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Epoc Digest Tue 18 Jun 2002 Volume 01 : Number 017
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In today's Epoc Digest 8 messages:
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- EPOC Digest info posted on Revoworld
- Travelmodem, Touchscreen, Synchronisation,
- Revoworld
- Screen Cable of Psions and Ericssons
- non-responding touch screen
- Old (new) digests
- Re: non-responding touch screen
- Re: Subject: Once more: Synchronising Psion with mobile phones
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Date: 17 Jun 2002 07:44:46 +0100
From: peter.rand
Subject: EPOC Digest info posted on Revoworld
Hi,
I went ahead and posted information about the new EPOC digest at Revoworld (www.revoworld.com/Index2.asp).
Best wishes for the digest's continued health & further growth.
Peter Rand
Revoworld
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Date: 17 Jun 2002 21:00:14 +0100
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: Travelmodem, Touchscreen, Synchronisation,
Answer to: Kevin Thorne
Re. Travelmodem - Appreciate your point, but it sometimes happens with my Nokia 7110 as well that I get a connection which than hangs. Maybe it has got something to do with the IR port ?
Re. Digest 1-10 - The email went to many others at the same time who did not have problems. No, the zip file was created on the Psion with RMRZip. I'll send it agian today.
Answer to: Lord Kimberley
Re. Touchscreen - I think it might well be the screencable problem. You have several option, I can tell you two:
1/ Assistant will give you an alphabetical list of all programs to open any of them
2/ Start-up will allow you to create a list of programs to start up after a reset.
Answer to: Nicole Carbonara
Re. Synchronisation - It is well known that synchronisation with the Psion is not an easy process and does go wrong from time to time. It is best to always back-up before synchronisation to avoid losing data.
Bye,
Itamar Engelsman
London, United Kingdom
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Date: 18 Jun 2002 00:15:33 +0100
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: Revoworld
Thanks to Peter Rand for mentioning us on the website of Revoworld and for REVO owners have a look at their website how it is possible to get a backlight on your REVO !
Bye,
Itamar Engelsman
London, United Kingdom
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Date: 18 Jun 2002 01:33:57 +0100
From: Wajira Perera
Subject: Screen Cable of Psions and Ericssons
Hi All,
Having had my fair (or is it unfair?) share of screen cable problems with my Psion Srs 3a, 3mx and MC 218, I wanted pen my thoughts on it.
In spite of these companies (or at least Psion) knowing that the screen cable is the 'weakest link' of these machines, they have done nothing to soften the blow for the owners. Every time you have a cable problem, it means replacement of a perfectly good screen as well, at a terribly high cost, particularly for those of us living in the Third World countries. I cannot see a good reason for not redesigning the cable to be a separate item, replaceable by itself, which would have cost GBP 10 at the most, rather than being nearly ten times dearer as it is now, except for the motive for making more money. I have owned Psion Srs 3a from 1995 and after 7 years, these machines still remain he same as far as the screen cable is concerned. In any other industry, customer resistance would have forced the companies to modify the machine, and indeed, in others like aviation, legislation would have done the needful. In this case, the poor customer is made to fork out whatever the manufacturer thinks fit, unnecessarily at that.
Perhaps I am wrong, and in which case, I stand corrected. In any case, I shall be glad to hear fellow users comments on this matter.
Regards
Wajira
Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka
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Date: 18 Jun 2002 11:59:02 +0100
From: "Hoffman, Susan"
Subject: non-responding touch screen
John wrote:
Hi,
My old 5mx has suddenly stopping responding to the touch screen. Everything else works OK. Have just backed it up. Have tried a soft reset with no change. I have macro5, which means I can continue fairly well without the touchy bit, but any suggestions of what to do/what is wrong welcome.
I had a similar problem a while back, and a digester suggested that I take out the two batteries and immediately put them back in again. Apparently that causes the touch screen to reset itself. It works every time!
Susan
Susan Katz Hoffman
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web address: www.pepperlaw.com
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Date: 18 Jun 2002 13:49:23 +0100
From: Philip S. Adkins Potter
Subject: Old (new) digests
Hi,
Kevin was having problems with Navigator unZIPping Itamar's digest archive. There are ZIP utilities for EPOC other than Navigator but not all write files are recognised by Navigator. I don't know why. There are a number of ZIP utilities (some free) at TUCOWS and some will allow Itamar's files to be unZIPped. I have both Navigator and nConvert but I used a Mac!
Chris, Vlad and Arent: Thanks. I'll get back to the digest when I've got it all working. If I can avoid using a CF reader and subsequent reformatting I'll do it. It's interesting that Macs (of this vintage) want to alter things. I'm going to try getting the Java-Psion Link working but my Mac web browser may not be up to it.
Take care,
Phil.
"Everything in excess!
To enjoy the flavour of life, take big bites.
Moderation is for monks."
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Date: 18 Jun 2002 15:12:38 +0100
From: The Earl of Kimberley
Subject: Re: non-responding touch screen
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Hoffman, Susan wrote:
> I had a similar problem a while back, and a digester suggested that I take > out the two batteries and immediately put them back in again. Apparently > that causes the touch screen to reset itself. It works every time!
Not so for this machine sadly.
--
Yours John.
Tel: +44 1763 289 732 e-mail: mailto:w0400
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Date: 18 Jun 2002 20:16:59 +0100
From: Jan R Gustafsson
Subject: Re: Subject: Once more: Synchronising Psion with mobile phones
To Wajira Perera:
Thanks for your comment on my question concerning synching T39 & MC218. It is nice to here from someone with the same set-up and the same development suggestions. We are at least two now, and as there are many Psionists interested in problem-solving, maybe there is one who is willing to take up this synchronising task as a challenge.
Regards,
Jan G
Stockholm, Sweden
Wajira Perera wrote at 14 Jun 2002 11:28:33 +0100 in EPOC DIGEST # 016
> To Jan R Gustafsson
> Hi Jan,
> I have been using the same hardware setup (MC
> 218+T 39) for some time, before MC 218 decided to
> give up, by way of a screen cable failure. (I
> live in Sri Lanka, and I had to send it to
> Singapore for repairs.). As a result, my T 39 is
> all alone now.
> While I had the MC 218 with me, I too did the
> transfer of single data and contacts items
> between the two machines. SInce this was a
> cumbersome process, I limited it to most
> important appointments, so that I did not miss
> those at the least. I longed for direct
> synchronization,
> but that did not work. Since I do not have the
> serial cable for T 39, synching it with Outlook
> was not possible either. Just as you are, I am
> interested in software capable of direct synching
> between the two, using IR ports. I sincerely
> hope someone will come up with a solution, but
> given the bleak future of Psions (and Ericssons
> MC 218's that go with them),
> one cannot be too optimistic.
> Incidentally, I have not been able to do faxing
> with the same hardware. T 39 starts, but drops the
> line in a few seconds. I have been advised that
> there is a software update on the phone to cure
> this, but the support
> in Sri Lanka is too poor to address such finer
> points.
> Regards
> Wajira
> Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka
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