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Epoc Digest Tue, 04 Feb 2003 Volume 01 : Number 164
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In today's Epoc Digest 14 messages:
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- RE: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 162 (4)
- Sticky Microdrive Question
- Backup Archives
- map website avantgo
- P800 GPRS Settings
- Re: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 163 (3)
- PsionRepair
- Longevity screen cable, ABP Problem,
- vCard, Audio Player
- Leather treatment on an S7/netBook?
- Re: Nine Lives Of Mako
- Re: en route & S7
- Answering the digest
- no subject
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Date: 3 Feb 2003 08:54:03 +0000
From: brian_grant
Subject: RE: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 162 (4)
To: Rolf Brunsting
Subject: Re: Duplicate copies of wprntsvr.exe on W2K
Rolf,
I agree with you that I am not solving the root of the problem, I've been scratching my head over this one for a while. I've also installed Psiwin on other PC's running Win'95 to WinXP but have never come across this behaviour.
I don't really have the time, or inclination, to pursue this one further - I'm happy with my solution until someone with more knowledge of Windows can point me to a better one.
Cheers,
Brian.
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Date: 3 Feb 2003 09:49:18 +0000
From: Russell Hutson
Subject: Sticky Microdrive Question
Jason Garbutt wrote:
>>(I should know, I had an S5 that took a swim in the bath once).
That reminded me...
Recently my IBM Microdrive got swamped in Contact Lens Cleaner fluid. That stuff is the consistency of humnan tears and you know what consistency they are when they've dried out and you try opening you eyes in the morning.
Now, of course, the Microdrive is useless. Has any successfully revived a dead Microdrive? Any tips on flushing it out?
I have everything backed up so I can't lose by trying.
Cheers
Russell
===== ************************************************************ RUSSELL HUTSON
Email : farcrown
Roaming Phone/Fax : +44 (0)7092 120024
More Details : http://profiles.yahoo.com/farcrown
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Date: 3 Feb 2003 09:57:34 +0000
From: Christopher Marwood
Subject: Backup Archives
Christopher Garibo wrote:
<<I was told that the archived backups are not complete backups. So then how
complete are the archived backups and what are their use?>>
If I understand this correctly they are not complete in the sense that they are just a repository for files in the "backup" folder which have changed or been deleted. In other words they do no represent a complete image of the Psion on a particular date.
If this is what you want to achieve I would suggest you use a PC backup program such as the excellent aisbackup (from www.aiscl.co.uk) which you can either use as an incremental backup (as Psiwin) or a a session-based backup. If you do a session backup after backing up with Psiwin it will store the complete state of the machine (i.e. that in the "backup" folder) for that date. You can keep all sessions, so you can use to it to restore the Psion to its state on any number of days, and aisbackup will backup to hard drive or CD
Best wishes, Chris
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Date: 3 Feb 2003 11:00:51 +0000
From: michael robins
Subject: map website avantgo
> From: vlad arghir... Just found this and am trying to find out how to use it on the Psion... Maps... https://my.avantgo.com/home/ >
The Avango web address given is the users home address after he/she has logged on, ie thier own password protected area on the avantgo web site. I believe you would need to create a user account (which is for free) to access the avantgo maps. I have an account and will have a look later but am a bit busy at the moment.
MikeR
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Date: 3 Feb 2003 11:07:12 +0000
From: Mike McConnell
Subject: P800 GPRS Settings
To: Johan Lindahl
<<I have recently bought myself the SonyEricsson P800 mobile phone/pda combo. I wonder if any of you have the correct Psion modem GPRS settings for this device?>>
Probably something like this:
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"Control Panel / Modems"
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Name: P800 GPRS
Speed: 57600 baud
Connect via: Infrared
Fax class: Auto
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Init (reset) string: ATZ
Data init. string: AT+CGDCONT=1, "IP","apn" (replace 'apn' with the Access Point Name supplied by your GPRS network provider)
Fax init. string: Blank
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Flow control: Hardware (RTS/CTS)
Terminal detect (DSR/DTR): Ticked
Carrier detect (DCD): Ticked
Modem type: Mobile
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"Control Panel / Internet"
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Name: GPRS
Connection type: Dial-up
Use smart dialling: Not ticked
Standard dial-up number: *99#
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Manual login: Not ticked
Username: gprs (this shouldn't matter unless you have been given a particular setting)
Password: gprs (this shouldn't matter unless you have been given a particular setting)
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Get IP adddress from server: Ticked
Primary DNS address: (as supplied by your provider)
Secondary DNS address: (as supplied by your provider) ------------------------------
Use login script: Not ticked
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Enable PPP extensions: Ticked
Allow plain text authentication: Ticked
Use call back: Not ticked
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Regards,
Mike [Dundee, Scotland] __________________________________________
Mobile Phone & SMS: +44 (0)7870 236984
Mobile Fax: +44 (0)7977 156138
Web: http://www.mikemcc.net __________________________________________
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Date: 3 Feb 2003 13:29:17 +0000
From: vlad arghir
Subject: Re: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 163 (3)
> Simon wrote: The web address given would not load in opera or web > - if UK maps were the goal try multimap light?
