On Fri, 13 Jul 2001 00:05:05 -0500, newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net wrote:
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> >Hi Guys,
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> >The one resource that seems to be overlooked a LOT is Paperback by David
> >Fedor, one of the original Newton team. It's available at
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> I didn't know David Fedor was on the Newton team. Cool.
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> >I've put a bunch of books into it...no hassles. Nothing like a bit of
> >William Gibson or Tom Clancy in the airport to while the time...
> >
That's why I've got it: just drop your ascii-files on the icon and you've
got a nice "standalone" .pkg: as soon as I get any good stuff written I'll
get it posted someplace.
> >Regards,
> >
> >Gary
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> Ah...another alt.binaries.e(-)book(s) devotee?
I picked up another format book, wicca.pkg: it downloaded a treat but, when
I tried to read, I just got this error message about screen size.
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> It's NICE to be able to have a sizeable chunk of my paper library always
> with me. Mostly on my Palm unit (Handera 330) recently as it has a much
> nicer, clearer and larger screen than the other PalmOS units do. Also a
> much larger memory card (I have a 128MB CF card -- you can get as much as
> a 1GB card) and I also have a 32MB SD/MMC card (can go up to 128MB SD
> cards currently).
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> I've created and read quite lot of e-books with PaperBack on my Newton,
> too. The even brighter backlight and larger screen is excellent for
> e-books (one of the things I still use my Newton for!) The Newton's
> books don't compress as well as the palm's do, though. Due to Unicode,
I got an UniCode book from the Newton Library: shame I still haven't a clue
how to get into it!
> probably.
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> Fedor's PaperBack rocks!
True! (/;-)>
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> Now if I could just find The Hunt For Red October as an e-book. Or
> Brin's Sundiver or The Uplift War (got the rest of his Uplift books....)
>
> - Bill
John Johnson.
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