From: John Charlton (johncharlton_at_mac.com)
Date: Thu Feb 06 2003 - 06:53:51 PST
Do you have to brainwipe the Newton? I thought you could just copy the
driver from the card to the internal store, then eject the card? Same on
the receiving end. Correct me if I'm wrong, I hesitate to pronounce on
things Newton with so many greater minds on the list.
It would also be handy to send along a sheet describing how to get
connected, since these are likely to be new users. I remember much
fiddling, a little hazy on the details, but it finally worked like a charm.
Another thing these cards could have are some of the 'must have' utilities.
'Styles' button, Hilite2k, that sort of stuff that we all find so useful.
Perhaps at the discretion of the loaner.
jc
On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 06:16 , Peter Cameron wrote:
> I did the ethernet/NIE thing for another list member a while ago with
> a
> 2MB card. You have to install all the drivers (make sure they can tell you
> what ethernet card they plan to use) etc. on a clean Newton (just
> brainwiped) and then back it up to the card. The recipient of the card
> then
> restores the card to his/her Newton. This of course wipes it clean, but
> they
> can then connect via ethernet and install what they need from there. It
> works well.
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