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Epoc Digest Sat, 15 May 2004 Volume 01 : Number 523

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In today's Epoc Digest 13 messages:

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- OT: Viruses Mac vs Windows

- Issue 2 of The Psion Computer Journal

- RE: Subject: dead 5mx

- RE: Dead 5mx

- Re. Charging netbook/Buffalo WiFi card/Backing up

- Re: BackupX5 / Charging Mbook battery/Buffalo WiFi card

- Viruses, Mac or otherwise

- Re: Play Time

- Macro woe, Full digests

- Re: Macs

- Re: netBook Pro Review

- Re: Cleaning of Keyboard

- Buffalo wi fi card

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Date: 14 May 2004 11:46:03 -0500

From: Timothy H.D. Williams

Subject: OT: Viruses Mac vs Windows

Seen on the Nisus list:

> There are Windows devotees out there who say that it is only because > the popularity of Windows makes it the coveted target for the obscure > fame'n'glory that comes with writing a successful virus

"Wishful thinking on their part. Given the market share of Windoze vs. Mac,

there should be about fifty times as many Mac viruses as there are. This came from:

- In Nov. 02 Symantec told me there were over 14,000 known Windoze viruses.

This means they're appearing at the rate of ~40/week, so right now the number should be 17,000.

- There are less than 20 known Mac viruses, and so far none for OS X. Macs have ~5% market share, although practically it's more because a lot of

Wintel machines go directly to Linux, without running their built in Windoze.

- 5% of 17K is 850. With the actual number being less than 2% of that, the

lack of viruses is primarily due to some other factor besides market share."

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Date: 14 May 2004 12:41:40 -0500

From: Will Green

Subject: Issue 2 of The Psion Computer Journal

Dear All,

Just a quick note to let you know that The Psion Computer Journal issue 2 will be shipped on May the 27th.

This is to coincide with a major scoop we've got which will be announced on May the 28th, which will be featured in both the magazine and announced on our web site on that date.

Issue 2 has over a 100 100% Psion packed pages, the web site has been updated with full contents and cover shot, so visit www.psioncomputer.com <http://www.psioncomputer.com/> or www.psioncomputer.com/psionhappy.htm (PDA friendly) for more info.

Viva la Psion!

Will Green

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Date: 14 May 2004 16:25:04 -0500

From: Psion Flexi

Subject: RE: Subject: dead 5mx

Hello

I run a company that might just solve your problem! Have a look at www.psionflexi.co.uk. If you have any questions please contact me.

Regards

Paul

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* If it sounds too good to be true....then it probably is! * ************************************************************

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Date: 15 May 2004 08:46:31 -0500

From: Gareth J M Saunders

Subject: RE: Dead 5mx

H.B. Folkerts, and others,

I have collected together all the information about repairing Psions on my website at

http://www.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/psion/repairs.html

I hope that helps.

Gareth J M Saunders

Edinburgh, UK

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Date: 14 May 2004 17:53:06 -0500

From: ian chapple

Subject: Re. Charging netbook/Buffalo WiFi card/Backing up

Anders,

>> The documentation delivered with my new Mbook treats charging of the powerpack in only brief words. I feel somewhat uncertain about charging times/overcharging/using the mbook on external power. Is it possible to overcharge, or is the system "intelligent", switching to trickle carging when the battery is full? <<

I've happily left my netbook on overnight without any problems. I think its charging circuitry is intelligent enough to deal with most situations.

>> ... Thus I intend to buy a Buffalo WLI-PCM-L11GP-3 card that is said to be mbook/WEP-compatible. Anyone with experience on this one?<<

I've been using one for the last year, and am very happy with it; so happy, in fact, that I bought a spare one, just in case they stopped making them now that the next generation of WiFi products are available.

Moshe,

>> Is "backup" a program? If so, do you know where it is available from? And can it still be registered?

....

