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- PDA Developers(tm) Cumulative Annotated Table of Contents - March 1995
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- COPYRIGHT (C) 1994, 1995 BY CREATIVE DIGITAL SYSTEMS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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- This document is a cumulative annotated table of contents for PDA Developers
- magazine (formerly PIE Developers). PDA Developers is a bimonthly technical
- journal for developers creating software for all PDAs. Issues 1.1 - 2.5 focus
- entirely on Newton (tm) development. Starting with issue 2.6, we changed our
- name to PDA Developers and starting including articles on many different
- PDAs.
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- overseas. There is also an optional source code disk subscription for $60 per
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- Developers.
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-
- ********** Issue 1.1, November 1993 **********
-
- PIE Crust, by Steve Mann. The editors introduction and welcome.
-
- Real Miracles Sensibly Priced, by Bob Foster. An editorial about Apple's
- pricing for developer tools and programs.
-
- Newton Development – Glimpse of a New Era, by Howard Oakley. An introduction
- to Newton hardware, NewtonScript, and the Newton ToolKit (NTK). Includes a
- Q&A section called getting started.
-
- What Skills Do I Need to Program a Newton? by Jim Lanford. A Q&A about the
- background, skills, tools, and hardware appropriate for creating Newton
- software.
-
- MacsHex – A Second Newton Application, by Mac Foster. The anatomy of a Hex
- calculator application.
-
- Newton Developer Registry Guidelines, by Apple DTS. A summary of guidelines
- for registering a developer signature with Apple Computer.
-
- SciCalc – A Scientific Calculator, by Howard Oakley. The author describes the
- development of a scientific calculator.
-
- Blowing Smoke, by Mike Engber. A description of how to create the familiar
- Newton trashcan "poof" sound and dissipating smoke animation effect.
-
- Downloading Data to Your Newton, by George Henne. A brief discussion of some
- techniques for downloading data to a Newton.
-
- Soup's On, by Mike Engber. A detailed look at soup functions and how to use
- them.
-
- Tales from the View System, by Mike Engber. A discussion of the Newton view
- system and how to make the best use of it in an application.
-
-
- ********** Issue 2.1, January 1993 **********
-
- Newton Email Alternatives, by Robert Bruce. An editorial about the lack of
- good Newton email solutions.
-
- Newton News, Yahoos and Errata, by Steve Mann. Product news, humor,
- announcements, Internet hacks, and other things of interest to the Newton
- developer.
-
- Newton Developer Conference Report, by Steve Mann. A look at the highlights
- and lowlights of the first Newton Developers Conference sponsored by Apple
- Computer.
-
- Conference Report from Michigan, by Paul Potts. A second point of view about
- the conference.
-
- Conference Highlights, by Jim Lanford. A summary of the conference's good
- parts.
-
- Developer Shareware, by Bill Colsher. A brief look at some developer
- shareware products.
-
- Defining Promotion: The Making of a Book, by Steve Mann. A review of Defying
- Gravity, a book about the development of the Newton from an inside Apple
- point of view.
-
- Apple's DEVU Newton Class, by Jim Lanford. A review of Apple's Newton
- programming class.
-
- Flashdata: Newton / 4D Connectivity, by Steve Mann. A preview of ISIS
- International's Flashdata which facilitates passing data between Newtons and
- 4D databases.
-
- Simple View Tricks, by Howard Oakley. The author describes the creation of a
- simple Newton memory management utility.
-
- Inspectorless Comm Programming, by Jim Lanford. An experiment in accessing
- the Newton's Chooser from a program.
-
- Custom Application Icons, by Howard Oakley. A description of how to create
- custom Newton application icons.
-
- Building the Perfect Beast, by Gregory Christie. The first in a multipart
- series describing the creation of a complete Newton application. Part I
- focuses on the view system and basic application design.
-
- Exploring Newton's Memory with ObjViewer, by Robert Munafo. The author of
- ObjViewer, a freeware memory browser that includes source code, walks through
- the code and the construction of the application.
