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Epoc Digest Sat, 15 Feb 2003 Volume 01 : Number 175
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In today's Epoc Digest 22 messages:
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- Survey Results
- Fax
- Netbook OS 158 - nFTP & NetStatRF
- Decent Todo App Query
- Screen cables on Ericsson MC218
- Extra icons on netBook, Geofox, Wozniak?
- Re: Re: Answering the digest
- Re: More on XJMail/ looking for email replacement
- Re: Converting Complex Word Docs/Replacement Pens/White Letters On Keyboards/Mouse Rubbers
- Re: PDFPrinter / Complex Documents
- PGP
- Psion Dacom lead cable
- Revo replacement
- Re Decent Todo App Query
- GlobeTrotter
- Colourising (/izing) icons
- Re Decent Todo App Query (2)
- Drawn a blank.
- Networking the netBook
- re: complex word docs
- Backup and restore, superglue, Psion Dacom Gold Card, GPRS settings, Decent Todo
- Orange PAYG, White letters on keyboard, MMC to PC card adaptor
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Date: 14 Feb 2003 13:43:49 +0000
From: "Philip Carlisle"
Subject: Survey Results
Firstly, a big thank you to Itamar for all his work (and initiative).
Secondly, as there were many readers who did not respond, could it be that it is mainly males between the ages of 40-55 who respond to such surveys!!!
Light-heartedly yours
Regards
Philip Carlisle
London
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Date: 14 Feb 2003 15:07:58 +0000
From: Mike McConnell
Subject: Fax
To: Rolf Brunsting
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<< "The Revo (or any of the ER5 family of machines) cannot be used with a modem which doesn't support the command "AT+FCLASS=?". The modem doesn't need to support fax but it must respond to this command without giving ERROR, otherwise it will try three times and then time out without dialling." >>
Is this true for EPOC Release 5 - Release 5 plus Mobile Connectivity Update 1.1 - Release 5 plus Mobile Connectivity Update 2.0 - or in all cases? And why should a modem or mobile phone give a response other than ERROR when
the standards say that it has to respond with ERROR for unrecognised and unsupported AT commands?
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The "quoted" part above, excluding the words in brackets, looks to me to be quoted verbatim from something which I posted some time ago, although I could be wrong. The original information that modems not supporting the command AT+FCLASS=? couldn't be used with a Psion was posted in the newsgroups by Clive Evans while he was still working for Psion. To the best of my knowledge, installation of either Mobile Connectivity Update doesn't prevent the AT+FCLASS=? string from being sent. I have the GPRS update (MCU2.0) installed and the string is still present.
As to why a modem shouldn't give an "error" response to an unsupported command, no-one is suggesting that it should do otherwise, but if it does respond with "ERROR" instead of "0", the modem is incompatible with a Psion.
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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: 14 Feb 2003 15:14:00 +0000
From: "Mike Woodward"
Subject: Netbook OS 158 - nFTP & NetStatRF
Reply to Sajid T. Jumaani
nFTP is an FTP client that can be used to down/upload files from/to the
Internet or a PC with FTP server software if the PC & Netbook are on the same
network.
NetStatRF displays network information such as signal strength when the
Netbook is connected to a radio LAN network, it only displays this information
when there is an ACTIVE connection as the Netbook powers down the radio LAN
card when not actually being used.
I have a radio LAN at home so I can share a dial-up internet connection among
my PCs & Netbook, I can also use my main PC as an FTP server to down/upload
files from any other PC & the Netbook.
There is also an FTP server for the Psion but I have never tried it.
Mike Woodward
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Date: 14 Feb 2003 15:48:00 +0000
From: "Mike Woodward"
Subject: Decent Todo App Query
Reply to: "Richard"
Have you tried using Jotter, it's quite easy to get it to organise your To Do
lists
Put a couple of spaces in front of the headings e.g. <space><space>To Do Title
Put a single space in front of any sub headings
Use a number or letter of the alphabet in front of each To Do
Put a 'Z' in front of any completed entry
You can also expand this to have more than 1 To Do list in a single Jotter
file, try using A1 for priority 1 items in To Do list 'A'.
Cant remember codes then expand the prefix by changing the 'A' to a memorable
code for example A1 could be HOME 1 for all priority 1 tasks to do at home.
Use the Jotter sort facility to get all the entries in the correct order.
You can also have a jotter that links to multiple To Do jotters with Symlink
which can also link to any other files related to the To Do.
