[NTLK] NewtonTalk Digest, Vol 127, Issue 12

Peter Lavergne lavergne6 at icloud.com
Sun Jul 21 12:08:56 PDT 2024


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> Today's Topics:
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>   1. Re: Stand Alone Software registration? (Grant Hutchinson)
>   2. Re: Stand Alone Software registration? (Paul Nuernberger)
>   3. Sticky MessagePad (Ermin Mistica)
>   4. Re: Sticky MessagePad (Andrei Chichak)
>   5. Re: Sticky MessagePad (Ermin Mistica)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 16:44:19 -0600
> From: Grant Hutchinson <newtontalkmessages at gmail.com>
> To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net, Craig Bradley <ctb at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Stand Alone Software registration?
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>> On Jul 18, 2024, at 7:24 PM, Craig Bradley via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
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>> ?I have installed WorksBetter by Stand Alone software but it is asking me to register it. Has anyone figured out how to get a registration number of a hack for SA software?
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> Not that I?m aware of.
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> I thought at some point recently, one of our list members had successfully contacted someone at the company.
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> They still have active iOS apps, a couple of which were updated just 3 months ago.
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> <https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/crosswords-classic/id284036524>
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> I would try contacting them.
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> Couldn?t hurt, right?
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> g.
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> Grant Hutchinson
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> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 22:48:53 +0000
> From: Paul Nuernberger <pen at baroncompsys.com>
> To: "newtontalk at newtontalk.net" <newtontalk at newtontalk.net>
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Stand Alone Software registration?
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> All Newton titles are $10.
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> https://www.standalone.com/newtonos/
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> Well worth it.
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> Paul Nuernberger
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> From: NewtonTalk <newtontalk-bounces at newtontalk.net> on behalf of Grant Hutchinson <newtontalkmessages at gmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2024 5:44:19 PM
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> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Stand Alone Software registration?
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>> On Jul 18, 2024, at 7:24 PM, Craig Bradley via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
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>> ?I have installed WorksBetter by Stand Alone software but it is asking me to register it. Has anyone figured out how to get a registration number of a hack for SA software?
> 
> Not that I?m aware of.
> 
> I thought at some point recently, one of our list members had successfully contacted someone at the company.
> 
> They still have active iOS apps, a couple of which were updated just 3 months ago.
> 
> <https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/crosswords-classic/id284036524>
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> I would try contacting them.
> 
> Couldn?t hurt, right?
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> g.
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> Grant Hutchinson
> NewtonTalk List Dad & Web Custodian
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 15:49:34 -0700
> From: Ermin Mistica <erminmistica at gmail.com>
> To: NewtonTalk <Newtontalk at newtontalk.net>
> Subject: [NTLK] Sticky MessagePad
> Message-ID: <EC8ECC78-B722-4B53-B24F-39C997075A88 at gmail.com>
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> Hi guys!
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> Question. Is there a way to get rid of the stickiness or tackiness on an MP 2100?
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> Ermin
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> Ermin Mistica
> 773-413-0316
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> (vMBA13)
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 18:36:16 -0600
> From: Andrei Chichak <newton at chichak.ca>
> To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Sticky MessagePad
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> Oooh, I know this one. Just recently I had the same problem with a pair of binoculars from the same era.
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> The coating is a rubberized paint that eventually looses its plasticizers and just gets goopy. It happened so often that tech companies just stopped using the coating.
> 
> It comes off quite nicely with isopropanol, but you will be left with the raw base plastic.
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> So, your choice, goopy or black (I think it?s black, I don?t recall).
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> Andrei from The Great White North
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>> On 2024-July-20, at 16:49, Ermin Mistica <erminmistica at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi guys!
>> 
>> Question. Is there a way to get rid of the stickiness or tackiness on an MP 2100?
>> 
>> Ermin
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>> Ermin Mistica
>> 773-413-0316
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>> (vMBA13)
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 19:49:43 -0700
> From: Ermin Mistica <erminmistica at gmail.com>
> To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Sticky MessagePad
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> Thanks Andrea! I?ll look into this and on how to do it. I loved the soft touch back then but today it?s so annoying. My cover sticks when I try to open the cover. Dust sticks to it. Yuck.
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> ??????
> Ermin
> 773-413-0316
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> (viP12PM)
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>> On Jul 20, 2024, at 5:36?PM, Andrei Chichak <newton at chichak.ca> wrote:
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>> ?Oooh, I know this one. Just recently I had the same problem with a pair of binoculars from the same era.
>> 
>> The coating is a rubberized paint that eventually looses its plasticizers and just gets goopy. It happened so often that tech companies just stopped using the coating.
>> 
>> It comes off quite nicely with isopropanol, but you will be left with the raw base plastic.
>> 
>> So, your choice, goopy or black (I think it?s black, I don?t recall).
>> 
>> Andrei from The Great White North
>> 
>>>> On 2024-July-20, at 16:49, Ermin Mistica <erminmistica at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi guys!
>>> 
>>> Question. Is there a way to get rid of the stickiness or tackiness on an MP 2100?
>>> 
>>> Ermin
>>> 
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>>> Ermin Mistica
>>> 773-413-0316
>>> 
>>> (vMBA13)
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