I checked out PDA-Soft, and got pretty darn afraid. Possibly he was just writing to force cautiousness, but it was almost to the point I doubted my screen switch would work...
But the screen was just scratched beyond my ADHD's forgiveness level, so I had to do the switch. And about an hour and a half later, I've got a pristine (minus one speck) screen that works perfectly. The contact points were preserved amidst the 'acidified' part just because of how tight the connection is. But in the end, it's looking A LOT nicer. I'm quite satisfied (and the 10$ newton I bought solely for the stylus now served a great purpose!
In other news, using the Newton DIL Tester from tempel.org, I was able to load the 2010 OS patch from 40hz, and all the newton internet stuff, as well as Mail V (which, using GMX, works...to a point). I also put on alt.rec (which allowed me to take message notes this morning at a MUCH faster rate than the standard recognizer after 2 months of solid notes usage in 'learning' mode. It's a pleasure to use, now. I even won a decently cheap Newton Keyboard, so with a little work, I'll have a massively useful Newton that looks better than it did when I bought it, and is more functional, too!
But the screen was just scratched beyond my ADHD's forgiveness level, so I had to do the switch. And about an hour and a half later, I've got a pristine (minus one speck) screen that works perfectly. The contact points were preserved amidst the 'acidified' part just because of how tight the connection is. But in the end, it's looking A LOT nicer. I'm quite satisfied (and the 10$ newton I bought solely for the stylus now served a great purpose!
In other news, using the Newton DIL Tester from tempel.org, I was able to load the 2010 OS patch from 40hz, and all the newton internet stuff, as well as Mail V (which, using GMX, works...to a point). I also put on alt.rec (which allowed me to take message notes this morning at a MUCH faster rate than the standard recognizer after 2 months of solid notes usage in 'learning' mode. It's a pleasure to use, now. I even won a decently cheap Newton Keyboard, so with a little work, I'll have a massively useful Newton that looks better than it did when I bought it, and is more functional, too!