Of these problems the only one that's an issue at all for me is the sound
issue. Actually I have Dashboard programmed to play Buffy the Vampire
Slayer screaming when I gesture 'S' for 'Speed'. That tells me whether it's
in fast mode or slow. But it does screw up music or voice playback. It's
easy to slow it down though if I want to use sound or to use the serial port
for transferring data, though I suppose this would be a big issue for people
that use the keyboard a lot. I should also note that I have to slow it down
to use my ethernet card, a Farallon. Don't know if this applies to other
ethernet cards. I don't have to slow it down to use my modem though, a
CruiseCard 33.6. As for the power use, it does use more power, but maybe
I'm doing something wrong though I don't know what it would be, but the way
I use my Newt, which is heavily, the batteries have never lasted very long.
So I have an adapter at home and one at work and I just plug it in when I'm
at one location or the other. The batteries last long enough either at high
speed or low to work this way so the increased power requirement just isn't
an issue. In an emergency I carry an extra set of AA's a battery holder in
the spine of my Calise case. I can get AA's just about anywhere. Problem
solved. The increased responsiveness of the machine is well worth it.
Jon.
-----Original Message-----
From: Benjamin Dauhrer [mailto:bdauhrer@gmx.net]
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 3:29 PM
To: newtontalk@planetnewton.com
Subject: Re: NTLK NTLK: Pixsolution Upgrade....
Hi,
> Anyway, I have seen this webpage talking about the pixsolution upgrade,
and
> wondered if it was really noticable. How many on this list have it and
> would recomend it? Are there any who regret the upgrade?
I bought my upgraded Newton MP2000 secondhand a month ago and it had an
Implant accelerator allready installed so I dont know the diffierence to a
normal Newton. I wouldnt say I reget it. :-) But there are a few things that
might be interessting. You wont be able to use the serialport when using the
implant (you can turn it of and on anytime you want). Sounprogramms like the
Modplayer will play noticable faster which can be quite annoying. Finally it
needs more power then a normal Newton...
I hope that was of help for you.
bye,
Benjamin
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