From: Marcus Hammerschmitt (Marcus.Hammerschmitt_at_t-online.de)
Date: Sun Aug 28 2005 - 00:32:05 PDT
At 07:25 28.08.2005, you wrote:
>Sorry to ask this question, but I've dug out my trusty old Newt 2100 and=20
>I can't get it to synch with my newly installed Windows XP,=20
Like I said in a similar thread:
>To do this in style, you will have to use an ethernet card and approriate=
drivers
>and Newton programs:
>
>http://www.chuma.org/newton/ethernet/
>
>You will have to download and install Basilisk, peferably with Victor=
Rehorsts
>modifications:
>
>http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/index.php/WindowsConnection
>
>http://www.unna.org/unna/development/NewtonDev/
>
>Victor's Basilisk is needed to emulate a System 7 Apple Macintosh on your
>XP machine, containing a program called NCU that can connect to the=
ethernet
>card in your Newton. And after some fiddling, coaxing and configuring,=
voil=E0:
>
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/concord/18493316/
>
>If you want to spare yourself the ethernet trouble, you can go serial.=
Because
>there is a version of NCU that runs on WinXP without emulations and such.
>But then you'll need the dreaded serial dongle
>
>http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/index.php/AboutDongles
>
>(somewhat hard to come by), and you will have to slow down your XP-machine.
>I did it with a dubiously named but well working soft called CPUkiller:
>
>http://www.cpukiller.com/
>
>Syncing, backup and installation of packages (Newton lingo for software)
>work well enough the serial way. Even a bit more stable but with ethernet,=
but=20
>it's slooow. Because your machine has been slowed down to a speed standard=
=20
>from the mid-nineties, you won't be able to do anything else while the=
connection=20
>with your Newton is on.=20
>
>After having it done both ways, I'd say try ethernet. A bit tedious, but=
still worth
>it. Someone on the list said he's looking to improve things for XP users=
with
>a native XP Syncing solution. I'm looking forward to that very much.
Best,
Marcus
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