Re: [NTLK] Stories on Newton data longevity / backup

Jon,
I find the special Newton pc printer cable (if you have or can find one) and a canon bubble jet bjc2000 works good for newt note hard copies. I want an old laser writer so I can just use a Mac serial cable but I haven't gotten off my wallet yet :-)
Joe Reilly
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From: Jon Glass <jonglass@usa.net>

Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:36:03
To: <newtontalk@newtontalk.net>
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Stories on Newton data longevity / backup

On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 6:15 PM, David Lawrence<newtonpoetry@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd love to have a few stories of Newton users with similar experiences for
> the blog.  Have you had one of those "data's still there!" moments?  What
> makes the Newton's data so robust?  Do you have any Newton data backup
> strategies you'd like to share?
>
This just happened to me Thursday! I found my Newton had come
unplugged and the battery dead, so I plugged it back in, and when it
booted, thought I would see how old the oldest note in my Notepad was
('99 for those curious). I have older notes than that on my Mac, but
apparently, when I got a new Newton in '99, I either didn't restore my
backed-up notes, or deleted older ones.... But anyway, I started
flipping forward, and about 3 notes in, I found notes to a sermon I
wrote back in '99. I used to write sermon outlines as they came to me,
and sometimes, I never got around to preaching them. This was one of
those sermons. For me, it was a great find, because I've been asked to
guest-preach for a friend next month, and this sermon will make an
excellent sermon for that. Now I just need to find a way to get the
outline out--because I'm too lazy to re-write from the Newton. ;-)

-- 
 -Jon Glass
Krakow, Poland
<jonglass@usa.net>
"I don't believe in philosophies. I believe in fundamentals." --Jack Nicklaus
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