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Epoc Digest Mon, 02 Feb 2004 Volume 01 : Number 437

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In today's Epoc Digest 26 messages:

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- PETER LUNDGREN

- Richard R.

- John Robertson

- Re: Epoc Digest V1 # 433 :Re :Re Internet in Houston

- RE: Epoc Digest V1 # 436

- Re: Netpad questions

- Re: Viruses

- Re: Random numbers

- Wanted! Ericsson 218 Software CD

- S7 - netbook/metbook memory

- URGENT ADDITION TO LAST NETBOOK/MBOOK/S7 MEMORY POSTING FOR KEITH

- SIS file installation

- Re: Returned message

- Re: Epoc Digest V1 # 436 : Re Silent PCs (4 Andy) Re : Virusses(4 Itamar )

- ADMIN Spam , apparently coming from a domain owned by a digestsubscriber

- No more antivirus certification Please

- Psiboard questions (Netpad)

- Digest reurns, Memory installation, Sis install on S5mx, spam

- F1 racetracks

- Silent PCs

- Chris and .sys :-) # 436

- Spam Traps/TCP/SIS Problem

- Static scrambled my netBook

- Re: AtomicTime, EC standard plugs, Virusses,

- Re: Random numbers

- EC standard plugs, CF Fail w/Machine Fail?,

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Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004

From: Digest administrator

Subject: PETER LUNDGREN

Unfortunately your email address has been "temporary over quota" for over a month and we had no option but to unsubscribe you. We hope you will read this via another source and subscribe again with a different email address.

With best regards

Itamar Engelsman

The Epoc Digest Team

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Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004

From: Digest administrator

Subject: Richard R.

Unfortunately the digest continues to be returned by your ISP with the message "invalid recipient". We had no choice but to unsubscribe you. Hopefully you will read this via another source and subscribe again with a different email address.

With best regards

Itamar Engelsman

The Epoc Digest Team

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Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004

From: Digest administrator

Subject: John Robertson

Unfortunately the digest was returned by your ISP for the last month and we have now unsubscribed you. Hopefully you will read this via another source and subscribe again with a different email address.

With best regards

Itamar Engelsman

The Epoc Digest Team

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Date: 29 Jan 2004 17:16:07 +0000

From: Arent Kits van Heijningen

Subject: Re: Epoc Digest V1 # 433 :Re :Re Internet in Houston

On: 26 Jan 2004 01:51:55 +0000

Keith Giles wrote about Subject: Re : Internet in Houston (4Thomas )

>>>Not true - I get very little spam. My cable company is Comcast and you can go to your account on their web site and check a box which will filter much spam. I also use MailWasher as a filter.<<< <snip>

>>I disagree - I think most of his post is highly overwrought, almost scare tactics.<<

Hmmmm , let's have a look , got this in today :

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From: "Mollie Cornell" <======

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To: Nicole

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So my experiences are completely different in this respect , I get LOTS and LOTS of spam out of the networks of U.S telco's and cable operators ( SouthWestern Bell/Pacific Bell , AmeriTech and Verizon amongst the telco's , Comcast , RoadRunner and Charter Communications amongst cable operators ) The above one is however amongst the more egregious examples as it is apparently coming from the domain of one of the subscribers to this list

>>I disagree - I think most of his post is highly overwrought, almost scare tactics.<<

Hmmmm see above

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Date: 1 Feb 2004 01:59:27 +0000

