newtontalk-digest V2 #775"dvvr\TEXTR*ch@^^^Subject: newtontalk-digest V2 #775 Date: 3/18/1999 4:22 PM Received: 3/18/1999 5:01 PM From: newtontalk-digest, owner-newtontalk-digest@esosoft.com Reply-To: newtontalk@esosoft.com To: newtontalk-digest@esosoft.com Questions about the list? Send email to . The NewtonTalk website is http://www.newtontalk.com. ***** This month of NewtonTalk is sponsored by: Steve Weyer -- author of Newt's Cape (web browser and book creator), NewtDevEnv (Newton-based app development), Sloup (text/data transfer), and more: http://members.bellatlantic.net/~sweyer/newton/index.htm. newtontalk-digest Thursday, March 18 1999 Volume 02 : Number 775 Re: Ntlk "Normal" modems [Marco Mailand ] Re: Ntlk Amazing New HiTech Gizmo [Marco Mailand ] Re: Ntlk EnRoute Inet e-mail -- sending error [Marco Mailand ] Ntlk Re: newtontalk-digest V2 #774 [arthur_dealba@gsfs.com] RE: Ntlk Outer layers on the screen ["Powderly, Kyle" Subject: Re: Ntlk "Normal" modems >Will it work as long as it is Hayes Compatible and/or are there other >possibilities? I=B4ve tried three different non-brand modems and they all worked w/o any problem. Just unplug the Mini8 connector from your Mac Modem port and plug it into the dongle and go. BTW, I used always cheap modems, PCMCIA and SCSI products from the WIN-DOS world with my Mac and Newtons w/o problems. Marco & Irene Mailand mailto:mailand@globacom.net http://hp.globacom.net/mailand ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 20:35:46 +0100 (MET) From: Marco Mailand Subject: Re: Ntlk Amazing New HiTech Gizmo >Does nobody love me? No, nobody wanted to tell you the sad truth that your card has very probably damaged data on it. Perhaps will you not need to format it with opened prefs, a simple "yes" in the "Are you shure" dialog will do it. I do not remember exactly which error it was (may be -48013) but if this error occours the installation of a certain package (from SAS???) on another card and inserting it could bring the corrupted data back. But if your card want be recognized it was probably inserted into a Notebook computer or camera which tried to write on it. In this case you=B4re out of luck and I cross my fingers for you to find a good backup file... Marco & Irene Mailand mailto:mailand@globacom.net http://hp.globacom.net/mailand ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 20:35:52 +0100 (MET) From: Marco Mailand Subject: Re: Ntlk EnRoute Inet e-mail -- sending error >I have thus far been unable to send e-mail with my MP2100 using EnRoute >Inet Email. May be that your provider where your pop account is hosted has an anti-spamming "feature" installed. You might send e-mail but only if you would be in an allowed address space. This is usually your company network. If you try it from outside with another ISP, you=B4re out of luck. But you should try the public SMTP servers: mail.geocities.com or mail.torfree.net =2E These I know of but there will be others for shure. Marco & Irene Mailand mailto:mailand@globacom.net http://hp.globacom.net/mailand ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 20:35:55 +0100 (MET) From: Marco Mailand Subject: Re: Ntlk NCU >How does one "trash" the preferences? I meant the preferences of NCU in the Preferences Folder of my Mac. There is probably something similar on the DOSbox but it is chaotically organized and I have no idea how to find the file. Something with an .INI extension but there are thousands. > I have also read about increasing the memory allocated to NCU - how do you do >this on a Win machine? There is no setting like on the Mac. May be that it is sufficient to close all programs to save the system resources and hope that the virtual memory will do the job. On my WinNT box in the office I could never complete a backup of my MP2k. It has 166MHz, 80MB RAM and the service pack installed. However, NCU works for simple transfer of a note or works text. Marco & Irene Mailand mailto:mailand@globacom.net http://hp.globacom.net/mailand ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 14:11:39 -0500 From: arthur_dealba@gsfs.com Subject: Ntlk Re: newtontalk-digest V2 #774 Any ideas on how to access and surf the net with my AOL account? Aloha is fine but I want to use my newt to also surf (if possible). Arthur ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:25:20 -0500 From: "Powderly, Kyle" Subject: RE: Ntlk Outer layers on the screen Mark Faram wrote: > I think that I've figured out that > my "creases" are really scratches in the "barrier". I think we need a clarification here, Mark. Are you talking about the surface of the screen itself, or are you talking about the Newton product called The Barrier? Is there a protruding bump on the screen, or a receding scratch/gouge? There is no "barrier" on the screen itself, unless you mean the thin coating of some sort that gives the screen a little drag-iness and cuts down