are charging the same rates as analog yet
> cramming as much as 30 times the volume on already
> overcrowded frequencies! (CDMA can stuff 30 calls on a
> single frequency)
> So, who's saving? Not you! The phone company and you
> are paying for it!
>
> Sorry for my rant, but this is a sore spot of mine!
> Ed
> Web/cell phone guru
>
> --- reggaeboy@mindspring.com wrote:
>> Hello all. I'm getting reacquainted with my Newton
>> 2100 after a hiatus of using my G3PowerBook. I'm
>> looking to purchase some items and just want to get
>> some opinions on what may be the best.
>> 1. looking for a modem to access my email while on
>> the road. Is there a particular modem that will work
>> with my Startac digital cell phone as well as
>> regular land line phones?
>> 2.flash/memory cards? any suggestions on model and
>> amount of memory?
>>
>> I'm sure I'll have other questions down the road.
>> TIA.
>>
>> Greg
>>
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