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Epoc Digest Wed, 05 Nov 2003 Volume 01 : Number 377
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In today's Epoc Digest 15 messages:
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- Re: MSN Messenger for Epoc
- Psiwin for Windows XP
- Looking for Bookmarks app
- Re Calendar q`s # 375
- Re: Irda MBufAllocFa
- RE: Paperclips/ResetPlus/SysBack
- Re: Re: IR bug in the netBook OS
- Psion Commander
- Psiwin Backup problem
- Re: Epoc Digest V1 # 376 (7) : Re :S3MX update
- Macro for Euro, Your PDA, New Psion Magazine, MSN Messenger for Epoc,
- New Psion Magazine
- For Mike again re Psion Magazine
- New POS "Revo"
- Psion Computer Journal - Update
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Date: 3 Nov 2003 23:50:22 +0100
From: Manuel Campos Galvan
Subject: Re: MSN Messenger for Epoc
>Answer to Malcolm:
Unfortunately Microsoft changed the codes under which IM works. There has been in Psion place a discussion and there have been responses from Ruksun that are at best "non-committal" about further developing Messenger for EPOC.
The link is http://www.pdastreet.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27740
For those of you that do not have web access, this is a copy of Ruksun's two messages:
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Dear Simon,
Hello! Hope you are doing well. As you have correctly noted it is due to the changes in the MSN server that MSN Messenger Force is no longer connecting. We will be investigating the changes required and will make further announcements on our web-site regarding these. I would request you to keep checking our web-site periodically for the same.
Please accept our sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused to you. Please do understand that we truly appreciate your interest in our products and it is not our intention at all to disregard your time and efforts. We are doing everything we can to resolve this issue as soon as we can. Incase you have any further concerns feel free to get back to me. Wish you a good day ahead!
Regards,
-Mugdha
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Simon,
Since we are not very sure of the effort required to get this working, I sincerely request you not to let your hopes up too high, I would be very disappointed to let you know if it does not work
Thanks again for your support, much appreciated.
Warm rgds,
-Mugdha
I am not aware of any other IM solution for EPOC. Ruksun used to carry other programs for AOL, Yahoo and ICQ. Since I do not use them, I am not aware as to whether they are still working.
Another sad EPOC / IM user.
Manuel Campos
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Date: 4 Nov 2003 00:22:25 +0100
From: Nicholas Bloch
Subject: Psiwin for Windows XP
Hi all,
Recently I put out a request for help because I could not get my PC running Windows XP to recognise my Psion 5mx.
I had a number of useful replies and eventually followed the advice of Pierre Le Corfec.
However - still no joy!
I do not like being stumped for an answer. Every challenge has a solution and sometimes the obvious solution isn't the first that we check.
So maybe, just maybe, the version of Psiwin that I am using is not, as I was told by Psion - Psiwin 2.3.3 - needed for Windows XP.
On the disc it says: "For Windows 95/98/2000/NT" and when I run the software, it says "V1.30F" followed by "Psion Computers PLC 2000".
Is this disc version 2.3.3? If it's not and I pray it's not, has anybody got a spare copy that I could buy?
Regards,
Nicholas
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Date: 4 Nov 2003 01:11:22 +0100
From: Astrid Stappenbeck
Subject: Looking for Bookmarks app
Hello all,
I recently heard about an application called Bookmarks by Arnoud van der Giessen. It is a freeware bookmark utility which pops up a window with the 10 most recently used folders. However, I couldn't find a working link. Has anyone this program or a link to it?
Thanks,
Astrid
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Date: 4 Nov 2003 06:09:46 +0100
From: Jack
Subject: Re Calendar q`s # 375
To: vlad >>>>..... there was a utility similar to hol which would write day and/or week-# in the daily view?<<<<
RE
U'r right Vlad; does someone remember the name of this utility?... isn't Julian?
DOW.opo ( ?Day of the Week) shows the # of the day and # of the week for any choosen date.
Calendes.opl by Steve Hawtin does the like and more (historical background).
All the best to all
Jack
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Date: 4 Nov 2003 07:33:19 +0100
From: Marcus von Cube
Subject: Re: Irda MBufAllocFa
Mike,
>Email reads "Sending email 1 /1"
>then msg is not sent and this enigmatic window springs : > "SocketServer"
> "Irda MBufAllocFa"
> "Reason 18"
This looks like a kind of overrun error to me. Go to modem preferences and set the communications handshake protocol to "Software" (XON/XOFF).
Be sure to have set the idle timeout for switch off in control panel to a value below 30 seconds (EPOC bug!)
