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FILE LIST Last Updated: 03-04-1994 ID# FILE NAME ACC. T UPLOADED BY DATE --- -------------------- ---- - ----------------------------------- ---------- 43 AddDic2.0.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 02-01-1994 DESC: AddDic2.0 - The Newton has a lot of potential, but the recognition KEY: AddDic2.0.sit KBytes: 21504 DESC: dictionary in the first versions is appalling. Having to use the DESC: soft-keyboard to type stuff in all the time is a drag. And then it DESC: asks you if you want to add the word to the User Dictionary as well! DESC: This really gets in the way. AddToDict is a small Newton DESC: application that allows multiple additions to your User Dictionary DESC: in one sitting. It also has a couple of other goodies. 2.0 has some DESC: System management features and automatic addition from your "Notes" DESC: and "Names". Take a look at the "Pro" features. They give you a DESC: look at the potential of a future Professional version. 41 AutoDict 1.1.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 11-10-1993 DESC: AutoDict 1.1 - Have you ever added people to your Newton Names list KEY: AutoDict 1.1.sit KBytes: 10240 DESC: using Newton Connection on the Macintosh? Or have you managed to DESC: transfer your contacts from your company database into your Newton DESC: Connection Software? And then you wanted to call or fax somone and DESC: Newton didn't recognize the name correctly? So you had to add it to DESC: your word list (i.e. user dictionary) manually?!?! Never again! DESC: AutoDict “automagically” scans your Names ‘soup’ for new entries DESC: and adds the corresponding names (Company, First, Last,..) to your DESC: word list. So the next time after you download new addresses from DESC: your Mac just go to the Extras drawer, tap AutoDict and tap the 40 Beep Beep.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 11-20-1993 DESC: Beep Beep - This is a Newton demo of using sounds and picture KEY: Beep Beep.sit KBytes: 9216 DESC: resources directly found in the ROM. It is "FiggleWare" so if you DESC: think its cool, drop the author a line at erica@cc.gatech.edu and DESC: let her know how it went. 39 Brain 2.0.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 02-28-1994 DESC: Brain 2.0 - Battery Brain for Newtons monitors your battery level KEY: Brain 2.0.sit KBytes: 11264 DESC: and can alert you if the battery level drops below a user-defined DESC: threshold. If you've used your Newton a lot, you already know how DESC: quickly it can eat through batteries. But, you will probably be DESC: surprised at how fast your battery life decreases once your DESC: batteries drop below a certain level. Battery Brain monitors that DESC: decrease and will warn you as your batteries become weaker and DESC: weaker. Battery Brain will also automatically turn off sounds and DESC: the "Receive beams automatically" setting at user defined levels to DESC: help conserve battery power. This version is a complete rewrite from 38 BSaver 1.0.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 02-09-1994 DESC: BSaver 1.0 - This package checks the battery level every 60 seconds KEY: BSaver 1.0.sit KBytes: 10240 DESC: and adjusts the sound volume to match your preferences. (High sound DESC: settings drain the battery). Bsaver Sets your sound volume DESC: according to battery status - charged battery - high volume, 25 DESC: percent of battery - low volume. This package works in background DESC: until you tap again on it's icon in the extra drawer. Features - DESC: Actual battery level is now a "real time" indicator, percent added DESC: on each slider, no more error or reset when removing - reinstall, DESC: now enable and disable "receive beam automatically" if needed and DESC: shows state in the extraDrawer. 37 CopyMachine 1.00.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 02-09-1994 DESC: CopyMachine 1.00 - Before you have a RAM card (PCMCIA card), all of KEY: CopyMachine 1.00.sit KBytes: 8192 DESC: your notes, to do's, addresses and calendar things are stored on DESC: the Newton's internal memory. Once you obtain a PCMCIA card, there DESC: is no easy way to transfer your personal data to the card (to free DESC: internal memory or what have you). CopyMachine lets you do just DESC: that. After you launch it, it shows how many notes, addresses...you DESC: have, and where they are stored. You can then transfer all or some DESC: of the items to the PCMCIA card. Or from the card to the internal DESC: storage. This was originally written to help those who were using a DESC: US Newton, and then obtained a local (German or..) Newton, and 36 DateCaln 1.4.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 02-28-1994 DESC: DateCaln - These freeware applications are for those who have to KEY: DateCaln 1.4.sit KBytes: 16384 DESC: synchronize their Newton calendar with an outside calendar. The DESC: first program, “DateList” is for extracting changes made on the DESC: Newton for addition to the calendar. The second program, DESC: “UpdateCal” replaces the Intelligent Assistant for adding entries DESC: into the Newton Calendar. “DateList” lists future calendar entries DESC: which have changed between executions. The lists may be printed, DESC: faxed or copied to the notepad. When the close box is pressed, DESC: “DateList” will ask to reset the date last synchronized. An “OK” DESC: will clear these entries from future lists, while “Cancel” does not 34 Hot Buttons 0.9.