Sunrise (formerly Let there be Light, PowerBright ) for Newton 2.0 ŠĘ1996 by Ray Rischpater. All Rights Reserved. version 1.0, 960722 What is it? Sunrise for Newton 2.0 lets you automatically play sounds or activates the backlight on your Newton MessagePad every time the device is turned on or off. If you usually use your Newton in dimly lit areas, or want to customize your Newton's sound playing, you may want this package. On the other hand, if you don't have a backlight Newton, or are worried about battery life, you can probably live without this package. If you're looking for an easier way to activate your backlight only occasionally, be sure to check out Silk, from Catamount Software, or In The Dark, by Don Louv. They both also add floating representations of the silkscreen, so you don't have to stand on your head when using your Newton in portrait mode. Cool! How do I use it? Install the package on your Newton PDA. For control of the backlight, your PDA obviously needs a backlight to control, but the start-up and shut-down customization will work on any Newton 2.0 PDA. To customize the power-on and power-off behavior of your Newton PDA: 1. Enter the Prefs application by touchig Extras, choosing Setup, and touching Prefs. 2. Select the Sunrise preferences item. 3. Select the desired start up and shut down sounds, along with the behaviour of the backlight as applicable. It's important to remember that the backlight and speaker does consume battery power, so that using this package will shorten your battery life. On the other hand, the backlight will your vision, so there's a definite trade-off here. This is cool! What do I owe you? Well, fame and fortune would be nice, but I don't expect much of either. Given the rather simplistic nature of the package, it's free. However, I'd like to ask that if you find out that you use this package alot, you be sure to do the following: 1) Use rechargable batteries in your Newton. If you feel you must use disposable batteries, use the ones that don't contain mercury or other hard-to-dispose of heavy metals. I've found that the best solution is actually a Newton charging cradle and the Newton rechargable battery pack; I just throw my MessagePad in the charging cradle by the phone at night when I go to bed. Alternately, RayoVac Renewal batteries work well. 2) If you've any suggestions, feel free to drop me email at dove@lothlorien.com. I may not respond right away, but rest assured I'll read your feedback and take it under advisement. Legal Stuff... You may freely reproduce and redistribute this work, provided that this readme remains with the work, and provided that you do not charge for redistribution, save connection charges billed by on-line services such as AOL and Compuserve. (User's groups please take note of this and contact me prior to redistribution; odds are I'll gladly give you a license to redistribute this in freeware/shareware collections for your organization, but I'd like to talk to you first...) However, the original copyright for the software remains with the author. As this package is given to you free of charge, you agree that the author cannot be responsible for the repercussions of using this work. No warranty is made, expressed or implied, regarding this package, including fitness of purpose or reliability. While reasonable efforts have been made to determine that this package operates as intended with no ill effects, the author and distributors make no guarantee of any kind. Please be prepared to operate this software at your own risk. Newton and MessagePad are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Revision History (As the package Sunrise) 1. Initial release Added support for custom sounds on power-up and power-down. (As the package Let There Be Light) 2 - Added preferences roll item Let There Be Light to control behavior and changed the name of the application. 1 - Initial release.