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Date: 18/09/2002 3:27:02 pm
From: "Emilio Lambrini"
Subject: Re: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 078
>Date: 17/09/2002 4:31:48 pm
>From: David Lir
>Subject: Isopropyl Alcohol (4 Itamar)
>"Re. Isopropyl Alcohol - You're the 2nd one mentioning this. Where does one buy this material ?"
>Isopropyl Alcohol is also known as Rubbing alcohol. It can be purchased at most any pharmacy.
The product sold for refilling car windshilds is diluted Isopropyl Alcohol. It can be used "as is" to clean the Psion screen.
So, in a single purchase you can get the classical "2 pigeons for a single bean"
Regards
Emilio Lambrini
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Date: 18/09/2002 3:31:28 pm
From: Astrid Stappenbeck
Subject: Extrabars for Macros / FontMachine
ExtraBars and Macros
David Lir wrote:
"I've found that I cannot rely on EB to run macros. Often I must enter a given hotkey 2 or 3 times before a macro will run. EB works great for everything else - including the remapping of icons, but for the running of Macros it really seems to be inferior to M5. M5 has absolutely no problem running any of the macros I use - the first time I enter a hotkey. Anyone else notice this?"
Extrabars can really be a nuisance. I have eventually given up using it for Macros. Although I didn't have that particular problem there were many others.
When I had to specify a macro seting (shortcuts), giving the path of a file it would need, EB sometimes refused to accept it and stayed at C:\... to which I then had to copy the file - but at other times it worked.
Deleting or changing hotkeys was what really finished me: If I made a change EB reacted most strange; it seems not to allocate each hotkeż to a specific macro but rather to pile them up: a change near the bottom and everything tumbled - hotkey 1 was with macro 2, hotkey 2 with macro 3 or one which never had one. I'm now having all my hotkeyed macros at Macro5 and no more problems.
Other features are also far from perfect: hiding programs from the 'real' extrabar works hardly ever (NoMore always!), backlight control could be better (like PsLights e.g.).
PS: I still like Extrabars for apps or files (just a pity I can't change file icons). It took me a while to register because of its imperfections but I didn't like the look of all the other program starters.
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FontMachine
Too bad that there no longer is a demo version at mBrain, maybe there's still a copy on some age old private site. I had once loaded it and tried it out but unfortunately didn't observe the necessary precautions i.e. installing all extra fonts on D and copy the original font file from Z to C. So I made a mess of my psion, had to perform a hard reset and abandoned experimenting with fonts for a good while.
There are some other font loaders available - with less features though. I came across the one from Zavorine (the guy from eplaym) and another one at the eBook program site.
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Date: 18/09/2002 5:09:27 pm
From: PaulDDB
Subject: more on screen cleaning
Little spray bottles of eyeglass cleaner are cheap and mostly isopropyl alcohol - just spray the middle of the screen or a cloth to stop it running into the machine.
For a time I was a professional photographer and often had to clean delicate multi-coated lenses and filters. I always carry a cotton handkerchief that's been washed a million times - no lint and no scratches, and better than a cloth that you buy, it's more absorbent. Soaks up the solvent cleaner. Tissues and paper products cause scratches.
Just be careful if you've blown your nose.
Paul Bishop - in the U.K. on holiday
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Date: 18/09/2002 5:16:19 pm
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: Windows netBook, Harassment,
Answer to: Mark Bridge
Re. Windows netBook - Removing the emotional feelings I suppose it makes good business sense. It might open the USA market for them, the format is succesfull and full compatibillity with the Windows programs (more or less) and even more important affiliation with the Windows name will surely sell it in the wider market. And they can continue to offer both OS's side to side. A bit ironical of course that Nokia uses Symbian 0.6 and Psion leaves it behind ... I am not sure what it will mena for further development of Symbian 0.6, but if correct it could be the end of this great operating system. Third party developers surely would not be happy hearing this.
Answer to: David Lir
Re. Harassment - I thought you said you would drop the subject ... ? <G>
Bye,
Itamar Engelsman
London, United Kingdom
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Date: 18/09/2002 8:41:58 pm
From: Trygve Henriksen
Subject: Giving away stuff, Geofox, 'Except WinCE'...
Greetings!
Rolf Brunsting wrote:
> Books are inspirational while Psions are tools. Getting rid
> of my old Psions didn't hurt at all.
The pain, the pain!
Anyway, if you have any you don't need, there's some free space on the top shelf...