From: Philip Crookes

Subject: RE: Epoc Digest V1 # 436

Electrical plugs When I first moved to England from Australia in 1968 I got trapped by the then current changeover from the old two- and three-pronged plugs with round pins to the present three-pronged square-pin plugs. They always used to sell kit without a plug on it and you practically needed to take a wax impression of the socket to know what you needed to buy at the hardware store! Changing stuff like plugs is a real bore. But the big problem is the different wiring regs in different countriesd. In UK buildings are usually wired on a ring-main system where both ends of a circuit are terminated at the same bus on the fusebox. Each outlet on a ring circuit is supposed to be able to deliver 16 amps, each plug is polarised and earthed and must contain a fuse appropriate to the device being used. All (almost all) wall outlets are switched. Elsewhere in Europe the Schuko two-prong (plus optional earth on the circumference) plug is used with wiring based on a number of spur circuits from the fusebox. All fuses (more commonly circuit breakers) are in the fusebox and the plugs are not generally polarised (with some exceptions) . Sockets are almost never switched. This has the disadvantage that switches on the appliance may turn out to be on the neutral side of the circuit, meaning that the whole appliance may be live to ground even though the consumer believes it is switched off. If I were on the relevant Board of certification I'd go for the Belgian variant of the Schuko plug, where there is an earth prong sticking out from the socket that goes into a receptor slot in the plug, so effectively polarizing the plug. This would give the best of both worlds: ensuring that appliance switches were always in the line side rather than the neutral side, and offering the convenience of the Schuko recessed socket that is pretty thoroughly child-proof, and also retains the plug rather better than the UK or Italian versions. But I can't imagine that there will ever be a European standard for this, or for that matter for phone plugs either! You can persuade a Schuko plug to go into a UK socket, although it won't be earthed, and may not be easy. You need a bit of persuasion and a gizmo to lift the shutter on the earth socket. Ford car keys are perfect for this. But you will never get a UK plug to go into a European Schuko socket, no matter how big a hammer you use. Randon mumbers Surely the whole point of really random numbers is that they are never predicatable. At the point where you are able to predict either the seed number, or any part of the sequence that might follow, there is no random-ness present. And it surely makes no difference however many iterations you make of the pseudo-random processing, because the fact remains that the process could in the right circumstances be replicated and is therefore not truly random. But true random-ness probably needs more computing power than even our Psions can provide. Silent PCs >I am about to move house and the PC that I have is on loan so will need to go back to the owner. I need to buy a replacement, but need to make sure that it is quieter than the awful thing that I am using >at the moment. Has anyone bought one of these silent PCs? Anything to say about it? Replies off list if this is too far off topic. I am happy with the MSI 651 "barebones PC" I bought that is the basis of my home-made Personal Video recorder, based on the recent articles in the German CHIP magazine. It is effectively silent. The only disadvantage is that is has but one PCI and one AGP slot. But its on-board graphics and sound are well up to most demands, it has networking, Firewire and USB already present so if you don't feel you need to stuff it full of additional cards this could be the way to go. It also includes a CD player and FM radio tuner and a universal flash card reader. Selling in Germany for around EUR 211 without OS, hard disks, processor or memory (or keyboard and mouse). Up and working you might pay EUR 550+ for a 2.8 GHz system with 512MB of DDR memory and a 160 GB hard disk, and a CD-DVD burner. Dell will sell you a cheaper PC with more expansion possibilities but it will sound like a 747 warming up for takeoff. For OS I recommend Suse Linux 9.0, plus the latest version of WINE to run those pesky apps that only exist in Windows format. I have experimented with Lindows, the Michael Robertson (he of MP3.com) re-branding of Debian Linux, but while it is more user- and Windows-friendly it is not really as good nor as fast as the Suse product. Viruses and Microsoft. I dislike much about Microsoft, a company which has become dominant by being domineering and making itself the default. >Well it has been suggested by others that some viruses originate from Micro$oft supported folk, >because Micro$oft make a lot of profit, as when servers etc get overloaded, then they need to be replaced by more servers. I don't believe it. This is as sensible as inserting the $ sign in their name to attack them. Are you suggesting that they should not be a husiness and make a profit? Why not attack them for their cruddy crufty programming, their efforts to stifle competition with endless lawsuits and threats, and their attempt to get patents on such standards as XML? >M$ IE OE defaults on installation to preview. This causes many to automatically propogate viruses. >If M$ removed this and stopped the ability of e-mail atachments to automatically run, as in EPOC, >then the problem would reduce signifigantly. Alternatively you could say that Microsoft produced products that did what the majority of non-computer-literate people wanted them to do: worked out of the box and showed them their e-mail the way they wanted to see it. The virus issue is a problem - but let's not lose sight of the fact that if Linux, or Mac OS, or EPOC, or BeOS, had any significant market share then some muckbrain would propagate a virus program against them. We are dealing with the same mentality that scratches the windows of subway cars. I've no idea how to stop it, beyond fantasizing about boiling mud pools and amputation of body parts. But let's be clear on one thing: Microsoft , however awful you or I think their behavior and their programming is, do not make viruses and malware. Muckbrains do, so let's concentrate on attacking and huring the muckbrains. Philip

