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Epoc Digest Wed, 21 May 2003 Volume 01 : Number 257

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In today's Epoc Digest 16 messages:

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- Freeserve probs - try web email?

- Compactflash in NoteBook PC's...

- Re: Malaybook OPL Toolbar Battery Indicator Fix

- Re: Re: Invaders (4 Kevin & Jack)

- Psion Wap Browser

- Withdrawal symptoms

- RE: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 256 (7)

- Add a headphone jacket to the Netbook

- DELE "#" (msg#) in Telnet

- TubeRoute, and CF to IDE

- uninstall nConvert

- Re: Malaybook OPL Toolbar Battery Indicator Fix/netBook Opening/netBook Ripples

- vCal/AgnDump Problems

- New Sharp Zaurus C-750 and 760

- Merlin and Macro5 (Owen's macro launchers)

- Emulator, PGP

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Date: 20 May 2003 08:15:45 +0100

From: Kate Head

Subject: Freeserve probs - try web email?

>>Date: 18 May 2003 00:58:58 +0100

>>From: Itamar Engelsman

>>Subject: Email problem

>>Does anyone know a way to enter the mailbox of Freeserve UK in a >>different way but the email program on the S7 ? Would Opera be better for >>this than WEB ? And if via Tellnet, what would be the protocol to follow ?

Hi there,

Have you tried using www.mail2web.com to access your mailbox from Opera (I haven't tried it with Web, but it seems to work OK with Opera on Epoc) to clear out unwanted emails? I've used it to clear huge emails sent by people.

All the best,

Kate!!

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Date: 20 May 2003 09:45:34 +0100

From: Trygve Henriksen

Subject: Compactflash in NoteBook PC's...

Greetings!

Regarding Owen's questions about using a PCMCIA flash disk to boot his laptop...

http://www.cfide.co.uk/compact_flash_ide_adapters.shtml

Here you can find several CF to IDE adapters, including one for laptop/notebooks.

The 'CFIDEMOB' version only costs 19.99 (Assumes UK£)

It has the same mounting holes as a 2.5" HDD, so may not fit some very small/modern notebooks.

If this fits it not only draws less power than a regular HDD, but is also faster...

(It takes both Type I and II cards)

:-)

Trygve

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Date: 20 May 2003 10:14:52 +0100

From: martin

Subject: Re: Malaybook OPL Toolbar Battery Indicator Fix

Reply to: Andrew Gregory

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Hello to fellow "Malaybook" users!

Shortly after I got my "Malaybook", I noticed the battery indicator on the toolbar of all the OPL just looked wrong. The fix requires a replacement Toolbar.opo, but as almost all OPL apps explicitly use the OPO on the Z: drive (ROM), all those apps need patching. I initially used Neuons HexEditor, but that quickly became a drag, so I wrote a small app to do it automatically. Full details on the webpage:

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Hi Andrew,

An excellent app! And the good news is that I can confirm that it works equally well on original netBooks (and I would expect Series 7's too). The bug in the toolbar.opo was originally in the netBook and I suspect just copied over to the S7/mBook/etc.

I especially liked the (only) language option when I installed it - Australian! Decided that I'd put up with it speaking Aussie to me (seemed remarkably similar to English but I could be wrong!).

Suggestions for improvements? Perhaps the option to chose the app. you want to patch instead of it scanning/patching all? I tested it on a 'test' app (backed up for the purpose) and almost had heart failure when I realised that it was scanning/patching everything I had installed! Actually on 2nd thoughts, this probably isn't necessary as it does its job so quickly. Once a few more people have confirmed that it works on every Li-Ion/rechargable machine (I'd be 90% certain that it will) then there's no real reason to panic I guess...

Thanks for a really useful utility!

Martin

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www.pscience5.net

www.freepoc.org

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Date: 20 May 2003 10:25:02 +0100

From: martin

Subject: Re: Re: Invaders (4 Kevin & Jack)

Reply to: Jack

>>>>

....>>>Is there anywhere I can get good old Space Invaders for the S7?

At Martin psience5.net site (might even be colo(u)ris(z)ed ;-)

but no Communicator version I'm afraid.