> http://www.multimap.com/map/places.cgi?client=light
>
> From: vlad arghir... Just found this and am trying to find out how to use it > on the Psion... Maps... https://my.avantgo.com/home/
ANY maps. And thankyou for the tip!
The nice thing about the site is that they have a download-version for hand-helds, and they used to have one for Epoc-device.
Does anyone know about that?
Designed to be downloaded on the desk-computer and from there to the
handheld, I suppose. The site is too complex for Web, even w. DSL on the Mac it is relatively slow.
https://my.avantgo.com/home/
> David Lir - \\:>{o>
> P.S - those poems will be coming *soonish*. :)
Congratulations!
best,
vlad
PS Digest-tech:
single empty lines seem to get lost - as when I reply to s-o and start my reply immediately under the quoted text and my reply lands on the last line
of the text replied to.
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Date: 3 Feb 2003 14:54:52 +0000
From: "Hoffman, Susan"
Subject: PsionRepair
David Lir wrote about a Psion repair service in Toronto. That's great news and again proves the value of this digest. I'll be in Toronto in September for the Film Festival, so if our units can hang on that long, I'll take all the ones that need fixing and stop in.
Susan Katz Hoffman
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Date: 3 Feb 2003 15:35:30 +0000
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: Longevity screen cable, ABP Problem,
Answer to: David Lir
Re.: Longevity screen cable - This has been discussed extensively in the past, and it has not bene proven that not closing and opening the 5MX will improve the longevity of the screen cable. I always opened and closed it quite a lot and never had the screen cable problem. Others (in the time of the ups5 digest) complained that it happened to them after only a few months of usage.
Answer to: WoodyB
Re. ABP Problem - Maybe you have more than one account ? I think that when looking at totals per category it adds up the totals from all accounts. Are you looking at category balances ?
Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK
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Date: 3 Feb 2003 16:23:40 +0000
From: Kevin Collins
Subject: vCard, Audio Player
Hi folks,
Thanks to those who explained the PhoneMan vCard function.
Audio Player - I discovered this at www.vikinggames.hu and on a first trial it seems that, unlike EPlayM, this works fine with mp3 files on the 5mx (and
Revo, presumably). It's shareware (12 euro, ie £8 sterling). Obviously, the sound is tinny, but it appears to play a fairly high resolution (128kbps and 44.1kHz) file on my 5mx, without the skips, for the first time... "Time Is On My Side" by the Stones, if you're curious, and it still sounds good nearly 40 years on :-)
Regards,
Kevin [Cork, Ireland]
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Date: 3 Feb 2003 19:48:47 +0000
From: "Martin Guthrie"
Subject: Leather treatment on an S7/netBook?
Hello all,
I've had a search through all the back issues of the digest(s) and I haven't been able to find this subject having been discussed before...
The one obvious area of wear on an S7/netBook is I guess the leather binding around it - and specifically where the screen hinges open and closed - i.e. where the leather bends every time you open the machine. Before I start experimenting myself, I thought I'd ask for advice. Can anyone recommend the best way to 'treat' the leather so as to keep it supple and stop it cracking? My 1st guess would be leather soap/wax - but I thought I'd ask in case this has already been tried out, etc.
TIA,
Martin Guthrie
www.pscience5.net
www.freepoc.org
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Date: 3 Feb 2003 21:32:36 +0000
From: Keith Giles
Subject: Re: Nine Lives Of Mako
I thought I had sent in this posting a few days ago, but haven't seen it listed and can't find it on my computer - so I'll try to re-create it.
