Newton Archive Abstracts
Last modified: 8/13/94 by Jeremy Wyld

This abstract is a concatenation of the README files
included with the packages. If no README was present, I
chose my own description. If a package of yours has gotten
a bumb write up, send mail to: moderator@newton.uiowa.edu
along with a better one or two line description that you
would like included instead.




/apps

actb-ltd
...This is a limited version of an account manager.

answering-machine-asst
...This is a small program to use with your answering machine. Just 
enter your
...individual codes and call back the messages, store a new message.

area-codes
...The program does just what you'd expect - displays a list of area 
codes &
...country/city codes.

assist-calc-31
...AssistCalc allows the user to write out (not tap, tap, tap) your 
equation
...and AssistCalc will try it's best to figure out an answer for you. You 
can
...then copy the answer to where you need it.

baseball-demo
...Fingertip for STATS - Baseball demo.  Allows you to easily track 
baseball
...stats.  Also includes the Bill James Baseball Encyclopedia.

beam-me-up
...The BeamMeUp application is a useful utility for those using 
Newton Beaming.
...BeamMeUp will allow you to fill up the inbox of a friend with items 
from
...your notepad. Beam Me Up brings up a list of all the notes in your 
notepad
...and you can beam any set of them to one user by checking off the 
appropriate
...notes.

bet-master
...Bet Master is a tool for the horse and dog racing enthusiast that 
helps
...select the most profitable betting strategy. It performs a statistical
...analysis on the handicapping odds provided by you, and the "WIN" 
odds posted
...at the track to select the bets that are most likely to generate the 
largest
...payoffs.

billable-hours-103
...BillableHours is a personal time tracking application.  It allows the 
user
...to enter the number of hours worked on a given day for a 
particular client
...(or project or whatever), the number of miles (or kilometers) 
driven,
...the amount of any expenses, and so forth.

billy-draw
...This simple app allows you to draw whatever you wish on a picture 
of
...President Clinton.  If you voted for him, you can draw halo's, etc.  If 
you
...didn't you can draw horns, etc.

bjl-105
...This app helps you to learn the Japanese language by using a flash 
card format.

book-case
...This app lets you hide all of the books in the Extras drawer, and 
bring them
...up in a list. Clicking on the book's name in the list opens the book.

check-list-10
...This application allows you to manage a set of check lists. These 
might be
...grocery lists, lists of what to pack for a trip, project milestones, etc.
...CheckList supports such features as printing, faxing, mailing and 
beaming
...lists.

check-please
...It's just a simple check calculator but it can be handy in real 
situations.

comfort-index
...This program calculates both the wind chill index and the heat 
index.

commuter-25
...Commuter allows you to quickly change your location in the world 
clock (Time
...Zones) application.

decision-maker-11
...Essentially it tosses a coin and reports the result- not exactly brain
...surgery.

diner
...A tool for reviewing and selecting restaurants. This is the 
shareware
...version.

discount
...This is a very simple discount calculator.  It allows you to enter a 
price
...and two discount percentages.  It will then show you values of the 
price
...less the calculated percents.

drug-finder-101d
...Quick, dirty drug reference.

elec-calc
...Calculator for use with voltage, amps. etc...

feed-meter-10
...Feed the meter is an application for sounding the NewtonÕs built-in 
alarm
...after a predetermined amount of time. 

file-pad-demo
...Welcome to FilePad, the flat-file database for the Newton 
MessagePad and
...compatible Personal Digital Assistants.  FilePad allows you to 
manage 
...information on the go and transfer data to and from your personal 
computer.

geo-assist-tour
...The GeoAssist Guided Tour package (GATour.pkg) provides a self-
running five
...minute demonstration of the major features of the program.  It will 
acquaint
...you with the main screen, the tools and the information databases 
which are
...included with GeoAssist.

golf-demo
...Fingertip for Golf is an on-the-course tool for scoring, wager
...calculation and performance evaluation.

gr101a4
...Mathematical graphing app.

gst-calc-104
...GSTcalc is a simple tool for calculating the Canadian Goods &
...Services tax, as well as the provincial sales tax for the different
...provinces (products only in Quebec, not services yet).

guitar-tuner
...Provides tones for tuning your guitar.

guru
...This is a joke demo package that purports to search your Newton 
for
...something called "The Guru Bit." However, it really plays an 
outrageous and
...funny sampled movie sound.

gut-buster
...I wrote this program to assist anyone on an exchange-based weight 
loss
...program.