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Date: 1 Feb 2004 02:56:36 +0000

From: Michael Degn

Subject: Re: Netpad questions

Answer to Timothy H.D. Williams

Dear Timothy,

> 2: the standard procedure for selecting several files via the keyboard on a Psion is to hold down the shift key and then select with the down key. This doesn't work with the virtual keyboard. How can I do multiple selection via the virtual keyboard? <

It surely works in the way as on the models with a physical keyboard. Shift and down arrow select one file at the time, so you'll have to use the combination over and over. Ctrl and tap select individual files.

> 3: my machine is running netpad ER5 version 1.05 (166) but I see there are more recent OS available at www.psionteklogix.com . Is it worth my while updating my OS? As I understand it, I have 16 mb ROM and 16 mb RAM. <

It is a good idea to update the OS, but make sure the OS is intended for your machine also. Some releases are RAM/ROM specific.

> 4: the machine came with a scanner. Can this be used for purposes other than barcode scanning? <

I don't think so.

> 5: my machine tells me the backup battery needs servicing but the back up level (0.8V) seems to be running at 25%. Does this mean the backup battery is functioning effectively? Short of sending the machine to Psion, is there any way to replace the backup battery? <

If that's the case your backup battery really needs servicing as it should be at 2,8V when fully charged. So, no it's not functioning effectively and I'd say it's rather unreliable at this stage. The backup battery is a built-in Li-Ion which need servicing/replacing at a repair centre.

Best regards,

Michael Degn

Esbjerg, Denmark

www.mdegn.dk

www.pdanmark.dk

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Date: 1 Feb 2004 03:48:53 +0000

From: Wong Koi Hin

Subject: Re: Viruses

Reply to Itamar Engelsman,

Dear Itamar

IE>>Re. Virusses - Lately I got several messages back from other ISP's which I never sent in the first place. I checked my PC's at work and home but did not find a virus. Than one particular message came back sent frwhich is an email address I actually never used. It was created by Compuserve when they planned to move everybody which in the end never materialised. This means that someone else found this address somewhere and used it as a "sent from" address. It is amazing what these people do to send their filth in other people's name.

You likely have a virus on your system, possibly the Bug-Bear virus. Go to Mcafee website and download their virus removal tool called Stinger (Be sure to get the latest version, viruses nowadays are much more sophisticated and can circumvent older tools) More alarmingly is that there might be spyware on your machine logging information such as your keystrokes and keeping a lookout for passwords and credit card numbers. To be on the safe side suggest you do it asap. (Not trying to scare you, its still possible you dont have a virus)

Warm regards,

Koi Hin

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Date: 1 Feb 2004 06:04:31 +0000

From: Andrew Gregory

Subject: Re: Random numbers

> Date: 30 Jan 2004 22:14:49 +0000

> From: Alan Morris

> Subject: Re: RANDOMIZE

> Marcus von Cube

>> A pseudo random generator is.....

> Actually a fixed and repeatable sequence of numbers obtained by using > RND. A different sequence can be obtained by using a different seed.

> As you know RANDOMIZE is called to do this. By calling RANDOMIZE twice, > you make it more unlikely to produce similar results that had apparently > occurred.

Any subsequent calls to RANDOMIZE reset the RND sequence, so putting two RANDOMIZEs one after the other is pointless. Only the last RANDOMIZE is effective. Seeding subsequent RANDOMIZEs with RND numbers won't work either. You seem to understand that RND does not generate random numbers, but a fixed sequence given some seed value. So where does the "extra" randomness come from? Answer: nowhere - there is no extra "randomness". It all goes back to the seed given to the most recent RANDOMIZE function. *That* number needs to be as arbitrary as possible, with preferably a

large range. My DATETOSECS suggestion would seem to be the best way to go about that. If a subsequent argument to RANDOMIZE was better than the first, then *it* should have been used in the first place, thereby

removing the need for further unnecessary RANDOMIZE calls.

>> So you can't make it better by complicating the sequence

>> of calls to RANDOMIZE and RND.

> Who suggested this Marcus? It was not me!