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 11-10-1993 DESC: Hot Buttons 0.9 - This Newton application is a floating palette of KEY: Hot Buttons 0.9.sit KBytes: 12288 DESC: user-programmable buttons to lets you, with a single pen tap, access DESC: almost all Newton built-in applications as well as any DESC: user-installed applications. This let's you bypass the Extras DESC: Drawer and Preferences/Formulas Lists and should save you many pen DESC: taps. DESC: 33 IceBox1.0.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 02-09-1994 DESC: IceBox1.0 - IceBox contains two programs to make life easier with KEY: IceBox1.0.sit KBytes: 11264 DESC: the Newton. The Newton will only let you see and access 30 programs DESC: from the Extras drawer. IceBox gets around that. It presents a DESC: scrolling list of your programs, allowing you to open those that DESC: you can't see in the drawer. Also included is minimize, which lets DESC: you have access at all times to the your list of programs. You must DESC: install these two before you've hit the limit of 30 (so you can see DESC: them and launch em). Caution, I've heard that loading up your DESC: Newton can cause a System Heap problem, and problems down the road. DESC: Just don't put 60 programs on!! If you start noticing problems 32 Inker 1.1.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 11-20-1993 DESC: Inker 1.1 - Inker is a Newton App which lets you change the size of KEY: Inker 1.1.sit KBytes: 7168 DESC: the drawing ink quickly. When Inker is running, a small floating DESC: window pops up and you can position it anywhere you like it. To DESC: change the ink size just click on size button and select 1-4. 1 is DESC: the smallest size and 4 the largest. It is very useful when DESC: drawing. Inker 1.1 differs from 0.9b in that the floating palette DESC: is smaller and more graphical. The main goal is to take up as little DESC: user space as possible. DESC: DESC: 30 MagicApp 1.0.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 02-28-1994 DESC: MagicApp 1.0 - Here it is folks. The Newton utility program that KEY: MagicApp 1.0.sit KBytes: 12288 DESC: will start to make Newtons independent of desktop computers and DESC: cables. Magic App will allow you to - Move applications between the DESC: Newton's internal storage and external storage cards; Beam DESC: applications to another Newton; and Remove applications with a DESC: single tap of the pen. The only caveat is that Magic App is DESC: constrained by how much working memory the Newton has. This working DESC: memory is called the Frames Heap Memory. It is a fixed size so you DESC: can only move and beam fairly small applications. Currently, 20-30K. DESC: HOWEVER, Apple has said they will be fixing this limitation so on 29 Memory.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 02-28-1994 DESC: Memory - It's a simple app that displays memory used out of total KEY: Memory.sit KBytes: 5120 DESC: memory (internal). It also has a GC() (garbage collection) button DESC: on it. It floats and is draggable and is small enough that it DESC: shouldn't get in the way. It updates every 5 seconds. It's DESC: interesting to delete notes and names and watch your total memory DESC: grow as well to write notes and watch it shrink. You can watch DESC: memory grow until it's about topped out and then - boom - the Newton DESC: does a garbage collection. The point of this tool was just to make DESC: for a very simple memory indicator. DESC: 28 Mini tools.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 09-01-1993 DESC: Mini tools - Tools for checking memory and entering Newton Script KEY: Mini tools.sit KBytes: 11264 DESC: into the Newton. Welcome to the Newton mini-tools. This collection DESC: of freeware tools will grow in time. For this first release, there DESC: are two different Newton applications for you to enjoy - Memory DESC: Massager - The prime purpose of this is to call a garbage collection DESC: in your Newton's memory. In theory, this should get rid of all the DESC: dross hanging around. NewtonScriptRunner - This is a slightly DESC: modified version of one of the demos provided with the Newton DESC: Toolkit. NewtonScript, which is the language used to program Newton DESC: systems, can be compiled and run on the fly, and this little utility 27 NetNames.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 12-07-1993 DESC: NetNames - NetNames(tm) is a utility that uses the Newton chooser to KEY: NetNames.sit KBytes: 12288 DESC: see if there are named devices on AppleTalk. It is useful for - DESC: Network system administrators to troubleshoot AppleTalk networks; DESC: and Newton users trying to print or use the Connection Kit over an DESC: unknown network. In order for NTK, the Connection Kit, or the DESC: Newton Package Downloader to display an AppleTalk name, they must DESC: be setup for AppleTalk and be "waiting for the Newton". Otherwise DESC: they will not register their name on the network, and NetNames will DESC: not see them. DESC: 25 Newton Lowdown.