From: Michael Sciascia (msciascia_at_poc.it)
Date: Sat Sep 07 2002 - 04:43:12 PDT
On Saturday, September 7, 2002, at 12:50 , Jon Glass wrote:
>>
>
> Definitely ethernet is the best way to go for normal use. However, there
> will be times that you need serial, as it is the native way of
> communicating
> with the desktop for the Newton. So, you should probably buy yourself
> the
> dongle and a Keyspan or Belkin or some other sort of serial to USB
> adapter
> for those emergency occassions, even if you use ethernet for most of
> your
> communications. Does the TiBook do IrDA? If it does, you can use Newton
> DIL
> tester to install packages via IrDA. That is also native on the 2k
> series.
> That was how I conquered the chicken/egg dilemma on my 2100 and Pismo.
> --
> -Jon Glass
> Krakow, Poland
>
I decided to go for the ethernet solution and I already bought a 3com
ethernet card at the link suggested in the previous posts.
I also downloaded the packages and drivers and all it is needed to
transfer packages to the Newton via irDA.
I have some other questions:
- Do I need some special software to install packages on teh Newton, or
does the Newton OS recognize them directly?
- If i buy a wireless card can i use it also to with the TiBook other
than checking e-mails? Which wireless card is mostly used by you all? I
would like to buy one that is well known as compatible :-)
thanks again for the information and the help you gave me until now.
I can't just wait to get the Newton :-)))
Bye,
Michael Sciascia
Salerno, Italy
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