Would you have a suggestion for backing up the CF on a 5mx? <<

An excellent backup program is FastBackup, which is available from www.freepoc.org.

>> By the way, what is 'incremental' backup? <<

An incremental backup is much quicker than a "full" backup. Instead of copying all files from ie. C: to E:, only the files which have been changed or been moved are backed up. Any files which have been deleted are also deleted from the backup, so that, at least in theory, the backup is an exact copy of the original data. This can be achieved by a full backup, but takes much longer, as the amount of data, even on something as efficient as a Psion, can be quite large.

Hope this helps, cheers, Ian.

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Date: 14 May 2004 20:47:50 -0500

From: Jack

Subject: Re: BackupX5 / Charging Mbook battery/Buffalo WiFi card

To: Moshe Nahir

>>> Is "backup" a program? If so, do you know where it is available from? And can it still be registered?

.... Would you have a suggestion for backing up the CF on a

5mx? By the way, what is 'incremental' backup?<<<

1- Backpsionwelt.de/ralphsprenger/

manages backups (incremental and possible archiving of "deleted" files) & restore when wanted.

2- With a 5 I'ld suggest backing C: to a "specific backup" CF in D: *after* having saved personnal documents files and some essential to keep (such as a ziper and... Backup) system files

from your usual everyday CF D: to C:

Of course one'll have to delete all these d/files from C: after backup. ---------+

To: Fotograf Anders Henriksen

1- >>> .....uncertain about charging times/overcharging/using the mbook on external power. Is it possible to overcharge, or is the system "intelligent", switching to trickle carging when the battery is full?>>> Re:

It has been said here & elsewhere that 1 or 2 hours "over"charging after the front light goes green is necessary to complete a charge. I never read about drawback if charging more than that.

It's usual to shorten batterie life expectancy by NOT draining it totally (which looks rather difficult to perform with a 7/nB).

2- >>> I use the Cisco 342 card........ I'll not take the risk of disabeling the WEP-encryption. Thus I intend to buy a Buffalo WLI-PCM-L11GP-3 <<<

Re:

This Buffalo card drains very low power from the nB.

One advantage of the 340 is precisely that it's the simplest & NONWEP. 128WEP could be a non connect issue; is a feeble, even false "security" and looks rather superfluous on (nastiesproof)Epoc .

Jack

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Date: 14 May 2004 21:40:18 -0500

From: Phil Aypee

Subject: Viruses, Mac or otherwise

Hi Folks,

When Timothy's friend said there had been no viruses found on most Mac in years I thought you all ought to know something - or at least Tiscali users.

According to Tiscali (soon to go - they threaten to sue me for non-payment despite having been paid) my Mac is not a Mac as it is infected with a PC virus.

This was because I reported receiving an infected eMail masquerading as a returned eMail from a non-existent mail server. It had an exe file attached. It was Tiscali who told me that the mail server didn't exist but they insisted my (non-existent) PC sent it without my knowledge. Tiscali are *sure* that I have this Windows virus on my Mac - which means it isn't a Mac!

Essentially this means that Tiscali *know* what machines their customers are using by divine revelation - and they're all PCs. If you think it's EPOC, Mac, Linux, Palm or anything else then you're wrong.

I believe eMail headers actually identify the sending machine, but I can no longer be bothered.

Happy days,

Phil.

"If it can't be expressed in figures,

it is not science; it is opinion."

Try http://www.aypee2.net if you dare.

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Date: 14 May 2004 21:48:40 -0500

From: Steve Hodgson

Subject: Re: Play Time

Edfcu> I know very little about Macs, the only one that I have ever owned was a Mac Edfcu> Classic, and that was as a novelty. I rang up a friend

Edfcu> and asked if I should get anti-virus and a firewall. He gave

Edfcu> a yes to both answers, which was a tad discouraging!

Andy,

Sorry about the display in responding to this post. At this time I

would suggest there is little point in getting AV software for OS X.