-
- Persistent Applets, by Jesse Devine. A description of how to keep
- applications in the Extras drawer from disappearing between resets.
-
- SoupsOn, by Howard Oakley. A description of the source code of a simple soup
- management program.
-
- Waiter, There's a Fly in My Soup, by Bill Kearney. A quick description of
- getting rid of soup fragments left over by applications no longer on your
- Newton.
-
- Amazing Soup Experiments! by George Henne. Some soup benchmarks designed to
- identify soup performance bottlenecks.
-
- Thoughts on the Human Interface, by Howard Oakley. A discussion of user
- interface considerations for Newton applications.
-
- More Soup? by Mike Engber. A discussion of soup optimization.
-
- Class-based NewtonScript Programming, by Walter Smith. A discussion of a way
- to implement traditional class structures in NewtonScript.
-
- Tips and Techniques, by Howard Oakley. Miscellaneous programming tips culled
- from various sources.
-
-
- ********** Issue 2.2, March 1994 **********
-
- NewtonScript is Too Slow, by George Henne. An editorial about NewtonScript's
- speed and how it might be improved.
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- News, Yahoos and Errata, by Steve Mann. Product news, humor, announcements,
- Internet hacks, and other things of interest to the Newton developer.
-
- Shareware 2.0, by Bill Colsher. A brief look at some developer-oriented
- shareware.
-
- NewtBoot, by John Marman and Steve Mann. A review of a Newton carrying case.
-
- ViewFrame, by Bill Colsher. A review of the ViewFrame debugger and object
- browser/modifier.
-
- An Introduction to NewtonScript Memory Management, by Paul Potts. A
- discussion, with detailed Inspector examples, of some of the fundamentals of
- Newton memory management.
-
- An Introduction to ViewFrame, by Jason Harper. A description of ViewFrame's
- features and capabilities by the program's developer.
-
- Building the Perfect Beast, by Gregory Christie. The second in a series of
- articles describing the creation of a Newton application. Part II focuses on
- soup management and some routing basics.
-
- More Amazing Soup Experiments! by George Henne. A look at some more soup
- benchmarks.
-
- Of Benchmarks and Bottlenecks, by Howard Oakley. A comparison of five Newton
- benchmarks with another interpreted language on the Macintosh.
-
- Spelunking with ViewFrame, by Rob Bruce. A description of how the author used
- ViewFrame to figure out how to use part of the Newton ROM in an application.
-
- Subject: StartupScreen Newton, by Bill Kearney. A brief hack describing how
- to change the Newton's startup screen.
-
- How to Dim a Text Button, by Alberic Müller. A user proto for a dimmable
- button.
-
- Soup-Up: A Soup Browser, by Theo Heselmans. The authors describes the source
- code for a sophisticated soup browser.
-
- A Different Kind of Calculator, by Rob Lewis. The author describes a simple
- floating, draggable calculator with persistent storage and Newton
- Intelligence.
-
- Thoughts on Interface: Waiting for Newton, by Howard Oakley. A description of
- several waiting indicators and the source code to implement them.
-
- Tips and Techniques, by Howard Oakley. Miscellaneous programming tips culled
- from various sources.
-
-
- ********** Issue 2.3, May 1994 **********
-
- News, Yahoos and Errata, by Steve Mann. Product news, humor, announcements,
- Internet hacks, and other things of interest to the Newton developer.
-
- NewtonScript Book with NTK Demo, by Steve Mann. A review of Programming for
- the Newton by Julie McKeehan and Neil Rhodes, the first third-party book
- about Newton Programming.
-
- Finally, NTK 1.0.1, by Rob Bruce. A preview of the features of the final
- release version of the Newton ToolKit.
-
- Up In Alarms, by Mike Engber. A description of the new Newton Alarms API
- available in NTK 1.0.1.
-
- Metadata Full of Kryptonite – A Simple Adventure, by Rob Bruce. A simple
- metadata example.
