[NTLK] OMP Upgrades
Matej Horvat
matej.horvat at guest.arnes.si
Fri Nov 28 15:16:12 EST 2014
On Fri, 28 Nov 2014 20:53:00 +0100, Greg Hankins <greg at greghankins.com>
wrote:
> NOS 1.00 lacks letter by letter recognition, but I understand this is
> available in 1.3. I also gather that there are developer upgrades for
> the OMP that will take it to 1.3. I'd be interested in locating those,
> but have so far been unable to do so. Any pointers would bc welcome.
All updates are on UNNA:
http://www.unna.org/view.php?/apple/software/SystemPatches/english
> Similarly, I understand there is a 1.05 upgrade for the OMP OS, but I'm
> not sure what enhancements it might offer or where I might find it. I'd
> be grateful for tips and pointers.
If your OMP has 1.00, install 1.05. If it has 1.10, install 1.11. They are
functionally equivalent and add letter-by-letter recognition and reduce
user memory by 32K to make it available to the OS (they might do more, but
that's all I can find).
http://www.splorp.com/newton/faq/newton-faq-nos.html#IIIA2a
For the MP100, there's update 415333, which, according to the readme, does
this:
* Creating a repeating day note no longer displays an error dialog.
* The system is more reliable; -10606 errors no longer occur when you
delete some types of information.
* In certain rare cases is was possible for the system to lock up when
very low battery levels were reached. This will no longer occur.
* This update prevents you from loading packages that only work with the
Newton 2.0 operating system. Previously, 2.0 packages could be loaded
causing unexpected results.
* The MessagePad displays "Ink Text" (received via email from a Newton PDA
that uses the Newton 2.0 operating system) as boxes. Previously, an error
message appeared.
* The MessagePad now converts unknown fonts when displaying text.
Previously, an error message appeared.
* Attempting to beam owner information from a Newton PDA that uses the
Newton 2.0 operating system to your MessagePad (i.e. "Beam My Card")
displays an improved error message. Previously, "error -48006" appeared.
Note: The data is still not transferred.
* When you try to erase a write-protected card that was formatted on a
Newton PDA that uses the Newton 2.0 operating system, the correct error
message appears. Previously, the "Are you sure you want to erase this
card?" slip appeared.
* "Receive Beams Automatically" no longer causes severe battery drain.
Previously it would leave the processor running until the MessagePad was
reset or "Receive Beams Automatically" was turned off.
* The connection icon has a new option ("DOS or Windows 9600 serial")
allowing a 9600 baud serial connection. You may need this connection
type if you're using the Newton Backup Utility on certain Windows
computers. See the documentation that came with the Newton Backup Utility
for more information. (Note: You only use the Newton Backup Utility with
your MessagePad 110 if you're transferring information to a Newton PDA
that uses the Newton 2.0 operating system.)
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