> Moving from Delft to Darp, a home with much less shelf
> space, was something quite different. It meant I had to
> dispose of about 700 books ... two weeks of agony ...
The horror!
I hope that never happens to me.
----
David Lir wrote:
> Chester wrote:
>> "Sorry that this is bit off topic, but I have a Geofox"
> Doesn't seem a bit off topic to me - isn't the Geofox an EPOC machine?
Sure is!
On the 'splash screen' it's even EPOC © Psion...
And it handles PCMCIA Flash and Modem cards.
(Usually needs external power for modems, but still...)
--
David Lir also wrote:
> Trygve wrote:
>> "And there's always room for another machine in my
>> collection...(Except WinCE machines)"
> Why's that?
I don't like CRAPware, that's why...
Up until, and including, V2.0 printing was either impossible, or a joke, multitasking was 'not smooth', you had to manually allocate memory between file storage and running programs(No Psion has EVER needed that), and you needed at least a 75MHz processor to get the same responsiveness as the Psion S5...
The only computer in my collection to show anywhere near to that type of resource hogging is the HP Omnigo 100, running the GEOS OS...
(The OS only leaves 379KB free of 1MB )
Incidentally, that's the sane OS as the Nokia communicator 9000 and 9100 runs...
Later (Keyboardless)models are all too similar to each other to be of interest...
(And I have 4 Palms, so why get a tacky copy when I have the originals?)
Those WITH keyboard are usually too expensive even secondhand for me to buy just to add to my collection...
:-)
Trygve
Who's expecting an Epson PX4+ (CP/M laptop)with 1024KB RAM, an Epson EHT-10 (industrial handheld) and a Psion S3c 2MB shortly...
That will increase my Psion collection to 11, anyone better?
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Date: 18/09/2002 9:07:04 pm
From: "Kit Byatt"
Subject: congrats; email mailbox inaccessiblity; CronTab
Hello friends
Firstly, congratulations Itamar et al on breaking the 600 mark!
Secondly, I recently inadvertently managed to lose the data on my C drive with battery problems (don't ask!). After restoring it, I have found that when I try to use my Psion to check my emails, it connects to the Internet satisfactorily, but won't access my Virgin mailbox (I can access others OK). Any suggestions about why this might be, or how I might correct it?
CronTab - I have come rather late to this utility, which is great. It seems only possible to set up a total of 8 CronTab items - is this actually the limit, or can one add extra ones? Sorry if I have missed something obvious, but there are so many things I would like to automate, and to be forced to restrict it to 8 is most frustrating!
Bye for now
Kit Byatt
Hereford, UK
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Date: 18/09/2002 9:16:36 pm
From: "J. Hamwee"
Subject: Donations
Ithamar wrote:
"Given that the Digest Team are only a group of volunteers and not a commercial entity I don't think we are geared up to handling something like you describe (my personal opinion). However, why don't you organise it yourself ? Certainly I don't think the digest should become a place for commercial transactions, whether or not the proceeds will go to charity."
I understand.
"why don't you organise it yourself ?"
Frankly I wouldn't know how or where to start, and besides much as I would like to, I am afraid that I do not have the necessary spare time.
Best regards
Joseph
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Date: 18/09/2002 9:43:58 pm
From: "Caspar Lam"
Subject: Psion and WinCE
Although it's inevitable that Psion would make some products for WinCE, due to the merger and different markets, I would sorely be dissappointed if Psion neglected Symbian/EPOC altogether.
It is such a waste to develop for a clumsy OS like WinCE rather than put more effort in perfecting EPOC for mass market.
Best Regards,
Caspar
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Date: 18/09/2002 11:08:01 pm
From: "Alan Jones"
Subject: Font Machine
Er, for making things look pretty in Agenda & Data, mainly. It's nice to have a couple of "Dingbats" fonts and use them as symbols. I find my databases much more readable in fonts other than the built-in ones. Apart from that - just to play with, really...
AJ
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Date: 19/09/2002 4:33:33 am
From: "Gary Y Reyes"
Subject: Screen Cleaners
>Date: 13 Sep 2002 00:18:57 +0100
>From: "David Steer" >Subject: RE: S7 cleaning of screen
>
>To clean my S7 screen I use a PC cleaning tissue such as PC-Clene available = >in PC world and Rynmans. It works well on the keyboard too.
The other tool you can use - just for the LCD screens - is the lens cleaner for eyeglasses that you get from any optical shop. Just a drop or a squirt onto a clean cloth or tissue and your screen is free of smudges.
