I do know AppleWorks does pay attention to that switch. You could conceivably use the switch for other things, as it just flags a certain address in memory. I doesn't actually do a…
This thing is known in other circles as a "NOAC" device, which stands for Nintendo on a Chip. It's also known as an FC Computer, or FamiClone since it's a clone of the Nintendo Fam…
I bought a similar system when I worked in China. The key selling point was indeed that it came with a bunch of pirated software - one cartridge was advertised as containing 50,000…
I've heard that systems like that are available all over the developing world, particularly in Africa and the poorer parts of India. I'm guessing that the main apeal of these mach…
It's not my recording, but discovering and listening to the online clip the other day finally inspired me (after some 12 years as a Newton user!) to install the macintal.pkg, talkt…
68kMLASoftwareby beachycoveMon, 30 Mar 2009 - 19:42
Anyone have this archived anywhere? I have an original of this, on 3.5" floppy. If anyone wants it, I can upload it. I also have a bunch of of other stuff from Quality Computers he…
68kMLASoftwareby iamdigitalmanFri, 27 Mar 2009 - 04:24
With the last update of its Spark audio wave editor before the company abandoned software for dedicated audio hardware development, tc|werke indicated that no higher system than OS…
Thanks for the reply, beachycove. I'm glad the problem is being tackled by people who know what they're doing. I, too, will wait until the last possible moment to install the patch…
A different solution appears to be under development. There is a reasonably active open source development community around the Newton OS, so hopefully this nut will soon be cracke…
68kMLASoftwareby beachycoveSun, 22 Mar 2009 - 14:11
I found myself eying a boat load of Newton accessories when I remember the 2010 problem. I've read about it but I haven't figured out if there is a definite fix for it. Is there? I…
The service life of hard drives, like many things, is dependent on how they're used.
Particular to a notebook drive, duty cycle is one item of concern. These drives are not design…
68kMLASoftwareby FranklinsteinSun, 8 Mar 2009 - 10:04
No, its working fine under 10.2 so I'd just as soon leave it alone without some actual notion that it will work under 10.1
Really I'm just looking to see if anybody else has run i…