I've had my Newt sped up for over a year now and can't
understand how I was able to use my Newt before I
acellerated it. To me the difference is similar to
upgrading from a 120 to a 2000. I use a switch and a
second crystal for my acelleration and find no ill
effects. (http://newton.tek-ed.com/newtspeed/)
My observations are that if you need to communicate
with other Newts that aren't acellerated, then a
physical switch may not be the best method. (That's
why my spare Newt that is being used to serve webpages
(http://npds.tek-ed.com) is also sped up, but this one
doesn't switch, it's allways acellerated.) Then the
PixSolution may be the better method. But for me, and
5 dollars...well, it was a no-brainer. Issues I've
seen:
we all know about the incompatibility with hardware
and other items. But some of the lesser known
items...Keyboards. If you rely on a keyboard, then
don't acellerate. The keyboard will NOT work with an
acellerated Newt...you can acellerate the keyboard,
but no one makes the crystal to do it, so you're
screwed. And there's no point in acellerating your
Newt if you need to slow down to use the
keyboard...your call on that.
One other thing...I dont' know if this is because I
just don't remember it happening when I used an
un-acellerated newt, but I've noticed that the Newt,
while acellerated, will inexplicably "hang" for a
second or so. It doesn't crap out or crash or
anything, it's just that once in a non-reproducable
blue moon, it will "pause" and nothing happens for
perhaps 2 seconds. Then any cached actions will happen
in quick succession all at once...Like I said...it
doesn't happen enough to understand what is causing
it...
Other than these two issues, there is no reason not to
speed up your newt. And once you acellerate, you'll
begin to wonder why the rest of the people in your
local NUG don't do the same...you know, it's really
quite rude of those "non-acellerated" Newt owners to
have to force you to slow down your Newt in order to
beam stuff...how dare they!;-)
Ed
web/gadget guru
http://newton.tek-ed.com (download Newton packages)
http://npds.tek-ed.com (my NPDS server and it's new
subdomain)
--- Victor Rehorst <victor_at_newtontalk.net> wrote:
>
> Bill wrote:
> > This is all fine and good but could someone on the
> list knowledgeable about
> > the upgrade please inform me about whether or not
> this speed implant is a
> > "safe" one to have? Will the newton suffer any
> ills becuase of this
> > upgrade? A Direct email would be much
> appreciated.
> >
>
> The upgrade is generally fine. You should be able
> to toggle between 220MHz
> and 160 MHz. Some things won't work at 220: IR,
> serial, and some modem and
> ethernet cards. Sounds will also playback faster
> than normal. Other than
> this, the Newton will of course do everything else
> faster.
>
> I haven't heard of any long-term ills from running
> at 220MHz for a long
> time... Woo, you've had an Implant-upgraded Newt for
> a long time, right?
>
> --
> Victor Rehorst - victor_at_newtontalk.net -
> chuma_at_chuma.org
> NewtonTalk list administrator -
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