Article 5693 of comp.sys.newton.programmer: Path: samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!nntp.mainstreet.net!news.pbi.net!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!colloquy.apple.com!nntp1.apple.com!wyld From: wyld@newton.apple.com (Jeremy Wyld) Newsgroups: comp.sys.newton.programmer Subject: Re: NBU file format question Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 14:03:42 -0800 Organization: Apple Computer, Inc. Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: <33128590.4019@Hitchcock.ORG> NNTP-Posting-Host: wyld-jeremy2.apple.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.3.6 In article <33128590.4019@Hitchcock.ORG>, Tim Hodges wrote: > Is the NBU/NCU backup file format documented? Is this information > available for download? > > Thanks in advance, > Tim Hodges No. jeremy Article 5698 of comp.sys.newton.programmer: Path: samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!nntp.mainstreet.net!news.pbi.net!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!colloquy.apple.com!nntp1.apple.com!rekieta-paul.apple.com!user From: rekieta@newton.apple.com (Paul Rekieta) Newsgroups: comp.sys.newton.programmer Subject: Re: NBU file format question Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 17:01:19 -0800 Organization: Apple Computer, Inc. Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <33128590.4019@Hitchcock.ORG> NNTP-Posting-Host: rekieta-paul.apple.com In article <33128590.4019@Hitchcock.ORG>, Tim Hodges wrote: > Is the NBU/NCU backup file format documented? Is this information > available for download? > The backup file format is a desktop version of the soup store system on the Newton. It would be nearly impossible to read the data on your own, and very difficult for us to provide a library for you to use. Sorry. -- Paul Rekieta Desktop Applications Newton Systems Group