From: Woody Smith (woodysmith_at_comcast.net)
Date: Mon Aug 01 2005 - 20:25:03 PDT
Hi Bryan
Welcome.
1. See
<http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html#newton>
for Apple's old software for the Newt and if you scroll up you will
find a number of Mac drivers.
My eMate has a driver for the Personal Laserwriter 300 and it seems
to be built in.
2. Since your 6320 has a serial port and can run NCU and other
Newton connection software, it would be a simple choice for
connecting with either of your Newts. If it is networked with your
eMac then you can transfer files to it for the newt (some problems
with 10.4 but can be worked around).
3. The 3Com Megahertz 589 series seems to work well for me. Only
your eMate can use an ethernet card.
4. I have had luck with the Lucient Turbo Bronze(no WEP) and The
Lucient Turbo Silver (with WEP) though there are others.
see
<http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/index.php/WiFi>
Be sure to spend some time looking at the wikiwikinewt link at the
bottom of all newton talk posts.
Woody
On Aug 1, 2005, at 9:00 PM, Bryan Law wrote:
> I bought an eMate and Message Pad 120 2.0 off of ebay last week, and
> am still getting to know the interface of them. Please forgive if
> these are stupid/already answered questions. XD
>
> 1. After I received the Newtons, I went to our local Re-Store(you can
> buy dontated stuff there for super cheap) and bought an Apple
> Personal Laserwriter for $1. I hooked it up and it came on fine, but
> I could not get the Newton to work with it for anything. I couldn't
> even get our old Performa 6320CD to work with it. Anybody know where
> I can get some drivers, or a workaround? My old Stylewriter 1200
> works wonderfully with the Newtons, but I prefer Laser printers.
>
> 2. I want to be able to install packages via my eMac onto the
> Newtons, but I don't have a working Serial-USB Adapter. I do have one
> that was with my Palm IIIc, but I haven't been able to get that to
> work at all, although I didn't have terribly high hopes anyway. Is
> there a way to get the Palm adapter to work? If not, what is the best
> Serial-USB adapter to get?
>
> 3. What's the best ethernet PCMCIA card to get?
>
> 4. What's the best wifi PCMCIA card to get? I'm considering getting
> one of the ones in the remaining stock from Macs-r-us, if they still
> have any...
>
> Other than a few little issues, I really like the Newtons. IMO, they
> are still vastly superior to both Palm and Pocket PC. I expect no
> less from Apple :D Also, Great mailing list guys!
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
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