Epoc Digest Sat, 13 Mar 2004 Volume 01 : Number 472
Sent to: 783 subscribers
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Date: 10 Mar 2004 19:44:03 +0100
From: Andy Hayes
Subject: Palmtop User / Dual_O / Freeserve Access / NetUtils / Backups
I have downloaded Dual_O and am having some problems. I wanted to seek the
lists advice, before I approach the author, with a couple of questions. For
those that don't know Dual_O gives you the capability of running two versions
of Opera on one EPOC device. I have Opera 5.x installed on Z: on my netBook
already and I have followed the instructions and installed Dual_O.sis then
clicked on the Opera 3.62 button. At this point the app tells you to install
Opera 3.62, which I have done. There is then a dialog box which asks if you
would like to start the unitialised Oprea Browser. No closes the app, whereas
Yes gives me a Kern-Exec3 error. A soft reset hasn't achieved anything good.
Is anyone elsse using this app on a netBook? Having a netBook as your only
form of computer for internet usage is not all that it is cracked up to be,
so I need a solution.
Having just changed my Freeserve email address to the one not above ;-) I had
all sorts of hassles with the tech support who were playing guessing games on
the access number I should be using. About 20ukp in support calls later, they
managed to come up with one that I could get through on. For those who might
come across a similar problem, here is a list of their Anytime access
numbers: -
0808 9933251
0808 9933265
0808 9916080
0808 9933257
0808 9916163
0808 9916164
You have to have an Anytime account with them to be able to access these
numbers. At the moment that is £7.50 per month for the first three months
followed by £15 per month thereafter for unlimited access, but only from your
own BT landline :-( The saving of £7.50 per month for those first three
months will hopefully cover your support call costs when you can't get
through!
I would be interested to know how people track down exactly whose PC is
infected with a virus that attempts to "connect" to other PCs. I know
something of TCP/IP so I am well aware that when I have Sink2 running I am
presented with addresses of PCs that are trying to "connect" to my Psion as
their IP is displayed along with the port that they are trying to connect on.
By the fact that the first 2 octects of the IP are the same as mine I assume
that these are users of the same ISP as me. If I then portscan that IP they
are never there. I have to assume that they are either running a firewall or
have XP as their OS with the firewall turned on. Is this a reasonable
assumption? I know that the port scanner (the wonderful NetUtils) is working
as I have scanned my son's IP when he has been connected and he has reported
his firewall reporting attacks on the sequence of ports that I am scanning
on. So how do you track them down?
After moaning for months about the problems in doing unattended automatic
backups of my netBook, I now find that I have Crontab, FastBackup and
EPOCBackup all working. Surely an embarrasment of riches! So pleased am I
that I use all three apps to do three different backups each night. Of
course, I never took into account that the rarely used Powerbase address book
that I back up so religiously was actually corrupt. Not even EDU will repair
it :-( On a CD somewhere will be a copy of what I hope is the file before it
became corrupt.
Thanks
Andy
PS. Further to my problems with Dual_O. Whenever I run the app I just get a
title bar and the buttons are not visible. No amout of removing the app and
soft resetting will bring the buttons back. I couldn't even get it to work on
another netBook. The MC218 just doesn't want to know with the installation of
Opera for some odd reason. Perhaps I shall try the MBook next!
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Date: 12 Mar 2004 07:32:50 +0100
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: Nokia 9500, Psion interest,
Answer to: Alan Morris
Re.: Nokia 9500 - Maqybe they choose for MMC as the size is considerably
smaller to keep the machine's size the same ?
Answer to: Rolf Brunsting
Re.: Digest News - Thoughts - While I found your message rather funny I
just wanted to correct one misconception. The digest team actually has not
shut down a discussion for a long time (actually, once only), and certainly
this discussion was neither censored nor shut down by the team. We only
requested the subscribers to move on as in our opinion all that could be said
was said and any further messages would not be contributing to anything. In
the end this is a digest about EPOC matters and not a general "after hours"
discussion side.
