- Re: WIN XP SP2 /Color Magic

- Re: Cannot Start After Hard Reset

- re: Windows OT

- ReStart

- fluctuating contrast and backlight, Windows v. Linux,

- Re: The Digest V1 # 607

- Re: nB wifi card (2 Bob and Jack)

- p800 Bluetooth Stowaway Keyboard

- The best p800 tip i've read.

- Re: fluctuating contrast and backlight

- Answer to Itamar re Nokia 9210i

Date: 3 Oct 2004 02:40:12 -0500
From: Keith Giles
Subject: Re; WIN XP SP2 /Color Magic

Philip Carlisle wrote:

> I guess the solution might be to deactivate any firewall before >
installing SP2.

I don't think that's necessary. However, once SP2 is installed AND you have
some sort of 3rd-party firewall or a network which would act as a firewall,
then go into Start/Control Panel/Security Center. At the bottom of the
page, click on the "Manage security settings for: Windows Firewall" and
select the "off" button. I have had no apparent problems with SP2.

I'm wondering if it is possible to write an execute command in Alarm+ which
will start Color Magic after a soft reset - Color Magic must be started via
the Control Panel. I always forget to restart Color Magic.

Happy Cycling,
Keith
Sunnyvale, CA
http://ohsix827.home.comcast.net

Thought For The Day: Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.

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

Date: 3 Oct 2004 04:32:13 -0500
From: Keith Giles
Subject: Re: Cannot Start After Hard Reset

Owen Morgan wrote:

> I find the easiest way of performing a SOFT reset is a program > called
ReStart which sits on the Control Panel.

I think the combination of ResetPlus
http://www.mypsion.ru/resetplus.php and AlarmPlus (available on the same
site) is far superior it what it accomplishes. (ResetPlus also sits in the
Control Panel).

Happy Cycling,
Keith
Sunnyvale, CA
http://ohsix827.home.comcast.net


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Date: 3 Oct 2004 06:42:50 -0500
From: Wong Koi Hin
Subject: re: Windows OT

To: Anthony Booth

Dear Anthony,

You wrote to Itamar Engelsman:

To: Itamar
IE>You try and find a PC without Windows for an attractive price<

AB>You probably can, but I'm not going to do the research. The fact is,
however, anyone buying a PC that comes with Windows, deludes themselves if
they think Windows came free. They simply purchased an OEM version without
the choice of having the PC without it.

You are right it is not free, but the hassle of installation for the
majority of users means they prefer a system that is up and running when
they plug in the power. At the end of the day they are buying a system for
X amount of dollar, you can bundle all the 'free' stuff you want but its a
pricing folks are happy with without having to install an operating system.

IE>Fact is that most users, like me, don't have the knowledge or don't want
to be bothered with getting a machine without an OS and installing one
ourselves.<

AB>Installing Windows or Linux is very easy.

As Itamar pointed out most folks cant be bothered to do so.

AB>>You could however, buy a PC with Linux pre-installed. You may have to
go somewhere other than a high street store like PC World, but companies
like Dell certainly do this.

Even if Dell is still selling to consumers machines with Linux installed,
it is certainly not obvious from their website, almost all their offers
aimed at home users comes with Windows XP installed. However, I think the
point here is that the average consumer would still probably choose a
system with Windows pre-installed rather than Linux.

IE>I would not endeavour to install Linux on my Psion, what for ?<

AB>How about cost? Instead of buying MS Office for a couple of hundred
pounds, you can get OpenOffice.org completely free. This along with Ximian
evolution (Outlook equivalent), also free, provide a full Office suite
without the M$ cost. For every product on a Windows PC, there's often an
equivalent product on Linux. In fact, products like Mp3 software was
available on Linux before Windows and available as a 3rd party (shareware)
product on Windows before Microsoft integrated it into its Media player.
Also, the stability and performance of Linux XWindows is considerably
better than any windows product on the same box.
You don't lose 2GB of disk space because that's how much space is taken up
by the OS. The footprint of a Linux install is much smaller than a Windows
install.

You can get free office suite on the Windows platform as well. Stability
and performance: I think for most folks 'good enough' is the operative word
here. As for hard disk space, I am not sure about your desktop, but mine
comes with a 80Gb harddisk and its hardly high-end. There is so much
storage space, 2GB doesnt matter to most users.


