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Date: 15 Feb 2004 01:58:49 +0000
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: Thought for the day
Lately there have been a few remarks about some people adding "thoughts for the day" at the end of their messages.
This matter was discussed some time ago in the digest and the general consensus was that people do like (or don't mind) these additions. The operators try to filter out any unnecessary footers (virus messages, automatic long disclaimers, etc.) but will leave the thoughts for the day in the digest.
If you don't like these, we request you kindly just to skip reading them and allow others to enjoy them.
Thanks and best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK
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Date: 14 Feb 2004 08:37:24 +0000
From: Chris S Handley
Subject: CronTab fix good news
Hello everyone,
Rather than delay my CronTab fix a long time (to work-around an EPOC SIS bug, so that uninstallation of it removes the patch), I am releasing it now as-is:
http://cshandley.web.users.btopenworld.com/CronTabFix.zip
The reason is that delaying it much more would probably make it superflous, since Pascal has agreed to let someone else take-over the source code - and so most likely my fix will be officially incorporated sooner or later. I won't say anymore, since I've already stolen some of their surprise!
BTW, my fix is simple & appears to work, but I do not use CronTab so it is possible (but unlikely) that there will be problems. If you find any, please report them to me or the Digest.
Regards,
Chris Handley
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Date: 14 Feb 2004 09:53:38 +0000
From: Gianluca Gallino
Subject: Re: GPRS card (Epoc Digest no. 444)
to Trygve Henriksen
RE: GPRS card,
Ciao all!
Trygve Henriksen wrote:
>>>Let me guess; you have a 'post september' model netBook?
>>>The last I heard from the Option techies, this card draws slightly more than the 750mA the older >>>netBooks can deliver, when running at full bandwidth.
>>>(This will cause it to lock up and possibly reset when it doesn't get enough power. Supposedly >>>the reason for the updated netBook)
I have actually bought it in december 2001, so it cannot be part of the september 2002 production batch.
cheers
Gianluca
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Date: 14 Feb 2004 13:14:40 +0000
From: Astrid Stappenbeck
Subject: Re: Free Software
Andy Hayes wrote:
> I would like to produce a database of applications **that were commercial or shareware and have later become freeware**. This will be in the form of: -
ApplicationName <TAB> ApplicationPurpose <TAB> DownloadURL
My reason for doing this is to highlight some really good apps of the past, many of which I have registered, that might be useful to EPOC users of the present. I will produce a Data file if there is enough interest. <
You can add EBook and PhonemanPro
But I don't see much reason in such a database. What is the difference between a shareware/ commercial program that has become freeware and an app that has been freeware all the time? It would be more interesting to have a list of applications that have (almost) vanished and a way to resurrect them or the info that that was it so you don't have to google for ages...
And now I've mentioned it: anyone an idea where to find the language files for Ottfried Cheong's freeware DIC ?
Cheers,
Astrid
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Date: 14 Feb 2004 18:04:53 +0000
From: ealasaidandsimon
Subject: fonts on s5 classic
When I had an s5 classic (with ER1 no less, not even er3!) I
successfully used Alexander Zavorine's fonts.
http://geocities.com/zavorine/epoc/fontstore.htm Not an easy solution
but it did work - here's an ancient screenshot
http://www.simonchadwick.net/screenshot.gif just to prove it. I used
the "load custom EPOC font dynamically" method by modifying the OPL on
Zavorine's website, and installed Andrew Johnson's printer driver to
allow display and printing of the new fonts
http://www.aps.anl.gov/~anj/bjc80/
Whether that would instantly add the Euro symbol € to the ctrl 128
position or even to fn e, who knows?
Simon
PS anyone tell me what to type in html to get € to appear on a web
page? At present I just write "Euro 2.99". Also what happens if I put
in code for €and a viewer's computer is too old to manage it?
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Date: 14 Feb 2004 18:13:55 +0000
From: Timothy H.D. Williams
Subject: Linux Portables from Psion
On 14 Feb 2004, at 13:34, Epoc Digest wrote:
> EPOC then WINCE/.NET, then Linux. Do they have a headless chicken > running the show?
Not necessarily so. I image Psion still owns the basic stuff to to its ER5 machines. Is there anything to stop Psion going the same way as Apple - changing the system but keeping/updating the same user interface.
Developing in telephony is what put an end to ER5. If Psion is returning to PDA's, this can only be good news for us. Psion haven't done PDA's in three years - since the Revo.