on reflective glare. The Barrier (capital B) plastic insert can be removed. The coating cannot be removed by anything short of a razor blade (now there's a nightmare image for all us Newtoneers!). In my experience, Apple Repair Center has little or no skill in addressing the question of so-called "delamination" of the surface coating. I tried twice to get Apple to look at the problem on my Newt, to no avail. My suggestion is to buy a pack of the WriteRights or NuShields (The Barrier's replacement, coming soon from a NewtonTalked near you) and slow down the deterioration of the screen. Also, get thee a replacement stylus - either from PDA Panache or Cross. The tip on the stock stylus is more likely to create new and horrible scartches in your screen than the nicer, smoother, softer tips on the Panache and Cross stylii. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:27:44 +0000 From: David Golden Subject: Re: Ntlk Re: newtontalk-digest V2 #774 Hi there: You can't. Just one of the many reasons that I hate AOL:-). Dave arthur_dealba@gsfs.com wrote: > Any ideas on how to access and surf the net with my AOL account? Aloha is > fine but I want to use my newt > to also surf (if possible). > > Arthur > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 14:24:41 -0600 From: Cliff Crouch Subject: Ntlk Re: NewtonBooks (wuz Outer layers) >> I would also like to know where the best selection of NewtonBooks is on the >> web > >Amazon has a good selection, I think Barnes and Noble as well. Er, um, *I*, at least, interpreted this query as referring to e-texts readable on the Newton. :-) If my interpretation if correct, you might try Project Newtonberg, now located at: America Online has a large selection of Newton-specific texts, if you have an account with them. There were numerous NewtonBooks on NewtonMAD (including some of my own creation), but I gather that site's down at least for the time being. :-( Cordially, Cliff Crouch * * * * * (Work) (Home) "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet." --Vice-President Al Gore, CNN interview, 03/1999 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:40:59 +0000 From: David Golden Subject: Re: Ntlk EnRoute Inet e-mail -- sending error Hi there: Normally I stay away from offering any opinions of a particularly technical nature, because I'm so manifestly ignorant. But in this case I'm going to make an exception. I had a similar problem once, and I finally found that I had a small typo ( a comma instead of a period, I think ), in my POP setup. It took me a real long time to find it, and only after much frustration. Once you get this situation under control you'll wonder how you ever lived without your Newton. Good luck. Dave Chris Georges wrote: > I have thus far been unable to send e-mail with my MP2100 using EnRoute > Inet Email. _Receiving_ e-mail is no problem. Everything seems to be > correct in my prefs, setup, etc., but every time I try to send, I get > the following error message: > > EnRoute Internet > Unable to continue. Server error. > It said: 572 Use > username@gte.net > not > username@mail.gte.net as your > smtp address > > In my setup, I clearly have my POP and SMTP domains correct. (I don't > know if this is related -- probably is -- but I 've occasionally gotten > an error message that tells me, in so many words, " 'gte.net' is not a > domain.") > > Anyone have any experience with this? Would switching to Simple Mail > help? > > TIA > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 16:09:49 -0500 From: "Mark D. Faram" Subject: RE: Ntlk Outer layers on the screen We're talking about the surface of the screen. I was given this Newton-MP2000k, 14,4 Megahertz modem, Keyboard(no case) PC , one IBM cable but no software or stylus by my systems director who said since Apple discontinued development(etc.) the company had no use for it. Since I was a PDA person with a PIII, WinCE palm-sized PC who spoke longingly about his old MP2000 he thought I'd like it. It was used by a reporter in the field and it has two receding scratches and one gouge in the bottom third of the screen. It's annoying when you view it in daylight or under lights, however when the backlighting dominates, they are almost invisible. They aren't show stoppers, but being kinda anal about my screens I think about fixing the problem. As I have nothing into the unit, it's a consideration for me. However If this "barrier" makes it more liveable I would like to try that. Maybe a covering over the screen would reduce the glare and make it more useable. I also hope to upgrade this machine sometime. Is the Apple upgrade better than some of these other 3rd party offerings? I use a cross stylus, but am not opposed to others. I really need to find the mac NCU software that came with the MP2000. I have the update to 1.0. I also already have the IBM software. