on 9/28/01 8:50 PM, Don Truhill at Don_at_truhill.com wrote:
>
> I have a copy of ACT for the Mac, version 2.5 or 2.9.
>
> Anyone interested in it?
>
> Thanx,
>
>
>
> Don
>
>> From: Johannes Wolf <jwolf_at_xe.estec.esa.nl>
>> Reply-To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
>> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 08:30:08 +0200
>> To: "'newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net'" <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
>> Subject: [NTLK] AW: Symantec ACT for Newton
>> =20
>> Long time ago I gave it a try (Act 2.1).
>> First: it works with WinDOSE only.
>> Second: it does not integrate to any other desktop application you might
>> already have and use on your PC.
>> Third: the performance is rather bad and there are a lot of errors.
>> Fourth: the result of the transfer (I tried only from Newt to PC) is real=
> ly
>> unsatisfactory.
>> Fifth: also on the Newt the application does not integrate to the names a=
> nd
>> calendar application, it is fully isolated.
>> Sixth: I decided to wipe it out.
>> =20
>> Depending on your personal needs there are several solutions which work f=
> ine.
>> Unfortunately there seems to be no complete allround-solution which works
>> fine.
>> Thus I use different applications for Mac and PC of course and also diffe=
> rent
>> applications to transfer names and calendar data.
>> For transferring names I recently tried Newtourage, which is able to
>> import/export from Newton names to MS Entourage.
>> This is a nice application and maybe a next version will allow to transfe=
> r
>> calendar and notes data as well.
>> For transferring the calendar data to my Mac I use Clockwork. This works =
> very
>> well in both directions, but you must accept to have a separate calendar
>> program (Clockwork) on your Mac.
>> For exchanging data between PC and Newt I use LookOut. It works fine with=
> MS
>> Outlook, except a few minor problems you can transfer/sync names and cale=
> ndar
>> data from and to the PC. I can recommend this.
>> =20
>> Cheers=20
>> Johannes
>> =20
>> -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: Chris Searles [SMTP:csearles_at_netcologne.de]
>> Gesendet am: 19 September 2001 15:35
>> An: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
>> Betreff: [NTLK] Symantec ACT for Newton
>> =20
>> =20
>> Up for auction on ebay is the above software. has anyone ever used this
>> or have any idea if it's any good or not. Also is there a way of backing
>> up the Symantec info to a desktop Mac?
>> =20
>> Thanks for your help,
>> =20
>> Chris Searles
>> =20
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I would love to get a copy of this.
Thanks
jshep_at_pacbell.net
John Shepherd
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