Re: [NTLK] Apple's Newton Utilities

From: Jon Glass <jonglass_at_usa.net>
Date: Mon Mar 31 2008 - 14:49:25 EDT

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Greg Hankins <ghankins@mac.com> wrote:
> Unfortunately, I couldn't find anything in the Apple Docs that
> referenced the version of the Newton OS these utilities were intended
> for. Anyone know more about this? Should I pursue later versions of
> the Newton Utilities or give up the hunt?
>
> I was particularly interested in the Memory Manger's alleged ability
> to free up space being consumed by orphaned soups and the like.

Wow! I had forgotten about those utilities! These were for the OS 1.x
systems. Be glad, however, because they are no longer needed. In later
OSs, these functions weree directly accessable in the Extras drawer,
or by other means.

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 -Jon Glass
Krakow, Poland
<jonglass@usa.net>
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