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In today's Epoc Digest 27 messages:

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- Deletion from the subscribers list

- A macro for the Digest?

- SMS again / Telnr. prefixes

- Spam and a suggestion for the archive

- Osaris 8Mb

- 5mx Screen Readability

- Email addresses on the website!

- Files in Install folder

- NETPAD PART THREE

- Re: "EPOC32 Rumour"

- Re: Palmtop User magazine

- Re: Color Magic

- Re: Gric and iPass

- Re: netBook and SMS using a Nokia 6210

- Beaming Contacts

- SPAM, 6310i, GPRS sheet,

- Spam and e-mail addresses.

- 6310(i)

- RE: NUMLOCK on Series7/netBooks

- Series 7/netBook battery charging

- Re: PDF Magazine

- Re: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 056

- RMRZip v Zip Master

- DreamConnect

- Confused Text Editor

- Changing fortunes, a dreamer's updated 5mx

- Emulator Printing

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Date: 22 Aug 2002

From: Michael Degn

Subject: Deletion from the subscribers list

Message to: Eric Bot

Since digest no. 35 your email address gives "permanent fatal errors" and we had no other option but to delete you from the list of subscribers. We hope you will read this and resubscribe with a different address.

Regards,

Michael Degn

The Epoc Digest Team

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Date: 22 Aug 1998 13:51:24 +0100

From: guillaume.favre

Subject: A macro for the Digest?

Hi everyone!

It may be useful for you to use this very simple macro to be used with the very great Macro5 application. Just go anywhere in the lign in the summary of the digest that you want to read and run the macro that will go to the beginning of the lign, then go two spaces forward and then will select the whole lign and research it (Ctrl+R on a french Psion) then will jump to the next (Ctrl+J on a french Psion) and finally will go a screen below.

PROC Macro:

SendKey:("Fn+left,Right,Right,Fn+Shift+Right,Ctrk+R,Enter,Ctrl+J,Fn+down")

ENDP

I use Fn+Delete to call this macro. IMHO it would usefuller if the Digest would have the summary at the beginning of the email. I could read a message and then going back to the summary with Ctrl+Fn+Up and select the next very interesting message to be read.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the Digest!

Guillaume

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Date: 22 Aug 2002 10:40:47 +0100

From: Thomas F.VAN DER ZIJDEN

Subject: SMS again / Telnr. prefixes

Hello group, hello Rolf,

Rolf, thanks for your answer that you are supposed to use the message centre of the GSM network you are currently roaming on. I tried the SFR message centre instead of the message centre of my own network Ben. The result: now _all_ SMS's end up in cyberspace!

You stated that if you are in the correct area you do not need to dial the area code. If I am in Delft and I do not dial 015 before the phone number I get a recorded message 'This phone number does not exist'. It looks like while you do not need the country code if you are in the country, you will always need the area code.

Today I received my bill from Ben. The <have billed me for the 'free' SMS's I sent via the SFR network in France! So be careful if you want to benefit from SFR's 'free' offer! Ben (my network) did not know anything about any deal. They will have a look at it, but their current opinion is 'This deal was not mentioned on OUR website.' My opinion: so WHAT!?

Anyway: all a bit OT, but we have on this list a few Psioneers who do know a lot about telecommunication, so I thought to mention my progress here ;-)

Yours truly,

Thomas van der Zijden

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Date: 22 Aug 2002 11:51:13 +0100

From: "Simon Wolf"

Subject: Spam and a suggestion for the archive

Itamar, the spam implications do not really worry me since I get so much of the stuff anyway but if we can reduce the volume of it then all the better. What I don't want to see is the loss of the archives since I find them both useful and interesting. I don't think that a harvester would search the contents of a zip file so that would be one option.

An alternative, and I would be happy to manage this if you want, would be to hold the contents of the digests in a downloadable Data file so that you can store the archive on your Psion and browse it at will. I would suggest using a single data file per digest with each message being a record. So that you can consolidate them into one large archive if you so desire I would also suggest that the digest number is stored in a field too. The main advantage of this would be that you could search the archives very easily. If this is a popular suggestion then one final idea to enhance it (which would greatly depend upon how long it takes to do) would be to have a field which lets you know which message number(s) the current message relates to. This may not always be an exact science but it would allow threads to be followed more easily.

