Re: [NTLK] newtontalk Digest V1 #380

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Sat Dec 01 2001 - 20:38:19 EST


On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, eric engle wrote:

> Here are some questions:
>
> ATA
> _Without the beta ata what is the largest flash ram
> card which can be read and written by a newton 120
> running OS 2? OS 1.3? (maybe its in the faq - but I
> have not seen it and do not remember seeing it...)
>
> Will ata beta run on newton OS 2.0 ? OS 1.3?

Will run on OS 2.0. Won't run on anything less.

> I am willing to be an ATA newton 120 OS 2 / OS 1.3
> beta tester!

Great! Go download it and try it out then!

http://www.kallisys.com/newton/ata/

> Cables (lots of questions... answers appreciated!)
>
> What cable combination would allow a Macintosh II to
> use an IBM PC monitor?

A Mac video->VGA adapter, available in any decent Mac-like store.

> IRDA Convertor: I have found IRDA converters which let
> you use an RS232 port as an infra red port! Is there
> any point to such? Would they work with the newton 120
> OS 2? As far as I can tell the IRDA on the newtons
> OMP-130 is pretty much useless. Or am I wrong?

I've seen them to, I have one (a Sharp CE-IR5) but never found a way to
use it.

> Do conversion cables exist for the following
> connections?
<snip>
>
> RS232 to USB: I presume rs232 is a serial or modem
> port

Lots of serial to USB adapters out there. Go to a computer store.

> Did the list get the bigkeys and bigkey packages I
> authored and submitted? HINT: If you want me to

No, because this list does not accept attachments, and they automatically
get stripped out.

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