[NTLK] Disconnecting Newton

[Jeremy O'Brien]

Well, after I launched 10 instances of slowdown, fully cranked to  
slow, and noticed no noticable speed decrease nor success in  
transferring, I gave up. Maybe it's due to the fact that I'm using  
parallels. I really have no idea. In any case, I think I'll wait for  
my new serial cable to arrive and just try my luck with NCX. From what  
I hear it's reliable.


On Jan 27, 2010, at 17:58, "Frank Gruendel" <newtontalk at pda-soft.de>  
wrote:

>> but I still get a communications error (-1) whenever I try to  
>> export works files.
>
> For a start: The serial connection is more reliable when the  
> Newton's supply voltage is higher. In
> other words, make sure you have new batteries, fully charged  
> rechargeables or (by far the most
> promising version) the AC adapter plugged in when connecting.
>
> After that, don't waste time with percentages. Start an instance of  
> slowdown and drag the sliders
> all the way to the right. If that isn't enough, start another  
> instance. Depending on your computer
> speed and hardware it can happen that reliable connections are only  
> possible if your PC is slowed
> down so much that normal usage isn't hardly possible anymore. With  
> modern PCs this might require 5
> or more instances of slowdown.
>
> Frank
>
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