AndyO
Well-known member
Excellent, thanks! I grabbed that copy of NCU from the Mac repository - it looks exactly the same as the version I installed on my PC, so pretty sure it has the functions I'm looking for. I hope to get my office rearranged a bit to fit the 630 back in and install NCU on that next week. I have the right cable for the connection, even though I'm not sure why I still have a couple of old Apple serial cables!
I must say that using the eMate is quite an experience. I'd largely forgotten how the Newton OS works, but it is a very neat system, and seems to be very capable. I've only had this eMate since last year but have never used it because I couldn't get it connected, so even being able to get the date patch onto it and see my NewtonWorks documents and drop them into LibreOffice is a great deal of progress. As you say, UNNA is down so there may be other software out there for it that I can grab and play with - I'm open to any suggestions as to what might be good to try.
The MP 130 I've had since it was new, but it's been in a drawer for many, many years. I'm looking forward to getting it up and running too, because once the date is fixed on that, it will likely get used quite a bit.... assuming I can train it to recognize my handwriting better than it does right now. I did get it to be quite accurate once, but that was a long, long time ago! However, I could certainly use a good PDA for day to day, and I recall the 130 was quite effective 'back then'.
I must say that using the eMate is quite an experience. I'd largely forgotten how the Newton OS works, but it is a very neat system, and seems to be very capable. I've only had this eMate since last year but have never used it because I couldn't get it connected, so even being able to get the date patch onto it and see my NewtonWorks documents and drop them into LibreOffice is a great deal of progress. As you say, UNNA is down so there may be other software out there for it that I can grab and play with - I'm open to any suggestions as to what might be good to try.
The MP 130 I've had since it was new, but it's been in a drawer for many, many years. I'm looking forward to getting it up and running too, because once the date is fixed on that, it will likely get used quite a bit.... assuming I can train it to recognize my handwriting better than it does right now. I did get it to be quite accurate once, but that was a long, long time ago! However, I could certainly use a good PDA for day to day, and I recall the 130 was quite effective 'back then'.