I didn't make that statement, but I fully agree with it. You should find a library that has Donald Knuth's Seminumerical Algorithms and have a good read.

Andrew Gregory, <URL: mailto:andrew

<URL: http://www.scss.com.au/family/andrew/ >

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Date: 1 Feb 2004 09:37:37 +0000

From: Will Green

Subject: Wanted! Ericsson 218 Software CD

Dear All,

I bought a Erisson MC218 off Ebay a little while a go, unfortunately it didn't come with the software CD.

Apparently the CD comes with a few applications that only work on the MC218 that are not preloaded in the ROM of the machine.

Has any one got a copy of CD they'd like to sell or even email me the extra programs?

Cheers,

Will.

PS I understand that once you'd entered you machine's ID on the Ericsson web site you used to able to download the software from there, unfortunately they no longer have this link.

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Date: 1 Feb 2004 09:55:28 +0000

From: Will Green

Subject: S7 - netbook/metbook memory

For Keith re MalayBook Memory,

Not too sure if this is useful Keith, but I bought some memory from my netBook and had a similar problem.

The memory I bought turned out to be for the Series 7 Psion machine, as the two memory types are different.

The way I discovered the difference is I took out the existing ram chip and compared it to the new memory and there was a chip missing off the new memory.

I've just removed the chip from my netbook and can describe it thus;

Holding the chip with the copper connector to the right, it has three chips on it. The top one is the largest chip facing vertically marked LH28E160S3HT-L10A, and made by Sharp.

The two chips below it are the same as each other and smaller than the first, they are mounted horizontally and are marked UUH384CB.

There is also a sticker going across the chips that says 2031 0037 01, Version 011.

I don't know if any of this will help, but it could be useful in identifying if your chip is the correct one for the machine?

Cheers,

Will.

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Date: 1 Feb 2004 10:00:56 +0000

From: Will Green

Subject: URGENT ADDITION TO LAST NETBOOK/MBOOK/S7 MEMORY POSTING FOR KEITH

Keith or anyone,

DON'T TRY REMOVING THE EXISTING RAM CHIP FROM YOUR OWN MACHINE!!

I've just put the memory back in the netBook and it seems to wiped all my data, now asking for a bootable CF card!

Bugger.

Cheers,

Will.

PS. The machine is all backed up, and I suppose it could have done with a Spring clean so no harm done :-)

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Date: 1 Feb 2004 10:15:40 +0000

From: Philip S. Adkins Potter

Subject: SIS file installation

Hi Chris (Cooper),

I must have missed your earlier post : • ).

When I run a SIS file on my Psion (every time as I have no PC) I occasionally have had this "In Use" error message. *Every* time it has meant that the SIS file is "Read-only". This means it won't install. Why the error message doesn't say that is beyond me.

Happy days,

Phil.

"This Bouillabaisse a noble dish is -

A sort of soup, or broth, or brew

Or hotchpotch of all sorts of fishes

That Greenwich never could outdo:

Green herbs, red peppers, mussels, saffron,

Soles, onions, garlic, roach and dace;

All these you eat at Terre's tavern,

In that one dish of Bouillabaisse."

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Date: 1 Feb 2004 14:33:38 +0000

From: Owen H. Morgan

Subject: Re: Returned message

Howdy!

Digest administrator (Itamar) wrote (> ):

> Today one digest was returned because of the words

> "inkjet" which appeared in one of the footers.

> Please check your messages carefully for words

> that might be caught by the spam protectors.

This is very stupid. I certainly do not support spam, but when the fight against spam starts dictating what words I can use in my e-mails, it is going way too far. I bought a new in*j*t printer just before Christmas, and I can't see that anyone has the right to prevent me from writing about it. How on earth would anyone be able to guess that an innocent word like this would cause problems?

I have also exchanged explicit and detailed e-mails with absent girlfriends in the past, and I reserve the right to do so in future. This is a private matter between me and the recipient. If an ISP decides to read my private e-mails or even my e-mails to the digest and censor them, this is an infringement of my privacy as well as my freedom of speech. It doesn't matter whether it's done electronically or my e-mails are actually read by a human.

