Re: [NTLK] Dongle-less file transfers

From: Tony Kan (tony.kan_at_clear.net.nz)
Date: Thu Mar 28 2002 - 19:36:03 EST


Thanks. I am in the throes of getting a hub for a LAN network.
Cheers
Tony.

> Date: Fri 29-Mar-2002 05:26
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net (Tony Kan)
> From: fyzycyst_at_comcast.net (No Name)
> Subject: RE: [NTLK] Dongle-less file transfers
>
> at the temporal coordinates: 3/28/02 11:49 AM, the entity known as
> Tony Kan at tony.kan_at_clear.net.nz conveyed the following:
>
> >
> > I email the data file (say from the "Date" app) to myself at another
> email
> > address. Then use NCU to synchronise with another
> application.
> >
>
> One of the first things you'll have to clear up is
> making analogies between the Newt and desktop/laptop computers. Your
> proposal fails from the start because there are no data files on the
> Newt. Instead it's all a very object-oriented, databasey sort of
> thing (called soups). So, to the best of my knowledge, NCU doesn't
> work by shipping a data file (as such) between the desktop and the
> Newt.
>
> I believe a viable (not to mention FASTER) alternative would
> be to get an ethernet card and transfer the info to your desktop that
> way. If you're on a Windows machine someone else could better tell
> you how to work that magic, as I don't do Windows.
>
> - Eric.
>
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>
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