[NTLK] eMate questions and font creation

Clu drclu at swbell.net
Sat Mar 16 00:19:17 EDT 2019


Yeh those do look like good instructions.  Thanks as always to Paul for putting those together and thank you Sylvain for the pointers!

Doctor Clu



> On Mar 15, 2019, at 4:39 PM, Sylvain Pilet <sylvain at pilet.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
> Paul Guyot had done a tutorial to convert a font for Newton from MacOSX:
> <http://www.kallisys.com/files/newton/Bowels/Newton_Fonts_How-To.pdf>
> It's not easy, but it's already good!
> 
> Sylvain P
> http://message-pad.net
> 
>> Le 15 mars 2019 à 19:07, Doctor Clu <drclu at swbell.net> a écrit :
>> 
>> I’m considering getting a eMate going as a stand alone computer to dial up a BBS.  I have used a Newton before with the PCMCIA 56K modem and with eeTransfer.
>> 
>> First off I wanted to see if a font could be converted for the Newton.  I tend to use "Perfect DOS VGA 437 Win.ttf” for my term programs for the best ANSI experience.  Could anyone here help me in the process of converting this font for the Newton?
>> 
>> Also, would someone be willing to re-cell a eMate battery?   I gave this the old college try and that didn’t go too well.  (It charged but would not discharge).
>> 
>> Doctor Clu
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