[NTLK] Trying to restore MP2001 from old .nbku backup failing

[Rob Moody - Fundamental Learning]

Hi Grant,

Didn’t know about your role with NCX…thanks for maintaining that for us Newt users and I greatly appreciate these other versions of NCX…I’ll give it a shot!

Rob


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> On 28 Jun 2025, at 23:07, Grant Hutchinson via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
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>> On Jun 25, 2025, at 2:19 PM, Rob Moody - Fundamental Learning <robmoody at fundamental-learning.com> wrote:
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>> I have three old .nbku backup files (two for PCMCIA cards and one for the MP itself) from an old version of NCX which I wanted to restore to my recently revived MP2001.
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>> I tried NCX 3 in Monterey but NCX said it couldn’t read/open the .nbku files.
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>> Using The Wayback Machine I hunted down NCX 1.2, 1.4, 2.0.4 and I had 2.2 and 2.3 to hand as well.
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> Just so you’re aware, Simon Bell is no longer working on or directly supporting NCX.
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> I took over the Newton Research site from him for historical preservation reasons a few years ago.
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> However, since I’m the current caretaker of the site, I did manage to locate a couple more versions of NCX for you to try.
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> https://newtonresearch.org/connection/NCX-10.dmg
> https://newtonresearch.org/connection/NCX-13.dmg
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> Maybe one of these will do the trick.
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> g.
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> PS: I did see your email from the Newton Research site as well.
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