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Unfortunately that version was onlt really intended to run on the 5mx. It should run in the top half of the screen on a S7/nB - but it's certainly not optimised for those machines. To be honest, I never got around to finishing the app. off - it's still a (somewhat buggy) beta release. And no, there's no colour on it! ;-) If people really, really want, I might be persuaded to resurect it for an S7/nB release - but be warned that there's at least one (maybe two, possibly even three <G>) apps in the early stages of development in front of it!

Best regards,

Martin

www.pscience5.net

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Date: 20 May 2003 10:29:44 +0100

From: Malcolm J. Demanuele

Subject: Psion Wap Browser

What is this psion wap browser mentioned in a previous digest?

I have Ericssons wap browser on my mc 218, but nothing similar on my netbook...

From where can I download this or any other wap browser?

Malcolm

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Date: 20 May 2003 11:27:48 +0100

From: Keith Clarke

Subject: Withdrawal symptoms

After many years of serial Psion use, I’ve finally joined the club with my first screen cable crisis. The trusty 5mx has been biked to POS for urgent tlc. Meanwhile I have no idea where I am supposed to be nor any phone numbers to find out. Ho hum. Anyone got any tips on coping with the withdrawal symptoms?

Keith Clarke

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Date: 20 May 2003 12:42:48 +0100

From: Christian Roth

Subject: RE: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 256 (7)

Dear fellow list members,

I will be part of the Psion community again, I am eagerly awaiting the

postman to bring me a Series7 in a few days. It's quite a time since my 5mx

"died" and I never was happy with my current solution, Outlook and its

prints.

While I am waiting, I wanted to install the EPOC emulator on my WinXP

machine, but other than I remember, I cannot find it anymore on Symbians

webpages, they link to Psion Teklogix, but the download site there is

"closed for maintainance" since May 14th.

Is there a chance I can get the OPL or Java SDK anywhere on the net? I

searched for two hours now, and abviously everyone linked to Psions website,

because of licence restrictions.

Too bad I didn't download it a few weeks ago...

Cheers,

Chris.

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Date: 20 May 2003 13:30:54 +0100

From: Roman Ackl - Sun Germany - HR Business Partner

Subject: Add a headphone jacket to the Netbook

Hi all,

remembering that we discussed the issue of adding a headphone jacket to the Netbook a few digests ago I found a guideline exactly for doing that at:

http://www.foxpop.ndirect.co.uk/hintstips/speaker_01.htm

Regards,

Roman

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Date: 20 May 2003 14:24:02 +0100

From: "mjd"

Subject: DELE "#" (msg#) in Telnet

To : Itamar

Sorry : To delete a msg while connected to your pop server X telnet (Port 110) and after

USER; PASS; LIST,

you should type :

DELE #

where # = msg# in LIST)

...>>>Also, what would be the command to read a message via Telnet ?<<<

Re :

RETR #

NB to unmark msg(s) so that the QUIT command will NOT delete them:

RSET

Do all these worked for you?

Jack

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Date: 20 May 2003 14:25:51 +0100

From: Chris S Handley

Subject: TubeRoute, and CF to IDE

Hello Itamar,

Itamar Engelsman wrote:

> Re.: TubeRoute - Thanks for taking the effort to write the

> program, and amazing you did not find the digest earlier ...

> <BG>.

"<BG>" ???

I'm not sure I'm going to be able to cope with the traffic, which was one reason for not subscribing earlier.

> I quite like your program although I found the same problem

> as Rolf, living in Golders Green on the Northern Line that

> splits up in 2 at Euston Station. If you would find a

> solution to this problem, it would certainly have my

> interest.

Which problem are you talking about?

The "unnecessary change" when going in only one direction (such as going East through Turnham Green on the District line)? That doesn't affect TubeRoute's usability AFAICS, but it might be fixable if I though the effort was justifiable.

Or the "curved lines are favoured"? As I said, that *can* be fixed, and will be at some point.

Regards,

Chris Handley

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Hello Owen,

Owen H. Morgan wrote:

> Does anyone know if there exists a flash disk (minimum 2gb)

> that fits in place of a 2.5" laptop hard-drive? Being able to

> boot from the flash disk isn't absolutely necessary, but it

> would be useful.

