Re: [NTLK] Help

From: John Hay (OceanCity_at_mac.com)
Date: Mon Oct 31 2005 - 19:25:57 PST


Yo, Lee,

I don't want to sound sarcastic or judgmental (but of course by even
bringing this issue up I am, sorry;-)

If I am misunderstanding what you are asking please forgive me, but it
would appear to me that if you were to ship out your flash card for the
sole purpose of installing drivers to it you will only be stifling your
growth and experience. Also, if I understood you correctly, you said
you could not get your Newton to connect to your PowerBook, or in your
case a Power Book, as the case may be.

The point being, myself included, we all have been at the orientation
phase of learning how to use our Newtons. But if what you speak, i.e.,
the inability to "install something" is the case, may I suggest that you
get your hands wet and struggle a little bit harder. In the process you
will probably not only install the driver you want but in addition be
rewarded by even more benefits of the journey.

You may or may not be like me. I always have a hard time with
fundamentals (which is where I think you are) and the complexities of
Tensor math, business, and project management come easy for me. Throw
in a pinch of dyslexia and you've got a human being. In other words,
and this is just a suggestion as it may or may not work for you, if you
struggle on your own you experience the process and thereby internalize
(meaning that you overcame that obstacle and prevailed) the task.

What I would do might be to keep researching and experimenting on your
own until you can't take it any more, then ask. Hope this helps.

Also, email me offline if you have any questions and I'll do my best to
help you.

 John

10/31/05 Lee Esgro issued the following and I have taken literary
license to pass it along on a "Need to Know Basis" . . . ?

>I went to the Wiki page. It had a lot of info <----snipped---->

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