EXAMPLE OF JOTTER TITLE ENTRIES (^ indicates a space)
^^rLAN Home Network
^Dell Portable
^Desktop PC
^Netbook
^Toshiba Libretto
A 0 OUTSTANDING ITEMS (just a title so it stands out in Jotter)
A 10 Setup RG-1000 Gateway
A 12 Setup Main PC
A 13 Setup Netbook
A 13 Setup PSTN
B 1 Setup FTP Server
C 0 DOWNLOADS
C 1 Download FTP Server software
C 2 Download FTP Client software
C 3 Get updated drivers from Avaya
I 0 CONFIGURATION INSTRUCTIONS
I 1 Gateway
I 2 rLAN Client
M 0 MEETING/CONTACT NOTES
M 03/01/21 rLAN E-mail from Avaya (date in reverse order to aid sorting)
R 0 REFERENCE INFORMATION
R 1 TCP/IP Settings
R 2 Avaya card showing chipset used picture
R 3 Screen dump of Netbook showing PC files
W 0 SNIPPETS FROM rLAN Forums on the web
W 1 Encryption
Z COMPLETED TASKS
Z A 01 Buy Avaya Gateway
Don't forget to re-sort you list whenever you add entries.
Mike Woodward
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Date: 14 Feb 2003 16:00:18 +0000
From: R.R.
Subject: Screen cables on Ericsson MC218
Just incase anyone needs to know, POS don't repair the Ericsson MC218.I contacted Sony Ericsson Data Support emaiand they were much cheaper than repairing the Psion 5mx with the same problem at POS.
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Date: 14 Feb 2003 16:10:29 +0000
From: Trygve Henriksen
Subject: Extra icons on netBook, Geofox, Wozniak?
Greetings!
Saj asked:
> have just successfully installed netBook OS 158... Opera is a lot faster
> than Epoc's web... Opera is able to play animation objects even when
> offline...
Great for you...
> two things puzzles me though... there are two icons added on the
> Extras bar the nFTP and the NetStatRF what are these?
nFTP is a simple FTP program that you can use to up or download files to servers on the net.
Quite useful sometimes...
NetStatRF is a program that shows you graphically, the signal strenght when you're using a wireless LAN card. (Not certain which cards it supports)
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Chester Choi wrote:
> Afraid I'm an EPOC addict since I also own a Geofox
No, just gifted with very good taste...
> (part of the very last of the production run after Geofox went belly
> up) which needs a replacement battery door. Hope POS can fix
> that one as well.
Sorry, but I don't think so.
There's no spares to be found anywhere.
Besides, the battery doors are one of the weak points on the 'fox, so if spares existed, those are what would have been used up first...
(One of them is damaged on mine, too)
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vlad arghir wrote:
> Have a look here... just one word: Wozniak!
> http://www.danger.com/products.php
Looked nice, but...
The site asks you about which State in USA you live in (or zip code) when you click on the buy link...
:-)
Trygve
Just now playing with a Siemens IC35 'unifier' and a Paravant RHC-88 'bomb-proof portable'
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Date: 14 Feb 2003 16:14:31 +0000
From: Jan R Gustafsson
Subject: Re: Re: Answering the digest
Rolf Brunsting wrote at 6 Feb 2003 21:07:41 +0000 in EPOC DIGEST V1 # 167 (3)
> What I do is to copy the whole Digest into a Data
> file immediately after I've received it. The Data
> file has .......
Seems there is a lot of copying and pasting and inserting and deleting gooing on! Why invent the wheel once again? Try Rolf V's DigHandler, this program does it all with single key strokes: right arrow for next message, R for reply, S for store, D for delete. Can't be easier and nothing is missed!
Cheers,
Jan G
Stockholm, Sweden
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Date: 14 Feb 2003 16:17:09 +0000
From: koihin
Subject: Re: More on XJMail/ looking for email replacement
Date: 13 Feb 2003 06:18:20 +0000
From: Peter Rand Subject: More on XJMail
I am looking for an email application replacement for my Revo+. My one critism of the built-in email app, is the seemingly long time it takes from reading the headers to downloading the mails I want. My Revo is not my primary email machine, however I use it to access mail on the move through GPRS. What I want is to be able to download new mails to my machine as a single action without going through the hassle of downloading the headers. When I am travelling a copy of all my mails get left on the server. As such I can easily have emails in the thousands at anyone time, majority of which I have already read. Is there anyway to get the internal program to only download new mails (and skip the reading headers bit) or an alternative mail program that can do this?
