Re: [NTLK] mac docs on a newton

From: Eric L. Strobel (fyzycyst_at_home.com)
Date: Fri Feb 22 2002 - 23:09:18 EST


somewhere near the temporal coordinates of 2/22/02 10:28 PM, the entity
known as MMarvald_at_aol.com transmitted the following from MMarvald_at_aol.com:

>
> hi,
> asked this question about a week or so ago and nobody replied. How does
> one upload docs from an imac to a newton and what is the largest size a doc
> can be on a newton?
>
> mark (new newton addict)

*scratches head*

I coulda swore I read answers to this... Oh well...

What Newt are you sending stuff to? If it's an NewtOS 2.1 device and you've
got NewtWorks on it, then I believe you can save Word docs on the iMac as
RTF and they'll go right into NewtWorks. For a non-2.1 device, I think the
only thing you can do is to upload to the Newt as straight text into the
Notepad. The third alternative is to produce a Newton book on the iMac and
upload that. (There's oodles about making books in the FAQ and if you
search the list archive.)

As for physically making the connection... Again, if you've got a NewtOS
2.1 device, the best bet is probably getting an ethernet card off eBay and
connecting to the ethernet port on the iMac. Otherwise, you're left with
using some USB-serial dongle hanging off one of the iMac's USB ports.
Again, there's a boatload of discussions on this in the archives.

HTH.

- Eric.

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Eric Strobel (fyzycyst_at_NOSPAM^mailaps.org)

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