Dear Paul,
How far do you think you are from getting those micro drives to work on a newton?
P.S. I think the newton served sights rule. Perfect gorilla servers.
paul oberman
Paul Guyot wrote:
> >At 02:36 PM 7/9/00 -0700, Paul Oberman wrote:
> >>what is the 717260 &710031??
> >
> >Patches for the system ROM. 717260 was the last release from Apple
> >and is required by upgraded MP2Ks to use the additional RAM.
>
> To be correct: to use additional RAM for NewtonScript Heap. The
> Newton allocated the NS Heap and other fixed size heaps and declares
> all the remaining memory as free. If you run some C++ code which
> allocates memory, it will be taken from that pool. If you insert a
> card with a removable handler, the handler is loaded in a separate
> heap which is drawn from that pool, too.
>
> In fact, there was also the Newton, Inc patch (717246). It has the
> same functionalities than the 717260, was released few 14 days
> earlier, has the same internal version (this allows a patch to refuse
> to install if you already have something greater), but patches the
> Apple string to Newton Inc. Can't remember its name exactly (for the
> naming convention, I put all I guessed into the FAQ).
>
> Those patches introduce other changes to the ROM, such as the
> contrast slider tap functionality.
>
> >710031 is a Paul Guyot patch (who said you can't write your own?)
> >which fixes a Dates/Find bug in 717260.
>
> And in prior versions. (the bug is not in the patch but in the ROM)
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul
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