Another related question, can we specify for mails to be downloaded without the attachments?
Thank you,
Koi Hin
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Date: 14 Feb 2003 16:28:19 +0000
From: Keith Giles
Subject: Re: Converting Complex Word Docs/Replacement Pens/White Letters On Keyboards/Mouse Rubbers
Andy wrote:
> The majority of the documents I create (or edit) on the Psion are password > protected - am I right in thinking there is no way round the fact that in order > to transfer them between the Psion and the PC, one has to firstly remove the
> password, transfer them, and then protect them again?
Not sure just what you want to do, but I regularly backup an
encrypted (with password) Data file to my PC. I can then copy it to
my emulator where I can then open it using the password.
Re: Replacement Pens. I have some various colored plastic pens which
I use(d) with my Mako and never saw any screen scratches. The pen I
like the most is the one I use at home with my 5ive and 5mx. Its the
aluminum "Point 5" pen.
Re: White Letters On Keyboard. I bought my 5ive in November 1999 and
my 5mx in October 2000 (the keyboard was replaced in June 2001). I
suppose I don't use them as frequently at Itamar, but the letters on
both machines look just like new to me. Maybe because I use latex
gloves while eating pizza. :-)
> There are lots of different mouse rubbers depending on the model of portable
I didn't know mice used rubbers. Sorry :-)
I'd better quit now before I get thrown off the digest.
BTW, My Mako has finally made it to Toronto, Canada, (seems to have
been held up in Customs!) for it's life-saving battery/PCB
operation. I'm hoping, wishing, praying for a good recovery.
Happy Cycling,
Keith
Sunnyvale, CA
http://home.attbi.com/~ohsix827/
Thought For The Day:
All my outgoing e-mails have been checked by Norton Anti-virus.
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Date: 14 Feb 2003 18:42:06 +0000
From: "Steve Hodgson"
Subject: Re: PDFPrinter / Complex Documents
> Rather than buy the full blown Adobe Acrobat to distill the documents
> into PDFs there is a freeware application available at >
www.fineprint.com I have not got around to downloading it yet but I
think that it runs on Win98 and Win2K.
As a bit of an aside, the current issue of PC Plus magazine (UK) come
with a full version of JawsPDF for Windows on the cover disk. I gave
this a quick try and it certainly seems to work well, better then the
current 'print-to-pdf' tool I was using. Convertion of a fairly
complex Word document that had converted badly previously worked
extremely well, in fact on a par with the full Distiller that I use at
work.
If anyone is looking for a (nearly) cheap PDF solution this might be
worth a try.
Cheers,
Steve Hodgson
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Date: 14 Feb 2003 19:03:58 +0000
From: Kevin Thorne
Subject: PGP
Regarding registering shareware without access to a secure bowser I've taken Rolf Brunsting's advice and contacted PsiLoc directly. This is part of their reply:
<1) You can order required products from our internet shop (http://shop.psiloc.com) and select "Wire transfer" payment method or
2) You can send your credit card details to us via email (secure using PGP) or via fax.>
I've heard of PGP (I think it stands for "Pretty Good Privacy"?) and if I'm correct, does it encrypt an outgoing email and the recipient then un-encrypts it at the other end? Presumably this can't be done from a Psion?
Regards
Kevin Thorne
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Date: 14 Feb 2003 19:41:50 +0000
From: J.
Subject: Psion Dacom lead cable
Hi Itamar, Subject: Psion Dacom spare leadcable
>>>>.... does anyone have a spare leadcable for a Psion Dacom "V34 + Fax Gold Card Multi-function PC Card" ?...<<<<
RE To all
It seems difficult to get this leadcable..
Two months ago, I ordered one and PAID it 21£ ! online from :
//www.stardemuk.com/
Up to now I did not received anything !!!!
I sent 2 e-mails to their complaints department ...
which remain without answer <G>
So "Keep away from Stardem UK Ltd"
Jack
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Date: 14 Feb 2003 19:57:26 +0000
From: Tim Williams
Subject: Revo replacement
On Friday, February 14, 2003, at 10:20 AM, Epoc Digest wrote:
> A lot of users obviously have had trouble with batteries and charging
> with this unit
My third Revo is in the process of going south - the same old syndrome
of the battery cutting out.
Was Psion totally unaware of the problem when they introduced the Revo?
Was Psion still unaware of the problem when they introduced the Revo
Plus?
No wonder Psion's pulled out of the PDA market.