*All* Compact Flash cards can be used in place of an IDE drive, because CF uses the same basic signals as IDE - you just need a cheap (25 quid) adapter. The only problem would be if your BIOS has some bug that prevents it using the PIO modes.

You can buy an adapter direct from a UK manufacturer; visit http://www.milesie.co.uk , from who I bought a "MSCF CompactFlash to IDE Converter Board" in the past. There are tons of companies in the USA making these kinds of adapters.

You can buy 2-3Gb CF cards (really mini hard-disks like the Microdrive), but they cost the price of a whole laptop... Search on Expansys if you have money to burn!

I am hoping IBM may bring out a Microdrive with capacity larger than 1Gb, as I can't fit everything I want to on it at the moment, and hopefully they would be much cheaper than those mentioned in the previous paragraph.

Regards,

Chris Handley

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Date: 20 May 2003 15:15:22 +0100

From: Darryl Kempster

Subject: uninstall nConvert

This is a bit late but I've been on a particularly hectic tour of Europe with Blur and only just catching up on the digests. Somebody asked about uninstalling nConvert without going through Control Panel - Add/Remove.

Easy way to uninstall any programme is to go to Sysytem - Apps and delete the relevant folders - nConvert + nConvertRecogUi on my netBook.

To remove it from the list of installed apps in Add/Remove go to Sysyem - Install and delete the necessary .SIS stubs

OPX scan (http://www.psionwelt.de/ralphsprenger/RSProgs.htm) will tell you if any OPXs have been left behind, CleanIt (http://www.vorbauer.com/) will help identify any other orphan files, or you could just do a "Find Files" search for anything with a reference to nConvert.

Hope this helps

Darryl

Just back from Paris

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Date: 20 May 2003 15:37:23 +0100

From: Keith Giles

Subject: Re: Malaybook OPL Toolbar Battery Indicator Fix/netBook Opening/netBook Ripples

Andrew Gregory wrote:

> Shortly after I got my "Malaybook", I noticed the battery > indicator on the toolbar of all the OPL just looked wrong.

Could it be just your MnetBook? I don't see anything wrong with the battery indicator on mine. But then I'm not sure just what you mean by "all the OPL". I have some .opl files in my Macros folder. When I open them, the battery icon still looks OK.

My guess is you're thinking this guy doesn't know a damned thing about the Epoc OS - and you're right! :-) I just use it.

Chris Holly wrote:

> By the way, does anyone think they have developed the best way to > open a netBook or 7? Maybe it's just me, but it seems so awkward, > esp. compared to the 5mx.. . . .

When I first got my Malaysian netBook, I had one hell of a time trying to open it, especially when in its dock. I attributed it to my arthritic hands. But I've found that with use it's become easier. My technique is to put my left fingers on the back of the netBook; right thumb on the catch; right fingers on lid; then push catch and lift. "They'll rise with use." a la "Are You Being Served" :-)

As for netBook screen ripples - ain't got no any.

Happy Cycling,

Keith

Sunnyvale, CA

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

Thought For The Day: Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

All my outgoing e-mails have been checked by Norton Anti-virus.

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Date: 20 May 2003 18:31:35 +0100

From: Jim Cooke

Subject: vCal/AgnDump Problems

> Date: 19 May 2003 21:33:21 +0100

> From: Rolf Brunsting

> Subject: Re: vCal Problems

> Dear Jim,

> << I hesitated recommending vCal because I can't get it to

> work on my 5mx ... I can't get AgnDump to work either ... >>

> High chance there's a corruption in your Agenda file which

> can be solved by creating a new file and merging the existing

> file in it.

> --

> Kind Regards,

> Rolf Brunsting - Darp - Netherlands

Rolf,

No, unfortunately, this doesn't seem to the case. I merged my old file into

a new Agenda file and vCal still errors out with the Text 18 message. In

addition, Agenda Dump errors our with a reason code of KERN-EXEC and a

reason number of 3. I've now tried vCal with a new Agenda File with an

appointment, event, anniversary, and a to-do. vCal now generates a correct

file although only with the appointments and to-do's, not the anniversary.

