[NTLK] eMate questions and font creation

[Thomas Brand]

Good morning,

Sadly my process is not as ingenious as it might sound. In essence it is an elaborate form of sneakernet.

Since modern Macs are moving away from AFP I use CF cards to ferry my data to a PCMCIA slot equipped PowerBook. I use a Compact Flash to PCMCIA card adapter to read the CF card on the PowerBook. (This adapter is also a really great way to bring solid state storage to a older Mac.)

With 4 GB CF cards being so cheap I can fit the entire UNNA on one card and have access to the Newton’s entire back catalog of software from my PowerBook. Once I have decided on a app I want to install the sync is performed using Newton Connection Utilities. 

It may not be the most wizbang solution for getting data on and off a Newton, but it certainly is the most reliable. I highly recommend anyone wishing to bootstrap a Newton first buy a legacy Mac with a PC Card slot. 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5999tchjuk43sz5/2019-03-21%2011.23.11.heic?dl=0

Thomas Brand

> On Mar 21, 2019, at 3:02 AM, Piotrowski Paweł (Newton) <newton at indigi.co.uk> wrote:
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>> On 16 Mar 2019, at 20:31, Thomas Brand <thomasbrand at mac.com> wrote:
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>> I use the serial port on my PowerBook 2400c and a PCMCIA Compact Flash card adapter to install software onto my Newtons. The PowerBook has WiFi via a Orinoco Silver card, but it is just more convenient to install apps when you have the whole UNNA on a CF card. 
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/3e54hto3m0u9ijo/Photo%20Feb%2011%2C%2010%2000%2047%20AM.jpg?dl=0
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>> Thomas Brand
>> Eggfreckles.net
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> Hi Thomas,
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> Can you elaborate how do you use PCMCIA Compact card adapter to install software onto your Newtons?
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> Cheers,
> Pawel
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