Re: [NTLK] Be-all End-all sync app...

From: tfbiii_at_nbscomputers.net
Date: Fri Apr 26 2002 - 22:02:35 EDT


Well, that would be nice...BUT, using NCU to install Sloup or whatever
the Newt-side tool is, would be minor. We've all had to do that already
;-)

Fred

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From: Laurent Daudelin [mailto:nemesys_at_cox.rr.com]=20
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 9:52 PM
To: NewtonTalk
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Be-all End-all sync app...

on 26/04/02 21:29, tfbiii_at_nbscomputers.net at tfbiii_at_nbscomputers.net
wrote:

> I'm wondering if anyone has considered making the SuperSync app I=20
> dream about. Something that interfaces with the Newton, maybe via=20
> Sloup, and support various plug-ins (read as conduits) from other=20
> developers. It just seems like the next place to go. I'm not looking=20
> for P*lm Desktop, I'm looking for H*tsync for Newton with all it's=20
> glory.
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> Wouldn't it be easier to write a conduit...I mean plug-in... that=20
> interfaces with program ABC and dumps it to the Newt instead of=20
> writing a whole new program from scratch? I see programs that are=20
> close, DIL Tester looks like it was on the right track, but it would=20
> need to be rewritten according to TT, Notes2Notes has a clean front=20
> end and could grow up into this type of app. I'm sure there are other=20
> I am missing.

Any ultimate synchronizing/backup/whatsnot solution will have to be
compatible with the Dock, so that a freshly "brain wiped" Newton will
still be able to dock to get back a backup or anything else... All IMHO,
of course...

-Laurent.
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