Welcome to the Newton* mini-tools.



This collection of freeware tools will grow in time.  For this first release, there are two different Newton* applications for you to enjoy:



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1.  Memory Massager

The prime purpose of this is to call a garbage collection in your Newton's memory.  In theory, such a garbage collection should get rid of all the dross hanging around, and you may find that this staves off the need to restart from time to time (when using version 1.02 of the Newton OS).



It incidentally includes information about free and total memory, battery power, and battery compartment temperature, all of which are available in other tools on the Newton.  However, try tapping on the temperature bar...



Everything else should be self-explanatory.



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2.  NewtonScript Runner

This is a slightly modified version of one of the demos provided with the Newton Toolkit.  NewtonScript, which is the language used to program Newton systems, can be compiled and run on the fly, and this little utility allows you to do just this.  You will hardly develop the next killer app on your Newton this way (!), but it does for instance allow you to work out sines etc.



To use this, enter your NewtonScript program in the upper editable text field, e.g.



sin(0.75)



then press the Eval! button, and the answer is displayed in the lower text window.



Note that it is possible to enter *any* NewtonScript command in this, and thus it is very easy to crash your Newton in a myriad of extremely nasty ways.  BE WARNED!



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Both these utilities, and future additions to this little collection, are free of charge.  However, copyright is retained by EHN & DIJ Oakley, ) 1993, EHN & DIJ Oakley, all other rights reserved.  These two utilities were developed using the Newton Toolkit, ) 1992-1993 Apple Computer, Inc.  Newton is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.  Apple Computer makes no warranty with respect to these products, which are entirely the responsibility of EHN & DIJ Oakley, and so on.  But be warned - as with most things in life, you use them at your own risk.



Howard Oakley can be contacted on CompuServe at 70734,120, CIX as hoakley, AppleLink as UK0392, the Internet as Howard@quercus.demon.co.uk, and by fax to +44 983 853253.