[NTLK] Newton 1.x - Serial Connection to Windoze XP

[William Maloney]

Wow, this is a cool little trick! Neat. Anyone recommend using Slowdown.exe
for this?

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 7:33 AM, William Maloney <william.maloney.09 at cnu.edu
> wrote:

> Wow, and this works regardless of what Newton is running? Will most
> certainly try this out. Many thanks!
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 7:20 AM, Matej Horvat <redjazz_slo at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >> The biggest problem though
> >> is
> >> installing packages. With both NCK and the Package
> >> Installer, WIN98
> >> will get less than half way and then suddenly lose its
> >> connection.
> >
> > There is a workaround: use Newton Press. You can even run it natively
> without Virtual PC, and it will install any package, not just books. Choose
> "Install Package" from the File menu and "Macintosh serial" (not "DOS or
> Windows PC") on the Newton. I think it even installs faster than NCK, and
> it also has a progress bar.
> >
> > Matej Horvat
> >
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