Simon Wolf

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Date: 22 Aug 2002 12:54:50 +0100

From: Daniel Cheng

Subject: Osaris 8Mb

Dear all,

Being a proud owner of a 5MX, I have recently bought a Osairs 8Mb

from Comet (the UK store) for UKP79.99 I know all my files for the

standard EPOC built-in programs will be work on the Osaris as a

backup machine. Due to the small screen of the Osaris and the

different version of EPCO ER4, many third party software would not

work. I hope someone would give me hints/tips as of which programs

would work on the Osaris for the following functions:

(a) Banking app

(b) Filers

(d) desktop/screen saver apps.

Thanks

Daniel Cheon 22/08/2002

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Date: 22 Aug 2002 17:49:09 +0100

From: Jim Watson-Gove

Subject: 5mx Screen Readability

Subject: The 5mx screen.

Date: 20 August

Subject: The Psion screen

<<But the screen! It is so hard to read, so dark and almost impossible to see under certain circumstances.>>

This has been true for every PDA I've played with. All machines perform poorly in some lighting situation.

My Zaurus was good in most situations. My 3a almost as good. When I went to the 5 classic, I couldn't believe how bad the screen was, but the clearly superior operating system and wonderful keyboard convinced me to make do with the screen. I learned where to use the 5 and where not to.

You may not believe it but the 5mx screen was a vast improvement over the classic 5 and was the main reason I moved up to the 5mx.

I bought a Mako (two Makos actually) to have backups to the 5mx.

<<Is there nothing that can be done? No upgrade or possibility for changing the screen?>>

The screen on the Mako/Revo is far superior to the 5mx and if you can put up with the battery problems and the lack of a D drive, the Mako may be your answer.

<<Why did Psion make such an appalling screen?>>

Economics and the level of technology when the beast was designed would be my guess

jim - oakland

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Date: 22 Aug 2002 19:04:35 +0100

From: David Lir

Subject: Email addresses on the website!

I noticed that all the previous digests are available at the website as simple html pages. It's great to have easy access to the old digests from any web browser, but this unfortunately means that software robots can easily pick up any email addresses posted to the digest. Perhaps the old digests could be made available as downloadable zip files rather than as simple .html docs or web pages? Shouldn't this prevent software robots from finding and collecting them?

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David Lir

\\:>{o> (Me, sideways!)

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Date: 22 Aug 2002 20:03:44 +0100

From: Jan R Gustafsson

Subject: Files in Install folder

Hi all!

Maybe I should know the answer to the following seemingly simple question, but I don't, so I need some advise.

I'm doing some cleaning up on my MC218. I find that there are /system/install folders on both the C drive and the D drive and that it seems that sis files has gone into one or the other irrespective of to which drive I have installed the program.

My question: can I move all these sis files into one folder, preferably on the D drive?

Cheers,

Jan G

-- This e-mail was sent from a Psion palmtop computer via IR and a GPRS-connected Ericsson T39 mobile phone --

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Date: 22 Aug 2002 20:10:33 +0100

From: Peter Keene

Subject: NETPAD PART THREE

Hi Guys,

Netpad Part Three:

Today I'll have to start with two corrections and rectify an omission. In part two I wrote that the standard ER 5 apps could be loaded into RAM - I should, of course, have written that they can be loaded into the Flash ROM. I also wrote that the ER 5 apps were the same as on our machines. In fact Record has a slightly different skin, but is otherwise the same - I think. Why the confusion? I'll tell you why when I discuss the Control Panel.

I omitted, when writing about the battery, to mention the backup battery. Why is this important? Because it is a built-in Lithium which is recharged, if required, when the main battery is charged. According to the manual, this battery can preserve the RAM for "several hours", and according to the specification "for up to 48 hours". Whatever, given the problems experienced with the Revo's built-in battery, I experienced a little frisson about this. I suppose, though, that it's less important for the user to have access to the backup battery

The Screen.

The netpad 1400 has a half-VGA, transflexive, 256 colour, passive-digitiser screen optimised for use in bright, outdoor light. Unlike the netBook, the backlight can be switched off. You can also set a time-out for the backlight. In low-light, indoor conditions the screen is crisp but, compared to the netBook, the colours are slightly washed out. Outdoors, in the bright South African winter sun (heh, heh), it's stunning. This is the screen that the S5mxC (for colour) should have had. It doesn't have a screen protector, but possibly this is an optional accessory - I hope so because the screen is pretty exposed.

The screen can be oriented through 90° clockwise. In the portrait mode the Toolbar is at the bottom of the screen and the menu list is from top to bottom instead of from left to right. If you select a menu header, it turns red and rolls its options out down the screen. If you open an app, such as Sheet, that would be difficult to work with in portrait mode, it opens in landscape mode. When you send the app to the background, or close it, the screen reverts to portrait mode.

