The Newton is the easiest PDA I have ever looked at the coding for. Palm and the others seemed quite difficult, but the Newton just seems that much more simple. The Newton Toolkit allows the creation of simple programs in the Newton Script environment.

All my Newton software is provided as freeware. Use, distrubute and enjoy. If you like it, drop me an email if you feel so inclined.

PassGenR

Network or System administrators often have to issue passwords to people. Ideally, passwords should be random. Net- and Sys-admin folks with logical computer fluent minds soon run out of ideas when it comes to generating random passwords. At least, I do. A handy solution would be a little programme that can crank out random password strings on demand, and can be customized for the length and type of password that is needed.

So, PassGenR was born. Pronounced ‘pass gen er’ it is a very simple password generator. It should run on any Newon device that uses OS 2.0 or above.

Download:

PassGenR.pkg Latest Version: 1.02 (Feb 8 / 02)

PassGenR.txt About Text.

PassGenRv01.pkg For NOS 1.x devices.

PassGenR.sit Source code for version 1.02 (for Newton Toolkit 1.6 for Mac)

WineScore

This is a super-simple little programme to aid in assigning a numeric point-score to wines. It’s based mostly on the system Robert Parker uses. It doesn’t save anything, it doesn’t create a database, it just lets you slide some sliders around and it tells you the numeric score that you can write down in your favorite wine log.

This is freeware, a little application I wrote for myself to help me score the wines I’ve tasted in a consistent fashion. If others find it useful, then hooray! Source code is provided if anyone wants to improve on it. Enjoy.

Download:

WineScore.pkg Latest Version: 1.0 (Sept. 1/03)

WineScore.sit Source Code (Newton Toolkit 1.6 Mac)

Sean Luke’s Overlord!

This is not my software. Overlord! is a great 2-week Dates overview by Sean Luke. He originally wrote it for the MP2x00 in Landscape mode. Sean’s Overlord is available from his website, along with his source code.

I have included Overlord in this list though, because through it I learned how to use Newton Toolkit. As I prefer to keep my MP2100 in Portrait mode, it seemed like a great challenge for me to get started in trying Newton programming. I downloaded the source and got tinkering, to produce the Portrait version that I prefer.

At the request of a friend, I have also formatted a version of Overlord that fits on the screen of a MP 120. It only gives a one-week overview, but the all-important Evil Overlord rules have been retained.

Download:

Overlord for MP2x00 Portrait Updated 10 Sep 02

Overlord for MP1x0 Portrait Updated 10 Sep 02

Source code for MP2x00 Portrait Updated 10 Sep 02

Source code for MP1x0 Portrait Updated 10 Sep 02