As I, I had success connecting my Newton eMate 300 with my iBook G4, running OS X 10.4, using a Keyspan serial-to-USB dongle. This has been a long time coming. I first wrote about how to connect your Newton with OS X, and there are tons of resources a Google search away, but here – for the first time – I got to see first-hand how the whole process works. And it’s such a snap.

My first step was snatching a Keyspan serial adapter on eBay. My serial cord is the 8-pin variety, so I bought the Keyspan USA-28x USB adapter. After it arrived, I downloaded the driver Note: link updated. From what I’ve read, any of the Keyspan USA-19 or USA-28 adapters should work in connecting your Newton to OS X, though you may need the – just check the pictures on an auction or an online store to make sure you buy the right one. To try this thing out, I settled on sort of randomly. It’s the application I’ve heard the least about from Newton users. There are several places to find it, but I found either or work the best.

The interface for Escale is drop-dead simple. There are three buttons – “Install Package,” “Keyboard,” and “Syncronize” – that match the Dock icons on the Newton (see the top image). You pick whether your Newton connects via TCP/IP, AppleTalk, or serial.

If you have a Keyspan adapter, you pick the serial connection. Hook the eMate to the Keyspan adapter with the serial cord, then plug in the USB end of the adapter into your OS X Mac.

For this, I’m using my 1.42 Ghz iBook G4 with 1.5 GB of RAM running the latest install of OS X 10.4 Tiger (though I plan on trying it out with all my Macs). Turn your Newton on, head to the Dock app, and launch Escale in OS X. Escale will tell you it’s “waiting for Newton connection,” and when you select “Serial” to connect on your Newton, you get the above screen. That’s really all there is to it. Installing a package is as easy as hitting the appropriate button in Escale, finding your.pkg file, and opening it.

Using your Mac’s keyboard on your Newton is a bit trickier. Hitting the “Keyboard” button in Escale lets you use whatever keyboard you’re using on your Mac to control your Newton (above). It takes a few minutes to connect, but once it does, it works as advertised. Using the keyboard function on an eMate is kind of silly, since this Newton comes with. Above, you’ll see something I typed out on my iBook’s keyboard. The process is not fast, and your Newton will struggle to keep up with even moderately-paced typing on your Mac. The keyboard function might serve a purpose on a MP2000 or MP2100, when typing is faster than scribbling, but on an eMate it’s pointless.

Escale crashed on me when I tried to quit the keyboard function (above), which made it an even bigger pain in the butt. Next up, I tried to sync my iBook’s Address Book and iCal entries with the eMate’s own Dates and Names applications: And this screen was my only reward. I tried canceling and restarting the process several times, but I had no luck each time I attempted the sync. The above progress bar kept humming along. I even let the sync function run for an entire day, and still Escale failed to synchronize Address Book/iCal and the Newton. It was disappointing. Of all the functions a Newton user would find the most useful, besides package installation, would be syncing the data-heavy iCal and Address Book.

To me, it seems pointless to type out all my contacts and appointments when it can be automated. But with Escale, at least in my experiment, it would have to wait. This was just the first app to try, however.

Next up are NewtSync and NCX, the apps I hear the most about, and I’ll try them with my iMac G4 and iBook G3 – just for variety. Posted by at 5:27 am on December 1st, 2008. I used to use NewTen.app to connect my MP130 (I was between MP2100′s at that point) to my dual G4 800 running OS X 10.1 or 10.2 maybe? Was a while ago. I tried to get that going again later on (after switching to a G5) but I could not find NewTen.app any longer or it didn’t work on the current OS – or something.

I remember giving up on the effort. I was using a Keyspan dual USB to serial adapter (just like the one you got) to make the connection. I recall, back when I was using the B&W G3, I got my Newton connections going under OS 9 using a GeeThree Stealth Serial port – it was a board that replaced the internal modem board in the G3. The connector that those boards hook to was a “real” serial port, so it worked perfectly.

That said, I’ve never had any issues with anything I’ve tried to do with the Keyspan adapters. (I’ve just ordered a second one to get my Apple IIe working as a serial terminal to my Mac Pro.) There are certainly USB serial adapters out there of far less quality and flexibility than the Keyspan line. Keyspan is a godsend.

