Paging Transport for Newton 2.0 is shareware, $10.00 US



It can send and receive alpha text messages via the Socket PageCard (pager) and 

any of a variety of Newton compatible modems, including cellular and landline based

PC Card modems.



This is an extension that installs a communications transport which can be used

with most paging services (SkyTel, MobileComm, etc..) using Telecator Access

Protocol (TAP).  It can also read messages from the Socket Communications

PageCard.  Some of the other features include: 

	

	1) The ability to poll the pager for new messages.

	

	2) A backdrop application button (in the status bar) for easy access to 

	   checking your messages on the pager.

	   

	3) CardFile (Names) lookup.  When a message comes in with just a phone number, 

	   the number is matched against phone number combinations found in the Names

	   soup.  If a match is found, useful information from the Names entry is added

	   to the message and displayed.

	   

	4) Page sending and receiving.



This transport will allow you to send text messages from any application that

1) has an Action (Routing) button, and 2) has text as a dataType for routing

purposes (Names, Notes, Dates, etc.. all do).  The most common application to use

is Notes.



To send a page to someone: write something on the Notepad (make sure the text is

recognized) then tap the Action button, and select "Page", etc..



To read pages from your Socket PageCard: insert the pager card into the PCMCIA slot,

then go to the InBox application from the extras drawer.  Tap the receive button

and select "Page" from the menu.  Or if you've checked the "Install Notepad access

button" item on the prefs dialog, tap the envelope icon at in the status bar of the

backdrop application.



You can modify some of the PageCard settings in the In/OutBox prefs entry for the

paging transport.  Tap the [i] button in the lower left hand corner of the

In/OutBox window, then select "Page" from the menu.



Mail Shareware fees to:



Ron Flax

1892 Preston White Drive

Reston, VA 22091



Inquiries to: ron@afsg.apple.com



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This document updated 4/10/96