I recieved the following. Will post it this weekend and I am sure its up at
Info-Newt
Rich
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1/21/2000 Smart Dog Software announces the BackTalk
Communications System for NewtonOS 2.1
Apple Computer created the MP2000 and MP2100 with impressive and
forward-looking capabilities, including IrDA-compatible infrared
hardware (www.irda.org).
Unfortunately, higher-level IrDA standards, intended to give
infrared appliances a common protocol for information exchange,
did not exist at the time the Newton was produced, and so were
not included in the Newton ROMs.
Now the IrDA standards are proliferating, and have been
implemented on the Palmô III, V, and VII machines, various WinCE
machines, and even specialized appliances like the HP CapShare
handheld scanner - and more are coming every day.
It is tragically ironic that the Newton, the earliest consumer
PDA platform to support the low-level IrDA standards, is
crippled by nothing more than its own early introduction, and
cannot communicate with modern infrared devices.
Smart Dog BackTalk brings your MP2000, MP2100, or eMate into the
modern era of infrared communications. By supplementing the
Newton's communications capabilities with modern protocols, the
Newton is able to exchange data with today's devices.
And tomorrow's, as well. A flexible translation architecture
makes support of new data formats as easy as creating a simple
translation library and dropping it into the Newton's system as
an independent component; any Newton developer will be able to
write new translators to further extend the Newton's
communication capabilities.
Smart Dog Software is pleased to be working with Extended
Systems/Counterpoint to provide the standard and
industry-accepted IrDA IrOBEX protocol for the Newton platform.
Extended Systems/Counterpoint has licensed its IrOBEX stack for
a number of other platforms, including the Palm series of
digital organizers and the HP CapShare 920 hand-held scanner.
With Extended Systems/Counterpoint and Smart Dog Software, your
communications are guaranteed to be industry-standard.
The future parades on relentlessly; make sure your Newton is as
prepared for it as you are, with Smart Dog BackTalk.
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