[NTLK] The Message lets you read and search the Bible on any Newton device. (Now Available)

[Doctor Clu]

Hello all,

One of my favorite apps for the Newton MessagePad is "The Message".  A 
handy Bible app in quite a few ways.  I've uploaded The Message along 
with additonal packages for the King James Version, Revised Standard 
Version, and New International Version.

They can be found at these two locations:

https://newtoncity.org/index.php/downloads/category/11-ebooks (uploaded 
and processing)

http://www.unna.org/incoming/  (as "The Message-Combo.zip 
<http://www.unna.org/incoming/The%20Message-Combo.zip>")

More Newton apps will be added to both Unna and NewtonCity in the near 
future.

Greg / Doc Clu


More about "The Message"...

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Most of this from Servant Software (Home of The Message for Newton)

https://web.archive.org/web/20160309184322/https://thefedors.com/themessage/

"What's the point of the MessagePad, without *The Message*?"

*The Message* lets you read and search the Bible on any Newton device. 
*The Message* is free for personal use.

You can set preferences for display style of chapter, verse and footnote 
markers, as well as font and size. You can place bookmarks wherever you 
want, and a record is automatically kept of passages you've been reading 
recently. Searching allows you to find words or phrases in the current 
chapter or book, the entire Bible, or any of various sections of the Old 
and New Testaments.

The text of the entire Bible is broken down into eight sections, so that 
you can install just the parts that you want to have available. You need 
to install the main reader package ("The Message.pkg") and whichever 
modules you want to use. (See below.) Each package will take around 250 
or 300k of storage space, and the entire Bible takes approximately 2 
megabytes.

The Message requires Newton 2.0.

The Revised Standard Version (RSV) module for *The Message* is free and 
downloadable from this page. You should register it with the University 
of Pennsylvania; please print out, sign and physically mail this 
declaration 
<https://web.archive.org/web/20180822031237/https://thefedors.com/themessage/rsvdecl.html> 
to them to satisfy their copyright requirements.

The King James (KJV) module for *The Message* is free and requires no 
registration.

The New International Version (NIV) module is no longer available. It 
was not shareware, as there are licensing fees are required to 
distribute a copy of the NIV. We are not supporting this product any 
more since Newton devices are defunct. Sorry... (2016)

(as of 2025 you can find the NIV Bible downloadable in multiple places 
for free, so including in this collection.)

*The Message*

        - Package to display & search
          + TheMessage.pkg.sit
            <https://web.archive.org/web/20180822031237/https://thefedors.com/themessage/TheMessage.pkg.sit>
            (last updated 8/18/98)

*RSV module* - The RSV bible data which is displayed by *The Message*

          + RSV1
            <https://web.archive.org/web/20180822031237/https://thefedors.com/themessage/rsv1.pkg.sit>
            - *The Pentateuch* (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers,
            Deuteronomy)
          + RSV2
            <https://web.archive.org/web/20180822031237/https://thefedors.com/themessage/rsv2.pkg.sit>
            - Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1&2 Samuel, 1&2 Kings
          + RSV3
            <https://web.archive.org/web/20180822031237/https://thefedors.com/themessage/rsv3.pkg.sit>
            - 1&2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job
          + RSV4
            <https://web.archive.org/web/20180822031237/https://thefedors.com/themessage/rsv4.pkg.sit>
            - *Poetry* (Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs)
          + RSV5
            <https://web.archive.org/web/20180822031237/https://thefedors.com/themessage/rsv5.pkg.sit>
            - Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations
          + RSV6
            <https://web.archive.org/web/20180822031237/https://thefedors.com/themessage/rsv6.pkg.sit>
            - Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah,
            Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
          + RSV7
            <https://web.archive.org/web/20180822031237/https://thefedors.com/themessage/rsv7.pkg.sit>
            - *Gospels* (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Acts)
          + RSV8
            <https://web.archive.org/web/20180822031237/https://thefedors.com/themessage/rsv8.pkg.sit>
            - *Epistles* (Romans through Revelation)

*KJV module* - The King James bible data which is displayed by *The Message*

      o KJV-All
        <https://web.archive.org/web/20180822031237/https://thefedors.com/themessage/kjv-all-pkgs.sit>
        - All 8 packages in one archive.

*Known bugs*

  * you can't scroll text upwards unless you've already scrolled down
    from there
  * NIV footnotes which precede verse 1 in a Psalm can't be shown.
  * opening a footnote window for a verse when you can see the previous
    book above it, doesn't work properly.
  * the Up and Down arrows on the find results don't display correctly
    (but work fine)
  * rotating the screen while the app is open can confuse the Find slip
    (just close it first)
  * some buttons don't always unhighlight correctly (no big deal)
  * you can't edit bookmarks - but you can remove one by going to it and
    hitting the bookmark button, or by double-tapping the verse.