From: John Hay (OceanCity_at_mac.com)
Date: Thu Aug 18 2005 - 06:43:36 PDT
Thank you Johannes,
Is there any point in my trying to:
1) Install Classic [not currently installed as I have no current
need, but certainly can install it if needed] onto my main production
machine #1 [corrected] below, then
2) Install NCU to this box
3) Purchase [what brand/model would be the most reliable, anyone
know?] a USB to Serial dongle, then
4) Install packages from this box to the Newton via a serial cable
from the dongle
and
5) Establish Internet connectivity as you say below to install more,
etc.
? ? ? ?
TIA,
John
On Aug 18, 2005, at 9:18 AM, Johannes Wolf wrote:
> Hey, there are plenty of options,
> of course using the Ethernet connection is the preferred choice.
> In order to do that you need to transfer the ethernet drivers to
> the Newt.
> The easiest way is to use a serial connection - depending what
> cable you
> actually have (PC or Mac) determines the machine you would need to
> do that.
> Of course there are also USB to serial adapters on the market...
> The most used transfer tool on the PC/Mac side is NCU - you can
> download it
> from Unna.
> Once you have teh Ethernet connection up and running, you need to
> define a
> machine where NCU runs on and that has connection to you local
> network.
> Unfortunately NCU does not run with OS X, so you need the classic
> environment or an older machine running on OS 9.
>
> Of course once you have the Ethernet connection functional, you can
> choose
> amongst quiet a number of applications to transfer data up and
> down. But I
> found using NCU (with all the little problems it has) to be a very
> straight
> forward solution.
>
> Cheers
> Johannes
>
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>> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of John Hay
>> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 2:23 PM
>> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
>> Subject: [NTLK] Topology Connection Options
>
>> My PRIMARY need is to get new packages INTO my Newton.
>
>> 0) Newton 2100 with Bronze Turbo and 3com 3c589D-TP cards available,
>> and serial cable
>> 1) Mac dual G5 Desktop with USB, firewire, RJ-45, RJ-15, airport, and
>> optical ports
>> 2) Mac dual G4 Desktop with USB, firewire, RJ-45, RJ-15 ports,
>> airport
>> 3) Mac PowerBook G4, with USB, firewire, RJ-45, RJ-15 ports,
>> airport
>> 4) Mac PowerBook G4, with USB, firewire, RJ-45, RJ-15 ports,
>> airport, S-Video, and PCMCIA card slot
>> 5) Mac iBook, with USB, firewire, RJ-45, RJ-15 ports, airport
>>
>> 6) IBM ThinkPad T21 running XP, with USB, RJ-45, RJ-15, Serial,
>> Parallel port, and 2 PCMCIA card slots
>> 7) IBM ThinkPad 560X running Win98, with USB, RJ-45, RJ-15, Serial,
>> Parallel port, and 2 PCMCIA card slots
>>
>
>> 8) Tiger
>> 9) Panther
>> 10) Jaguar
>> 11) Classic
>
>> 12) Hardwired ethernet
>> 13) Wireless ethernet via Airport Extreme and/or Express Base
>> Stations
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