Re: [NTLK] resetting the newton

From: Robert Benschop (rbenschop_at_telebyte.nl)
Date: Sun May 09 2004 - 15:26:31 PDT


On 9-mei-04, at 19:23, David Bates wrote:
> I have been using Dashboard for a while now and have used the "Reset
> Newton" item in the menu quite a bit while trying to configure wifi,
> bluetooth, etc. However I was wondering what that actually does. Is
> "resetting" the Newton the same as "rebooting" it?

Yes it is. It means that it loads all active packages anew into it's
memory.

> Am I loosing any information that the Newton gathers about HWR when i
> reset it?

No, one of the greatest things of the Newton is the fact that it's
quite hard to loose information and as a rule it doesn't happen
involuntarily. (though there are always exceptions to a rule of course)

Robert Benschop

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