Marcus
http://www.mvcsys.de
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Date: 4 Nov 2003 08:01:29 +0100
From: Daniele Squarci
Subject: RE: Paperclips/ResetPlus/SysBack
Gianluca Gallino wrote:>> I like both ResetPlus and SysBack. The only thing with SysBack is the fact that it does not restore the Euro currency symbol in the international settings of the control panel. As a result, after a soft reset all the Euro Symbols included in the Epoc Sheet documents are replaced by the Sterling one.
I contacted the author, who is currently overbusy with his regular job in Symbian and will not have time to fix this small bug.
Could somebody write a macro instruction to solve this (small) problem of every psion user in the Euro zone?<<
Gianluca, why don't you try AlarmPlus in conjunction with ResetPlus? This will restore the currency as well as other Control Panel settings after a reset. Same author: http://www.mypsion.ru/alarmplus.php
Ciao
Daniele Squarci
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Date: 4 Nov 2003 08:53:03 +0100
From: Simon Dare
Subject: Re: Re: IR bug in the netBook OS
Reply to Martin Guthrie:
> Would this be a good candidate for the Startup tab of AlarmPlus?
Exactly my thoughts Keith. I'll also probably get it to install the plBeam driver after reset (if the program's installed)...
Will let you know when it's done (i.e. when I get a spare 30 minutes to myself!).
Is it possible to include something to make the 4 silk screen buttons on the left of the screen reinstate as well? This is the only thing that bugs me when I use alarm plus (which was regularly until I recently tried a full optimising of my D drive which Ateliers software - it took 4 hours but transformed my machine speed wise!)
Simon
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Date: 4 Nov 2003 10:18:05 +0100
From: Martin Guthrie
Subject: Psion Commander
Hello all,
Thought I'd give a quick heads up on the latest release from FreEPOC by new (to FreEPOC) author, Wolfgang Golder: Psion Commander.
"Psion Commander is "the swiss army knife" of all file managers. Its user interface is similar, but not identical, to the famous program Norton Commander for IBM compatible Intel/MS-DOS based personal computers.
"Psion Commander is designed mainly to support all kinds of file operations that an experienced EPOC user may want to execute during daily work with his/her computer."
Details at www.freepoc.org - and, as with everything from FreEPOC, it's free (actually, open source too).
Best regards,
Martin Guthrie
www.pscience5.net
www.freepoc.org
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Date: 4 Nov 2003 11:09:36 +0100
From: James Masters
Subject: Psiwin Backup problem
I'm having problems backing up my 5mx to a Win98SE PC using psiwin2.3. After a brief while the transfer stops and I get the message ' There was a problem creating the main backup folder for the psion drive because the folder has been opened on the psion'. I've tried deleting psiwin.ini on the mx to no avail. Any clues anybody?
Thanks,
James Masters
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Date: 4 Nov 2003 11:20:35 +0100
From: Arent Kits van Heijningen
Subject: Re: Epoc Digest V1 # 376 (7) : Re :S3MX update
On 3 Nov 2003 13:05:10 +0100
Itamar Engelsman wrote about : Communicators, S3MX update, ISP lockup, Exciting times ahead, 5FX,
Answer to: Arent Kits van Heijningen
>>Re. S3MX update - Why is an update of this phone more promissing ? Surely the technology and software of this Psion is by now 10 or more years old ?<<
There are several reasons :
Battery consumption : All Symbian32 phones are quite heavy on batteries if you are going to use the organiser functions intensively
The s3mx being a monochrome Symbian16 device is far more frugal in this respect
If equipped/updated with Bluetooth , OBEX , full IrDA and user-accessible flash it could make an excellent smartphone companion
Today's smartphones are more powerful than the PC's ( both Windows and Mac ) were in the years when it was the major handheld in the UK Together with the update POS should include utilities that allow direct text/file exchange between the updated s3mx and smartphones -both the Palm-based ones as well as the Symbian32/*CE-based ones 2 There is only one version of Symbian16 (a.k.a SIBO a.k.a Epoc 16 0but now there are at least 3 different releases (ER 5.1 , ER 6 and ER 7 , not to count embedded versions ) two menu-driven (Series 60 and Series 80) - and three different graphical user interfaces ( Eikon, UIQ and Series 90 ) of Symbian32 , with probably more to follow so the development environment is extremely stable 3 Symbian32 is a high-profile target (can I say sitting duck ?) for litigation by MicroSoft about intellectual property issues while Symbian16 is almost forgotten and unlike Symbian32 unlikely to affect MS's bottom line
If MicroSoft is attacking Symbian32 on IP issues , this means the end of the road for all non-embedded development for this platform
The basic suggestion is/was to use a s3mx as an intelligent but pocketable keyboard for the smartphone so one could comfortably type in longer texts on that and when ready transfer them to the smartphone for sending via email or MMS , so you would use your smartphone essentially for communications rather than as a PDA replacement (My personal experiences with a Nokia N-Gage have learned that a smartphone *IS* a fairly decent PDA replacement , but for the battery runtime issue , using the PDA functions heavily cuts the runtime to less than 8 hours )
k
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Date: 4 Nov 2003 13:01:14 +0100
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: Macro for Euro, Your PDA, New Psion Magazine, MSN Messenger for Epoc,
Answer to: Gianluca Gallino
Re.: Macro for - That should be an easy matter and I am sure someone will write it for you (I can't write macros). However, if you use Macro5 you can also easily enough record it yourself.
