Apple Newton Press (Macintosh) User Manual

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Problems installing a book package onto a Newton PDA

I can’t install a package onto the Newton PDA.

First, check that you have correctly connected the Newton PDA and your
computer. See Chapter 1, “Getting Started” for instructions for connecting the
two devices.

Also check that you have set the preferences that tell Newton Press the type
of cable connection you have. See Chapter 7, “Setting Preferences” for an
explanation about how to set the connection preferences.

If you have connected your serial cable to the printer port, go to the Chooser
and make sure that AppleTalk is inactive.

On your Newton PDA, be sure you have selected the correct type of
connection in the Connection slip. Open the Extras Drawer and tap
Connection to see this slip.

Set up Newton Press on your computer to open a connection first, then try
establishing a connection from your Newton PDA. If you try to establish a
connection from the Newton PDA first, and then delay in using the Newton
Press software to install a package, the Newton PDA may report an error
because the computer has not responded quickly enough.

Make sure that the package that you’re trying to install on a Newton PDA has
a unique title and long name, different from those already on the Newton
PDA. If a package on the Newton PDA has the same title and long name as
the package you’re installing, you won’t be able to install the package.

Check the available memory on your Newton PDA to see if there is enough
memory to hold a package.

I just dragged and dropped a file or files onto the Newton Press icon to have it
automatically create a book and install the new package. But I don’t see the package on
my Newton PDA.

When you create a new package by dragging and dropping, the package takes
on the name of one of the files that you dragged onto the application icon.
Check in the Extra Drawers for a Newton book with the name of one of your
files. It may be that you are looking for a Newton Book with a name different
from the one Newton Press gave it.

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