Gary
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Date: 19/09/2002 8:27:45 am
From: Rolf Brunsting
Subject: Nokia's third Symbian OS =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=10?= model
To All,
I haven't seen anybody mention Nokia's new third Symbian OS based device yet. For those who are interested, herewith an extract of the press release of September 6, 2002. The full press release is available from the Press section of the Nokia web site (www.nokia.com).
[Start of Extract]
Nokia has today unveiled a new product, the Nokia 3650 to its imaging phone category. With an integrated high- resolution camera, camcorder, video player and multimedia messaging (MMS) functionality, the Nokia 3650 introduces richer visual communication worldwide. The Nokia 3650 is a tri-band mobile phone operating on 5 continents wherever GSM 900/1800/1900 networks are available. Shipments are expected to begin early 2003.
To instantly "share a moment", the Nokia 3650 phone includes an integrated VGA camera, a large 176x208 pixel color display with 4096 colors, and a unique circular keypad with a 5-way scroll key. The Nokia 3650 also incorporates a camcorder for capturing video clips, as well as a RealOne Player for downloading and playing or real-time streaming of video content. The MMS functionality allows users to send video clips, images, text and sound to another compatible MMS-enabled phone or to an e-mail address. The Nokia 3650 phone has extensive e-mail support and an XHTML browser that enables next generation browsing.
The Series 60 platform on top of the Symbian OS (Operating System) offers a powerful, easy-to-use platform for the Nokia 3650 phone. Java(TM) technology allows users to personalize the content on their phone with a wide selection of third-party applications, including image editing and a variety of graphic-intense games.
The Nokia 3650 phone weighs 130 g and has 4 MB internal user memory, expandable with a memory card to enable flexible storage for more pictures, games, or other files. The new compact and lightweight 850 mAh Li-Ion battery gives the Nokia 3650 phone a talk time of up to 4 hours hours, a standby time of up to 8 days and a faster charging time of approximately one hour. User-changeable Xpress-on(TM) covers allow Nokia 3650 phone owners another personalization option. The phone will also support a variety of optional accessories for power management, wearables and wireless Bluetooth connectivity.
[End of Extract]
As the model number and description indicate, the 3650 is aimed at the 'young people' section of the mobile phone market. The 7650 is more for the 'grown-ups'.
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Kind Regards,
Rolf Brunsting - On holidays in the UK
Message written at the Newton House Hotel - Glencarse - Perthshire
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Date: 19/09/2002 8:27:55 am
From: Rolf Brunsting
Subject: Re: Sh-top Sh-top!
Dear Michael,
<< ... I do get a little annoyed seeing other fellow Psioneers squabbling over little issues ... >>
I'd agree with you, were it not that one person's squabble is another persons discussion on a very important point. I therefore doubt whether it's possible to turn the digest into a Squabble Free Zone. Squabbles tend not to be made, they develop out of a discussion.
<< If you are not the intended recipient of the message... >>
Now that we're at little annoyances, this is one on mine - all kind of corporate legal disclaimers and full company contact details being tagged on to messages that aren't, in any way, business related. It leads to such silly things as the disclaimer saying that the message shouldn't be disclosed to other persons while it's being posted on a public forum. It also adds to the cost of retrieving the digest.
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Rolf Brunsting - On holidays in the UK
Message written at the Newton House Hotel - Glencarse - Perthshire
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Date: 19/09/2002 8:40:53 am
From: "dnl"
Subject: Problem with PsiWin and Schedule+ 7.x
Hi all
I run into a problem of synchronization. I have installed PsiWin 2.3.3 on a W2000 machine. I connected a Psion 5mx using the serial port (and I am able to perform backups already). However I am trying to synchronize with Scheduel+ 7.5. Theoretically PsiWin should be able to do it (as I have the option on the Schedule menu) but when I launch the Scheduling process, I get the following error "Synchronizer was unable to load Schedule+ 7.x".
I suspect that this may be related to the fact the Schedule+ was never "properly installed" in my machine. We just get a folder with all the files and click directly on the file "SCHDPL32" located in the "C:\Program Files\Schedule+" folder. Probably there is something missing in the Registre or something like that that avoids the Psion Synchronizer to "find" Schedule+ data.
Has anybody run into this problem in the past? Is anybody using these settings and could check what info is in the Register?
thanks in advance!
