[NTLK] Newton Syncing in 2013

Mike Rankin mcrsnap at sbcglobal.net
Wed Jun 26 14:06:25 EDT 2013


The keyspan driver and adapter also works well with newton and mac osx 10.xxx.

Sent from my iPad

On Jun 26, 2013, at 10:29 AM, Vladislav Korotnev <vladkorotnev at gmail.com> wrote:

> You can sync the eMate using the old (round plug) serial port. It's not only appletalk, but also serial as on the older MP's.
> Any Serial-to-usb should work if it has a mac driver (I made one myself just for shits and giggles and still use it).
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> On Jun 26, 2013, at 23:25 , Bradley Mattice <bradwart at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hello-newbie here.
>> 
>> I have a couple of questions. I plan on getting a MessagePad soon and
>> possibly an eMate, and I want to see about the syncing options.
>> 
>> 1. With the MessagePad (I plan on getting an older model with the standard
>> Apple serial port for now), do I need to use the Keyspan adapter or will
>> any serial-to-usb adapter work?
>> 2. With the eMate, is it possible to use the standard Mac serial port and
>> sync it through AppleTalk (I have an iBook clamshell with OS 9.2.1 that
>> still supports it) or can you only sync through the InterConnect port? Or
>> would it just be best to send the files from the eMate to the MessagePad
>> through IR and then pull them off the MessagePad? Seems like the
>> InterConnect cables are hard to find these days.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance!
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