On 23/10/02 17:00, "Daniel Ridge" <dskr_at_mac.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Thanks to a number of helpful persons, I was able to use the docking
> protocol guide on Paul Guyot's page to construct a trivial loader to
> get Sloup onto my Newton MP2100.
>
> A number of other helpful persons suggested that bootstrapping an
> MP2100 without either a serial dongle or a flash card was not possible.
> The good news is that it can be done with a compatible PCMCIA modem --
> which are substatially easier to find and cheaper than dongles.
>
> I'll continue to work on a bootstrapping scheme for IrDA.
That sounds good!
BTW, maybe I missed something, but what do you actually mean by
"bootstrapping"?
-Laurent.
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