Re: [NTLK] Connection Problems

From: Kostas Theofilis <roufianos_at_mac.com>
Date: Fri Aug 01 2008 - 08:22:27 EDT

On 1 Aug 2008, at 13:00, Peter Wilson wrote:

> I have been watching and enjoying the list, whilst trying to buy a
> 2100. I have now bought one on Ebay.
> I am a relative novice to both Mac and Newton, now I need some help,
> please.

Welcome!

> original Software missing. It only came with Floppy discs, so how do
> I restore to the original Factory settings without access to a
> Floppy ?

All the original software is on the ROM. So, with a hard reset, you
can restore everything to factory defaults.

> When I go to preferences/ general it only
> shows 2 serial port options; Nokia-E60-Dial-Upnetwork-1 and
> Bluetooth-PDA-Sync.

There should be a "usbserial" port. Did you install the drivers for
the USB-serial adapter?
This seems to be the problem.

Kostas

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