To All:
Re. Psion interest - Amazingly enough whenever I use my mBook (and S7 before)
in public areas I always get remarks like "wow, what is that one, a small
laptop, where can I buy one, are you satisfied, etc. ! Last night I sat in a
restaurant in Antwerp checking my email and again someone started to ask me
questions about it. Just amazing that while the interest is always there they
still didn't make it.
Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK
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Date: 12 Mar 2004 07:32:52 +0100
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: Emulator, AOL, MXpro Backup Battery, Netbook font, smart-dial,
Answer to: All
Re.: Emulator - Just out of interest, if you download an email with a virus
in the Psion email program and the emulator on a PC (laptop) and you open the
message, would the virus still be activated or is it in a totally protected
EPOC environment and will it not harm the PC ?
Answer to: Jake Fisher
Re. AOL - You cannot use a Psion to open AOL email, it needs it's own
software.
Answer to: vlad a
Re.: MXpro Backup Battery - Put a piece of paper or cardboard between the
battery and the lid that will press the battery down and I think your problem
will be solved.
Answer to: Antony Booth
Re.: Netbook font - I think the program "Color Magic" will do this.
Answer to: Daniele Squarci
Re.: smart-dial - Because of the problems you described using TheDialer is a
lot easier. Connect with that program, switch to the emaill program and go
ahead.
Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK
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Date: 12 Mar 2004 12:11:56 +0100
From: Timothy H.D. Williams
Subject: Mac to Psion
On 12 Mar 2004, at 03:56, Simon wrote:
> And using vcalendar from www.freepoc.de you can swap vCal calendars >
between Psion Agenda and Apple iCal
is there any way to transfer the birthdays from the Psion to the Mac, Simon?
Tim
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Date: 12 Mar 2004 12:21:25 +0100
From: Timothy H.D. Williams
Subject: OT: Statistics
On 12 Mar 2004, at 03:56, Phil Potter wrote:
> "If it can't be expressed in figures,
> it is not science; it is opinion."
Galton, Darwin's cousin, proved statistically that prayer was ineffective.
"Because, week in, week out, the Book of Common Prayer requires churchgoers
to beseech God to 'Endue the king/queen plenteously with heavenly gifts;
Grant him/her in health and wealth long to live,' Galton reasoned that
royalty should live longer than others of comparable social rank. His
conclusion on the utility of prayer was therefore unequivocal: 'Sovereigns
are literally the shortest-lived of all who have the advantage of affluence.'"
(London Review of books)
Is this science or opinion?
T
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Date: 12 Mar 2004 14:46:17 +0100
From: Michael Przondzion
Subject: Re: CF card speeds
Hi Malcolm,
why don't you test your Compact Flash Card speed with DiskBench V1.1?
http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/babbage/399/
Best regards,
Michael
m.garrett wrote 11 Mar 2004 12:58:57 +0100:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm about to purchase a new 256Mb CF card for use in my netBook and 5MX and
I'd like one with a quick access speed as I use my current CF cards to store
many, many webpages and associated reference notes for my University studies.
>
> I have two 256Mb CF cards; one labelled "SimpleTech" which is very fast and
is used in my netBook; the other marked "SanDisk Ultra 256" which came free
with the netBook. Despite its name, it's so slow, it makes watching paint dry
seem like an exciting lifestyle choice. I shall relegate it to digital camera
> backup spare soon.
>
> Has any done any work on testing CF card speeds or can anyone recommend a
fast card? Is it possible to measure the speeds of my current flock of
> cards?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Malcolm
> In (will it ever get warm here) Darlington
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Date: 12 Mar 2004 15:25:17 +0100
From: Owen H. Morgan
Subject: Re: Nokia 9500 (OT)
Howdy!
Wong Koi Hin wrote (> ):
> Despite having a number of CF cards myself, I am
> not sure I would welcome the adoption of CF for
> mobile phones/communicators. MMC/SD cards are the
> right direction in my opinion.