As far as I can see, the only place the word "i*kj*t" appears in the digest lately is where Eric Lindsay's quotes Trygve Henriksen in his e-mail about "printers, humidity, production date, NetBook power supplies,Mac to NetBook,"

If a word like this causes problems for the digest, the problem is in the ISP that bounces the message, not in the text of the message. It is actually the ISP's that have caused the problem in the first place by not educating new users about the dangers of placing their e-mail address in the public domain.

I remember from a previous similar situation in the digest that we also have to stay away from a four letter word which describes the brown stuff originating from our canine friends which might end up underneath our shoes if we don't watch where we're going. STUPID!

Owen

Thought for the day:

Experience is that marvellous thing that enables you recognise a mistake when you make it again.

Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", LD-928°02.83'N 16°42.89'W

Los Cristianos, Tenerife

http://home.no.net/naomij

Phone and SMS:

In Spain: +34 620520079

In Norway: +47 92053097

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Date: 1 Feb 2004 15:48:03 +0000

From: Arent Kits van Heijningen

Subject: Re: Epoc Digest V1 # 436 : Re Silent PCs (4 Andy) Re : Virusses(4 Itamar )

On: 30 Jan 2004 14:08:12 +0000

Itamar Engelsman wrote : AtomicTime, EC standard plugs, Virusses,

>>Than one particular message came back sent frwhich is an email address I actually never used. It was created by Compuserve when they planned to move everybody which in the end never materialised. This means that someone else found this address somewhere and used it as a "sent from" address. It is amazing what these people do to send their filth in other people's name.<<

Well you're not the only one who is amazed , recently I got in my Internet mailbox spam relayed through a CompuServe mailhost : ( body removed )

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Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 08:39:24 -0800

To: Kitsvh

From: Jocelyn McDonald

Subject: Kitsvh, all the kinds of fetish for you

MIME-Version: 1.0

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Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

X-AntiVirus: skaner antywirusowy poczty Wirtualnej Polski S. A.

X-Loop-Procmail: PreventLoop

<snip> body removed! </snip>

The IP ([149.174.40.55]) triggered the alarm as this is within the range assigned to CompuServe Classic for outbound mail ( These occurrences are very rare however , I was prepared because of the spam onslaught on my CompuServe Classic ID )

Immediately I verified this through Senderbase.org and indeed my guess was correct

Why CompuServe did not a rDNS on the originating machine/system is beyond me , they could easily have discovered that the domain was bogus

On: 31 Jan 2004 18:03:40 +0000 wrote :

Andy Hayes about :

Silent PCs / Backup

>>I am about to move house and the PC that I have is on loan so will need to go back to the owner. I need to buy a replacement, but need to make sure that it is quieter than the awful thing that I am using at the moment. Has anyone bought one of these silent PCs? Anything to say about it? Replies off list if this is too far off topic.<<

There are several around that supply silent PC's , do not expect really great deals in terms of price or sizzling ( not ) performance

If silence is a must and it is used for regular home/office work , you should expect an outlay of between 400 and 1000 sterling

There are heavy-duty industrial models wich cost more and USF's wich go for less

Price idea :

PDA/HPC support ( think Ranger/Cyclone on steroids ) small/medium router/firewall/spam/virus filter , thin client , USB client to USB host/LAN/802.11 bridge

Between 200 and 400 pound sterling

Medium duty industrial : 400-600 pound sterling

Heavy-duty industrial 600 to 1000 pound sterling

Add to system cost a mains to vehicle power convertor , to maximize efficiency the build-in power suppies are NOT isolated from the primary unregulated rail voltage !

A good one can easily put you back by another 150-200 quid

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Date: 1 Feb 2004 15:52:32 +0000

From: Arent Kits van Heijningen

Subject: ADMIN Spam , apparently coming from a domain owned by a digestsubscriber

Much has been written about spam and how list subscribers can protect themselves Apparently this is not enough as the samples shown below will testimony

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1 Spam sent out from Keith Giles domain ( bikerider.com ) ( Keith has an account on Comcast.net ! )

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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 04:05:33 +0300

From: "Mollie Cornell"

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Message-Id: <6473507649029.02676505738729221302537

To: Nicole

Subject:

References: <148109948524363768145

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Spam relayed through a CompuServe mailhost :

see also http://www.senderbase.org/search?searchString=149.174.40.55 ( I still have a CompuServe account on my zaurus classic and now I get increasingly large amounts of spam through it

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Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 08:39:24 -0800

To: Kitsvh

From: Jocelyn McDonald

Subject: Kitsvh, all the kinds of fetish for you

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Date: 1 Feb 2004 16:15:09 +0000

From: Jack

Subject: No more antivirus certification Please

Hi all psiomaniacs,

Signatures from antivirus or commercials become common.