-
- PCMCIA – The New Interface Standard? by Jenni Ceurvels. An overview of PCMCIA
- standards and trends.
-
- Building the Perfect Beast III, by Gregory Christie. A discussion of adding
- finding and filing capabilities to a Newton application.
-
- Channel Surfing with Newton, by Paul Potts. A description of the IR ToolKit
- that is available in NTK 1.0.1.
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- View Tips, by Mike Engber. A discussion of some techniques for optimizing
- view performance.
-
- Parts is (Not Necessarily) Parts, by Mike Engber. A discussion of the various
- Newton parts types finally available in NTK 1.0.1.
-
- NewtChat: How to Be InfraReady (or Not), by Erica Sadun. A detailed
- walk-through of a program for "chatting" with another Newton using infra-red
- communications.
-
- BookMaking Tips and Tricks, by Elise Bowditch. A discussion of various
- techniques for creating high-quality Newton books.
-
- Lost in Space, by Mike Engber. A comparison of several techniques for storing
- static read-only, data inside Newton packages.
-
- Expando Your Horizons, by Maurice Sharpe. A description of two user protos
- based on Newton's protoExpandoShells.
-
- Mac IR Detector Reveals All, by John Calhoun. A discussion of an
- easy-to-build, inexpensive hardware device that can be used with a Macintosh
- to decipher the signals from a remote control device and help turn a Newton
- into a remote-control device.
-
-
- ********** Issue 2.4, July 1994 **********
-
- News, Yahoos and Errata, by Steve Mann. Product news, humor, announcements,
- Internet hacks, and other things of interest to the Newton developer.
-
- Barcoding Solutions, by Colleen Thompson. A review of Willstein Scientific's
- BarCoded software and TPS Electronics' IS-400 barcode scanner.
-
- Newt, by Erica Sadun. A review of Steve Weyer's Newt and RUNewt, a
- stand-alone software development environment that runs on the Newton.
-
- Dyno NotePad, by Kenn Lowy. A review of the first Newton outlining program.
-
- PDA2PC, by Daniel Brookshier. A review of a Newton <--> PC connectivity
- package.
-
- Fodors Travel Manger, by Kenn Lowy. A review of a major-US-city travel guide
- from the well-known travel book company.
-
- Day-Timer Meeting and Expense Pack, by Daniel Brookshier. A review of Meeting
- Assistant and Expense Assistant, two modest Newton applications with
- Day-Timer printed compatibility.
-
- Newton Coding Guidelines: Avoid the Comment-free Zone, by John Wilkinson. A
- set of Newton programming suggestions from one of the instructors from Bear
- River Associates, one of the few Apple-authorized Newton training companies.
-
- Building Native Newton Applications with Newt, by Steve Weyer. A
- getting-started primer on programming with Newt.
-
- A (NewtonScript) Inheritance Primer, by Paul Potts. An introduction to
- inheritance in general, and NewtonScript inheritance in particular, with an
- extended annotated bibliography.
-
- Building a Better Mousetrap – Improving the Print Dialog, by Vernon Huang. A
- description of some simple Print Dialog modifications that make it much more
- useful.
-
- protoEditArray, by Hardy Macia. A description of a set of protos that let you
- create user-editable popup lists.
-
- Keys to the Castle, by Bill Kearney. Figuring out how to fine tune the
- spacing on complex custom keyboards.
-
- NewtRTFM: A Case Stufy of a Runaway Newton Application, by Sandeep Shah. The
- author of this Newton programming utility describes some of the interface and
- design tradeoffs he had to make while developing this product.
-
- IRTV: A Newton TV Remote Control, by Harry Chesley. A description of a
- supercharged Newton remote control with lots of useful features and a unique,
- compat data-encoding format.
-
- Standing Out, by Howard Oakley. A discussion of PDA interface concerns and
- potential pitfalls.
-
- SELF and the Origins of NewtonScript, by Walter Smith. The Father of
- NewtonScript describes the influence of SELF on the design of NewtonScript.
