From: Perry Miller (perrymiller_at_mac.com)
Date: Tue Jun 15 2004 - 13:22:16 PDT
Hi Johannes,
I'm in the same situation as David with my 2100 MP. Not being very
knowledgeable about this, is there a particular PCMCIA WIFI card for my
Newton that will work with my Apple Airport. Is there a resource you
suggest for such a purchase.
I am also interested if someone knows of the "card lending service" you
suggested for those of us who don't have an old Mac.
Thanks for the clear instructions you provided David. It is a big help
to me as one who is just getting started with my Newton.
Perry
On Jun 15, 2004, at 11:02 AM, Johannes Wolf wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> welcome back to the Newton!
> Indeed upgrading to an MP2x00 is a good idea.
> You are right that there are three possible ways of connecting the
> Newt:
> 1) serial (with USB to serial adapter + the MP2x00 NIC port dongle or
> the
> SER-001 card)
> 2) via Ethernet (you need a PCMCIA Ethernet card for your Newt)
> 3) wireless Lan (you need a base station and a PCMCIA WIFI card that
> works
> with your Newt)
> and for sake of completeness, there is also the Local Talk connection,
> which
> is kind of a serial connection, but LT is not supported from the new
> Macs
> anymore.
>
> FASTEST is Ethernet or WIFI.
> Easiest is SERIAL.
>
> But to use option 2) or 3) there is the question of who comes first,
> chicken
> or egg.
> In fact both require special drivers on your Newt that have to be
> installed - normally via a (default) serial connection.
> But there is a solution: this is the so called card lending service:
> you
> lend out a memory card that contains the special drivers you need and
> there
> you go.
> Or you locate another Newton friend close to you who has either an old
> Mac
> (and the serial cable + dongle) or who can lend you a memory card.
> I know about such a service in Europe (Frank Gruendel) and there
> should be a
> similar one for the U.S. as well.
>
> HTH
> Johannes
>
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