[NTLK] Patch 712000 testing

[Grant Hutchinson]

> On Jan 11, 2025, at 11:17 PM, Eckhart Köppen <eck at 40hz.org> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for the clarification. I’ll dig out one of my MP2x00 devices 
>> and try to wipe it as far back as it can go, then apply various Apple 
>> updates to test.
> 
> I did the same, basically as follows:
> 
> [...]
> 
> I don't have a 717006 ROM, but I tested the 717006 to 712000 update 
> using Einstein.
> 
> I'm not sure if people still have 71J059, but I'm quite sure you can 
> install 712000 on top of that as well.

Here are all of the various update paths I’ve tested on a MessagePad 2100:

717006 -> 717260 -> 712000 *
717006 -> 71J059 -> 712000
717006 -> 711000 -> 712000
717006 -> 712000

All of these worked as expected. Yay!

* For some reason when I try to update 717006 using Apple’s 717260 package, I get an alert that reads:

“This System Update is already installed on this Newton.”

Screenshot:

<https://newted.org/resources/System-Update-Already-Installed.gif>

Using the “717260 Install Override” package updates the Newton to 717260 as expected.

This makes me wonder if the Patch Remover doesn’t quite remove everything between these tests.

g.

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Grant Hutchinson
NewtonTalk List Dad & Web Custodian