[NTLK] eMate as a server

[Dan]

Actually eMates can write to linear cards just only 5v writing.  If the
card is 3V or 12V it won't write to them but read fine.

http://www.mac3.de/sig/newton/memory_cards.html  the site may be a
little out of date (talks about the ATA driver being almost done) but
the other data is still accurate.

-Dan

On 7/15/2015 9:22 AM, Greg Goodwin wrote:
> Last night I tried out the eMate as a Newton Server.
> 
> Not bad.  I have two.  One with the sprung latch and flakey screen, one
> with the memory upgrade and still working.
> 
> I ported a backup from a 2000 to the eMate and the server ran fine.   It
> bothered me at first that the eMate could not write to the linear flash
> card, but as I think about it:
> 
> I could develop most of the server setup on a Newton 2000/2100, which
> are my prime Newtons.   If I ever need to make changes, beam the notes
> back and forth (since the eMate cannot write to a linear flash apparently?)
> 
> Now just to recell a battery.   Might be worth it as the eMates are not
> a primary Newton.
> 
> Would be curious to hear of anyone that has run a server off a eMate.  
> A bit slower in response I noticed, but otherwise seemed solid.  Any
> other disadvantages.  Do they possibly crash less than a Newton 2000?
> 
> Doc Clu
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