Hi, I should have put the link in my original E-mail, but I couldn't find it
for a while. Here it is
http://members.home.net/saweyer/newton/toolinfo.htm#PackType
its called packtype in the link
> From: Edward Cheung <edwardcheung_at_mac.com>
> Reply-To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 19:34:57 +0800
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Newton Software: download problems
>
>
> Hello Vernon LeMoignan,
> Can you tell me where can I find the Package Autotyper?
> thanks
> Ed
> On Saturday, September 29, 2001, at 05:47 AM, Vernon LeMoignan wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi! I'm a newbie, just got my 2100 (upgraded from120).
>>
>> I had the same problem with packages downloaded in X.
>> I downloaded a program called Package Autotyper.
>>
>> Once installed you just drag and drop your package on to the Autotyper
>> application icon and it changes the box icon to a newton package icon.
>>
>> I have tried it with several errant package and so far it has worked
>> every
>> time.
>>
>> *NOTE I only tried this conversion after booting into os9.2 native. I
>> don't
>> know if you can do it in X
>>
>>> From: "Laurent Daudelin" <laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com>
>>> Reply-To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
>>> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 15:06:55 -0400
>>> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
>>> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Newton Software: download problems
>>>
>>>
>>> on 9/28/01 1:56 PM, Edward Cheung at edwardcheung_at_mac.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Whenever I download a pkg. I was unable to install it in the newton.
>>>> I am using OS X and the pkg show up as a " box" type of icon on the
>>>> desktop
>>>> So, what is the correct way of installing the software?
>>>
>>> That's because one way that OS X uses to determine what kind of file is
>>> being created/downloaded/saved in the file system is the file
>>> extension.
>>> But, pkg is already the standard file extension for OS X package, that
>>> you
>>> use to install system updates and applications. One thing you can try,
>>> in OS
>>> X.1 is to get info on one of your Newton package, while in the Finder,
>>> then
>>> in the info window that appears, switch to "Open with application".
>>> Then,
>>> there, you will be able to set NCU as the default application. What I
>>> don't
>>> know, however, is whether this change will affect all true OS X
>>> packages.
>>> What I mean is that if you want later to install an OS X package
>>> application, and double-click on it, it might well launch NCU to open
>>> the
>>> file. There's some ambiguity with that extension thing, because the
>>> file
>>> type and creator is still supported in OS X. So, what I'm guessing is
>>> that
>>> if the file type and creator are already set, then the Finder will use
>>> that
>>> information. However, if the file is, for example, downloaded from the
>>> internet, it is possible that it had lost the file type and creator.
>>> In such
>>> case, maybe the Finder will use the file extension to determine the
>>> file
>>> type and creator. That's just speculation, as you can see... But if
>>> you want
>>> to try it, you will know for sure when you have an OS X package that
>>> you
>>> want to install...
>>>
>>> -Laurent.
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