hippocrates
...Hippocrates helps you manage your practice and your patients. 
Hippocrates
...replaces many of the paper forms and quick notes used in hospitals, 
health
...care offices, nursing homes, home health care and other health care
...environments.

holidayer
...This package and its accompanying README are in German.

kidscard
...This is a simple Newton application that does a bit of view 
animation and
...uses downloaded sounds.

letter-express
...enables users to write, address, sign and send complete documents 
with just a few
...strokes of the pen.

list-it27
...What does one do with List-It? Well, create lists, of course! These 
lists
...can consist of anything you wish. Some people use them as lists of 
things to
...purchase, others prefer to use them as a To Do replacement. So feel 
free to
...put in whatever you like!

llama-dos-112
...The first Post-Newton Command Line Interpreter.

macs-hex
...MacsHex is a four-function, 32-bit hex calculator.

macworld94
...This app contains a listing of vendors exhibting at the August 1994 
Boston
...MacWorld Show

medicalc-100a
...Medicalc calculates values pertinent to patient care using 
recognized
...algorithms.

metro
...MetroRail (Washington D.C.) train schedule.

micro-timer
...MicroTimer is a small, floating stopwatch for your Newton.

mobil-calc-demo
...Demonstration of MobilCalc spreadsheet.

moon-10d3
...This is a simple program to graphically display the phase of the 
moon for
...any date you choose.

mort-calc-10
...MortCalc is not an amortization program, but rather a tool similar to 
those
...lenders use to qualify people for mortgages.

mpg-130
...MPG is a log book for your car. It keeps track of fill-ups, oil 
changes, 
...tune-ups, inspections, tire rotations, windshield wipers, car washes 
and
...other miscellaneous expenses for your car. It gives status such as 
average 
...miles per gallons, total cost of gas, and average price of gas.

mr-advisador-142
...Mr. Advisador is a PDA.  Personal Digital Advisor.  If you are having
...troubles in your life and just don't know where to turn, ask Mr. 
Advisador
...and he will gladly offer advice.

mst3ksounds11
...The MST3K Sound Sampler is a simple application that will play 
various 
...sound clips from the pants-wettingly funny show, Mystery Science 
Theater
...3000.

my-calculator
...MyCalculator (brilliant name, huh?) is intended as a relatively 
simple
...postfix (i.e. reverse-polish notation or RPN) calculator for the 
Newton
...MessagePad.

napkin-11
...Essentially, this is a spreadsheet-like program. It lets you create 
sheets
...in which you can enter numbers and text, and perform calculations 
on the
...numbers you entered.

new-note
...Installs a button onto the Notes app's status bar which quickly 
creates a
...new page and scrolls you down one screen so that you're ready to 
keep on
...takin' notes.

newt-devenv-22
...A native environment for developing simple applications using
...NewtonScript, and for creating turtle-like graphics using gestures, 
buttons,
...and NS.

newt-rtfm-demo
...NewtRTFM is a Newton programming reference created by Sandeep 
Shah of K2
...Consultants and published by Creative Digital Systems, the 
publishers of the
...ViewFrame Newton debugger and PIE Developers magazine. 
Containing nearly 800
...topics, NewtRTFM is a concise electronic summary of the NTK 1.0.1
...documentation. A Newton-resident program with superior 
navigation, searching
...and experimentation capabilities, NewtRTFM essentially makes the 
NTK printed
...documentation obsolete and speeds Newton prototyping and 
development.

newt-turt-21
...a "turtle" graphics environment: draw patterns using gestures, 
buttons, and
...NewtonScript programs.

newton-boy
...It doesn't do much but play a couple of sounds.

newton-demo-loop
...A Macromind Director loop put out by Apple.

notepak-115
...NotePak was written as a replacement for the Newton's built-in to 
do
...application.

notion-demo
...The version of Notion - The Newton List Manager that accompanies 
this 
...documentation is a demonstration version of the application.

num-chart
...This program will use the characters in the person's full name and 
birth
...Month,  Day and Year to calculate various aspects of the person's
...numerological chart.

numbers
...NewtonMail local access numbers.

order-maker-13b1
...OrderMaker is a Newton application which is ideal for the salesman.  
Newton
...looks up the customer name from the Newton names database, and 
allows the
...salesman to enter data about the customer's order real-time while 
at the
...customer site.

page-express
...PageExpress lets you send pages to Apple Wireless Messaging 
subscribers.

periodic-table
...Small periodic table for the Newton or ExpertPad.

