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Routing and Communications

of the built-in applications registers to accept page-image data like faxes, and the built-in fax transport does not include a method for putting away items it receives, so the Tag picker does not include a Put Away action when a user selects only faxes in the In Box. The Tag picker does include Put Away when a user selects faxes together with some other class of data that can be put away, but the selected faxes are not put away.

Putting Away Items Automatically

The In Box can put away some incoming items automatically. That happens if an application has registered to automatically accept items designated for it. As soon as the In Box receives such an item, it transfers the item from the In Box to the application without user intervention. For example, the In Box could automatically transfer incoming stock quotes from a wireless modem to a stock-tracking application. If the In Box can’t automatically put away a received item because the target application is missing (perhaps it is on a card that is not inserted), the In Box holds the item until the application is present. Then the In Box automatically transfers all items it is holding for that application. What happens to an item after the In Box automatically puts it away depends on the transport involved. The transport may have the In Box delete the item, delete the item and make a log entry in the In Box, or keep a copy of the item.

Filing Items That Are Put Away

In general, when an application gets items from the In Box it should put them away unfiled so users can find them. If an application puts away an item without regard to its folder, the item will be filed in the same folder on the receiving Newton as it occupied on the sending Newton. That could make the item hard for a user to find, especially if the folder is undefined on the receiving Newton. Your application can alleviate this problem by putting away all items unfiled even if the recipient has a folder of the same name as the sender.

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2 specifications

The Apple II is a defining product in the history of personal computing, first introduced in 1977 by Apple Computer, Inc. Designed by Steve Wozniak, the Apple II was one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products and played a significant role in bringing personal computers into homes and schools.

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