T
If you want a thing well done, get a couple of old broads to do it.
–Bette Davis
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Date: 14 Feb 2003 20:09:39 +0000
From: J.
Subject: Re Decent Todo App Query
To : Richard who >>.... don't like the Todo being part of the calendar program. I prefer a checklist type program for my work, as I like to create a quicklist which I can check off / add to during the day. Any URLs please...<<<<
RE :
I like 3 efficient "Todo add-ons" shareware :
- RmrTasks that I'm still using for its nice integration with Agenda
- Tasman v302 shows all the todos in one clear list
and (not ToDo specific)
- Quicklist
Do google these appnames and psion
or search them in .psionplace.com/
Tell us back your opinion
Jack
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Date: 14 Feb 2003 21:02:37 +0000
From: "Sajid T. Jumaani"
Subject: GlobeTrotter
hi everyone!
does GlobeTrotter works on a netBook with os 158? is anyone using GlobeTrotter PC card here? is the set up easy and straight forward? or is there any other PC Card modem that is better (or more suitable to use with the netBook). can you use GlobeTrotter to send fax messages?
regards,
:-) saj
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Date: 14 Feb 2003 22:11:24 +0000
From: "Martin Guthrie"
Subject: Colourising (/izing) icons
Hello All,
I was pondering the Extras bar of my netBook the other days (as one does...) and thinking "isn't it a shame that more authors/software houses haven't/didn't release their applications with colour icons for the Extras bar for us netBook/S7 users..." when it dawned on me that this is something that can be fixed retrospectively. It's a fairly simple matter for someone with a little understanding of how EPOC works to generate replacement .aif files for applications which will replace the greyscale icons with colour ones. Hence I set about doing this for some of my favourite apps.
Thus far I've created colour versions of icons for Macro5 (a dark yellow shade to the gears - similar to Pascal's web site), Tomeraider (red of course), Crypto, and SysBack. I'll probably also colourise the icons for EBook, BusyView, and Porfolio in the fairly near future...
It occured to me that others might like copies of these and so I thought I'd ask the Digest first since there's a reasonable number of S7/netBook users (and maybe one or two netPad users) here. Questions therefore:-
1) Any interest?
2) If so, any special requests?
If there's enough interest, I'll probably upload a zip file to my website and post the URL for download.
Best regards,
Martin Guthrie
www.pscience5.net
www.freepoc.org
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Date: 15 Feb 2003 05:07:49 +0000
From: J.
Subject: Re Decent Todo App Query (2)
To : Richard who >>... prefer a checklist type program for my work, as I like to create a quicklist which I can check off / add to during the day...<<<
RE
Adding (earlier msg) to shareware : rmrTasks; Tasman, Quicklist...
you may give a try to some "toDosnotesListers" as the 2 freeware from http://www.philipbister.ukonline.co.uk :
- TASKNOTE1.01
"View each days tasks as they become due.
Show urgent, overdue, in progress, completed, deferred flags.
Automatic clean-up
Monthly calendar display and clock..."
- FREENOTE 2.22
" all notes related to your work for instance, are kept
together. ......stored under your own tab headings,
you can set a lifespan limit for the file..."'
HTH
Jack
The longer you look back, the further you can look forward. Sir Winston
Churchill 1944 (to the Royal Colllege of physicians)
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Date: 15 Feb 2003 12:22:04 +0000
From: RISCOS/ArchiveOnLine
Subject: Drawn a blank.
Morning All,
Calming, deep breathing is now in place having fumed at the earlier failure of my 5mx to powerup this morning. Doubly annoying this really as had just had unit's screen cable replaced by POS.
Simple symptoms are: no display, no sound, even tried to alter screen contrast to check if some power was getting through. Tried new batteries, mains power etc. All to no avail.
Have tried soft-reset - no joy.
Realise that hard reset is probably next move, though am reluctant to perform this due to some data loss. Am also uncertain as to how to perform a hard-reset anyway, so simple instructions would be welcome. As would be any other suggestions, thank you.
regards
Peter
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Peter McCafferty, Peter Julian & Associates, Architects
6-8 Tiverton Street, London, SE1 6NZ, UK.
Tel: +44 (0) 20 72 34 01 12
Fax: +44 (0) 87 00 55 78 12
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Date: 15 Feb 2003 14:23:49 +0000
From: Crookes
(Philip Crookes)
Subject: Networking the netBook
From: Philip Crookes
Subject: Networking the netBook
help! I've tried everything to get my netBook talking to the world at large. I have the latest (German) build of the OS, I have the recommended wifi card, I can ping the network hub. But when I fire up Opera and try to reach out into the internet, I get the laconic Psion knockback: Network Problem, which is interestingly circular because the network problem is that I am getting this message 'Network Problem' instead of being connected to whatever I wanted to connect to.