-
- SELF: The Power of Simplicity, by David Ungar and Randall Smith. Two of the
- creators of SELF describe some of its features and compare it to Smalltalk.
-
-
- ********** Issue 2.5, September 1994 **********
-
- PDA News and Wireless World * Steve Mann, Mark Nelson
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- REVIEWS AND PREVIEWS
- FilePad, by Colleen Thompson
- Grouper 100MP, by Vernon Huang
- newPage, by Giovanna Ostacchini
- NewtRTFM, by Erica Sadun
- QuickFigure Pro 2.0, by Scott Sbihli
- Gulliver, by Kenn Lowy
- ScriptLink Technical Overview, Tim Hoffman
-
- GETTING STARTED
- Getting Started, by Howard Oakley. Applying pure OO techniques to
- NewtonScript.
-
- Building the Perfect Beast, by Gergory Christie. The Beast gets smart with
- Intelligent Assistance.
-
- CHUNKS
- Newton and the PowerOffHandler, by Thomas Fischer. Controlling the power-down
- sequence.
-
- Patching the System, by Thomas Volgger. Patching using a second proto layer.
-
- APPLICATION COOKBOOK
- FCS: Classification and Retrieval, by John Schettino. Supercharge the
- Notepad.
-
- SERIOUS BUSINESS
- Newton Dating, by M. Fleischman and G. Toto. Seriously modifying the Date
- Book.
-
- Scrolling Madness. by Todd Courtois. 50 ways to scroll your Newton.
-
- The Newton Operating System, Welland et al. Secret internals of the Newton
- OS.
-
-
- ********** Issue 2.6, Sept/Oct 1994 **********
-
- Once More Into the Breach, by Steve Mann
- PDA News, Wireless Watch by Steve Mann, Mark Nelson
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- PREVIEWS AND REVIEWS
- Sony's Magic Link - First Impressions, by Vernon Huang
- Graffiti Technology Overview Palm Computing
- ScriptLink Developer's Kit Scott Sbihli
- The Basics About NS Basic George Henne
- Photonics' Cooperative Transceiver Vernon Huang
-
- GETTING STARTED
- Popular Psions, by Howard Oakley. A thorough introduction to developing for
- this the fast-selling PDA.
-
- Psion Series 3 Software Development, by Alasdair Manson. Deciding which Psion
- development tools are right for you.
-
- An Introduction to GEOS, by Steve Mann. An overview of this popular PDA OS
- and developing with it.
-
- Wireless Data Services: Here and Now, by Mark Nelson. Wireless services you
- can use today.
-
- SERIOUS BUSINESS
- An Introduction to the IrDA Protocols, by Mike Cremer. A PIE IR Engineer
- reveals all about the next generation protocols.
-
- Unsafe at Any Speed – Newton Hacking, by John Schettino. How to use and patch
- existing Newton ROM code.
-
- Warp Speed in OPL, by Barry Childress. A Psion BASIC queueing system to
- manage user events effectively.
-
- Advanced Newton Media Types, by Todd Courtois. Handling big data chunks for
- Newton multimedia.
-
-
- ********** Issue 3.1, Jan/Feb 1995 **********
-
-
- PDA NEWS AND WIRELESS WATCH
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- Steve Mann, Mark Nelson, Vernon Huang
-
-
- PREVIEWS AND REVIEWS
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- Graffiti - Vernon Huang
- A look at the Newton and Magic Cap versions.
-
- Leverage - Colleen Thompson
- Another Newton database program.
-
- The Sharp PT-9000 - Larry Rau
- A detailed look at Sharp's vertical-market PDA.
-
- NS BASIC 1.10 - Scott Sbihli
- BASIC for the Newton - take 2.
-
- Form Factor - Larry Rau
- A GEOS forms-creation, data-collection product.
-
- Essential Wireless Reading - Mark Nelson
- A review of Andrew Seybold's wireless book.
-
- N3 - Scott Sbihli
- The best of Newton netware.
