Comments on: How To: connect a Newton eMate with OS X using Escale

By: Newton Poetry — Newton Connection Tools helps UNNA

Newton Poetry — Newton Connection Tools helps UNNA — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:41:38 +0000

[...] MessagePads with their computer, everything from Apple’s original Newton Connection to NCX, Escale, and more. Windows users, from what I understand, have fewer options with their Newtons – [...]

By: Newton Poetry — How to do stuff with your Newton

Newton Poetry — How to do stuff with your Newton — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:38:54 +0000

[...] NCX to sync your 2.x Newton with a modern Mac running OS X. You can also learn how to connect with Escale and with [...]

By: Newton Poetry — Keyspan bought by Tripp-Lite, drivers relocated

Newton Poetry — Keyspan bought by Tripp-Lite, drivers relocated — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:08:21 +0000

[...] means that, after several blog posts on how to connect a Newton with an OS X Mac, I’ll have to update the Keyspan driver link. That’s not a big [...]

By: Newton Poetry — How to: connect your Newton to OS X with NCX

Newton Poetry — How to: connect your Newton to OS X with NCX — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:33:37 +0000

[...] I tried NCX’s keyboard connection. I wasn’t impressed with the speed of Escale’s keyboard option, but this time I was blown away. As I typed on my iMac (above), the letters appeared on my [...]

By: Installing Newton packages with NewTen « Newton Poetry

Installing Newton packages with NewTen « Newton Poetry — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:55:19 +0000

[...] Newton packages with NewTen Last week I successfully connected my Newton eMate 300 with my iBook G4 running OS X 10.4 Tiger using Escale. This week, my project [...]

By: davelawrence8

davelawrence8 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:45:19 +0000

@Blake – I agree. Everything I’ve heard about Keyspan has been glowing.

@Mike – I think that’ll be my next project. NewTen is just a package installer, so it’ll be easy to play with. But NCX? That’s like the Newton Connection Utilities of old.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:52:40 +0000

NCX is the ticket for me. Works on my PowerBook, my G4 Quicksilver 2002 and my MacBook Pro.

Highly recommended, I paid a voluntary fee.

By: Blake Patterson

Blake Patterson — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:23:45 +0000

I used to use NewTen.app to connect my MP130 (I was between MP2100’s at that point) to my dual G4 800 running OS X 10.1 or 10.2 maybe?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakespot/2378635472/in/set-72157604335718087/

Was a while ago. I tried to get that going again later on (after switching to a G5) but I could not find NewTen.app any longer or it didn’t work on the current OS – or something. I remember giving up on the effort.

I was using a Keyspan dual USB to serial adapter (just like the one you got) to make the connection. I recall, back when I was using the B&W G3, I got my Newton connections going under OS 9 using a GeeThree Stealth Serial port – it was a board that replaced the internal modem board in the G3. The connector that those boards hook to was a “real” serial port, so it worked perfectly.

http://www.geethree.com/stealth/index.html

That said, I’ve never had any issues with anything I’ve tried to do with the Keyspan adapters. (I’ve just ordered a second one to get my Apple IIe working as a serial terminal to my Mac Pro.) There are certainly USB serial adapters out there of far less quality and flexibility than the Keyspan line. Keyspan is a godsend.

Good effort – great to follow your Newton exploits!