Can anyone suggest what I ought to have in the network settings that would make it work?
Phili
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Date: 15 Feb 2003 16:47:32 +0000
From: Brian Houghton
Subject: re: complex word docs
Using a Mac, running OS X, I am able to convert any document into a .PDF file (it's built into the OS). They are then easily readable on my Mako, which runs PDF+.
The other day, I was helping a family member with their Windows based PC and noticed in the File menu of MS Word (I believe V. 2000 on W. XP
Home), that there was an option to Publish to .PDF. If so, wouldn't this allow for complex Word files to be transferred to an EPOC device running PDF+ or possibly even the freeware PDF.
NOTE: I may be totally wrong in thinking that I saw the Publish to .PDF file option in MS Word on a PC. If so, accept my apologies and
ignorance towards the platform, as I personally refuse to use it.
Brian
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Date: 15 Feb 2003 19:28:34 +0000
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: Backup and restore, superglue, Psion Dacom Gold Card, GPRS settings, Decent Todo
Answer to: Daniele Squarci
Re.: Backup and restore - "but also means that "voluntary" deletions are preserved for evermore..." No, not really. Voluntary deletions are preserved only in the archive folders and moved from the first to the second etc. each time you back-up and deleted after the last level of archives (choosen by the user in the Psiwin set-up) has been reached. I use only 3 levels, and can't remember ever to look back in these folders.
Answer to: Rolf Vonau
Re. superglue - Thanks for the warning. However, the stylus broke in the middle of the handle part and not at the bottom part, so the glued part has no contact at all with the screen.
Answer to: Rolf Brunsting
Re. Psion Dacom Gold Card - Thanks for your answer. After a lot of testing and moving cards and wires around I found out that the problem is in the "Euro adaptor" at the end of the short cable lead from the modem card. When pulling the connected cable out, in and out suddenly the modem comes to life. Now the problem is that this is the old type of Psion modem cards (not the "Global" ones) and the cables are out of production and not available anymore. So either I have to find someone or somewhere a cable or alternatively cut the wire at the adaptor end (the adaptor is the counterpart to put a RJ11 plug in) and attach a new adaptor part or another cable.
Question : Has anyone got a spare cable for the modem card or alternatively any bright ideas how to "operate" on the modem cable ?
Re. GPRS settings - The phone is a 6310i and the computer is a S7. Thanks in advance.
Answer to: Richard
Re. Decent Todo App - I use the Jotter program for most of my to-do lists, deleting the ones I have dealt with. I have one for work, one for home and one for my photography business. The work one pops up at 10.00 am and 3.000 pm and the home one at 7.30 pm, all with Crontab.
Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK
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Date: 15 Feb 2003 19:26:21 +0000
From: Kevin Thorne
Subject: Orange PAYG, White letters on keyboard, MMC to PC card adaptor
Reply to ALYG:
Subject: Orange PAYG
<Having just completed the process of converting my Nokia 6210e from Orange contract to Pay As You Go, I can once again confirm that data works fine.>
That's great (I've only got 3 contract months to go myself). But were you able to keep your contract numbers (voice, fax and data) or did you have to change numbers?
Reply to Itamar Engelsman:
Subject: White letters on keyboard
<Just wanted to say that I am very happy that after over 1/2 a year of using my S7 the letters on the keys are as white as they were the first day. This of course in contract to the S5(MX).>
Hopefully you'll stay happy for much longer - the keys on my 3 year old S7 are still as good as the day I got it <G>
To all:
Well, I took delivery of my 4 in 1 PC card adaptor so I could back up my 9210 MMC to my S7 via the PC card. I slotted in the MMC to the adaptor, put that into my "E" drive and got "disk not present". I tried this a few times but had no luck. I know my "E" drive is OK 'cos I use a CF (in a different adaptor) and the MMC is read fine on the 9210 so I can only guess the adaptor must be faulty. The only thing is the MMC doesn't go in flush with the edge of the adaptor (it only goes in about half its length). I don't want to force it but has anyone got a Dane-Elec 4 in 1 PC card adaptor and can tell me if this is normal i.e. should the MMC fit in flush or not?
Regards
Kevin Thorne
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