Re: [NTLK] Newton Backup to OSX without Classic ?

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Mon Nov 26 2001 - 15:20:39 EST


On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, BK wrote:

> There should be some way to get the data out of the Newton by ftp and
> restore it back by ftp. Can't be that difficult. What's the problem ?
> How big a deal would it be to write a NewtonScript that collects all
> those soups and hand them over to the ftp layer ? Likewise to write
> another one that can take a downloaded soup from the ftp layer and store
> it wherever it belongs ? Not that I have any experience in NewtonScript,
> but honestly, how much effort could this possibly be if the transport
> layer is already there ?

This is what NCU and the Desktop Integration Libraries (DILs) do -
transfers soup data into a "flattened soup" format. The transport layer,
as you've said, is sorely lacking.

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