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

[Greg Goodwin]

On 6/3/25 10:36 AM, Grant Hutchinson wrote:
>> 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
> ---------------------
>
> 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
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> 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.

I get to the second step of those instructions and I'm like "where is 
the information button?"   Looks like those instructions would be for a 
Newton 120 with OS 2.0.   I say that because it shows how the screen 
cover detaches which the Newton 110 I'm currently tinkering with doesn't do.

Wouldn't happen to know a link for the Newton 110, or even 100's manual 
would you?