If we disregard which cards we already own, I would think xD cards would be
the best option for small mobile devices. I know there are CF adapters
available for xD cards, so you could plug the card into a Psion if needed or
into any other computer that has a card reader. AFAIK, xD's are the smallest
memory cards on the market.
My Fuji s5000 camera uses xD cards and my one worry about them is that
they're so tiny that if I change cards in the field, I might end up dropping
the card on the ground and not be able to find it again. Not only expensive,
but a major pain if the dropped card happens to contain a day's worth of work.
One idea which just struck me was that with the tiny size of xD cards, there
could actually be room for two xD cards in a CF adapter to use in our Psions.
It should be possible for the device to treat the two disks as separate
partitions of the same disk. I seem to remember someone on the list was
successful in getting a Psion to recognise both partitions of a partitioned
CF. (?) Of course, unless someone sees an application for such a device other
than our Psions, nobody is going to manufacture it.
Owen
Thought for the day:
I doubt, therefore I might be.
--
Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", LD-28°05.31'N 17°06.53'W
San Sebastian de La Gomera, Canary Islands
http://home.no.net/naomij
Phone and SMS:
In Spain: +34 620520079
In Norway: +47 92053097
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Date: 12 Mar 2004 16:00:34 +0100
From: Armin Podtschaske
Subject: Re: Smart dialling / dialling 0190.. in German from abroad
Re: Smart dialling
To: Jack
If you tick the "smart dial", the number dialed depends on:
- country code and area code of your ISP in control panel - "Internet"
- the Country and the Area code of the used location in control panel -
"Dialling"
The trick is:
The Area code in "Dialling" has to be entered with leading national access
digit (a zero in most countries).
In "Internet" it has to be entered _without_ the leading zero.
The country code in "Internet" has to be entered without any zeroes and
pluses, the "+" in "Standard dial-up number" can't be changed.
Leading zero is not always a zero. In the USA this is a "1", but in most
other countres it is a zero. This leading digit has to be the digit, that is
omittet from the area code, when it is combined with the international access
code to form the number to dial from abroad.
My settings are (Munich, Germany):
In "Dialling": Country [Germany] Area code [089].
in "Internet": "Standard dial-up number" [+49 89 123456]
(Country: "49" and area: "89")
In case the country matches the international code of the number to dial, the
international access code is omitted and the area code of the location in
"Dialling" is compared with the area code of the number to dial.
In that case, if the area code in "Dialling" matches the area code of the
number to dial, just the local number is dialed, else the number is dialed
with preceeding national access code (mostly zero) plus area code.
Just play with the settings a little.
I can tell you your settings, if you send me the number of your ISP in three
versions:
1.) as you dial it if you are in the same areacode region
2.) as you dial it from another area in your country
3.) as you dial it from abroad
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Re: dialling 0190.. in German from abroad...
To: vlad
>> Dialling from any location in Germany, this translates to "0191011".
>> Dialling from any location abroad, this translates to "+49 191011".
> Telekom Customer-support, Compuserve et al always said that this wouldn't
work!
> Thanks for the info.
I tried to verify this with my old telephone bills, but have thrown them away
some time ago. At least adding the areacode of Frankfurt works (069 191011).
Maybe somebody living not in Germany can please pick up the phone, dial +49
191011 or +49 69 191011 and tell us, if there is a modem answering. Next
month when I'll be in turkey for two weeks, I'll try to email that way and
tell you if it works or not.
At least connecting the psion via cellphone from Germany to +49 191011 works
definitely. I'm sending this mail through this connection.
Armin
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Date: 12 Mar 2004 16:00:34 +0100
From: Armin Podtschaske
Subject: Re: Tourmate
To: Terry Gordon
> there are some nonsense-looking files in a Tourmate folder in the system
folder
> on drive D that won't allow me to delete them.
You removed a possible write protection flag, did you?
They might be open without to be listed in the tasklist. Try a softreset,
then try to delete them immedeatly.
Try to delete them with the CF in another computer. If you try this in
another Psion, rename D:\System before inserting the CF to the other Psion.
