[NTLK] Getting Started Card Mystery - The Sequel

[Matej Horvat]

On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 03:48:11 +0200, Alan Grassia <alan.grassia at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> I recently refurbished a Newton OMP H1000 with Newton OS 1.00
> installed.  I have also acquired a used Newton Getting Started card
> (dated 1993 with part number 649-0020-A).  The card appears to be in
> excellent physical condition (no bends, dents, or other marks).  There
> is no write-protect switch on the card.
>
> When I insert the card into my refurbished Newton OMP / H1000, I get a
> slip on the Newton that reads:
>
> “The card you inserted cannot be read.  Do you want to completely erase
> this card?”
> (Erase) (X)

Maybe OS 1.00 is the problem. See point 3.3 of this FAQ (not mine, I'm  
just mirroring it):

http://matejhorvat.si/en/newton/nwtfaq1x.txt

"1.01: Fixed incompatibility with Getting Started Card."

Also according to that FAQ, "all the MessagePads shipped at MacWorld  
Boston had 1.02 (in other words, they started there)".

Note that on MP110 and older, patches are not permanent because these  
devices use SRAM instead of flash memory, so all data is lost if all  
batteries are empty or missing. This is how yours got downgraded.

The last patch for ROM 1.00 is 1.05:

http://www.unna.org/unna/apple/software/SystemPatches/english/OMP/OS1.05.pkg