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 09-01-1993 DESC: Newton Lowdown - Newton Lowdown is a simple desk accessory (DA) for KEY: Newton Lowdown.sit KBytes: 11264 DESC: the Macintosh (will not work on other PCs, or Windows). Newton DESC: Lowdown provides a quick desktop reference to NewtonScript commands DESC: which may be of use to those programming the Newton direct (e.g. DESC: through our NewtonScript Runner utility). It also guides you DESC: through the currently documented error codes, with a little help DESC: from Monty Python. This is a helpful file for anyone interested in DESC: or owning a Newton. (Does not run on the Newton). DESC: DESC: 23 Newton Stuff.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 08-20-1993 DESC: Newton Stuff - Don't have a Newton? Want to read some of the press KEY: Newton Stuff.sit KBytes: 72704 DESC: releases about it? Want to hear the Newton's startup and beep DESC: sounds, want some cool Newton icons? Yes? Then download away. The DESC: sound files are in System 7 format and can be used as any sound can DESC: be. DESC: DESC: 21 NewtonUnlock.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 02-09-1994 DESC: NewtonUnlock - NewtonUnlock is a small application which you should KEY: NewtonUnlock.sit KBytes: 6144 DESC: install on a card if you have one. If not stored on a card, the DESC: program is called whenever the Newton is reset. This program will DESC: allow you to bypass the login screen if you happen to forget your DESC: password. It will then allow you to disable the password protection DESC: so that you may reset your password. At no time does it show the DESC: current password. This way the password itself stays protected in DESC: case of misuse of this program. I distribute this only as a utility DESC: for YOUR Newton and emergencies (i.e. you forget your password and DESC: you can't wait for the turn around from Apple). Without this 20 Password.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 02-28-1994 DESC: Password - Password is a small utility for quickly turning on an off KEY: Password.sit KBytes: 6144 DESC: password protection on the Newton. Its icon in the extras drawer DESC: indicates whether password protection is currently turned on or off. DESC: Click on its icon to toggle the state. The built-in way of turning DESC: on/off password protection is somewhat cumbersome, especially if DESC: you do it often. To turn off password protection you use Prefs, DESC: enter your old password, and leave the new password line blank. To DESC: turn password protection back on, you return to Prefs and reenter DESC: your password. The Password utility is so much easier!! Use of DESC: Password is free of charge. 19 PlaceSettings.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 11-10-1993 DESC: PlaceSettings - This Newton Place Settings utility was written KEY: PlaceSettings.sit KBytes: 8192 DESC: because the author lives in Seattle and his city isn’t in the Time DESC: Zones list. Yeah, he could choose Portland, but it just wasn’t DESC: right. Also, he prefers using the 24-hour time, and didn’t want to DESC: choose a French Canadian locale to get it. Place settings helps you DESC: tell the Newton where you really live (you'll have to know the DESC: lattitude and longitude or your local airport), and how you like DESC: your time (12 hour or 24 hour). Complete instructions are included. DESC: DESC: 18 Pour.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 02-28-1994 DESC: Pour - Pour is a little utility that will allow you to choose any KEY: Pour.sit KBytes: 19456 DESC: soup from the available stores on your Newt (or an onion — er — DESC: union soup if you have a card) and will pour it down the serial DESC: port at 9600-8-N-1. Pour sends the soup as text, with frames DESC: enclosed between braces and their entries labeled and arrays DESC: enclosed between square brackets. Pour came about for two reasons. DESC: First, I wrote a little app to keep track of the hours I spend DESC: working for my various clients (anyone who would like a copy, please DESC: ask — I haven't distributed it just because I haven't yet decided DESC: just what I want to do with it) and then realized that I probably 17 Rebooter.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 11-10-1993 DESC: Rebooter - Here's a little Newton utility. It's only function is to KEY: Rebooter.sit KBytes: 5120 DESC: allow you to reboot the Newton from the extras drawer. It puts up a DESC: simple dialog and beeps to warn that it will reboot the machine. If DESC: you close it, it won't, and if you hit the reboot button it will do DESC: the deed. DESC: DESC: 16 RPMDemo1.