Ex. quoted from last digest:

>>>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.

Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).

Version: 6.0.576 / Virus Database: 365 - Release Date: 30/01/2004<<<

Such signatures are of no use in a digest

I would suggest to turn (antivirus) check certification OFF

Jack

Time is money &

"This is an Epoc-mailed msg... irrelevant of antivirus.

Messaging X Epoc Email liberates from viruses, worms, horses..."

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Date: 1 Feb 2004 16:22:33 +0000

From: Timothy H.D. Williams

Subject: Psiboard questions (Netpad)

If you're toying with buying a NETPAD, buy it. I bought mine from Christoph Pulster: christoph

at a very reasonable price.

I am now wondering why there was talk of POS' putting Palm OS into a Revo. Much better would be ER5 in a Palmpilot.

However, the virtual keyboard on the Netpad is not without problems:

1: Some of the keyboard shortcuts just don't work. I can't get Fn + escape to turn the machine off and I can't get Macro 5 keypresses to work. I can call up Macro 5 but then nothing. What's going wrong?

2: Is there any way to toggle the size of the keyboard? The default is the size you have set the keyboard to and the alternative is collapsed. What would be nice is big and small.

3: Psiboard allows you to make your own keyboard - but I don't see how. I can't find any user information. If I could have a GB keyboard with a few accented vowels, I would need Macro 5 a lot less. Can anyone tell

me how to customize a keyboard?

4: Are there alternative, viable shareware keyboards?

Many thanks.

Tim

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Date: 1 Feb 2004 17:08:20 +0000

From: Trygve Henriksen

Subject: Digest reurns, Memory installation, Sis install on S5mx, spam

Greetings!

Itamar wrote:

> Today one digest was returned because of the words "inkjet" which

> appeared in one of the footers.

Bet you a dime that whoever's mailsystem it was, it also returned # 436...

:-)

This is exactly the reason most systems also have whitelists...

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> Keith Giles wrote:

> I bought a 32MB DIMM for my MnetBook. After installation, the

> memory was only 34MB instead of 50MB.

Did you do a complete hard-reset?

Or preferably, removed all the batteries before inserting the module?

(Just switching the netBook off and plugging in the module is 'not good')

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Chris Cooper wrote:

> When I tried to run [a] .sis file on the 5mx, it started off nicely, telling

> me it was preparing to install: then it stopped with the message 'In use'.

> When I ran the file on my PC, a lot of files were successfully installed.

> Then, during the 'Checking dependencies' phase, I got an 'Out of memory'

> message.

Which app are you trying to install?

and are you certan that ALL applications on the S5mx have been closed?

And when trying from your PC, which version of PsiWin do you use?

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Itamar wrote:

> Re. Virusses - Lately I got several messages back from other ISP's

> which I never sent in the first place. I checked my PC's at work and

> home but did not find a virus. Than one particular message came

> back sent frwhich is an email address I

> actually never used.

Most email worms and viruses today fake the 'from' address, either by taking a random address found on the infected system, splicing together one from parts of addresses found, or by using a predetermined address lUnfortunately, most server-based anti-virus programs are set to respond to such messages by stripping the virus and passing the message on to the recipient and at the same time sending a message back to the 'sender'...

And spammers sometimes uses a 'legit' address they've found on the net, and sometimes just generates a random one, usually with a well-known domain name in it.

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:-)

Trygve

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Date: 1 Feb 2004 19:30:45 +0000

From: Philip S. Adkins Potter

Subject: F1 racetracks

Hi Folks,

Some time ago (years ago?) there was a Psion 5mx data file of F1 venues with embedded maps of the relevant F1 circuits. Can anyone point me to it? It might well be out-of-date now but it will be of value to me.

Happy days,

Phil.