If I remember correctly, David Pogue who writes 'Missing Manuals' for

Apple products reckoned there was little point. Certainly when I

receive a viral attachment on a non-Windows box, there is never any

real threat.

Firewall software may have more value, particularly if you are not

using a dynamic IP address. I guess OS X may look similar to a unix

box. There is a basic firewall built in to OS X but may also be other

third-party apps.

Regards,

Steve Hodgson

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Date: 14 May 2004 21:55:26 -0500

From: Andy Hayes

Subject: Macro woe, Full digests

Thanks for the reply Jack regarding FermeTout.opl macro.

REM FERME TOUS LES FICHIERS

Include "Macro.oph"

PROC Macro:

BgSystem:

SendKeyCode:(Ctl%+%q,Shift%+Ctrl%,1)

FgCurrent:

ENDP<<<<

I changed the q to an e. I also noticed the lack of an R in CTL :-) which I corrected.

I still get a "procedure not found" error which points to the end of the "BgSystem" line. C'mon guys (and gals) I know that there are some clever macro writers out there. How do I write, or where do I find, a macro that will close all of the running apps with the **exception** of the one that calls it (CronTab).

Itamar. Where did you send your support email to regarding chopped digests? I would like to moan at them as I really dont want to have to get another email address.

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Date: 14 May 2004 21:56:17 -0500

From: Steve Hodgson

Subject: Re: Macs

>> Brainwise writes:

>> You can also run those prescheduled maintenance tasks manually to >> clean up old log and cache files. Fire up Terminal

>> (Applications>Utilities>Terminal) and execute the following commands >> one at a time. You will need the administrator password to use the >> sudo command:

>> sudo periodic daily

>> sudo periodic weekly

>> sudo periodic monthly

>> If you have never run them before, it will take some time. It may even >> look like you system is hanging up on you--stay calm! The task is

>> finished when the command prompt returns. After the third task

>> completes, reboot your Mac.

I would just add that it may be worth downloading the free

application MacJanitor as does all of this for you through a GUI if

you wish.

The other essential free Mac utility I would recommend is TinkerTool.

It won't give you an EPOC interface but the customisation it provides

can be very useful.

Regards,

Steve Hodgson

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Date: 14 May 2004 22:10:22 -0500

From: Steve Hodgson

Subject: Re: netBook Pro Review

Edfcu> Re.: Non-Window CE Netbook - Does anyone know how the Edfcu> nBook Pro has been received by the market and whether or not Edfcu> it is succesfull ? If not, that might be the problem

Edfcu> that it is not discussed anymore ? Did any of the digest Edfcu> subscribers actually buy one ? Any experiences to share ?

There is an interesting two-part review of the netBook Pro on Foxpop (http://www.foxpop.co.uk/roadtesting/netbook_05.htm although this link didn't work tonight). Not a promising review though. I did also stumble across another (forgotten where) review that was similarly negative.

As an aside, it is sad to see that Foxpop is closing down. It was an excellent resource for all PDA types. Perhaps this explains my missing link above.

Regards,

Steve Hodgson

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Date: 14 May 2004 23:15:02 -0500

From: Keith Giles

Subject: Re: Cleaning of Keyboard

Itamar wrote:

> How do you clean your keyboard from all the fetty finger marks ?

Keep your fingers out of the fetty. :-)

Happy Cycling,

Keith

Sunnyvale, CA

http://ohsix827.home.comcast.net

Thought For The Day: It's not possible to make anything foolproof, because fools are so ingenious.

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

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Date: 14 May 2004 20:53:22 -0500

From: Jon Welford

Subject: Buffalo wi fi card

Hi Anders,

I just checked the card I am using and it is the buffalo. It works fine with my Mbook and actiontec broadband gateway. I have not tried the WEP encryption as I have not considered it necessary in my location.

>>Thus I intend to buy a Buffalo WLI-PCM-L11GP-3 card that is said to be mbook/WEP-compatible. Anyone with experience on this one?