Good effort – great to follow your Newton exploits! Posted by on. NCX is the ticket for me. Works on my PowerBook, my G4 Quicksilver 2002 and my MacBook Pro. Highly recommended, I paid a voluntary fee. Posted by Mike on.

@Blake – I agree. Everything I’ve heard about Keyspan has been glowing. @Mike – I think that’ll be my next project.

NewTen is just a package installer, so it’ll be easy to play with. That’s like the Newton Connection Utilities of old. Posted by on.

Newton packages with NewTen Last week I successfully connected my Newton eMate 300 with my iBook G4 running OS X 10.4 Tiger using Escale. This week, my project. Posted by on. I tried NCX’s keyboard connection. I wasn’t impressed with the speed of Escale’s keyboard option, but this time I was blown away. As I typed on my iMac (above), the letters appeared on my. Posted by on.

means that, after several blog posts on how to connect a Newton with an OS X Mac, I’ll have to update the Keyspan driver link. That’s not a big. Posted by on. NCX to sync your 2.x Newton with a modern Mac running OS X. You can also learn how to connect with Escale and with.

Posted by on. MessagePads with their computer, everything from Apple’s original Newton Connection to NCX, Escale, and more. Windows users, from what I understand, have fewer options with their Newtons –. Posted by on.

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One of the challenges of owning and using a Newton in the modern computing world is its lack of support for Apple’s OS X. There’s no easy direct-connect option that offers the stability and goof-proof usability of or, but there are options (as points out). The idea is that, using apps like NewTen, or, you can sync your iCal and Address Book entries to Newton’s own Calendar and Names databases.

It’s a beautiful idea, and a handy route for us Newton die-hards who want a more modern interface than OS 7+ offers. Who needs a Blackberry or Palm when you’ve got Apple’s original PDA? I will say that I’ve tried a few these solutions, and none have worked for me. I think that it’s a combination of (a) my USB-to-serial adapter isn’t supported by my iBook G4 and (b) these applications require Newton OS 2.0 to run properly. Stuck at OS 1.3, there’s not much I can do but use Newton Connection Kit on my G3 Bondi iMac. But some Newton users have used both of these programs with varied success rates.

There has been plenty of dicussion in the Newtontalk mailing list about both applications, and some support is out there for Newton users having issues. So let’s dig into these one by one, and see what each have to offer. Newton Connection Also called NCX, Newton Connection is a pretty stable utility to: backup your Newton data to your Mac desktop, import and export Dates, Names, Notes and NewtonWorks, install packages and use your Mac desktop keyboard to enter text on your Newton device. In fact, most of the functions provided by the Newton Connection Utilities (NCU), but without the need for the Classic environment. All that according to its site. Connect your Newton via serial (or usb-to-serial), wireless, or ethernet.

NCX requires OS X 10.4 Tiger to run, but once it’s up, it allows the most accurate depiction of the Newton Connection Utilities environment around. It’s so complex, it comes with a 40-page how-to manual. NEWTSYNC One of the best-intentioned applications out there, NewtSync (also called, unfortunately, “nSync”) aims to sync your Newton with native OS X apps like iCal and Address Book. Says: Think of nSync as the converse of iSync. Philips cdrw dvd scb5265 drivers for mac.

Rather than sync just a bit of information to a whole bunch of devices, it syncs a whole bunch of information to one device, a Newton. NSync is a plugin based app that allows us to move information between our Newtons and our OS X based Macs. NSync automatically comes with support for Address Book and iCal, and it features plug-in support for updated versions of iLife software, to-do lists, and more. The app connects with your Newton by either modem, Bluetooth, or over TCP/IP, with options to configure each. NSync hasn’t been supported by its original developer since 2004, but others have picked up the source code and continued to work with it.

NewtSync is now on version 0.3.3, but there’s talk of NewTen’s developer, Steven Frank, is working on it. NEWTEN NewTen (get it?) is based on the UnixNPI open source project, but its focus is very narrow – namely, installing packages on MessagePads in OS X. No syncing, no backup, just packages. But, from what I’ve read, people are fine with its ability to do that one simple task. The only issue is it only supports serial connection, meaning you may have to bootstrap your modern day Mac, or “any USB serial adapter that installs a driver into Mac OS X’s ‘/dev’ directory, such as the KeySpan TwinSerial USA-28X.” Download, or the older (and supposedly more stable). ESCALE Another application based on C/ObjC from the Desktop Connection Library, Escale claims to do a bit more than NewTen by offering syncing support and package installation, but its competitive advantage rests in its ability to use your Mac keyboard as a Newton keyboard. Pretty handy.