Connectivity and the Docking Station.

There are two connectivity options on the 1400 I'm evaluating - IrDA and RS232. Both run at the standard 115 000 Kbt/s. The IR window is a solid block of plastic, set flush against the casing, slightly to the left of centre, on the top of the machine (in landscape mode). The serial connector is well protected by a thick rubber plug and is on the bottom right.

It would obviously be a complex design problem to try to achieve an IP rating of 67 if there were connectors all over the casing. I haven't looked for the detail yet (too busy), but apparently some of the docking stations offer additional connectivity options. There is also mention in one of the manuals about wireless connectivity options. The docking station supplied with the machine I'm using offers IrDA and RS232 while the netpad is docked. It is a solid dock, holding the netpad firmly, at a perfect angle for typing (more about this in the next part). It can be rotated through 90° with the netpad in dock. The netpad, obviously, also charges in the dock.

Control Panel.

There are several new options in Control Panel.

Screen offers the backlight settings.

Docker offers info about the docking station.

Text Input allows you to select other text-input programmes. I assume this could also include a handwriting recognition app, although there is no mention of one in the manuals and there isn't one installed on this machine.

Ethernet allows selection of an ethernet driver but only IrLAN is installed on this machine.

And then there is an intriguing thing called AC97 Record. Forgive my ignorance, but I don't know what this is. It offers "Mixer gain" in dB on a logarithmic scale, "Mixer boost" on/off and "Record gain" in dB on a logarithmic scale. I tried playing with all of these settings but they seemed to make no difference to Record. I trawled the Z drive file-by-file to try and find another Record-type app (there's nothing in the System file on the C drive or on the Programmes bar) without success. I will ask Psionet about it, but is anyone else aware of an EPOC app or utility like this? Maybe it relates to the "missing" EPOC Native MP3 Engine player 1.10 that I mentioned last posting.

Expansion.

Expansion on the netpad is provided via a single MultiMedia Card slot on the bottom right of the casing. The card is locked in by a sturdy, and obviously waterproof, hatch. This machine is fitted with a 64 MB card which I have used only for backups. The reset slot is in the MMC compartment. (A hard reset is performed by holding down the on/off button while performing a reset) The tip of the stylus fits the slot.

In part 4, probably the final part, I'll report on the netpad in daily use.

Regards,

Peter

Pretoria - where he outsold his wife at the trade expo today!

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Date: 22 Aug 2002 21:32:27 +0100

From: Rolf Brunsting

Subject: Re: "EPOC32 Rumour"

To Arent:

<< Found this today , 2002/08/18 19:02:33 on the Psion-Teklogix site , apparently all the rumors as that Psion/Symbian is moving EPOC 32 towards a deeply embedded platform running underneath WindowsCE and PalmOS 5 are now coming true ........ That the netPad is based on the PocketPC 2002 hardware platform was already a bit suspect >>

Sure ... and I've got a few interesting properties for sale. Like the Eiffel Tower, in a class 1 location and with a wide view over most of Paris, for a price of US$ 250,000.=. Also Buckingham Palace at US$ 750,000.=, though note that it has a 7,5 year delivery time.

To All:

What's so funny about this so-called "EPOC32 rumour" is, that anybody who's followed PDA developments closely can deconstruct it into its constituent components and pinpoint where each component is coming from. Then to use the same components to create the "rumour" that Psion is silently working on a device that uses the PalmOS kernel and EIKON user interface.

The way it works quite simple - you take two items that have something in common and turn the commonality into a hard link: [Mercedes has a stake in the Maclaren Formula 1 team] + [Mercedes makes trucks] = [Maclaren is working a new high-speed truck design for Mercedes]. Add a photograph of the glossy, streamlined Mercedes trucks Maclaren uses to transport its Formula 1 team around and - Hey Presto!! - you've got a juicy rumour to dish out.

It's the way you can turn *any* device that has a few bits and bobs in common with Microsoft's specs for Pocket PC into one that's "based on the PocketPC 2002 hardware platform". Well ... as we humans have 98% of our DNA in common with chimpanzees we're all built on the Chimp Platform.

Which explains why I have a sudden urge to eat a some bananas ... see you later ...

Kind Regards,

Rolf Brunsting - Darp - Netherlands

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Date: 22 Aug 2002 21:32:31 +0100

From: Rolf Brunsting

Subject: Re: Palmtop User magazine

Dear Steve,

<< This very low complaint rate, plus the HUGE number of positive comments (see the web site) lead us to believe that we've done the right thing at the right time >>

I think it's better to reserve judgement till the majority of Palmtop Magazine subscriptions have come up for renewel.