Tim
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Date: 14 Feb 2004 18:15:56 +0000
From: Timothy H.D. Williams
Subject: Ad hominem attacks
On 14 Feb 2004, at 13:34, Anthony Booth wrote:
> Thought for the day:
> Owens rule of posting: Why post something useful when you can paste > some non-sensical statement after every message.
Unneccessary and uncalled for.
Tim
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Date: 14 Feb 2004 18:19:50 +0000
From: Timothy H.D. Williams
Subject: Writing macros
On 14 Feb 2004, at 13:34, Epoc Digest wrote:
> Instead of using a clip, write a small macro that inserts the date and > anything else you want, and make Merlin run that.
I wouldn't know how to write a macro.
Could you kindly give me a template macro for date entry?
Best
Tim
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If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
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Date: 14 Feb 2004 18:21:43 +0000
From: Timothy H.D. Williams
Subject: Psionet
On 14 Feb 2004, at 13:34, Max wrote from ZA :
> Actually there is also a functioning psion shop and repari centre > called Psionet in Cape Town which is very active and regularly
> advertises new Psion 5mx's for sale in large adverts in the Cape > Times.
Available at:
> http://www.psion.co.za/navframes1.htm
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Date: 14 Feb 2004 22:18:40 +0000
From: Rolf Vonau
Subject: Re: Recording Macros with Assistant
Reference is made to the mail in the Epoc Digest V1 # 447 (9) :
Marcus von Cube wrote at 13.02 2004 (> ):
> Fn+n opens the command window and rm (record
> macro) starts the recorder. I believe it's a
> function in the OPX and Mario just wrote an
> interface to it.
Hi Itamar,
just a little correction:
Assistant's command window will be opened by the System hotkey "Assistant". You can set it in Menu/Hotkeys/System hotkeys…" as you like. Obviously Marcus set it to Fn+n.
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Best Regards
Rolf
Munich
http://home.arcor.de/rhvonau/index.htm
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Date: 14 Feb 2004 22:27:38 +0000
From: Owen H. Morgan
Subject: Re: Multiple CronTabs
Howdy!
Ian Chapple wrote (> ):
> There's actually a (potentially) more serious
> problem than just having two copies; unless the
> original, renamed version is saved somewhere away
> from the \system\apps\... folder, there's no
> guarantee which version of CronTab will run, as
> both have the same UID.
I'm aware that this may be a problem. I took it for granted that an experienced programmer like Chris would have the good sense to put the version that wasn't in use somewhere out of the way, like in a subfolder.
> You can see the same
> problem if you have a backup of c: on a removable
> CF card; if you re-insert this card, older
> versions of apps in d:\system\apps (or
> e:\system\apps) may run in preference to the newer
> version in c:\system\apps.
No, they shouldn't, because when there are identical files present on more than one drive, the one on C takes precedence over any files on D, E or Z. That's why the OS can be patched by putting a fixed version of a file that exists on the the Z drive on C, D or E.
However, I think that making a backup from C to a CF drive by copying the folders to the same folder structure is a bad idea. Far better to put the files and folders from C into a subfolder, for example named "Backup", or in the case of keeping several generations of the backup, why not just give the folders the date as a folder name?
I normally back up the C drive to a zip file on D called D:/Backup/C.zip
Navigator is installed on D, so there would be no problem unpacking the file if C crashes. (Touch wood.)
Owen
Thought for the day:
There are a lot more horse's asses than there are horses.
--
Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", LD-928°14.86'N 16°50.54'W
Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands
http://home.no.net/naomij
Phone and SMS:
In Spain: +34 620520079
In Norway: +47 92053097
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Date: 14 Feb 2004 22:52:24 +0000
From: Vlad Kuzba
Subject: Revo won't switch on
Hello Psion World,
my wife's Revo won't switch on. As my wife says she forgot to charge it and now when I try to charge it, only the green light goes on. Well, the red one goes on too, but only for a few seconds. There seems to be no way to switch it on.
I even tried to soft reset it, but nothing happened. It was the same when I tried hard reset. It doesn't even beep, the beast.
My wife says she hasn't dropped it or, at least, she is not aware of dropping the machine.
I wonder if it is only a battery problem or if something, like the motherboard, has kissed us goodbye.
Thanks for your comments.
Vlad
Vladimir KuChairman of Czech OS/2 User's Group
http://com-os2.ms.mff.cuni.cz/czos2/
http://www.os2.cz
ICQ: 99588132
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Date: 14 Feb 2004 23:03:17 +0000
From: Alan Morris
Subject: Re: View HTML mail
Daniele Squarci wrote:-
>> Alan Morris wrote:
>> When I tap on a file with the Opera icon, I get the
>> following at the bottom of the Opera screen:-
>> file://localhost/D:/E-mail/Attach.........
