For backing up, restoring, and installing to a 2.0 Newton, you need the Newton Backup Utility, which is free. You can also back up a 1.x Newton to NBU; this is intended primarily for upgrading your Newton. (To back up and restore a 1.x Newton, you need NCK, which is a commercial product.) To connect WNBU to a 1.x Newton, set WNBU to 9600 and choose "DOS or Windows 9600 Serial" on the Newton (if you have the latest System Update), or choose "Macintosh Serial" on the Newton and set WNBU to 38400 (if you don't). Both Macintosh and Windows versions are available at http://newton.info.apple.com/newton/solutions/nbu.html and on America OnLine and CompuServe. To install packages on your 2.0 Newton, you can also use Newton Package Installer for Windows 2.0. It's available on AOL and CIS, and at http://newton.info.apple.com/newton/solutions/npi.html For importing or exporting data from third-party applications on your Macintosh or Windows machine, the solution depends on what product you're trying to import or export from. For some applications you'll need a utility specific to the desktop application (e.g. Now Synchronize or Lotus Notes). For transferring text to or from the Notepad, there are a variety of third-party solutions, for example DragNet, NoteThing, Slurpee, the Revelar Connection Utility, and X-Port. (Slurpee will connect to any desktop computer which supports a terminal emulator; X-Port will connect to Windows as well as Macintosh.) Some other applications will be able to connect to Newton Connection Utility, which should ship this fall for both Windows and Mac. NCU will be $69; I don't know the upgrade price from NCK. NoteThing sends text from the Notepad to your Mac. DragNet sends text via AppleTalk from your Mac to your Newton. If you're up to using a terminal emulator, Slurpee should let you send data in both directions, under Mac, Windows, or UNIX. The Revelar Connection Utility allows a real time connection between a Newton and a Mac. RCU is a commercial package, but a partially functional demo is available on the Web, along with a beta of their 2.0-savvy version. X-Port is also a commercial package; it transfers notes, lists, outlines, contacts, meetings and packages between a Newton and Mac or Windows. ---- From: hardy@catamount.com (Hardy Macia) Newsgroups: comp.sys.newton.misc Subject: Re: Problem with StuffIt for Windows. Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 10:23:28 -0500 Organization: Catamount Software Message-ID: FAQ: Stuffit Expander for Windows Q) I tried downloading a *.sit (or *.hqx) file, expanded the file using Stuffit, and installing the two files with the pkg extension. My Newton said that neither file appeared to be a package format? A) A common problem when using Stuffit Expander for Windows is the CROSS PLATFORM preference needs to be set to NEVER for 'Convert Text files to Windows format' and set to NEVER for 'Save Macintosh files in MacBinary format'. When it is not set to never Stuffit Expander leaves in the resource fork. The resource fork is what the Macintosh OS uses to determine which programs can open a file. If you do not have Stuffit Expander then I have a link to Stuffit Expander for Windows on my web page. If you do have Stuffit Expander then try uncompressing the *.sit or *.hqx file again and reinstalling. ----