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 11-10-1993 DESC: RPMDemo1 - RPMDemo1 is a sample Newton program posted in source form KEY: RPMDemo1.sit KBytes: 12288 DESC: as an example for aspiring Newton programmers. It demonstrates DESC: techniques for the following - Show two floaters (protoFloatNGo DESC: views); Each floater allows the user to input text by writing in a DESC: protoInputLine field inside the floater. Each floater can be DESC: dragged by starting at any point in the floater that is not inside DESC: the protoInputLine. When information in either floater is changed, DESC: the main view updates its display. Specifically, the text entered DESC: in the first floater is repeated N times, where N is determined by DESC: a number entered in the second floater. Input fields use two 15 Safe Guard 1.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 02-28-1994 DESC: Safe Guard 1 - Safe Guard is a utility that allows you to password KEY: Safe Guard 1.sit KBytes: 11264 DESC: protect your PCMCIA cards. In order to use the card, the person DESC: inserting the card must enter the password. In order to use, tap DESC: the Safe Guard icon in the Extras Drawer. Tap the "Password" button DESC: and enter your password to use. Now whenever the card is put into a DESC: Newton, a password screen will open asking for the password. Upon DESC: entering the proper password, Safe Guard will open itself if someone DESC: placed the card into a Newton. Safe Guard will not open if there is DESC: not a log of bad attempts. You may tap any of the bad attempts in DESC: the log to get more info about the attempt. To turn off password 13 ScrollEx 1.5 US.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 03-01-1994 DESC: ScrollEx 1.5 French - I was very disappointed when I loaded my 31st KEY: ScrollEx 1.5 US.sit KBytes: 23552 DESC: app into the Newton, and found out that the Extras drawer does not DESC: scroll! This app changes all that!! Features - Allows you to scroll DESC: the icons in the extrasdrawer. Allows extrasdrawer overview. Allows DESC: a direct access to a remove package function. Allows you to move DESC: packages to or from the card. Allows you to attach applications to DESC: the standards screen buttons. Allows autoclose of the Extras drawer DESC: when launching some apps (freeing memory) Fixes the icons alignment DESC: problem in the extrasdrawer. This program must be installed in the DESC: internal RAM and not a card. Written and tested under Systems 12 ScrollEx 1.5 US.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 02-28-1994 DESC: ScrollEx 1.5 US - I was very disappointed when I loaded my 31st app KEY: ScrollEx 1.5 US.sit KBytes: 23552 DESC: into the Newton, and found out that the Extras drawer does not DESC: scroll! This app changes all that!! Features - Allows you to scroll DESC: the icons in the extrasdrawer. Allows extrasdrawer overview. Allows DESC: a direct access to a remove package function. Allows you to move DESC: packages to or from the card. Allows you to attach applications to DESC: the standards screen buttons. Allows autoclose of the Extras drawer DESC: when launching some apps (freeing memory) Fixes the icons alignment DESC: problem in the extrasdrawer. This program must be installed in the DESC: internal RAM and not a card. Written and tested under Systems 11 SeeFrames 1.1 US.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 03-01-1994 DESC: SeeFrames 1.1 - SeeFrames is a utility for Newton™ developers. It KEY: SeeFrames 1.1 US.sit KBytes: 20480 DESC: allows you to watch most of the objects and navigate into the DESC: memory of your Newton™. When you start SeeFrames from the DESC: extrasDrawer, it closes it and then shows you the slots list of the DESC: 'viewfrontmost frame called "Front view" in the top left DESC: labelPicker (it may be useful when debugging an application, DESC: especially if you have an ExtraButton of ScrollEx attached to DESC: SeeFrames). To see the content of a frame or an array (ex _proto, DESC: CodeBlock or viewChildren), tap on it and the slots list of it will DESC: be shown. You may repeat this until there no more frame or array on 10 ShapesRus 0.95.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 12-27-1993 DESC: ShapesRus 0.95 - This utility allows a Newton developer to see the KEY: ShapesRus 0.95.sit KBytes: 14336 DESC: visual appearance of the various NTK Drawing shape attribute DESC: choices & their combinations. You can choose what NTK Shape DESC: primitive to draw, its foreground fill pattern, its foreground pen DESC: pattern, its background fill pattern, and the mode of fg/bg pixel DESC: interaction. You can define your own pattern and use it for fg DESC: fill, fg pen, or bg fill pattern. It also shows you the HEX pattern DESC: value needed for NTK. Tap in input grid to toggle on or off the 8x8 DESC: pixel location. You can define your own polygon shape to replace DESC: the default polygon (pentagon) shape. Polygon input supports snap 9 Skip 1.0.