Re: [NTLK] Apple's Newton Utilities

From: Greg Hankins <ghankins_at_mac.com>
Date: Mon Mar 31 2008 - 15:45:12 EDT

That's what I figured. Good to hear. Does the 2.0/2.1 OS handle
cleaning up orphaned soups all on its own?
Cheers!

Greg
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On Mar 31, 2008, at 2:49 PM, Jon Glass wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Greg Hankins <ghankins@mac.com>
> wrote:
>> Unfortunately, I couldn't find anything in the Apple Docs that
>> referenced the version of the Newton OS these utilities were
>> intended
>> for. Anyone know more about this? Should I pursue later versions of
>> the Newton Utilities or give up the hunt?
>>
>> I was particularly interested in the Memory Manger's alleged ability
>> to free up space being consumed by orphaned soups and the like.
>
> Wow! I had forgotten about those utilities! These were for the OS 1.x
> systems. Be glad, however, because they are no longer needed. In later
> OSs, these functions weree directly accessable in the Extras drawer,
> or by other means.
>
>
> --
> -Jon Glass
> Krakow, Poland
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>
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