Friends:
I'm happy to report success using NCU to sync my UMP2K to Palm Desktop 2.5 (on a Mac).
This is a wonderful thing; it's not a perfect sync, but does handle events, repeating events, names & to dos in addition to contact information. The way the information is represented is slightly different, but the important thing is the vast majority of your most basic data *is* portable.
A couple of caveats/hints:
First things first; do a full backup before you start. (You'll sleep better tonight...)
After several furtive attempts, advice on the NTLK list from Lorin Rivers <lrivers@ibm.net> proved to be key:
> In the IntelliLink folder inside NCU is a file called Claris Organizer
> 2.0. Copy that file and rename it to something that pleases you. I
> called mine Lorin's Newton. Synch to that file and all should be well.
> You can then open it in Palm desktop...
No need to change creator codes. It just works.
Events & repeating events are transferred as 'daily banners'. One wierdness is that annual events transfer as two events: a daily event and a repeating event.
Event notes do *not* transfer.
Meeting notes do *not* transfer.
Phone numbers in Names without a specific label (Home, Fax, etc.) do *not* transfer.
Notes in Names transfer just fine.
Be sure to give your applications enough RAM to work with. At least as much as the total amount of RAM (internal + all installed cards) on your Newton.
I haven't tried to sync Notes. I don't doubt that it would work, but suspect that your folders wouldn't transfer, as the catagories in PD are more structured.
IMHO, Palm Desktop does a nearly complete job of syncing your data, and best of all, it's free.
Cheers,
Jim.
James L. Johnson
Imaging Services Manager
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