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MARCH ARCHIVES 1998
Part 2 of 3


NiftyDrop 1.0
Last Update:
03/18/98

NiftyDrop consists of eight modules to allow a user to selectively add features to the Newton backdrop. For example, a volume slider may be added to the backdrop screen with the Volume Module. Modules can be resized and rearranged within the backdrop's window so you can customize the layout. Selected modules may also be deactivated without removing the module package. The result is a backdrop application which can be as functional or as lightweight as you like.  NiftyDrop is distributed with a collection of sample modules. These are Agenda Module, Banner Module, Battery Module, Calendar Module, Clock Module, HeapStatus Module, ScratchPad Module and Volume Module.  Freeware. Credit:  Brian Sulcer of Hyprmynd Software.

niftydrop.zip   43k  

niftydrop_sit.hqx   61k  


BackLight Plus 1.7
Last Update:
03/16/98 UPDATED

Backlight Plus adds additional controls to your Newton's backlight! Now, you can have the backlight on all of the time, or from specified times during the day! Backlight Plus also adds a button to one of the screen corners for easy access to toggling the backlight on and off. When installed, Backlight Plus will initially create a small button in the upper left hand corner of your Newton screen. Tap on it to turn on or off the backlight. You can adjust Backlight Plus' preferences from Prefs in the Extras Drawer. Credit: Foundation Systems.  FREEWARE!

blight17.zip  7k

backlight-plus-1_7_sit.hqx  11k


nBattleship 1.4
nBattleship 2.5
Last Update:
03/16/98 UPDATED


nBattleship brings to your Newton the classic game of sink or be sunk! The object of the game is to destroy your opponent's ship before having your ships sunk first. nBattleship for the Newton adds a variety of features to Newton games to keep you and your opponents coming back for more! Credit: Foundation Systems.  FREEWARE!

nbship14.zip for NOS 1.x   28k  

nbattleship-1_4_sit.hqx for NOS 1.x   40k  

nbship25.zip for NOS 2.x   30k  

nbattleship-2_5_sit.hqx for NOS 2.x   44k  


Meetings In Hand 1.04
Last Update:
03/16/98

Meetings can be a waste of time. Often there seems to be no reason for the meeting, no agenda, and the person running the meeting is frustrated because they are not accomplishing what they want. Meetings In Hand™ (MIH), by prompting you through the most important steps in meeting preparation, will help you to prepare for and run meetings that will have participants saying that your meetings are worth their time. This version fixes a few bugs from previous efforts and includes compatibility with LunaTech's LunaSuite! Credit: Burr Oak Software.

mih10.zip 94k mih10_sit.hqx 131k

PrintLink v1.0 Demo
Last Update:
03/13/98

PrintLink V1.0 for Newton is a utility that allows the Newton to use your PC as a print gateway. As a result, your Newton will be able to take advantage of the hundreds of Windows 95/NT compatible printers.  Credit: PDA Direct.

printlink1000.zip   1.6M

NO MACINTOSH VERSION AVAILABLE


PT100 v1.1b4
Terminal Emulator & Telnet Client
Last Update:
3/13/98

A Telnet client for the Newton platform that fully supports NIE 2.0 (and Ethernet connections), PT100 also is a very complete and functional VT100 terminal emulator.  The latest beta includes logon scripting functionality, improved user options and a few fixes!  In addition, this version of PT100 will run up to 60% faster than the 1.01 beta release.  The versions here are shareware, and will only support sessions of 5 minutes or less; full versions can be purchased directly from the developer (contact info enclosed in the files below).  Credit: Scrawl Software.

PT100v11b4.zip   152k

PT100v11b4.hqx   215k


Announce 1.0
Last Update:
03/13/98

Announce is a cure for the "Text to Speech Envy" suffered by MP 120 and 130 owners! While Announce does not do true TTS (that's in the works right now), Announce does talk.  On startup, a pleasant male voice announces any or all of the following: 1) Day of the Week 2) The Current Date 3) The Current Year 4) The Current Time 5) The Time and Day of Week (if different from today) of your Next Appointment 6) The Status of Your Battery. To configure Announce, tap the application icon and a prefs dialog will come up.. it should be self-explanatory. Credit: Matthew Vaughn.

announce.zip   79k  

announce_pkg.sit  79k  


Ellie's Count Down 1.0
Freeware Release
Last Update:
03/12/98

For a selected date (holiday, your birthday, "End of World" or enter one), Ellie's Count Down (ECountDn) displays the remaining time from now in weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds. Credit: Steve Weyer.   FREEWARE!

ecount10.zip   13k  

ecount10_sit.hqx   18k  


Tower of Hanoi 1.1
Freeware Release
Last Update:
03/12/98

The classic "Tower of Hanoi" puzzle. Move disks from one stack to another, or just watch the Newton solve it for you.   Source available to registered NewtDevEnv users. Credit: Steve Weyer.   FREEWARE!

hanoi11.zip   13k   

hanoi11_sit.hqx   18k   


Geometry Construction Set 1.0
Freeware Release
Last Update:
03/12/98

With GeoCnstr, draw lines, circles, triangles; get information about perimeter, area; bisect lines and angles, inscribe/circumscribe circles.  Credit: Steve Weyer.  FREEWARE!

geocns10.zip   23k  

geocns10_sit.hqx   30k  


Sproing 1.0
Freeware Release
Last Update:
03/12/98

Sproing allows you to experiment with a bouncing spring by varying frequency, amplitude, damping, mass, spring constant. Credit: Steve Weyer.  FREEWARE!

sprng10.zip   12k  

sprng10_sit.hqx   17k  


InkSpot 1.12
Last Update:
03/12/98

The Ink Spot off line news reader includes lots of options to customize how news is received, read, sorted and deleted. There is no artificial limit on the number of messages to be downloaded, headers may be kept or discarded to help save space, and messages may be brought into the Newton's Notepad. InkSpot also includes a composition feature to help news group posters count to 10 when needed -- messages may be replied to, edited, mulled over, and sent at a later date.   The popular off line news reader was recently enhanced with improved text to speech handling and fixes for user reported problems. The latest version fixes startup errors on non-US Message Pads and the automatic download alarm is now removed properly when resetting the article downloading prefs to defaults. Credit: DejaVu Software.

inkspot.zip   110k  

inkspot_sea.hqx   186k  

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