[NTLK] Y2010: eMate's turn

[Eckhart Köppen]

Great to hear, thanks for giving this a go! Also, an very interesting setup you have there :)

Eckhart

> On 24. Jan 2025, at 15.33, R A Parker <RAParker at Newted.ORG> wrote:
> 
> Thank you, Eckhart. I can report success on my eMate. 
> 
> It took a little work to get the packages into the eMate's InBox. I haven't booted up my Mac G4 in way too many years - hence no access to my old NCU setup. My MessagePad 2100 is wireless, I haven't really had the need.
> 
> I used Newt's Cape to Downloaded Patches to the MP2100's InBox from a localhost Apache instance on my Mac Mini.
> 
> At first, the eMate complained when I tried using the "InBox Put Away Method" by simply swapping the card over from my MP2100. Sure, the PC Card is Read Only when used on an eMate. But, I don't really remember that as being a problem when copying (moving) from a locked card.
> 
> Paul Guyot's ATA Support to the rescue. 
> 
> My eMate can read/write to a 1GB Compact Flash card using a CF Adapter. I mostly use this CF card for backups and software storage. In fact, I was going to place all the new patches into the Lender Card backup partition after updating my Newtons, anyhow. 
> 
> My Lender Card backup is an InBox soup, stored on a 330 MB ATA partition. It's packed full of all the software a bootstrapped Newton would need to update the ROM or install (all) the Internet. I use it to create Lender Cards by copying the required Newton .pkg's from this Locked partition, to someone else's (freshly formatted) PCMCIA card. They Show up as "Beams" in the InBox, ready to "Put Away."
> 
> It worked out perfect. The eMate didn't even complain when moving (copying) the packages to the internal store of the eMate, from a locked ATA partition. Unbelievable! ATA Support is more "Newton compatible" than the built-in flash card support? Prizes and Awards to Paul for ATA Support.
> 
> After copying the 732000 update and the Y2010 Diagnostic packages to the internal (InBox) storage on the eMate, I froze the ATA support (and everything else) and rebooted. I also removed all power from the eMate, restarting to the current ROM's default date. Next, I removed all rollover alarms using the Diagnostic package. Finally, I used the "Put Away" action on the 732000 update, directly from the InBox. Viola! Success ... and up pops that comforting Reboot Dialog. Yes! Reboot!
> 
> Time Base: 12/31/23 11:24 am
> Time after reboot: 1/1/24 4:00 am
> 
> Setting to current date ... no issues.
> 
> Once again, we are thankful for the Time Traveling Newtonian Code Master, that you are.
> 
> Best regards, 
> 
> Ron
> 
> 
> On Monday, January 20, 2025 at 10:27 am Eckhart Köppen wrote:
> 
>> here's the updated 
>> patch for the Y2010 problem for eMates:
>> 
>> https://40hz.org/downloads/Patch-732000.zip
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