Susan Hoffman wrote:
> Question about the freezer solution. It's intriguing, but how do you keep it > plugged in while in the freezer? My freezer has no internal outlet
Simple - put the transformer end of the cable outside the freezer.
The cable is small enough in diameter that the flexible sealer
around the freezer door with allow it to pass through. I kept mine
in about 12 hours. The red light stayed on for about 4 hours (I kept
looking every hour) then went to just the green. Removed it and let
it thaw with the charger still going for a few more hours.
The Mako is working "fairly well" after recovering from the freezer,
but I still don't trust it. I've written to POS, D&G, srsgmbh in
Germany, and Palmtop Repair in Toronto, Canada, asking about battery replacement. So far, I've gotten a response from POS - they don't
repair Makos. :-(
From what David Lir says,
> AFAIK, D&G's 'fix' to lengthen the *runtime* (not actually the capacity) is > *software* only.
that isn't what I'd want - I want new batteries. (any comment from
Jim Watson-Gove re D&G?)
Re various comments on 5mx Pro and 5mx from Clove and Exportech, I
have an order in at Clove but it appears to be about the same as
when I had an order in at Expansys - delivery keeps being put off (finally discontinued at Expansys).
Stephane Sage wrote:
> ... would certainly NOT advise any of you to put their Revo or 5mx in the > > cold.. moist ambient air ...become icy inside the machine.
No reason to put a 5mx in the freezer - it has marvelous replaceable batteries. :-) I was to the point where I didn't give a damn what
happened to the Mako so thought I'd give it a try.
I'm guessing that in the Digest subject line ,
"EPOC DIGEST V1 # 163(2)", the (2) means the second team member is
doing the work. Yes, no?
Happy Cycling,
Keith
Sunnyvale, CA
http://home.attbi.com/~ohsix827/
Thought For The Day: As soon as you mention something, if it is good
it goes away and if it is bad it happens.
All my outgoing e-mails have been checked by Norton Anti-virus.
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Date: 3 Feb 2003 22:39:40 +0000
From: Alan Morris
Subject: Re: en route & S7
Tony Napier wrote:-
<< I do not know why you can't install but it should work fine and is a real pleasure to use >>
There are two problems that will stop an installation.
The Psion 7 often has problems with an installation from the PC. So copy the .SIS file to the Psion and install from the Psion. (ensure that the Psion does not switch off during a PC connection)
The second problem is with Palmtop's (now TomTom) PC installation program. It will stop with an error message. The app .SIS files can be installed as above, but the map .SIS files are now embedded in Palmtop's own format of zip file and so can't be copied to a Psion and then installed.
The solution to this problem, as provided by Palmtop, is to reinstall PsiWin. I've had 3 or 4 different installations of PsiWin (in different partitions - I use Partition Magic) all fail with Palmtop's program. I've not seen this with any other app, so it must be a Palmtop defect.
--
Alan R Morris, G4ENS.
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK.
Using a Psion & Nokia 6210e.
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Date: 3 Feb 2003 23:08:55 +0000
From: Kevin Thorne
Subject: Answering the digest
Reply to Itamar Engelsman:
Subject: Answering the digest
<There are several ways to efficiently answer the digest messages.>
I suspect your way is less labour intensive than my way as I've always done my replies manually. I copy the relevant text from the email, paste it into a Word file, delete any superfluous characters, paste this text back into a new email addressed to the Digest, put in angle brackets around the message quoted and then put in subject headings on the subject line to match the subjects in the body of the message. It's not as much hard work as I make it sound though and I'd like to think it's nice and neat. I don't want to tempt fate but I've noticed no one has quoted an entire previous Digest for quite some time now. Isn't that great?
Regards
Kevin Thorne
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Date: 3 Feb 2003 23:55:04 +0000
From: "Sajid T. Jumaani"
Subject: no subject
thank you for replying to my previous questions.
i know this sounds silly to you... but i have to ask... if the netbook's os is in the rom what is the cf card for? i can operate my netbook without the cf card in.
anyone has the settings for connecting an ir travel modem with a netbook? my travel modem works well with s5 but not with the netbook.
i also need the settings for connecting the nokia6210+ir travel modem.
how come i can send fax using nokia 6210 + netbook but not receive them. can anyone help me please.
i use the fax more often than e-mails. strange? well i work for the NHS
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