Kind Regards,

Rolf Brunsting - Darp - Netherlands

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Date: 22 Aug 2002 21:32:34 +0100

From: Rolf Brunsting

Subject: Re: Color Magic

Dear Itamar,

<< I had to remove the program after which it did an automatic programmed soft reset, which I find unfair from the programmers >>

Why is this unfair? That all the third-party software titles you've used till now don't require a soft reset after deinstallation doesn't mean that this applies to all software titles. Color Magic has hooks into the lower levels of EPOC to perform it's functions. It's therefore not strange for it to be an exception to the rule. mBrain Software's Font Machine also requires soft resets because it has similar low-level hooks.

Kind Regards,

Rolf Brunsting - Darp - Netherlands

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Date: 22 Aug 2002 21:32:37 +0100

From: Rolf Brunsting

Subject: Re: Gric and iPass

Dear Gary,

<< If your ISP is a member of Gric, you register your account. Then you are given a whole database of local numbers in the major cities in each country. Your access to the internet then becomes a local call... >>

My ISP refers me to iPass which supplies a tool called iPassConnect to its subscribers for international access. Problem is that:

a) iPassConnect is available for PalmOS and PocketPC but not for EPOC,

b) It contains various scripts for logging into the iPass nodes,

and,

c) iPass' Dutch representative is very reluctant to send me a sample script to see whether I can translate it into a Psion script.

Do you, by any chance, know whether Gric can also be used when your ISP isn't a member of Gric?

Kind Regards,

Rolf Brunsting - Darp - Netherland

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Date: 22 Aug 2002 21:32:40 +0100

From: Rolf Brunsting

Subject: Re: netBook and SMS using a Nokia 6210

Dear David,

<< I have a Nokia 6210 and although I can (if patient) retrieve email from btinternet via IR link, I can't manage to send or retrieve SMS. Is there a good reason for this or is it simple that I'm doing something wrong? >>

Difficult to tell without a description of the settings you use, what you do, whether you get any error messages, what these messages say, etc. We can't read your mind, I'm afraid.

Kind Regards,

Rolf Brunsting - Darp - Netherlands

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Date: 22 Aug 2002 21:33:41 +0100

From: "Caspar Lam"

Subject: Beaming Contacts

Hello,

I had trouble beaming my contacts (on a Mako) to a friend of mine who has a PocketPC Journada. I have installed PlBeam, but the contacts still doesn't send. I thought that Contacts supported the VCard standard that allowed cross platform beaming. Can anybody help?

Thanks!

Caspar

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Date: 22 Aug 2002 23:50:43 +0100

From: Itamar Engelsman

Subject: SPAM, 6310i, GPRS sheet,

Answer to: Alan Rabbitte

Re. SPAM - I entered just my name in the search engine and it shows my involvement with Euro chats about Nikon cameras, an answer to a problem on the ups5 digest, and other matters. I get at work daily SPAM message and always unsubscribe where possible, they just keep on coming. I get even more spam messages in my Compuserve account, still from the time it I am afraid it is one of the illnesses of the times we live in.

Answer to: Kevin Collins

Re. 6310i - When I got it in the shop the assistant took my 7110 battery, clipped it on the 6310i and I was in business. So your 6210 battery being the same will definitely work. It is a good phone, great sound (much clearer than the 7110) and GPRS works a treat. I don't know about the differences between the 6310 and the "i".

Answer to: Edgar Brazda

Re. GPRS sheet - Well, at the endof each session my phone will give me bytes transfered and time spent during the last session, which I note down in the sheet file. So at the end of a month I know exactly how much the GPRS connection has cost me. For comparing with GSM I roughly take that a session on GPRS would have taken abt. 3 times as long. Just an example :

21,960 bytes, sent 6 emails, 1.48 minutes. cost 5 pence. This would have taken 3 to 4 minutes on GSM, which when roaming in Europe would have cost me 3 or 4 times 70 pence. Quite a difference ! The cost of GPRS in the UK and using an UK phone in Europe are exactly the same.

Bye,

Itamar Engelsman

London, United Kingdom

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Date: 23 Aug 2002 00:24:23 +0100

From: Owen H. Morgan

Subject: Spam and e-mail addresses.

Hi again.

