[NTLK] How do I get (additional) software onto MP 2100

[Alexander Shendi]

Hi Grant, hi other list members,

@Grant Hutchinson Thanks for the offer, but I have just located and purchased a dongle on "Ebay Kleinanzeigen". I think shipping costs from Canada to Germany would be rather high, no matter how reasonable the price.

I think I also need an additional round serial to rectangular 9 pin serial adapter? I have a serial to USB adapter lying around. Would I be able to transfer Newton packages from an Unix-like OS with programs like cu, tic or minicom?

@all list denizens: I would still be interested in a spare battery cage, if someone had on of these for sale.

Have a nice day,

-- Alexander

Am 10. April 2022 22:52:04 MESZ schrieb Grant Hutchinson <grant at splorp.com>:
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>> On Apr 7, 2022, at 1:14 PM, Alexander Shendi <Alexander.Shendi at web.de> wrote:
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>Welcome, Alexander!
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>> There seems to be a (proprietary?) connector at the top of the device, but I don't have any cable or adapter.
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>The Newton Interconnect port requires an adapter (also known as a “dongle destroyer”) to provide a more standard mini DIN-8 serial port. They are available on eBay, but tend to be fairly expensive. I might be able to locate an extra one in my collection and let you have it for a reasonable amount.
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>Using the aforementioned adapter and a serial to USB cable with an integrated FTDI chip such as the cable from Pawel Piotrowski [1] or one similar to this cable I purchased through Amazon a couple of years ago [2], you can connect directly to your computer and install packages using a utility like Newton Connection for Mac OS X (NCX) [3].
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>[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/CNm0KbvgPhd/
>[2] https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00QUZY4L0
>[3] https://newtonresearch.org/connection/
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>> So what would be the best procedure to connect the MP 2100 to the outside world. I have a D-Link D-660 PCMCIA ethernet card, but I think it won't work without additional drivers.
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>That is correct. You will need the Newton Internet Enabler packages as well as the appropriate wireless drivers for your D-Link card. More information (and downloadable packages) can be found here:
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>https://www.pda-soft.de/body_ethernetconnectivity.html
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>> I also would like to know, if and where I could
>> purchase an ordinary battery pack (4xAA)?
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>Again, someone on the list might have a spare battery cage kicking around.
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>g.
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