>> I don't know, but try adding 'localhost/' before the C:\
>> as it _might_ work. Note that Opera uses '/' and not '\'
>> as EPOC does.
>
> Grazie Alan! Adding localhost/ and changing the backwards
> slash to forward did the trick! The macro must originally
> have been written for Web and had to be adapted to Opera's
> quirks!
Not that 'Grazie' Daniele as Opera is a cross platform program and other OSs have the slash the other way round.
Ciao
--
Alan R Morris, G4ENS.
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK.
Using a Psion netBook & Nokia 6210e.
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Date: 15 Feb 2004 00:54:53 +0000
From: A. Bernard Olij
Subject: Stylus
Thanks Antony; it worked perfectly. Thanks to Vlad also. Bernard
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Date: 15 Feb 2004 01:58:47 +0000
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: database of applications, Recording Macros with Assistant, mBook, Opera,
Answer to: Andy Hayes
Re.: database of applications - Sure, please do that, it sounds a great idea. When you are finished others could add programs you did not enter to make the database even more complete. Alternatively you could ask people to send you their entries, but it would probably mean receiving a lot of double entries to sort through.
Answer to: Marcus von Cube
Re. Recording Macros with Assistant - Thanks for the answer. I suddenly realise it is not in the main menu of Assistant but in the functions after you call up the list of macros (never noticed it there).
Answer to: Woody B, Jack (& others who answered off digest)
Re. mBook - Thanks for the link and details. I have now 2 CF-cards with the OS.img file as well as the contents of the C disk. I don't feel like trying it out, will wait until something does go wrong, as anyhow I make regular back-ups. On my S7 I actually NEVER had to a hard reset.
Re. Opera - Thanks for the idea Jack, however I hardly ever use a web browser on my Psions and don't feel like fiddling around with these programs.
Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK
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Date: 15 Feb 2004 01:58:48 +0000
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: adapters, 5MX for sale,
Answer to: Alan Morris
Re.: adapters - Try any Tandy shop, The Link will have it, Dixon might have it too, John Lewis could have it.
To All:
Re. 5MX for sale - I still have a 5MX in perfect working order gathering dust in my drawer and would like to sell it now. Before putting it on eBay or the like I thought to mention it here. If anyone is interested in buying it at the "going" rate email me off digest.
Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK
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Date: 15 Feb 2004 05:14:17 +0000
From: Jack
Subject: Re dates clipping (4 Timothy)
Timothy H.D. Williams wrote (> ):
> There is one thing, though, that I can't get
> Merlin to do. Macro5 allows text clippings which
> it then interprets as dates. They start and finish
> with %%, eg %%date DN DDth of MN, YY.%%
RE
3 or 4 Date-time stampers macros could be found on Pascal N. pages (Thanks forever Pascal!)
One among them beeing MLDstamp by Marc Jeitz; nice opo for "letterheading"; it only needs Macro5 Libs (no launcher) to be implemented.
Unlike Merlin; Assistant and ExAb... *have* incorporated date clippers.
One can still use the date and time functions from Sheet cells which can be pasted elsewhere.
HTH
Jack
Free yourself from nasties, viruses, worms, horses, spies, adspyblasters, antiviruses, firewalls & "security" updates... use a Psion!
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Date: 15 Feb 2004 07:45:25 +0000
From: Peter Rand
Subject: Palmlink V.90 Modem settings
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From: Gernot Gaier
Subject: Palmlink v.90 Modem, different handys
Can I connect to the Internet via a Palmlink V.90 Modem, and what cables / adapter do I need ?
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The Palmlink V.90 modem worked really well until it recently died. Here are the settings I used:
PDA EPOC Palmlink v90 modem
Modem
Name Palmlink v90
Speed 115200 baud
Connect via Serial
Fax class Auto
Options
Loudspeaker in use Never
Volume medium
Pause time for"," 4 seconds
Initialisation
Init. (reset) string ATZ
Data init. string empty
Fax init. string empty
Advanced
Flow control Hardware
Terminal detect not checked
Carrier detect not checked
Modem type Fixed Line
You'll need three small adapters between the modem and the serial cable to the Psion:
Palmlink V.90 ---> GENDER CHANGER --> NULL MODEM --> GENDER CHANGER --> serial cable --> Psion
Peter
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