personal
...This app is for storing all of your personal numbers, such as tax file 
...numbers, PIN numbers, and credit card numbers.

per-pro
...PerPro is a Myers-Briggs Personality Types profiler intended for 
amusement
...purposes only and not for professional analysis.

pilot-pad
...PilotPad is an initial release of a pilotÕs assistant for the Newton
...Message Pad. It allows the pilot to calculate ground speed and true 
heading
...without the use of the E6-B flight computer.

pit
...Production Interval Timer times scripts and music in the 
storyboard phase
...for Interactive multimedia projects, and for video productions.

power-news
...An easy to use, off-line news retrieval and delivery service 
designed
...especially around the Apple Newton and Newton compatible PDAÕs.

pocket-money-102
...PocketMoney is an account tracking program. You can setup a 
checkbook
...account to keep your checkbook balanced. You can setup a car loan 
account
...to show you how much more you need to pay on your car. I set up 
a Pocket
...account so I can keep track of every cent that I waste.

qfpro-brochure
...exactly what it says

quick-figure-lite-2
...QuickFigure Lite is a fast, small, fully functional spreadsheet for the
...Newton.

quiz10
...Use this simple 10-question quiz to discover your political identity!

rebate
...Rebate returns some of the memory used on an original Newton 
MessagePad
...when applications are loaded.

resto-20
...Restaurant helper.

rpn-calc-091
...RPN Calc is my interpretation of an HP41/42 style RPN calculator. It
...contains most of the basic functionality of an HP scientific 
calculator.

runewt-22
...Runs native applications created by Newt 2.0 or beamed/mailed 
from RUNewt.

rx-on-tap-demo
...Using Rx on Tap, any given prescription, no matter how 
complicated, is only
...a few pen taps away.

sci-calc104
...SciCalc is a simple implementation of a standard (i.e. NOT Reverse 
Polish or
...'RPN') scientific calculator for the Apple Newton MessagePad and 
similar
...PDAs.

score-pad
...This is a simple little hack I wrote to help me keep score during 
games of
...Magic

scrappy
...Scrappy maintains a scrapboard list of up to 26 text items and a list 
of 
...up to 23 frequently used words/phrases using a global, floating, 
draggable
...button pallet.

scut-master
...ScutMaster is a first attempt at implementing a calculator on the 
Newton for
...performing common, tedious calculations often done by physicians.

shopping-list-13
...Shopping List was originally developed to demonstrate a potential 
Newton
...application in a manufacturing firm.  (Grocery shopping is very 
much like
..."order picking" in a warehouse with many SKU's.)

sign
...Sign is a Newton app that contains pictures for the American Sign 
Language
...finger alphabet.

signature
...Contains two applications. one adds a new preference to the 
preference roll
...where the user can enter their signature. The other adds a new 
print format
...for letters that can automatically sign the letters.

sleepsound-pro
...This folder contains a demo of SleepSoundPro. SleepSoundPro (SSP) 
is a
...Newton application that lets a user change the Sleep and Wake Up 
sounds
...their Newton will make. The soundpaks are auto-parts that can be 
used by
...SleepSoundPro and this demo.

sony-remote
...This program should let you control most sony products.  **This is 
alpha.

sys-beep
...SysBeep is a small program to give you a different beep sound. Just 
run it
...once after installing (or reseting) to activate the new sound. Now, 
when you
...get an alert, you will hear "Uh Oh", instead of the alarm sound that 
you
...selected in the Preferences Section.

tap-style-10
...TapStyles is a simple little applet that, when activated, places a 
small dot
...in the upper right area of the Newton screen that allows quick 
access to the
...styles palette. 

term-limit-14
...TermLimit is a (very) limited terminal emulator for the Newton.

time-accountant-2
...Time Accountant lets you keep track of time spent on a project.

time-card
...TimeCard comes from my need as a consultant to track daily 
activities by
...client and project.

tricorder-7
...Simulates the tricorder from Star Trek.

tvpad
...A remote control for a  few electronic devices.

unt-map10
...UNT Map is an interactive map of the University of North Texas 
Campus.

vframe-debug-demo
...A program that lets you examine and modify Newton objects.

viewer
...This folder contains Viewer, an app that allows you to view a 
sequence of
...images.  It requires an image sequence to be loaded in order for it 
to
...operate. The folder also contains some sample images.

weights-and-balances
...Some sort of calculator for airplane weights. Luggage? Fuel? (no 
readme!)