[NTLK] Older RTF format for "MoreSoups, LostInSpace, etc" documents?

[Grant Hutchinson]

> On Aug 2, 2025, at 11:32 AM, Jim Witte <jim.witte at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I downloaded a bunch of the rtf developer note files from
> <https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/computing/apple/newton/>
> and can't open them.
> 
> Is that an older version of the RTF spec, or some "JSON-ized" RTF?

I ran into this same problem a couple of months ago when I stumbled across those same files.

The only thing I haven’t tried is opening the RTF files on one of my classic Macs under System 7 or 8.

I do have PDF versions of most of those articles on the Newted Community site, if that helps.

https://newted.org/download/manuals/Behind_Bars.pdf
https://newted.org/download/manuals/Bit_Parts.pdf
https://newted.org/download/manuals/Lost_In_Space.pdf
https://newted.org/download/manuals/More_Soup.pdf
https://newted.org/download/manuals/Newton_Still_Needs_The_Card_You_Removed.pdf
https://newted.org/download/manuals/Package_Deal.pdf
https://newted.org/download/manuals/Soups_On.pdf
https://newted.org/download/manuals/Tales_From_The_View_System.pdf
https://newted.org/download/manuals/Up_In_Alarms.pdf

g.

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Grant Hutchinson
NewtonTalk List Dad & Web Custodian