[NTLK] New owner of a MessagePad 130

[Alec Johnston]

Thank you all for the info! I think I’ll let the Newton think it’s 1994,
for now, as the months and days line up.

On Tuesday, December 27, 2022, Avi Drissman <avi at drissman.com> wrote:

> You're welcome. I wrote it because there was a huge panicked thread on
> Usenet at the time, and I wanted to show that something could be done so
> that everyone would stop complaining :)
>
> The folks who made the OS patches to fix it for real deserve a ton more
> thanks.
>
> Avi
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 10:39 PM Laurence W Brown via NewtonTalk <
> newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
>
> > well, thanks, despite any remaining issues!
> >
> > -L.W. Brown
> > via 8s+
> >
> > > On Dec 27, 2022, at 18:14, Avi Drissman <avi at drissman.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Wait.... Fix2010 actually works? I wrote it back in 1998 with very
> > little
> > > testing, and I remember that many years later coming back to NewtonTalk
> > to
> > > find that it had issues.
> > >
> > >> On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 7:46 PM Steve Valin via NewtonTalk <
> > >> newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hi Alec,
> > >>
> > >> From memory, I believe Avi Drissman’s fix2010 package works for MP120
> > and
> > >> MP130’s running 2.0.  You can find it on Unna under utilities/patches.
> > >> This is what I installed on my MP130.
> > >>
> > >> -steve
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>> On Dec 27, 2022, at 11:58 AM, Alec Johnston <alecrj at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Hello!
> > >>>
> > >>> I was recently given a still working MessagePad 130. I've read some
> > info
> > >> on
> > >>> a date fix patch for eMates and MP2x00s, Do any of those patches work
> > >> with
> > >>> the 130?
> > >>>
> > >>> I downloaded the UNNA and mirrors archives. Any recommendations on
> what
> > >> to
> > >>> look for?
> > >>>
> > >>> I have a USB adapter coming, and downloaded NCX. I do have some 90s
> > Macs
> > >> I
> > >>> can connect with if that doesn't work, too.
> > >>>
> > >>> Thank you all for keeping this community alive.
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