Responded to the more off-topic items directly by email to Sushi but
copied the Newton relevant bits here ...
> On Tuesday, November 27, 2001, at 05:58 , Sushi wrote:
<large snip>
>>> Besides, the iMac has Ethernet built-in and its not the
>>> physical connection which is the problem, not even the
>>> transport. It's simply the inability of the application
>>> layer to use the perfectly suited and universally available
>>> transport: ftp.
>>
>> Who knows, that my change in the future.
>
> The NewtFTP package is very neat. Have you tried it ?
>
> You can donwload Newton packages directly onto your Newton and have
> them installed straight away. No package installer required whatsoever.
> No need to go via an intermediate platform.
>
> Also, you can upload packages from your Newton to your desktop or
> notebook via ftp for backup. The only thing that is missing is the
> ability to do the same for the Storage items and system prefs etc.
>
>>> 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?
>>
>> No idea here.
>>
>> Hopefully someday, I will have a better idea as I am just starting to
>> look at programming on the Newt. All new to me at this time.
>
> Well, I haven't done any programming for the Newton either, but I
> figure, that if the transport layer is already there (provided by
> NewtFTP) then it must be just a matter of finding the data, collecting
> it and hand it over to NewtFTP for upload. Likewise upon restore,
> collecting the data from where NewtFTP put it (i.e. the Inbox), then
> assembling or converting it and put it back where it belongs.
rgds
BK
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