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-newtontalk@esosoft.com [mailto:owner-newtontalk@esosoft.com] On Behalf Of Powderly, Kyle Sent: Thursday, March 18, 1999 3:25 PM To: 'Newtontalk@esosoft.com' Subject: RE: Ntlk Outer layers on the screen Mark Faram wrote: > I think that I've figured out that > my "creases" are really scratches in the "barrier". I think we need a clarification here, Mark. Are you talking about the surface of the screen itself, or are you talking about the Newton product called The Barrier? Is there a protruding bump on the screen, or a receding scratch/gouge? There is no "barrier" on the screen itself, unless you mean the thin coating of some sort that gives the screen a little drag-iness and cuts down on reflective glare. The Barrier (capital B) plastic insert can be removed. The coating cannot be removed by anything short of a razor blade (now there's a nightmare image for all us Newtoneers!). In my experience, Apple Repair Center has little or no skill in addressing the question of so-called "delamination" of the surface coating. I tried twice to get Apple to look at the problem on my Newt, to no avail. My suggestion is to buy a pack of the WriteRights or NuShields (The Barrier's replacement, coming soon from a NewtonTalked near you) and slow down the deterioration of the screen. Also, get thee a replacement stylus - either from PDA Panache or Cross. The tip on the stock stylus is more likely to create new and horrible scartches in your screen than the nicer, smoother, softer tips on the Panache and Cross stylii. Questions about the list? Send email to . The NewtonTalk website is http://www.newtontalk.com. ***** This month of NewtonTalk is sponsored by: Steve Weyer -- author of Newt's Cape (web browser and book creator), NewtDevEnv (Newton-based app development), Sloup (text/data transfer), and more: http://members.bellatlantic.net/~sweyer/newton/index.htm. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 12:30:10 -0700 From: Dan Charles Subject: Re: Ntlk Simplemail POP server access ... ronnie_simon@uk.ibm.com wrote: > I have tried Amexmail and netaddress POP servers to receive mail via > Simplemail with no luck at all. Are there more appropriate email/ pop > servers availble elsewhere that work with SimpleMail ? I have successfully used SimpleMail, Eudora, Enroute, and Luna Suite's Newton e-mail clients with AT&T Worldnet, IBM.net, USWest.net and several local providers. Dan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 16:34:10 EST From: AjaxPrime@aol.com Subject: Ntlk Newbie questions Let me take my first baby steps into the Newton realm. I'm awaiting delivery of my first Newton, a MessagePad 130, and I have a few questions that I hope the kind people on this list will oblige me. First, is there any consensus out there as to the best PIM for the Newton? And has anyone had any luck synching with Now Up-to-Date or Claris Organizer? Is there anything I should now about the care and feeding of my little Newton - -- something that the collective wisdom of the listers here should warn me about? Any advice on equipment, must-have software or utilities? And that is that. Thanks. I hope to be an active member ...that is if my Newton ever arrives. :-) - -- Ajax ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 13:45:58 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Friedman Subject: Re: Ntlk Re: NewtonBooks (wuz Outer layers) > >> I would also like to know where the best selection of NewtonBooks is on the > >> web > > > [Try Project Newtonberg] > You can always create your own Newton books using either Newton Press (available somewhere?) or Paperback . Paperback is my favorite, because you just drag and drop a text file onto the icon and voila! a package to install on your Newton. And it's free! Once you are set up to make your own Newton books, drop by the Project Gutenberg home page and start downloading the classics. You can also use Newt's Cape to create Newton Books from HTML or Web pages, which is cool. Have fun! - --Mike Friedman PS - Does anyone know if Rob West found someone to take over PN? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 23:22:26 +0100 From: "Robert Benschop" Subject: Ntlk What was that name again.... Somebody mentioned a little button in a corner that would switch the backlight on/off and was very easy to find in the dark (!) Now I normally don't trash anything of possible interest, but I can't find this one anymore, anybody any help? Robert Benschop ------------------------------ End of newtontalk-digest V2 #775 ******************************** Questions about the list? Send email to . The NewtonTalk website is http://www.newtontalk.com. ***** This month of NewtonTalk is sponsored by: Steve Weyer -- author of Newt's Cape (web browser and book creator), NewtDevEnv (Newton-based app development), Sloup (text/data transfer), and more: http://members.bellatlantic.net/~sweyer/newton/index.htm.