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 11-22-1993 DESC: Skip 1.0 - Introducing Skip 1.0, the complete version of the first KEY: Skip 1.0.sit KBytes: 11264 DESC: truly useful utility for the Newton MessagePad and ExpertPad. Skip DESC: is a Styles shortcut. With Skip installed, the Styles palette is DESC: always one tap away, yet Skip never gets in your way. Skip utilizes DESC: the unused space on the touchscreen which does not cover the active DESC: display. Tapping in the upper left or right corners of your screen DESC: will activate Skip and bring forth the Styles palette. To use Skip, DESC: install the appropriate Skip package with your connection kit. If DESC: you want Skip to reside in the top left corner, install DESC: SkipLeft.pkg. For the top right, install SkipRight.pkg. 8 Sleeper 1.0d3.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 11-10-1993 DESC: Sleeper 10d3 - Sleeper basically puts your Newton to sleep on demand KEY: Sleeper 1.0d3.sit KBytes: 5120 DESC: (No, it doesn't work on children). The Sleeper view is a draggable DESC: view, so it can be moved wherever you like. The standard DESC: PowerManager routines have been added, so that you can quit after DESC: you hit the sleep button. This is nice so you won't see Sleeper DESC: when you turn on your Newton. The author also added a dumb little DESC: icon (in his own words)., and reaadjusted the floater window and DESC: buttons to look a little better. DESC: DESC: 7 Souper 1.1.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 11-20-1993 DESC: Souper 1.1 - As I began to work with, and develop software for the KEY: Souper 1.1.sit KBytes: 33792 DESC: Newton, I was frustrated by the fact that I couldn't clear out a DESC: file ("Soup") easily. I had to delete each record ("Entry") DESC: individually, so I started to write an application that would clear DESC: out a Soup. Once I got started, I began to add other things to my DESC: 'wish list' and the package you now have grew out of that list. DESC: Within the Souper application you have the ability to select the DESC: "Store" on which you want to work and the Soup you wish to operate DESC: on. You may rename a given Soup, Delete an entire Soup, Clear all DESC: entries out of a Soup, or get information about a Soup. The 5 StewPot1.0b8.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 02-28-1994 DESC: StewPot1.0b8 - The soup inspector for the Newton. What is a soup, KEY: StewPot1.0b8.sit KBytes: 19456 DESC: anyway? Everything you place in your Newton is stored in a “soup”. DESC: A soup is different from both a flat file (or document), and more DESC: flexible that a database, which is why Apple came up with a DESC: different term to describe it. But like a database, a soup has DESC: separate entries, which can be thought of as records with similar DESC: data structure. Unlike personal computers, soups aren’t tied to a DESC: directory/folder-like structure. This makes it easier in some ways, DESC: harder in others. StewPot lets you - Copy entries in a soup, move DESC: entries from one store to another (Newt card to another), see what 4 StorK 1.1.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 02-01-1994 DESC: StorK 1.1 - StorK is a useful Newton application if you own a RAM KEY: StorK 1.1.sit KBytes: 5120 DESC: card. It adds a button to the status bar of Newton to let you DESC: quickly toggle between saving new things to the Newton (internal DESC: memory) or the Card. Saves you the hassle of manually choosing DESC: where to store new things. StorK was rewritten to conform to a DESC: newly emerging standard for adding buttons to the status bar of the DESC: Notepad application. StorK will now happily co-exist with other DESC: Notepad add-ins (or ons?), such as Jesse Devine's utilities. DESC: DESC: 3 Strainer 0.8.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 11-20-1993 DESC: Strainer 0.8 - Strainer 0.8 is the latest release of the Strainer KEY: Strainer 0.8.sit KBytes: 15360 DESC: utility, adding several new features. Strainer is designed to let DESC: you easily mark and remove entries from your Newton's storage. This DESC: can help you to get around a bug in the Datebook which makes it DESC: difficult to delete certain entries, or to remove outdated entries DESC: in order to keep as much memory free as possible. New features in DESC: version 0.8 - You can now mark entries in multiple soups and strain DESC: them all at once; now handles straining of items on storage cards, DESC: if present; Strainer now has dialogs to ask you what you want to do DESC: if you close the app before straining out the entries you have 2 TapStyles 1.0.sit 0 B AMUG BBS in a Box 02-28-1994 DESC: TapStyles 1.0 - TapStyles is a simple little applet that, when KEY: TapStyles 1.0.sit KBytes: 4096 DESC: activated, places a small dot in the upper right area of the Newton DESC: screen that allows quick access to the styles palette. I wrote it DESC: primarily for my own use as I found all other similar type applets DESC: not quite right for my own needs. It is small, unobtrusive, and, as DESC: far as I can tell, bug free. Once installed, tap on the little DESC: fountain pen nib icon and it will place a small dot in the upper DESC: right area of the Newton screen. When you tap on this dot, which is DESC: always available from any app, it instantly brings up the styles DESC: palette. Tapping on it again puts the styles palette away.