BobTopApr 5
PCMCIA card dumps wanted, especially Columbo and Motile.
#Newton #PDA #Apple #redump
Show threadpablo_marxApr 12
@BobTop Annoyingly I have two Getting Started cards that no Newton can read and when I attempt to read them on a card reader I made, it seems like they have some stuck bits. I'll poke around with them more and see if I can tweak the timing or pull-ups / pull-downs to get better results.
Show threadBobTopApr 14
@pablo_marx As far as I understand, the dumps were made using exactly the same device as yours, in xxx.pccard format. But I can't figure out what's inside.))) Your Newton 1.xx PDA had a lot of software that only worked on Newton 2.xx PDAs.
Show threadpablo_marxMay 4

@BobTop I tweaked a lot of things and still can't get a good read from Getting Started. Bit 0 is almost always stuck and bit 15 very often is. I cracked the card open hoping maybe there was just some corrosion on the legs of ROM, but discovered a chip on board epoxy blob. I could try decapping it in a month or two.

I bought a Fortune 500 card off eBay and read/dumped it without a problem. I need to do some more sanity checks with it, but I'll get it uploaded in the next couple of days.

Show threadBobTopMay 9
@pablo_marx Is there any progress in this?
BobTopMay 10
Show threadpablo_marx
@BobTop I got the pccard working in Einstein and have uploaded it to: https://archive.org/download/AppleNewtonROMs/Fortune%20500%20-%201993%20Guide%20to%20American%20Business.pccard
May 10 at 7:09amWeb
Show threadBobTopMay 10
@pablo_marx This is great. It's a book. The emulator developer said you can extract pkg files from a dump using NCX.
Show threadBobTopMay 10
@pablo_marx How about a Getting Started memory card dump?
Show threadpablo_marxMay 16
@BobTop https://archive.org/download/AppleNewtonROMs/Getting%20Started.pccard
Show threadNewtonTalkMay 16
@pablo_marx @BobTop Wowzers!
Show threadBobTopMay 26
@pablo_marx Only Columbos remains
Show threadpablo_marxMay 26
@BobTop if I ever come across the card at a reasonable price I will buy it and dump it.
Show threadpablo_marxMay 26
@BobTop also I started working on getting pcmcia support in Leibniz. NewtonOS recognizes the cards when they’re inserted but fails when activating the packages. I have a suspicion as to what’s causing that, but I wont be able to dive in further until June.
Show threadBobTopMay 27
@pablo_marx Please make a version for Windows. Preferably Windows 7)))
Show threadBobTopMay 10
@pablo_marx Would you like to write a manual on how to create a PCMCIA dump for those who have never done this before, step-by-step instructions?