[NTLK] Great apps for the Newton OS 1 devices ?

[Grant Hutchinson]

> On Jun 3, 2025, at 8:56 AM, Greg Goodwin via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
> 
> Wonder how you'd set something as the backdrop application in OS 1?

The following is from the 1996 edition of the Apple MessagePad Handbook.

https://www.newted.org/download/manuals/0308951ANAPLMPHNDBK.PDF


Changing the backdrop
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The backdrop is the default application, or background, you see when you close all other applications. When you first receive your MessagePad, the backdrop is set to the Notepad. You can change the backdrop—for example, if you use a specific application, such as Name File, more than the Notepad.

Making Names, Dates, Extras, or Notepad the backdrop
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1) Tap Extras ́ to open the Extras Drawer.
2) Tap the Information button in the lower-left corner and in the list that appears tap Memory Info. A slip appears.
3) Tap one of the buttons under Built-in Make Backdrop (Names, Dates, Extras, or Notes).
4) Tap X to close the slip. Another slip appears, asking if you want to change the backdrop.
5) Tap OK.
6) Tap X to close the Extras Drawer.

Making any other application the backdrop
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You can also make any other application in the Extras Drawer the backdrop, such as Time Zones or Calculator.

1) Tap Extras to open the Extras Drawer.
2) Tap the folder tab, then tap the name of the folder that contains the application, or icon, you want as the backdrop.
3) Select the icon. Press the pen on or near the icon until a heavy mark appears under the pen, then draw the highlighting mark over or around the icon.
4) Tap the Routing button.
5) From the list that appears, tap Make Backdrop. A slip appears, asking if you want to change the backdrop.
6) Tap OK.
7) Tap X to close the Extras Drawer.


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