[NTLK] Exchanging info with Newton / emate

[Matthias Melcher]

> On 24. Jun 2025, at 12:43, Alan Fleming via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
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> Thanks Mattias -  NCX’s limitations (sync, backup, restore, install) is why I’m looking for other recommendations. You can’t get anything *out* of NCX into the Mac.

NCX is a full framework for importing and exporting data. Simon has updated it last in 2017. I was able to compile his app back then, and I will try again to do that. One of the great features is a plugin interface that allows us to write import and export plugins for whatever format we like. But as with everything else, someone would have to sit down and actually write those :)

> I’ve an OS9 machine I’m using, but getting things into it to get onto the eMate / MP2100 is a pain in the neck. Can anyone point me at a .sit of all the network drivers? Any I download from unna on my OSX laptop lose the resource forks and NCU doesn’t recognise them.

The .sit file does not need a resource fork. Just make sure you copy the .sit onto the Classic Mac and unpack it there. I don;t know where to find exactly the drivers you need, but there are several sites out there specifically offering Classic Mac apps and drivers. Newton things generally need no Resource Fork, and if you lose the type information, you can restore that with ResEdit and similar tools.