I only use a dongle to connect to the keyboard. I use an EtherLink III LAN
PC card to connect to my iMac and other Macs on the LAN. For printing I have
an HP photosmart 1215 with an Ir port; the Newt's HP340 IrDA driver works
just fine. If you will be making a serial connection to a Mac less than
three years old you will also need a USB to ADB adapter. If you already have
an ethernet hub, consider the card. Back-ups are blazingly fast. The cards
are pretty cheap on eBay, and the software is on UNNA!
Ron
> Hi All,
> Can someone explain to me the "dongle" that is used with the 2x00
> Newtons? Is a dongle necessary in order to make a serial connection to a
> Mac or can you also use a regular Mac serial cable? What about using the
> line in or line out is the dongle a necessity here too? Finally, what
> about this SER-001 adapter that fits inside the Newton is this an
> adapter that allows the use of the a regular Mac serial cable or is it
> just preferable because the serial port on the 2x00 is recessed and to
> access it is difficult and endangers the functionality or the serial
> port by repeated stress?
>
> TIA
> Steve Stanley
>
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