[NTLK] Best way to get pictures into an eMate?

[Chris Lindley]

Hi Alan.

I tried ClarisWorks (v4) too.

- I created a document in NewtWorks
- Synced via NCK2 (Mac OS 7.5.5)
- Opened the document in ClarisWorks
- Pasted in a PICT image.
- Synced back to the eMate.

The ClarisWorks document do appear to sync (NCK2 from Mac OS 7.5.5). However, they do not appear in NewtWorks for me.

However, if I save as PICT from ClarisWorks then these files do sync and appear in NewtWorks.

I can then edit the document in NewtWorks including resizing and moving the PICT image around.

Unfortunately it’s not working for my purposes as when I print (to a Laserwriter) the PICT drawing does not appear. The printed output only shows what I’ve created on the eMate.

Still it looks good on the eMate’s screen.

On the topic of wifi I’ve got an old Linksys WRT54GS running DD-WRT for a WEP network. It works fine for Appletalk with a Powerbook G3 “Pismo” running Mac OS9 (on a separate VLAN for security). I do have an Orinoco Gold PCMCIA card which I’ve read is compatible with the eMate. I’ve been meaning to test that it works but not got around to it yet. I will.

(I will send you the photo via Mastodon as attachments are stripped on this list).

Cheers
Chris

 
Chris Lindley (Ferg)
chris.lindley at scotgate.org
@fergycool at mastodon.social - scotgate.org



> On 16 Mar 2026, at 20:31, Alan Fleming via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
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> No further forward, unfortunately. If I put a PICT into a Clarisworks document, it doesn’t sync over.
> 
> Next idea is to run a password-protected web server and use NewtWorks.  I’ll try have a go with that this weekend - unless there are other ideas? The trouble with this is to do this live, I’d need to have some sort of WPA only Wifi bridge to get to the web server, and I don’t know anything about that either. Does anyone know if there’s some sort of wifi-wifi bridge hardware out there that is Newton-friendly?
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> Alan Fleming.
> https://alanfleming.org
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>> On 13 Mar 2026, at 20:03, Grant Hutchinson <splorp at mac.com> wrote:
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>>> 
>>> On Mar 13, 2026, at 6:48 AM, Alan Fleming via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
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>>> The issue I have is how to transfer in images I want to use. This will need to be done in two phases - before the event and hopefully *during* the event.
>> 
>> Pict2Pkg might be a good place to start.
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>> https://newted.org/resources/pict2pkg/
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>> It’s a classic Mac application that creates a Newton package from a PICT file (or an image from the Clipboard). You could then install the package to the eMate and theoretically manipulate it in Newton Works.
>> 
>> I have not tried this particular workflow myself, but it seems doable.
>> 
>> g.
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