Re: [NTLK] New MP2100 from Gem

From: Jeremy Bond Shepherd (jbond_at_eskimo.com)
Date: Sun May 12 2002 - 18:19:58 EDT


>
>However, seeing that and the "heap saver" backdrop, it kind of makes one
>wonder what this Northstar app was like, if you needed to both save heap and
>reset so frequently. ;-)

I would hazard a guess that they used the Reset applet to counter
-10061 errors. Just imagine if you were running a corporate sales
fleet with MP2100s and you weren't up on the Newton "community" and
its discussion of the problem and the workarounds that emerged; you
had just bought a bunch of these heavily-hyped devices to automate
your staff. Then you start getting complaints from the field about
the -10061 errors. Apple is clueless, so as a workaround you develop
a little reset applet to allow your staff to cope.

Betcha anything that these staff were using the reset applet every
time they got a -10061 error.

-Jeremy

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