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. 

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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: <hardy-2702961023280001@vtr149.ramp.together.net>

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.

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<LI><a href="ftp://ftp.ccs.neu.edu/pub/mirrors/newton/_1.x-savvy/mac-only/
dragnet-100b2.sit.hqx">
  DragNet 1.00b2 (transfers text via AppleTalk to Newton's Notepad)</a>

<LI><a href="http://www.websmart.net/~marc/notething.html">
     NoteThing (views Notepad on a Mac)</a>

<LI><a href="http://www.netaxs.com/~weyer/newton/releases.html#Slurpee">
     Slurpee 1.7 (transfers text to/from a terminal program)</a>

<LI><a href="ftp://ftp.xmission.com/pub/users/r/revelar">
  Revelar Connection Utility (real time connection between a Mac and Newton)</a>

<LI><a href="http://www.landware.com/products/xport/xportps.html">
     Landware Products: X-Port</a>