"Feathery ash in leathery Lambourn

Waves above the sarsen stone,

And Edwardian plantations

So coniferously moan,

As to make the swelling downland,

Far-surrounding, seem their own."

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Date: 1 Feb 2004 19:36:09 +0000

From: Peter McCafferty

Subject: Silent PCs

re: Silent PC

Andy,

Methinks you'd be well served looking at the A6 from Stuart Tyrell Developments. It uses a forced air cooling strategy that means there is no internal fan. And best of all? Under Windows XP, it runs the Risc OS emulator which gives you ready access to the wonderful, unbloated world of Acorn/RISC computing.

See recent review on

http://www.thea6.com/

Manufacturer:

http://www.drobe.co.uk/riscos/artifact957.html

Emulation:

http://www.virtualacorn.co.uk/index2.htm

BTW, I'd readily add that the only reason that PCs are noisy is that their processors need a larger amount of power to perform the code heavt applications, and thus need cooling. If you seek a purist's solution (non M$) then also look at the Iyonix by Castle Technology. Pure StrongArm engineering and X-Scale power. And as it runs Risc OS, its not power hungry and is very efficient. HTH.

http://www.castle-technology.co.uk/castle/front.html

regards

Peter

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: 1 Feb 2004 20:40:57 +0000

From: vlad a

Subject: Chris and .sys :-) # 436

> Chris wrote:

> What should I do?

It seems the Installer tries to install an already present component which is in use by another program. Try the following:

1- quit ALL programs (open documents/programs > (close document) button, then (ok) for each to the last one - System cannot be quit ;-)

2- just to be on the safe side, de-install the partially installed software (system-panel > add/remove (software-name) NOTE: NOT its separate components, but the main software itself, this cleanly removes everything it has to)

3- run the installer, let it replace whatever it wants to (no danger here, the routine is safe).

4- make an exact note of any errors (if any) you encounter before hitting ok (jic you need more help). It is a good idea to read what the installer tells you, it is mostly goodnatured stuff ;-)

I think you should be ok, if not, come back for better advice :-)

best,

vlad a

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Date: 1 Feb 2004 23:29:11 +0000

From: Jim Cooke

Subject: Spam Traps/TCP/SIS Problem

> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004

> From: Digest administrator

> Subject: Returned message

> Today one digest was returned because of the words "inkjet" > which appeared in one of the footers. Please check your

> messages carefully for words that might be caught by the spam > protectors.

> Thanks for the co-operation

> With best regards

> Itamar Engelsman

> The Epoc Digest Team

"Inkjet"??? Why on earth should this be part of a spam trap. Because of the adverts for cartridge refills? Seems a bit over the top to me.

> Date: 30 Jan 2004 10:14:39 +0000

> From: Thomas Richter

> Subject: TCP (was Microsoft/Virus OT)

> Hi Koi Hin,

> [you wrote to Alan Morris]

> >> It's interesting that a very recent news article reported that >>

> >> Micro$oft will be releasing a new software product that

> will stop the >> virus problem.

> > You wouldnt have an idea how this wonderful product work, would you?

> I think, the news article mentioned by Alan was about TCP -

> trusted computing platform.

<<SNIP>>

> If your computer won't run *any* unsigned program, it won't

> run worms and viruses either. Emphasizing this point could be

> a way to make people buy such a crippled machine.

And how long do you think it will take for script kiddies to come up with faked certificates? Would it be days or do you think it might take a couple of weeks?<g>

> TCP protects your computer. From you :-(

Indeed, but even more precisely, it's to protect a computer from idiots. We all know how well measures to protect idiots from themselves work.

> Tom

> Date: 30 Jan 2004 12:19:10 +0000

> From: Chris Cooper

> Subject: Re: 5mx application installation problem - another attempt

> I posted this query a week ago; maybe I waffled too much and

> it got overlooked, because nobody's responded:

> >>>

> When I tried to run [a] .sis file on the 5mx, it started off

> nicely, telling me it was preparing to install: then it

> stopped with the message 'In use'. When I ran the file on my

> PC, a lot of files were successfully installed. Then, during

> the 'Checking dependencies' phase, I got an 'Out of memory'

> message. Of course, there was plenty of memory left on both C

> and D drives on the 5mx. ... [the app was only partially

> installed] ... What should I do?