Before I started this discussion a few days ago, I had no idea the digests were available on the www at all. Publishing an e-mail address on the www in a computer readable format is an open invitation to spam. The spammers have very efficient software that scans the web for e-mail addresses. This is why I do not even have a "mailto" link on my own web site. In fact, had I known my posts were being published on the web, I would not have contributed to the digest. (I suppose the damage has allready been done now.)

Those who've been around a while will remember that we went through this discussion a year or two ago when someone made the old UPS5 digest available on the web. After some pressure from myself and others, this (nice and well meaning) person finally agreed to camoflage the e-mail addresses on the web site.

Please make sure our e-mail addresses are NOT openly availabe on the web. It should be simple enough to replace with something else before posting the digests on the web. I see no reason to camoflage or remove them from the e-mail version of the digest. The digest members are not the problem. As I said before, NEVER EVER publish anyone elses e-mail address without asking their permission first.

Thought for the day:

In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.

Owen

Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", LD-60°25.3N 0°45.3W

Out Skerries, Shetland

http://home.no.net/naomij

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Date: 23 Aug 2002 06:43:55 +0100

From: "Marcus von Cube"

Subject: 6310(i)

Kevin,

>I was advised in a shop that the only difference is that the 6310i is triband and would work in the US, but I suspect that the difference is a bit more than that?

My 6310i has a Java virtual machine for running MIDlets. A MIDlet is a small Java application

that is portable between all devices that support the J2ME MIDP specification (Java 2 Micro

Edition, Mobile Information Device Profile). I installed one of the Sun MIDP examples

successfully on my phone. I plan to do my own apps but thats a matter of spare time...

>Also, do you know if the 6310/6310i would take a 6210 battery?

All batteries and chargers are compatible between the 7110 (my former phone), 6210 (my

wife's), 6310(i) (my new one).

The 6310 adds Bluetooth, GPRS and a slightly new cover design to the 6210 (and some more

pixels). The silvery color on the cover is not compatible with my swiss army pocket knife with

which the phone has to share my right trouser pocket. The coating gets rubbed off...

Marcus

http://www.mvcsys.de

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Date: 23 Aug 2002 07:53:00 +0100

From: "Walker, Jan"

Subject: RE: NUMLOCK on Series7/netBooks

This is for Itamar and other series7/netBook users. If you use a password when you switch on your 7/nBook you may someday find yourself locked out and in a panic as to how to access your data. If, prior to the last shutdown, you had been using NumLock; or, if you somehow inadvertantly activated it without knowing it, you could find yourself stressed out because, when you enter your password the next time you turn it on, it won't work!

The answer, of course, is to turn the Psion on and then press the "Shift" + "Menu" keys, and THEN enter your password--it should then work.

Jan in the SanFranciso Bay Area

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Date: 23 Aug 2002 07:55:50 +0100

From: "Walker, Jan"

Subject: Series 7/netBook battery charging

I have had my netBook for almost a year now and I just always leave it plugged in until I want to use it; then I unplug it and use it cordless for convenience. The battery still last quite fine and all seems well. Does anyone recommend against this practice?

Jan in the SanFranciso Bay Area

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Date: 23 Aug 2002 09:58:28 +0100

From: "Steve Hodgson"

Subject: Re: PDF Magazine

I agree with the suggestion that a website would be the way to go to

start up any PDF 'fanzine'.

As suggested, this would be the ideal forum for people to sign up but

also to brainstorm some of the regular sections that might have to be

included. I would suggest that, as someone else suggested here I

think, a fanzine format is the way to go. This would perhaps take a

much lighter look at things than the currently available publication.

If the thing is to succeed and meet it's schedule it would have to draw

on a wide pool of 'talent'. PalmTop always seemed to struggle to meet

deadlines through having a small pool of contributors. 'Your EPOC' was

a similar idea to what is proposed here and worked extremely well,

again with only two people behind the publication eventually had to

gave way to changing priorities. Some sort of development open-source

model might work best if there is enough interest.

Cheers,

Steve

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Date: 23 Aug 2002 10:49:02 +0100

From: RandalMcLaughlin

Subject: Re: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 056

Re: Nokia 929

Dear David,

The Nokia 9290 could be a viable replacement for a Psion 5mx. The screen is much better. The keyboard is difficult to use without making mistakes. You cannot trqansfer data directly from one unit to the other. You can use Microsoft Outlook 2000 (I have used this one) or Lotus to act as a "go-between" for trasferring calender and contacts. The Nokia 9290 is a great little unit.

