Re: [NTLK] The Once Legendary 2100 fails

From: Frank Gruendel (fg2_at_pda-soft.de)
Date: Thu Jan 23 2003 - 18:55:56 EST


>The big problem appears to be why the machine doesn't
>response to the stylus when a valid interface is
>shown.

That is an easy one. Because the touchscreen has nothing to
do hardware-wise with what is shown on the display. You
could rip the touchscreen foil off and would still get what you
are seeing.

>So it seems it's in a coma of some sort. I called
>Apple and opened a case however I wanted to contact
>you all one more time before I commit to sending to
>Apple and lose all my data.

If they replace the display unit, you would probably not lose any
data unless they do a hard reset. You might want to try to get hold
of a memory card on which DataRescue is installed.

http://www.unna.org/unna/utilites/DataRescue/DataRescue.pkg

DataRescue automatically opens a connection when the card is
inserted or the Newton is reset, maybe it will do this and you
can do a backup using the Newton Connection Utilities.

But if you dare opening the Newton, do try re-seating the ROM
board.

Frank

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