If that doesn't help, rename D:\System, backup C:, do a Hardreset, delete
every tourmate file on D: and in the backup of C:, restore C:.
Psee you,
Armin Podtschaske,
Munich, Germany
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Date: 12 Mar 2004 16:00:35 +0100
From: Armin Podtschaske
Subject: Re: Smart dialling
Hi Daniele,
> in Italy the numbering system recently changed, abolishing the area codes
> which were incorporated in the subscriber number.
So no area codes any more in whole Italy?
Just change your number under "Smart" dialling to leave the area code empty
Armi
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Date: 12 Mar 2004 16:00:35 +0100
From: Armin Podtschaske
Subject: Re: Email addresses
Hi Antony,
> In a recent discussion [...] I carelessly included some email addresses in
the body
> If [they are] not [filtered], sorry about the spam Armin.
Oh how careless you are ;-)
No Problem - this addris the address I got from one of my
ISP's (T-online). As I said in the discussion, I completely ignore all
traffic on this address. Every one and then I look at it and always find some
two or three spam's, but there are not more even if I don't check mail for
some months. I guess, they delete unread mails after 30 days.
By the way, I planing an answer on your last mail re internet- and
mailproviders.
Shall I shift the discussion to private mail or is there still public
interest on this subject?
Pleas answers to this question to my private address.
Best regards,
Armin Podtschaske
Munich, Germany
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Date: 12 Mar 2004 18:25:53 +0100
From: Jakfish
Subject: Re: AOL and Opera 3.62
Kits and Ian,
Thanks much for the help and pointing me to other links. No joy, however. I
installed Opera 5.14, tweaked it, but it won't even let me into aol.com, let
alone permit me to sign into my e-mail account.
I went back to 3.62 but its *.ini is pretty primitive; doesn't seem to have
nearly the tweaking capability of 5.14.
It's got to be something hostile in the AOL site itself. Hotmail works,
albeit at a glacial pace, and other sites slowly emerge.
I wish I could WAP to AOL, but that would be too gracious for such a nasty
organization to offer.
Kits, how much longer do you think AOL will let us hold onto our Compuserve
Classic accounts? Classic Zaurus users have been asking that question for
five years now :)
Jake
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Date: 12 Mar 2004 19:32:22 +0100
From: Gabriela & Radek
Subject: Psion 5mx Compact Flash "Disk is not present" message
Hello,
I'm just getting used to my 5mx. I bought it used and did not check CF slot
at first. Now I have 16 MB Compact Flash that I have formatted on Windows
with FAT file system. The only thing I get when I insert the card and try to
switch to disk D is "Disk is not present" message. Here is the list things I
already checked:
- latch on doors is fine and pushes the switch inside the Psion or I think
so. I took a look inside the Psion and everything seemed to be as it should
be.
- card is inserted in proper orientation.
I run out of options and asking kindly for help. Could it be that the Psion
simply does not like this particular model of a compact flash card? It is
Canon branded Lexar card. It came with a Canon digital camera.
Thank you very much,
Radek
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Radovan Biciste
Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.
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Date: 12 Apr 2004 10:35:45 +0100
From: Jack
Subject: Re : Installing SmtpAuth
To: Marcus von Cube :
>>....Installing SmtpAuth is easy,...<<<
Re
Yes! but for me the settings look not so easy %-[
for instance, I can't get the Bcc thing to work every time?
I tried :
header.bcc=-
but sometimes it miss its turn
All the best from
Jack
Using smart dialling ;-)
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Date: 13 Mar 2004 02:37:24 +0100
From: Nicholas Bloch
Subject: Psion PC Card Modem Adapter
Hi all,
I recently acquired a rare new Psion Card Modem Adapter and a Psion Dacom 56K
+ Fax Gold Card.
I got them to give me more flexibility whenever I cannot use my Nokia 6310i
to communicate with my 5mx.
My problem is that I do not have any instructions as to how to configure it.
What modem, internet and email settings should I use?
I have configured my Psion 5mx to work properly with my Nokia phone.
All suggestions greatly appreciated!
Regards,
Nicholas
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