Best Regards,

Randall McLaughlin

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Date: 23 Aug 2002 16:35:33 +0100

From: David Lir

Subject: RMRZip v Zip Master

Anyone have any thoughts on which is the better app? I've noticed in demoing them both that ZM is faster on my 5mx, and I can open .html docs from within the archive for reading in Web, and while RZ doesn't allow the viewing of .html docs from within an archive it does allow the running of sis install files from within the archive which is quite handy. I also found that RZ couldn't open a few of the zips I had created using Winzip. Anything else I'm missing that may help me decide which to buy?

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David Lir

\\:>{o> (Me, sideways!)

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Date: 23 Aug 2002 16:35:36 +0100

From: David Lir

Subject: DreamConnect

I just wanted to point out the existence of a newer EPOC app that appeared quite recently and hence may have been overlooked by many of my fellow Psioneers. DreamConnect (www.dreamspring.com) is a replacement for Contacts that allows the user to create and assign categories to contacts and then to switch between those categories via a simple drop down pick list. This was the feature I missed most in Contacts. I've also found that DreamConnect has a very well designed card view. One can easily see both the home and work contact info of the one contact on one well organized screen. The icons are a nice touch too. Lastly, I like the way the app will take me straight to a contact just by my hitting the first couple of letters in the contact's name. This is similar to the way Tomeraider brings up an individual database entry. Very quick and easy. FWIW, in the months since I purchased it DC has proved itself very stable, never crashing or flaking out once. I'm not associated with the developer in any way, I'm just glad I bought DC and thought there may be others who might want to check it out.

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David Lir

\\:>{o> (Me, sideways!)

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Date: 23 Aug 2002 18:38:24 +0100

From: Jim Watson-Gove

Subject: Confused Text Editor

I just returned from a trip up to Port Townsend in preparation to moving up from oakland (check out poetry and art scene, etc.) and was playing with HTML generation - with Nueon, Symbian, etc.) and halfway through the trip I noticed that when I export to .txt file,I get a web icon even though it says.txt. It loads as a web file whether it says .txt or has been changed to .html.

I began to doubt my memory, suspecting that the file comes up as a .txt with web icon. When I returned home, I checked with myMako and found that a .txt file comes up as a .txt file readable in word and converts back and forth to .html. This makes periodic editing a piece of cake.

I evidently corrupted something with multiple installations and deinstallations while on the road.

I've deinstalled all three text editors, using only the export function but sti the problem remains. A soft reset hasn't helped and a backup - hard boot - restore is indicated. Before I try that I thought I's ask in case I'mmissing something simple.

Any ideas before I hard boot?

TIA,

jim - oakland

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Date: 23 Aug 2002 20:37:33 +0100

From: Kevin Thorne

Subject: Changing fortunes, a dreamer's updated 5mx

Reply to Philip Bister:

Well, we can all live in hope. I always try to think that Psion has simply put its own PDA development on hold, rather than leaving the market forever. Unfortunately they left the market because they couldn't continue to lose an ever decreasing slice of the customer base cake. For me personally, I've looked at many different PDA's on the market today and I still think the 5mx shines through as being the best, with a wonderful keyboard and superb functionality. I feel sad that it didn't get just one more leap in development before Psion closed the door on it because giving it modern standards of screen clarity and connectivity (Bluetooth) would surely have extended its appeal to many other users who may have then considered it as a PDA they would like to own.

Just as an interesting exercise for all us dreamers, perhaps we should have a poll within the Digest? Let's say you're in the market for a new 5mx replacement. The current old plain vanilla 5mx is still available at £280 but will now be reduced to £220 to make way for a new model. Psion (in our make believe dreamworld) has just announced the release of its successor, the Series 5mx(c) "Professional". It's basically the same form factor as the old model but with the addition of Bluetooth connectivity, 64Mb of RAM, a built-in 56k modem, colour TFT screen and a clip-on Li-ion battery giving 10 hours of use. It will retail for £400. Would you pay the extra or go for the old model?

Regards

Kevin Thorne

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Date: 24 Aug 2002 03:11:24 +0100

From: Keith Giles

Subject: Emulator Printing

I'd like to be able to print from the emulator. I have it set to "Print via PC" but nothing happens when I click Print. I have a Gprinter.opx file in System\OPX which I believe was put there when I installed the OPL SDK. But I have no way of knowing if it the correct wins opl. Is there a way to tell? Is there any other wins file(s) I should have?

Are my "Thoughts" too noisy?

Happy Cycling,

Keith

Sunnyvale, CA

http://home.attbi.com/~ohsix827/

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