Re: OT: Anyone Interested in an Apple Newton??

2010-07-11 Thread Technomage
here's the proceedure I found: The user's guide for earlier versions of the Apple MessagePad stated that the MessagePad could be sent in for service to have the password removed. That is incorrect. There is no supported method for removing or resetting the password and preserving the data and u

Re: OT: Anyone Interested in an Apple Newton??

2010-07-11 Thread Mark Phillips
OK, I put in some fresh batteries and it works like new. It has a 2 MB expansion memory card(!), a real leather Calise case, 2 styluses and the fax attachment box. Now, if I could just remember the password to get past the login screen. I remember it had a pretty fun lunar lander program, but I can

Re: OT: Anyone Interested in an Apple Newton??

2010-07-11 Thread Bryan O'Neal
It is a rather special item that is unlikely to sell in a short time period so it may not be the best thing for good will. Ebay is selling them for between $50 and $150 so it could be worth it. On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Shawn Dowler wrote: > If you don't want to go to the trouble of sellin

Re: OT: Anyone Interested in an Apple Newton??

2010-07-11 Thread Shawn Dowler
If you don't want to go to the trouble of selling it and it still works, at least donate it to a thrift store. They will make a few bucks and someone who really wants it will be really happy to have found it. Shawn Dowler Information Designer shawn.dow...@gmail.com http://shawndowler.com/blog http

Re: OT: Anyone Interested in an Apple Newton??

2010-07-11 Thread Lisa Kachold
On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Technomage wrote: > do you know if it still works? > > > On 7/11/10 3:24 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > > Doing some house cleaning and I ran across my old Apple Newton and fax > adapter. Anyone have a use for them before I toss them? > > Mark > > > > Sell it on EBAY

Re: OT: Anyone Interested in an Apple Newton??

2010-07-11 Thread Mark Phillips
It did the last time I turned it on...Of course, I had more hair then and was a lot slimmer.;-) I remember using the Graphiti handwriting recognition software to write a fax, convert my handwriting to text, and sending a fax from the airport. It was a great gadget for its time, although a l

Re: OT: Anyone Interested in an Apple Newton??

2010-07-11 Thread Technomage
do you know if it still works? On 7/11/10 3:24 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: Doing some house cleaning and I ran across my old Apple Newton and fax adapter. Anyone have a use for them before I toss them? Mark --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-dis

Re: OT: Anyone Interested in an Apple Newton??

2010-07-11 Thread Bryan O'Neal
Wow a newton! Other then to put it in a museum of technology way to far ahead of it's time to be successful I have no use, but hate to see it go into the trash. On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > Doing some house cleaning and I ran across my old Apple Newton and fax > adapter

OT: Anyone Interested in an Apple Newton??

2010-07-11 Thread Mark Phillips
Doing some house cleaning and I ran across my old Apple Newton and fax adapter. Anyone have a use for them before I toss them? Mark --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mai

Re: Perl subroutines

2010-07-11 Thread Paul Mooring
I didn't necessarily mean that was a bad way to do it, just that I prefer other methods, but I suppose that's more my problem than perl's, for example I have a few ruby scripts that need to use openstruct, define a new object and pass that in to make command line options work. Perl doesn't need an