[NTLK] What was in the Newton Connection Pro Kit?

[Michael Sheflin]

I was thinking of Max1zzz's server. It's no longer around, but there's a
list on archive.org, which doesn't include any connection utility (
https://ia601703.us.archive.org/18/items/max1zzz_01/Jan%204%202020%20-%201%20%28max1zzz%29.cdr_tree.txt
).

On Wed, Jun 12, 2024, 1:07 PM Michael Sheflin <sheflinm at gmail.com> wrote:

> There's no indication of it here:
>
>
> https://ia803407.us.archive.org/33/items/download.info.apple.com.2012.11/download.info.apple.com.2012.11.zip.txt
>
> Also, in this October 12, 1993 PC Mag (
> https://books.google.com/books?id=3YYkmZlpAuoC&pg=PA178&lpg=PA178&dq=%22newton+connection+kit+pro%22&source=bl&ots=EykMxDEVHB&sig=ACfU3U1n687Ue-K2rf4AJB3Q1sQakDE9hw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj0rtiyn9WGAxVgFVkFHVV1A_0Q6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q=%22newton%20connection%20kit%20pro%22&f=false
> ).
>
> And I found a reference here to the Pro and regular kits being combined
> into a single package also in 1993 - so if it had an existence it must have
> been brief (https://tidbits.com/issues/194/ - "Numerous comments, tips,
> and announcements (After Dark, anyone?) fill the first part of this issue.
> Akif Eyler’s Easy View wins the 1993 MacUser Shareware Award for Text
> Tools. Apple announces the Apple Workgroup Server 95 Tune-Up and combines
> the Newton Connection Kit and Connection Pro Kit into a single package.
> Finally, I look at Conflict Catcher II, the essential extension manager
> that actually catches conflicts.")
>
> There is a Newton software (and Mac and other platforms) server that had
> some rare software including a beta of Copland OS. Does anyone recall what
> I'm talking about?  I would probably check there.
>
>  The Relatives” brochure and is mentioned in at least one edition of the
> Apple Facts booklet.
>
>>
>> August 1993, Page 103
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>> <https://archive.org/details/apple_facts_9308_8_93_august_1993_pdf__mlib>
>>
>> The following description is from a Newton Accessories pamphlet:
>>
>> “This kit gives you everything the Newton Connection Kit provides-and
>> more. You can translate your appointments, name cards, and notes from your
>> Newton MessagePad directly into popular PC and Macintosh applications and
>> vice versa. One version works with
>> personal computers running Microsoft Windows and the other works with
>> Apple Macintosh computers.”
>>
>> What I’d like to know is what software was included to do the translation
>> part. Especially seeing as it was a cross platform product.
>>
>> g.
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