On 12 Dec 2002 at 18:15, Jeremy Bond Shepherd wrote:
> From: Julian Wright
>
> >While I'm at it, what's the best way of syncing Contacts and
> >appointments on a PC?
>
> I use Microsoft Outlook, and I sync using Outlink from PDA Direct. It works
> pretty well. #1 problem is that it doesn't sync meeting locations. #2
> problem is the Newton client doesn't work (yet) with a SER-001 attached.
> Other than this I'm happy with it -- it's fast and reliable.
Hmm. Not sure if I want to use Outlook though. Well I'll keep this in
mind if I can't find a better way, thanks! :)
> >Alternatively is there any way I can print to a printer that is
> >attached to my PC?
>
> SoftPrintPack from SYTEK Canada will let you print to a local or network
> printer from a Newton using a Windows PC as a bridge.
Ok this works fine for me, though the version I downloaded is
restricted to 128kB documents or less, and a printout of my weekly
agenda is more like 136kB. I would register but the web site says they
have discontinued support for the product and they are not taking any
further registrations. :(
> >PS Is it just me or is NCU for Windows really unreliable with its
> >communications? Installing packages of more than a few k in length
> >results in it stalling...
>
> I install gigantic packages all the time with Windows NCU and never
> encounter a stall. Import/Export don't work for me, but package install
> works fine.
>
> If you can't get NCU working you might try Thomas Templemann's DIL tester
> which has a package installer that even works over TCP/IP.
I'll have a look. I can get NPI to work fine though for the moment.
[time passes]
I've managed to get NCU to work more reliably for me now, using a
program on UNNA called slowdown.exe. I couldn't find any explanation
for it but running it and slowing my machine down with it seems to do
the trick. The Almighty alone knows why NCU might fail on a faster
machine! It's like it doesn't have any concept of flow control or
something. <shrug>
Julian.
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