Outlook 2002 correctly imports the appointment but not the to-do.

Agenda Dump, OTOH, continues to error out but this time with a reason number

of zero. It may be that vCal has problem with larger files (mine's 572k) but

Agenda Dump doesn't appear to work at all. I've really like Agenda Dump in

the past because it has more options than vCal. Anyone have an idea what

might be the problem?

Regards, Jim

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Date: 20 May 2003 19:06:58 +0100

From: Stephane Sage

Subject: New Sharp Zaurus C-750 and 760

Hello to all

Foll. today's annoucement of Shawn Gordon, I'd like to add that it's possible to read the referred info in English while going directly to www.sharp.co.jp, klicking on "Global" at the top of the page: you will thus reach (on line 1) all details on the introduction (on May, 16) of these 2 new models.

Cheers

Stephane (Grenoble, France).

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Date: 20 May 2003 20:28:10 +0100

From: Philip S. Adkins Potter

Subject: Merlin and Macro5 (Owen's macro launchers)

Howdy Owen,

I use both Macro5 and Merlin.

Macro5 provides system-wide macros, etc., with hotkeys - I would be lost without Sergio's "Scroller" (or it's predecessor, DrB5Read) which I use in many places - ditto SpellOK and Multiclip. But Macro5 can only support 16 hotkeys (I use less) so document/application-specific macros, etc., are on Merlin's toolbars.

In fact nearly everything else is on Merlin, a great application. But Macro5 is only about 1/3 the size of Merlin (and free). I hardly ever use the panels - I can't even remember what's on them! It doesn't interfere with anything else (or hasn't yet) and the application itself is basically forgettable once set up. If you need more panels Mario Collado's Shortcuts macro more than doubles the quota (though I believe it's needed for the Revo/Mako) from 81 slots to 165 (enough for most people added to the 31 on the extras bar, one hundred and ninety-four slots in all!).

Merlin is brilliant too - it's different toolbars for documents as well as applications are something I find very useful. As an example I use Sergio's SaveMail so the default Data toolbar works well with those data files, but I have a film database whose dedicated toolbar links to the TR IMDB document which similarly links back. Also SaveMail is on the eMail toolbar as it only works in eMail, which in turn links to my email data folder.

But I doubt the RAM overhead for Macro5 is much and most of my applications and documents are on the D: drive anyway. On the Macro5 hotkeys I have Multiclip, Autophrase, Scroller, Purple's Navigator, Opera, Huub's SpellOK and S5mboles, iContacts and a few others.

I also use Pascal Nicolas' CronTab and I have used (and registered) Henry Hirst's HotKeys. And there are quite a few other such utilities out there. I don't need or want to remap my keyboard as I rarely need to use "å" or "Å" and when I do - either Ctrl-Shift-c or Mark Esposito's CharMap (magnified characters help me) come to the rescue. If I regularly used them I'm sure KeyMapper would fill the bill nicely. I certainly prefer such utilities to integrate at system level.

I rather think most macro application can happily coexist provided they don't step on each other's toes. But too many macros with hotkeys would confuse me - and I don't need them anyway. Merlin's way of having them on toolbars and *no* system-wide hotkey I find preferable and less confusing. Most of my Macro5 hotkey assignments will work anywhere, most Merlin toolbars are very specific to the application/document concerned.

But my opinions are just that, opinions.

(Have you dried out yet? : • )

Happy days,

Phil.

"Fashion is just a clothing epidemic."

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Date: 20 May 2003 22:02:56 +0100

From: Kevin Thorne

Subject: Emulator, PGP

Reply to Joseph:

It's great knowing that should I ever decide to "migrate" to a Windows PC I can have all my familiar programs to hand - but I'll stick with my EPOC machines for now -)

As other PDAs move ever onwards, our Psions still can cut it with the competition. I think your words "simple and elegant" sum up my S7 a treat! It does what I ask it to do without fuss and is just a wonderful machine.

PGP

My thanks to Micheal Degn who helped me understand how to use my installed copy of PGP on my S7 (as I was a complete beginner!) You'll be pleased to know I successfully paid for some shareware for my 9210 by sending my encrypted credit card details to PsiLoc. Thanks Micheal.