> From: The Compulsive Splicer <splicer_at_paroxysm.com>
>
>> Okay. Since Newt doesn't have any way to access the Internet (no modem,
>> no ethernet, haven't been able to get Samsung Sprint PCS phone to act as
>> a modem as advertised) that leaves me with getting files off the
>> desktop. So I'll try to get EETransfer and see if that makes all me
>> ebook reading dreams come true.
>>
> Darn. I finally found EEtransfer and it takes up like 400K. So I have to
> wait to get the memory card I ordered. And it looks like if I just buy
> an ethernet card for Newt, I wouldn't have to jump through all these
> hoops, as I could just put whatever I want on a webserver and download
> stuff real easily.
>
> I have to admit that it's both amusing and frustratingly ironic that it
> seems to be way easier to get something onto Newt from halfway around
> the world than from a computer in the same room. Sigh.
there _may_ be other solutions besides EETransfer -- PocketCall, PT100, etc.
? I just haven't had time to investigate all of them; maybe do a dejanews
search in comp.sys.newton.* for zmodem and Newton ??
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