[jaisun]

I'm pretty new to the Newt scene...however, I have a pretty decent setup* and am really looking foward to making full use of it's abilities. The only problem is that I can't seem to install any packages! I have all the software (NCU, PDA package downloader, etc.) but none of them see the .pkg files I have! Is there something I'm missing?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

*MP2000 upgraded to 2100, 32Mb SRAM upgrade, 2x ethernet cards, 33.6 PC card modem, Newton 28.8 modem, keyboard w/serial dongle and connection cable, spare battery, Newton carrying case and an arse-load of software.

[IEEE1394]

I had this problem too. Get ResEdit (for classic, X requires another program). Change the file type of the package to "pkg" and the creator code to "pkgX".

Hope this works!

[jaisun]

You are the man! Anyone ever tell you that?

It worked like a charm...now if only I can figure out why the Newton Device Driver is missing...

Thanks again!

[SupahCoolX]

Just for your Newbie reference: The Newton FAQ (hosted at <a href="http://www.thisoldnewt.com," target="_blank">www.thisoldnewt.com,</a> among other sites), and the mailing list at <a href="http://www.newtontalk.net" target="_blank">www.newtontalk.net</a> are probably the best Active Newton resources on the 'net right now.

[red rocket]

There's this app called NewTen, it's OS X native and I install packages with it all the time, no problemo.

<a href="http://www.panic.com/~stevenf/downloads/newten1_1.dmg.gz" target="_blank">http://www.panic.com/~stevenf/downloads/newten1_1.dmg.gz</a>

Just thought I'd mention it.

[torifile]

There's an OS X app called Packager that only does one thing: change the type and creator codes on newton packages so you can install them. I don't remember where I got it from, but it works great. HTH.