on 17/11/01 12:29, Christopher Plummer at plumcakes_at_mac.com wrote:
> This is that kind of negative amaze. I was looking at all the shareware
> and commercial software that enhances the Newt. It seems to me that you
> need quite a few $15-$30 applications to get the newton to work nicely.
> I mean it's OKay out of the box but you really can't do much easily. It
> seems that apllications like MoreInfo, Dashboard, WordSleuth, Avi's
> Backdrop, Quick Figure Pro, and HWR Works are just a few of the
> aftermarket apps. that you need to get the Newt to really be a PDA.
> It's too bad Apple did not incorporate these really simple enhancements
> into the Newton. In fact those sorts of applications should have been
> there in the first place. I just find it impossible to spend $250 on a
> UMP 2100 and then $100 more to make it useful. That's why it is dead
> weight for me.
Hmmm, HWRWorks, Avi's Backdrop and QuickFigure Works are free. Yes,
completely free!
-Laurent.
-- ===================================================================== Laurent Daudelin <http://home.cox.rr.com/nemesys> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:nemesys_at_cox.rr.comchoke v.: 1. [common] To reject input, often ungracefully. "NULs make System V's lpr(1) choke." "I tried building an EMACS binary to use X, but cpp(1) choked on all those #defines." See barf, gag, vi. 2. [MIT] More generally, to fail at any endeavor, but with some flair or bravado; the popular definition is "to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory."
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