Chris,

Transfer the SIS file to your Psion and then do a soft reset. Run the SIS file after the soft reset. It sounds like you have a running process that's causing the problem.

Regards, Jim

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Date: 2 Feb 2004 09:08:38 +0000

From: Ian Chapple

Subject: Static scrambled my netBook

The other day, while my netBook was connected to the charger, I went to open it; unfortunately, due to the atmospheric conditions (cold & dry) and the type of floors that we have (laminate), there was a loud crack as I discharged myself into my netBook via its hinge, and then it started screaming.... what a terrible noise. Soft resetting did nothing, so eventually I had to resort to a hard reset, which did the trick; as I'd done a backup that morning, loading the OS and reloading the data took about 10 minutes, which certainly beats the hell out of doing a Windows installation!!

My question is; is there any way to resolve such a problem without doing a hard-reset? Also, is the netBook particularly susceptible to static, due

to the way in which the OS is stored? If so, this would presumably make it less than ideal for use in certain environments, which is odd, given that it was always touted as a rough, tough computer, shock-proof etc., just don't walk on any nylon carpets with it switched on.

Regards, Ian Chapple.

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Date: 2 Feb 2004 10:18:55 +0000

From: Owen H. Morgan

Subject: Re: AtomicTime, EC standard plugs, Virusses,

Howdy!

Itamar Engelsman wrote (> ):

> Re. Virusses - Lately I got several messages back

> from other ISP's which I never sent in the first

> place.

Most, if not all viruses these days pick addresses at random fro the addressbook on the infected computer to use as the sending address. In some cases they even combine random usernames (the bit before with random domains (the bit after The reasosn is simple. If your machine gets infected and starts sending out viruses, it will keep doing so until someone tells you so you can deal with it. If the infected machine uses a different e-mail address as the sender, the warning messages from the people your machine has sent viruses to will never reach you.

> I checked my PC's at work and home but did

> not find a virus.

Someone who has your e-mail address in their addressbook is infected! Someone with more knowledge than me might want to take over here and explain how to find out from the header where the infected e-mail was _really_ sent from

Owen

Thought for the day:

When you're at the end of your rope... tie a knot and hold on.

Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", LD-928°02.83'N 16°42.89'W

Los Cristianos, Tenerife

http://home.no.net/naomij

Phone and SMS:

In Spain: +34 620520079

In Norway: +47 92053097

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Date: 2 Feb 2004 10:19:03 +0000

From: Owen H. Morgan

Subject: Re: Random numbers

Howdy!

Alan Morris wrote (> ):

> So, now what music track shall I play?

> Eni, minei, moe .....

...catch a tiger by the toe...

I was quite young when I discovered that the outcome of this isn't random at all. Best of all, the other kids didn't realize that I was deciding the outcome when I started...

Owen

Thought for the day:

Professionals built the Titanic, amateurs built the ark.

Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", LD-928°02.83'N 16°42.89'W

Los Cristianos, Tenerife

http://home.no.net/naomij

Phone and SMS:

In Spain: +34 620520079

In Norway: +47 92053097

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Date: 2 Feb 2004 12:20:32 +0000

From: Itamar Engelsman

Subject: EC standard plugs, CF Fail w/Machine Fail?,

Answer to: Antony

Re.: EC standard plugs - A "range" of products is a single socket, a double socket, a light switch, double switch, dimmer switch, etc. Of course the ease for traders and wholesalers is not a reason to change, I just believe it does make sense to standardise these products. A lot of money and effort is wasted on having different sockets/switches, from the design and production up to the testing. It would take many years to be implemented in the local markets, but eventually it would make sense. As to the costs of changing, the law could stipulate that every building built from a certain date must have a new system. If Europe succeeded in changing all the currencies to a single one, this project would certainly be easier. But than, the UK did not yet subscribe to the Euro .....

Answer to: Jim Watson-Gove

Re. CF Fail w/Machine Fail? - I would certainly advise you to keep programs on a CF card and DATA on the internal disk. Indeed, if for one reason or another you have a problem while writing to the CF card you could corrupt the card. You could easily synchronise the two machines with EpocSync which should not take more than a few minutes for DATA files only.