Daniel
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2719.2200" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
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<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Hi all</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>I run into a problem of synchronization. I have
installed PsiWin 2.3.3 on a W2000 machine. I connected a Psion 5mx using the
serial port (and I am able to perform backups already). However I am trying
to synchronize with Scheduel+ 7.5. Theoretically PsiWin should be able to do it
(as I have the option on the Schedule menu) but when I launch the Scheduling
process, I get the following error "Synchronizer was unable to load Schedule+
7.x". </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>I suspect that this may be related to the fact the
Schedule+ was never "properly installed" in my machine. We just get a folder
with all the files and click directly on the file "SCHDPL32" located in the
"C:\Program Files\Schedule+" folder. Probably there is something missing in the
Registre or something like that that avoids the Psion Synchronizer to "find"
Schedule+ data.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Has anybody run into this problem in the past? Is
anybody using these settings and could check what info is in the
Register?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>thanks in advance!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Daniel</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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Date: 19/09/2002 9:18:00 am
From: <timschweikert
Subject: RE: why so many Psions?
For David:
The reasons I have/had so many psions was my family. Providing 4
people with Psions was an interesting exercise. The actual used
count was 5, with the potential for 1 more. Everyone had at least 1,
I had a 5MX and a Revo, and my oldest daughter thought a 5mx was too
large and was in the process of switching to a Revo when she gave up
& went back to a Palm as the ideal size. Now add in the sell-off of
Revos or Masharply decreasing prices, and my belief in having a
backup, and a person can sort of rationalize their way to more than
one each. What really happened was that some of my fellow engineers
acquired Makos from me and not incidentally think that they are
really neat. and no, I don't use a hard case on the Psion 5MX. The
problem is that I often thumb-type while standing. Due to the
sliding keyboard, the 5MX can flip out of the hand - a problem that I
have never had with units that have a fixed/firm keyboard.
The reason that I have so many different OSs is that besides my
personal interest, as a sidelight (!) at work, I support any handheld
that walks thru the door at my company, with obvious limitations and
so I feel a good rationalization to try and HHC operating system. ;o
For Rolf, about system.
In one of my other lives, I worked in radio - General Class Radio
Telephone license - and was interested to see how the packet radio on
the Palm VIIx works - rather well I might add. I do observe that the
speed of transmission varies noticeably with signal strength. I also
find that the Palm VIIx radio is more sensitive and less quirky wrt
spatial orientation with it's obvious flip-up antenna than the i705
with it's built-in antenna. You can "load" an antenna to the correct
wavelength even with physically small antennas, but an overriding
factor in good reception is still the physical length, given the
correct wavelength tuning. This is also observed when listening to
comments on cell phone reception. Radios/Cell phones with very short
antennas generally don't fair as well as those units with longer
antennas.
I agree that it would be interesting if Palm came out with a GSM
version of the Palm.net, but as long as GSM market in the US is so
fragmented with consequently such limited coverage, ancillary devices
using GSM aren't likely to pass marketing muster. Simply put, Palm,
Inc. was defined by the US market. My oldest daughter had a cheap
(!) GSM cell phone when she lived in Graz Austria attending college
there and frankly detested the unit. Here in the US I find that GSM
seems to have better voice quality than CDMA, but CDMA has coverage
where GSM signals are down in the "grass" (spectrum noise).
I do agree that for some reason text messaging (SMS) with cell phones
hasn't caught on in the US whereas outside the US, SMS messages are
more common than cell phone voice transmissions. Although I commonly
send SMS messages to my daughters, most of my fellow engineers are
barely aware of text messaging on cell phones. On the other hand,
the US has all of the "Instant Messengers" that, not incidentally,
require a constant connection the the Internet - something that is
too expensive in Europe. As a corollary, I find Europeans to be less
focused on email than Americans.
Tim
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Date: 19/09/2002 10:06:46 am
From: "Gary Y Reyes"
Subject: Init and Data Strings for Nokia 8310
>Date: 14 Sep 2002 18:45:56 +0100
>From: Rolf Brunsting >Subject: Re: Init and Data Strings
>
>Dear Gary,
>
>Using your information there are the following HSCSD modem defintions for = >the Nokia 8310.
Rolf,
Sorry for this late note to you in response to your posting above. Did not open my Epoc Digest mail for a few days.
Thanks a lot for the extensive content of your posting on the strings for the Nokia 8310 on HSCSD.
I will try the various options you sent and I am sure I will be happy with one of them.
Best Regards,
Gary
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