Re: [NTLK] For the FAQ? (was Getting past the bootstrap)

From: Robert Benschop (rbenschop_at_euronet.nl)
Date: Mon Feb 16 2004 - 01:48:15 PST


On 16-feb-04, at 10:24, James Nichols wrote:
> If he can find a machine with IrDa - he may not need the serial dongle
> or a SER-001
>
> Newton DIL tester (and other programs I'm betting) in os 9 and maybe
> some os 10 programs can send packages over IrDa - thats how I
> boot-strapped mine, my laptop has IrDa.
>
> Many of the apple powerbooks, and I think the Rev a/b imacs had IrDA -
> so if you don't have the capacity to use serial they may work.

Are the solutions for the bootstrapping problem all in the FAQ?
Seems to come up often lately and will more often in the future since
computers as they were in the Newton days are getting scarce...

Robert Benschop

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