OCTOBER ARCHIVES 1998
Part 2 of 2
Urban music disc jockeys DJ MG and DJ Theory have
teamed up with Newton user Hubertus Mueller to produce a Newton version of House Zone, a
regular column featured in Urban Beat. If you're a fan of hip hop or jazz, or just want to
read well done music reviews, venue reviews and industry news, check out House Zone for
the Newton. Credit: DJ MG, DJ Theory and Hubertus Mueller.
Avi's
Backdrop is a backdrop application for Newton devices with OS 2.1 (which means a MP2000,
MP2100, or eMate 300). Advantages? It's small (15K), it's fast, it takes up little heap,
and it's free. This backdrop program includes many features and options including
Anniversary and Birthday warnings and a great 10061 error work-around! The latest version
includes more options and some fixes. See included readme for usage instructions and
update specifics. Credit: Avi Drissman.
AutoContrast
1.01 helps stabilize the Newton's contrast settings via temperature control. The latest
version fixes a bug in the background calculations of the package and increases
performance of the contrast conditions temperature assessment. Since screen contrast may
vary by room temperature, this package will make contrast adjustments for temperature
automatically. Credit: Richard C.L. Li.
SBM Services, a freeware tool to help Newton
users further customize entries in Names, Owner info and other menu options. Defaults and
definitions may be set for: Email services, Credit card types, Pager types, Phone
types. The latest version features management of several telephone providers,
automatic selection of cheapest provider per connection and a fully integrated Newton user
interface. To update from 3.0 scrub out 'Services' from the extras drawer and answer
'No' to the question for deleting the data too. Now install the new version. After
installing please reboot your Newton. Credit: Softwarebüro Müller.
Secret offers fast and true DES encryption for
Newton Notes. As long as you never forget your encryption password, you'll love this app.
After installing you will find a little "lock" button in your Notes
options bar. In addition the action picker will be extended by 'Protect' and 'Unprotect'.
These are present only if the selected note is unlocked. The lock in the button line
shows the state of the notes application. If it is locked, the notes marked with 'Protect'
are not available. To open the Note, simply tap on the lock button and enter your
password. This is a 30 day demo. The latest version fixed an empty strings as passwords
problem. Secret may also perform OwnerInfo encryption. Credit: Softwarebüro
Müller.
After installing this little application, you can
change some undocumented options - like freeze - on Newton 2.x systems. The latest
update includes Backlight at Power On and more flexible battery low warnings. A full
features list includes the ability to: change the amount of the subsequently correctable
words, set the number of clipboards to more than one, activate Freezing to save heap
space, set Undo-Redo default instead of Undo-Undo, close Extras always after opening.
NOTE: After installing you can find Options in the extras folder
"Setup" by tapping "Preferences". Credit: Softwarebüro Müller.
SimpleMail is a Newton e-mail transport that lets
you send and receive messages over the internet using POP/SMTP. It uses the Newton
Internet Enabler (NIE 1.1 or NIE 2.0), so it will only work with Newton 2.0 or better. See
the included version history for new update features. It works with MP120, MP130, MP2000
and eMate. It's compact, taking up only 116K storage space. Best of all, SimpleMail is
free! Credit: Simon Bell.
Dino
Crypt is a simple package which allows Newton users to en- and decrypt text on the
MessagePad. Users simply select the text to encrypt, then click Encrypt Selection on the
Button Bar. Decryption is just as simple, and is password enabled. In the latest release,
the window where the decrypted text is shown closes after 20 seconds automatically. For
usage instructions and time limit information, see the included readme files.
Credit: Marcel Strittmatter, Dinoware.
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