Answer to: Scott Lloyd
Re. Your PDA - "Your PDA is whatever works for you best" a true word I agree with 100%. This week-end I met the first potetntial client who I showed my photos on my Sony Clie. He was mighty impressed ! And I succeeded in getting Fload to work on my S7, and I am mighty impressed (thanks Astrid for the tip)<G>. It is a little bit like the Canon / Nikon argument in the photograph world. A Canon user has no good word for a Nikon camera and vice versa. It is possible to use two different PDA's at the same time if both serve a different need.
Answer to: Mike Dyer
Re. New Psion Magazine - I did send in an article, but no cheque. However, do take into account there has been a postal strike in the UK for the last few weeks. He should however answer emails. Sorry, the digest has no connection with the new magazine.
Answer to: Kim Bang-Sψrensen & Malcolm J. Demanuele
Re. MSN Messenger for Epoc - Well, that is part and parcel of the problem we face with EPOC v.5. The authors will not update their software anymore and sooner or later various programs that connect to the outside world will stop functioning (web, emailing, MSN messenger, etc.). I don't think you will get an upgrade anymore. Did they promiss any upgrades or service when you bought the program or not ?
Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK
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Date: 4 Nov 2003 18:26:03 +0100
From: Will Green
Subject: New Psion Magazine
Dear Mike,
I was just reading the digest and read your posting regarding the Psion Journal.
I'm away from the office tonight so this comes from my personal email account but I wanted to get this email to you as quickly as possible!
The magazine will be out late this week /early next week, its full colour and weighs in at about 100 pages, so its a good read!
The contributions I've had have been fantastic, with articles from a team of 7 now.
The original 'as advertised' publication date was to be early October, however this first issue is running a little late! Future issues should be on time as getting the format together has taken longer than expected, now this is in place it'll make future issues a lot easier to produce.
If I didn't reply to your email I'm genuinely sorry, but I honestly can't recall receiving it.
I'm also busy trying to organise a venue for the first society meeting, a society update will follow shortly after the magazine.
There will be an official posting in the next digest with details of the now 'almost' available magazine.
Kind Regards,
Will.
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Date: 4 Nov 2003 22:09:11 +0100
From: Will Green
Subject: For Mike again re Psion Magazine
Mike,
Your emails keep bouncing back, I've looked into it and I did reply to both your email query and subscription verification but both bounced back. Please forward me a valid email address or remove me from your anti-spam (?) program. This is a copy of the emails I'm getting;
This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.
A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:
&nb SMTP error from remote mailer after initial connection:
host mx1.mail.ukl.yahoo.com [195.50.106.135]:
553 Mail from host 195.92.168.141 not allowed [500].
Kind Regards,
Will.
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Date: 4 Nov 2003 22:43:00 +0100
From: Jim Watson-Gove
Subject: New POS "Revo"
I am watching the POS front with intrerest. It will be wonderful if an updated EPOC machine results, but even if it ends being Palm OS, it will fill an essentially unfilled nitch. A (hopefully) affordable pocket computer with a decent (Revo/Mako) keyboard. Now with memory, color (colour) and a decent battery system - that would be something. But let's hope it's an EPOC machine.
And I sent in for the new Psion mag - and have (also) heard nothing. Being a small press publisher with lots of friends who are also small press publishers, I have not bothered to email. Many a slip twixt the plan and its execution.
I'm backing to using my Mako - Eleanor's 5mx had a cable pack-up and it has to go back to Psion USA. I moved out of mine into the Mako and moved her into my 5mx. That POS machine is sounding attractive - hope they do better with the hardware.
jim - port townsend
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Date: 5 Nov 2003 11:34:41 +0100
From: Martin Guthrie
Subject: Psion Computer Journal - Update
Hi All,
I sent off a querying email to Will Green and got the following back this morning:-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Hi Martin,
The magazine will be out late this week /early next week, its full colour and weighs in at about 100 pages, so its a good read!
The contributions I've had have been fantastic, with articles from a team of 7 now.
The original 'as advertised' publication date was to be early October, however this first issue is running a little late! Future issues should be on time as getting the format together has taken longer than expected, now this is in place it'll make future issues a lot easier to produce.
I'm also busy trying to organise a venue for the first society meeting, a society update will follow shortly after the magazine.
Kind Regards,
Will.
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Good news! Looking forward to it.
Best regards,
Martin
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