Article 50915 of comp.sys.newton.misc: Path: rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!a2i!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!brighton.openmarket.com!decwrl!claris.claris.com!apple.com!usenet From: Peter Richardson Newsgroups: comp.sys.newton.misc Subject: Re: 415333 Update Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 01:08:16 -0800 Organization: Apple Computer, Inc. Lines: 32 Message-ID: <30F8C800.4210@newton.apple.com> References: <4d1c68$qdj@news.indy.net> <1996Jan11.173942@informatik.uni-kl.de> Reply-To: richardson@newton.apple.com NNTP-Posting-Host: mac977.kip.apple.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b5 (Macintosh; I; 68K) Hello all, godai@execpc.com and heath@harleyd.demon.co.uk wrote: >>... >>My Newton came with 1.3 (444217). Is this 415333 newer then? >>What is the six-digit number for anyway? >... >and am I right in thinking that the 415333 is an update for MP120 >v1's????? >if so, then FYi I downloaded 465333 from Eworld last week..... >and I'd also like to know the relivance of these magical numbers. 444217 indicates that you have a US MessagePad 120 that is running 1.3 System Software (i.e. that has not been upgraded to 2.0). 415333 is not the proper update for you. You need 445333. If you connect to the Update Server at 1-800-NEWTON9 the proper package is transmitted automatically. 415333 is _not_ for US MP120's (with 1.x or 2.0), it's for US MP100's. 465333 is for non-US, English-language 120s with 1.3 System Software (as sold in Australia, England, the Pacific, etc.) Note also that you will not harm your Newton device if you download the wrong update. The package will just delete itself without doing anything. The six digit number is merely an identifying number for Updates and ROMs. It is an encoding of (among other things) information about the particular build of the ROM inside a Newton device. Each update only works with a specific build of the ROM, because the same ROM code may lie at different addresses in different builds. - Pete Richardson Newton Systems Group Apple Computer, Inc.