Connect to Escale with a serial port, AppleTalk, and TCP/IP with Rendezvous. Escale is on version 1.0.1 right now. The Desktop Connection Library hosts other handy software solutions for your Newton, like XML converters. Make your life a whole lot easier by buying the right USB-to-serial adapter (some swear by Keyspan’s model), or hooking up via Ethernet or Bluetooth with the right adapters. Anyway you do it, it’s going to be a project.

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If/when I get my hands on a 2×00 MessagePad, I’ll be sure to try some of this out. In the meantime, however, I’ll be syncing my Newton with my (now) trusty iMac and Newton Connection Kit. Let me know if you’ve found a better way. Posted by at 11:30 am on March 10th, 2008. MessagePad to modern OS X Macs, released a 2.1 update that allows for screenshots.Newton Poetry covered apps like NCX, and it’s nice to know Newton developers are still working hard on viable connection.

Posted by on. These apps seem to all be abandoned, is there anything up to date that is still being looked after? Posted by on. Yes, actually – NCX to their software, so that’s at least one. From what I’ve heard from other people, it seems to get the job done.

Posted by on. Will any of these work on 10.5.3? Posted by syntax on. I have no idea. I’m still a Tiger user myself. Love to hear from someone who has tried, however.

Posted by on. compatible with OS X. Syncing your MessagePad with Tiger or Leopard can be a project. But with the pNewton, syncing is as easy as reading an index card and typing the entry into. Posted by on.

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Newton MP130 connects to OS X Hello!I did a search about Newton and I ended up on your great article. I have just bought an old Newton 130 (above) and I was wondering how you have it sync/connect with. Posted by on. syncing with modern Macs. There are ways to sync your Newton with OS X, but it’s kind of a project.

With the iPod Touch, you just plug it in and – BAM! –.

Posted by on. to: connect your Newton to OS X with NCX Of all the Newton connection utilities designed to sync your MessagePad or eMate with OS X, I looked forward to trying out the Newton. Posted by on. These comments are very helpful. I have an ’08 generation iMac (Leopard) and just got a Newton MP 2k.

Are we saying that I can connect my Newton via Bluetooth with NCX or the other mentioned apps and be able to sync this? I wanted to be sure that was a possibility before I dropped money on a Bluetooth card. I had an MP130 in 1997 that went missing so I’m excited to know that some have had some luck with sync-ing Newtons with OSX.

Any links on how-to’s for Bluetooth/Newton sync-ing would be greatly appreciated! Andrew Posted by Andrew on. @Andrew – I know it’s possible, because I’ve read about people doing it. Check the Newtontalk archives.

I’ll betcha someone there has got it figured out. I use the serial-to-USB adapter method. Posted by on. Thanks Dave. I took your advice and perused the archives and read up on the manual for NCX and some of the ReadMe’s for the other apps. It’s turning out to be a lot easier than I expected. Thanks again.

Posted by Andrew on. Hey, you’re welcome Andrew.

Sorry I couldn’t be more help, but let me know how it works out! Posted by on. I wrote a few months ago, NewTen is a simple app with a simple objective: install packages onto your Newton using Mac OS X. Posted by on. I have an emate 300 and use it for a daily diary, how can i connect it to my imac to transfer the data?, i have purchased the serial to usb connection installed the driver all with no joy?????

Posted by Robert on. Do a search on the site – I cover it in a lot more detail elsewhere. Start here: Posted by on.

Love the site! Very informational. Just pulled my 2100 out after years in mothballs and am having much trouble connecting to 10.5.8 on iBook G4.

Discovered that my Entegra USB/serial won’t work on OSX. Quick question, you mention a “40-page how-to manual” for Newton Connection in your blog. Where did you find that at?

There are only 2 page pdfs in the download file for NCX. Any help would be much appreciated. Posted by jason on.

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