Re: [NTLK] Questions from a newbie

On Oct 11, 2009, at 12:40 AM, Woody Smith wrote:

>
> Welcome to Newton Talk
> The 2100 can be a lot of fun. Did you receive any type of serial
> connector, either built in or adapter for the Newton interconnect
> port?

It came with power cord. I do not know what built in adapter or newton
interconnect part means...

> If you have a serial port on the Newton or the serial dongle that fits
> the interconnect port then you will need a Keyspan USB serial adapter
> such as the one Sonny recently offered.

There is some port next to where I plug in the power cord, don't know
what kind of port is that.

>
> If not you may consider getting a wifi card lucent turbo silver does a
> good job, or wired Ethernet card. 3com megahertz xxx589xx cards with
> dongle or x jack may work.

I'll look up these on ebay I guess. What is dongle?

> For this option you will need to get drivers
> installed, this can be done with a borrowed card.
> Either of these choices work best with a router.
>
> Connection and data transfer is possible but true syncing of PIM is
> limited
> select application b y pressing on the icon till it squeaks or select
> overview (tap round do9t on button bar)then tap folder icon note
> options.
>
>
> follow the wiki link at bottom find newbee
> <http://web.archive.org/web/20080405215257/http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/
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> MANY THANKS!
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