From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent.daudelin_at_verizon.net)
Date: Thu Jan 22 2004 - 06:31:24 PST
on 22/01/04 02:35, Jon Glass at jonglass_at_usa.net wrote:
> on 1/20/04 4:52 PM, Laurent Daudelin at laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com
> wrote:
>
>> The problem here is that there are reasons why the package requires NOS 2.1:
>> the ROMs that are found in the NOS 2.1-based Newtons. So, I don't think it
>> would make you any good even if you were able to fool the package in
>> believing it's running on a 2100 when it's actually on a 130...
>
> I forgot to mention why I wished this were possible... I'm thinking not of
> use on the 130, but merely as a means to transfer such packages to a 2.1
> Newton.... That was why I thought the freezing option would be nice. :-) Is
> it possible to put an NIE extension on a card and insert the card in a 130?
> What happens? Does the package get disabled? Deleted? I know it's a pipe
> dream, but I think that if something could be hacked, it might be a way of
> bootstrapping Newtons... (Simply beam from a 130 or older...) Now that I've
> explained my point, is it still a hopeless dream? ;-)
I don't exactly recall, but since so many people have tried, I'm sure you
would find the results in the archive...
-Laurent.
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