-
- Portal - AllPen Software
- A sneak preview of AllPen's Newton Mosiac client.
-
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- GETTING STARTED
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- Spilling the Zoomer's Ink - Larry Rau
- A quick introduction to capturing Zoomer ink in GEOS.
-
- An Intro to HP100/200 Programming - Matthew Von-Maszewski
- Understanding HP LX programming basics.
-
- Making the most of Psion Menus - Howard Oakley
- Designing and coding good Psion menus.
-
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- CHUNKS
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- Newton Status Bar Courtesy - Ricardo Martinez
- How and when to put special buttons on the status bar.
-
- Mixing Macs, PCs, and Psions - Howard Oakley
- How to transfer graphics between Macs, PCs, and Psions.
-
- Soup Sweep: Reclaiming Unused Bytes - Patricia Crane Wells
- A simple program to clear out nil soup slots.
-
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- APPLICATION COOKBOOK
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- HPCLIB - a HP100/200LX C Library - Harry Konstas
- A C library to create System Manager-looking applications.
-
- Worktime Manager for the Psion 3A - Erik Johansen
- Inside a time-tracking and reporting program.
-
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- SERIOUS BUSINESS
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- Optimizing Newton Programs with Drawing - Katherine Lothes
- Squeezing performance out of a complex application.
-
- Developing Series 3 Programs Using HWIF - Alasdair Manson
- Creating Psion applications with the least amount of work.
-
- Out on a Limb: Debugging Without a Tether - John Schettino
- Newton debugging with ViewFrame, hacks, and resourcefulness.
-
- Hewlett Packard 200LH Palmtop PC - Mark Nelson
- A detailed look at this versatile DOS-based palmtop.
-
- HP System Manager Development - Matthew Von-Maszewski
- System Manager programming pitfalls and how to avoid them.
-
-
- ********** Issue 3.1, Jan/Feb 1995 **********
-
- PDA NEWS, WIRELESS WATCH
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- PDA News - Steve Mann
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- Wireless Watch - Mark Nelson
-
- Medical Update: Report from the PDA Forum - Vernon W. Huang, M.D.
- A description of the Medical panel at the PDA Forum.
-
- After All the Hot Air, Do PDAs Have a Future? - David Elder
- Excerpts from the PDA Forum keynote by Psion Inc.'s president.
-
-
- PREVIEWS AND REVIEWS
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- Marco: The Wireless Wiz - Steve Mann
- A look at Marco's hardware and wireless architecture.
-
- Simon Personal Communicator - Mark Nelson
- Mark talks about the coolest phone he's ever used.
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- PenRight Pro! - Bob Besaha
- Details on a popular Zoomer application generator.
-
- Psion Series 3a Emulator - Howard Oakley
- A quick look at this MS-DOS freeware emulator.
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- OmniForm - Steve Cronin
- A cross-platform, Newton data-collection app builder.
-
- N3 - Scott Sbihli
- Scott and friends present this issue's best-of-breed tools.
-
- IZL – Personalizing the Zoomer John Feras
- IZL's author talks about his favorite development tool.
-
- NS BASIC Does Windows - George Henne
- True OO programming with NS BASIC.
-
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- GETTING STARTED
- ---------------
- Writing Responsible Series 3a Apps - Ali Manson
- App types, System messages, & other rules of the road.
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- Asynch Processing Under EPOC - Ali Manson
- Creating and managing Psion asynchronous programs.
-
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- CHUNKS
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- Lottery-Winning OPL Programs - Howard Oakley
- Howard muses on retiring, courtesy of OPL and Psion.
-
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- SERIOUS BUSINESS
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- A Sane Soup Interface - John Schettino
- A generic soup-management object for all seasons.
-
- HP100/200LX SysMgr Services - Ron Crain
- A primer on sound services and accessing the Clipboard.
-
- World Control With Newton - Gus Calabrese
- Cool tools, toys, and IR hacks for world domination.
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- Magic Cap Programming - Brenda Holloway
- The rabbit's loose! What MC development is really like.
-