Locale Fix v1.1

Copyright 1996, Douglas Miller <dgm@super.zippo.com>

Locale Fix is a freeware autopart package for Newton which adds persistent
12H/24H time options, brings speaker dialing to your locale, and makes 
Australian Newtons measure distances in km not miles.

REVISION HISTORY

1.0    April 1996    First version (for Newton 2.0 only).
1.1    June 1996     Now works on Newton 1.x as well.

DESCRIPTION

When Locale Fix is installed it makes the following changes.

o  The current "Locale Country" is modified to enable tone
   telephone dialing via the built in speaker.   In other words,
   if you currently have only the options "manual" and "modem" in
   the call slip pop up, Locale Fix will give you "speaker" as well. 

o  If the current "Locale Country" is "Australia", it is modified
   to specify that distance is measured in kilometers (as of Newton
   2.0 Apple still haven't fixed the bug that makes this setting 
   "miles" for Australia).  For example, Locale Fix will give
   Australian Newton users the right result for distance between
   cities in Time Zones.

o  A new "Locale Country" is created called "<country> (24H)" where
   <country> is the current "Locale Country".  Selecting this new 
   option from the "Locale Country" pop up will set your Newton to
   24 hour time.  This setting is persistent, i.e., it will not be
   changed by a system reset.

Locale Fix undoes all its changes if it is deleted or frozen.  If your
"Locale Country" is set to "<country> (24H)" then it will be changed 
back to "<country>".

RESTRICTIONS, WARNINGS AND DISCLAIMERS

I recommend that Locale Fix be installed internally.  You can install
it on a card, but you will have to manually freeze the package (with 
an appropriate 3rd-party utility) before you can remove the card.

Your model of Newton device may not be approved by your local 
telecommunications regulatory authority as a tone dialing device.  
If this is the case, then it could be illegal for you to attempt to
dial a phone via your Newton speaker.

Locale Fix v1.1 has been tested for compatibility with Newton 1.05,
1.3 and 2.0 and has no known problems.  Naturally, I don't claim it 
has no problems, you should install it at your risk, I don't accept 
responsibility for any consequential damages, etc, etc.

INSTALLATION

To install Locale Fix you will need to unpack the package file from
its archive file and then download it to your Newton via a package
installer.  If you need to get such software for your Wintel or 
Macintosh computer, I recommend Stuffit Expander and Newton Package 
Installer (or Newton Backup Utility) respectively.  

o  If you are using Stuffit Expander for MS-Windows, you must set the
   two cross-platform options to "never" and "never" to ensure that 
   the package can be installed.

o  If you are using a Macintosh you may find that your package 
   installer won't recognise the Locale Fix package file.  You should 
   be able to rectify this with the provided Mac utility PackType (it
   sets the package file creater and type fields to commonly expected
   values).

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

If enough people complain, I might consider getting Locale Fix to be
better behaved when installed on a card.

PRODUCTION NOTE

Locale Fix was developed with Steve Weyer's excellent Newt 
development environment.  Newt allows you to develop applications
using NewtonScript and save as packages directly on your Newton.
For more information:
   weyer@netaxs.com
   http://www.netaxs.com/~weyer/newton/releases.html