IE>"cannot be controlled by a single organisation" - But who cares ?<
AB>How about all those features you never got because M$ wasn't able to
control the technology, so made efforts to prevent its use on their OS
(remember Netscape)? How about those people who lost documents because
their machine blue screened as a result of a Microsoft product, crashing
their Microsoft operating system? There are many reasons why people would
want to install Linux in ther machines to replace Windows. Unfortunately,
you have to realise what you don't have with Windows, before you can
appreciate what you do get with Linux.

i happen to be a proponent of Linux as an alternative to Windows in certain
circumstances. I have used it as a desktop and I like it. I however still
find myself returning to the Windows environment for a whole host of
software which is better on Windows. Not to mention the many popular PC
games on the Windows Platform. You can go into a PC retail store today buy
any peripheral off the shelve and be relatively confident it will work on
your Windows OS PC. The same cannot be said for Linux. In general, I would
not recommend Linux over Windows to the average user.

Kind regards,

Koi Hin

Date: 3 Oct 2004 11:02:42 -0500
From: Owen H. Morgan
Subject: ReStart

Hi again.

I just did the obvious and looked at the "About" page in ReStart. It's from
www.epocware.com

Owen

Thought for the day:
Take my advice. I'm not using it.
--
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Date: 3 Oct 2004 12:15:13 -0500
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: fluctuating contrast and backlight, Windows v. Linux,

Answer to: Tom Robertson

Re.: fluctuating contrast and backlight - A lot of these problems on the S7
are solved by switching it off and pressing hard on the Series 7 sign above
the keyboard. This will apparently push the connection back into place.

Answer to: Antony Booth

Re.: Windows v. Linux - With all due respect, you can't convince me. If a
PC costs today below 500 pounds, you cannot convince me that hundreds of
these pounds were for the Windows OS system. Secondly, is there a Linux
version for Photoshop that matches the functionallity if this program
?  Does Nikon send Linux versions of their software to connect their
digital camera to the PC ? Don't think so. Would I have Psiwin to back up
automatically ? Would I have MochaPPP to use my ADSL line with my Psion via
the computer at work and home ?  Ok, losing disk space is a point, but with
the 120 Gb disks of today  not such a big point, more important for
laptops.  As to losing documents, this can happen on any machine and
whoever does not make a back-up of his files is rather stupid (IMHO).

Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK

Date: 3 Oct 2004 13:01:01 -0500
From: Bernard Hill
Subject: Re: The Digest V1 # 607

In message <13154030.1096771832295.JavaMail.teamon....,
TheDigest....writes
>
>Date:  2 Oct 2004 14:09:17 -0500
>From: Tom Robertson <tom....
>Subject: fluctuating contrast and backlight
>
>my psion 7 is behaving very strangely. every now and again, on switch >on
the screen is very dim, then if appears to pulse slightly,
getting >brighter with each pulse. However I still have to manually change
the >backlight level and contrast to fully return to the norm. Any ideas?

At this time of year can it be the temperature? I have a netBook with the
same symptoms and can verify that it only does this on cold mornings! The
screen is very temperature sensitive as far as contrast is concerned.

--
Bernard Hill
Selkirk, Scotland

Date: 3 Oct 2004 13:05:52 -0500
From: Armin Podtschaske
Subject: Re: nB wifi card (2 Bob and Jack)

Hi,
I have an old netBook (if the often cited "code" is correct (all netBooks
in this group here seem (like mine) to be built in week 23 of 2000)).
A Cisco-card seemed to work, but there is no possibility to activate WEP.
My Orinoco-card does work (with WEP). It was only a little tricky to find
the correct field to enter the SSID.

Psee you,
Armin, Munich, Germany

Date: 3 Oct 2004 15:30:03 -0500
From: Mike Dyer
Subject: p800 Bluetooth Stowaway Keyboard

Hi all,
             I've just ordered a Bluetooth Stowaway Keyboard from
'Expansys' to hopefully sort out my inputting issues with the p800.

'Jot' is slow and inaccurate though preferable to the on screen keyboard
which is too small yet takes up half the screen so you can't see what you
are doing.

So Itamar, I will be able to tell you and the digest what this keyboard is
like to use, I've even reinstalled 'Quickword' in expectation that this
will be more useable with the Bluetooth keyboard.

I've always been against the idea of add-on keyboards because it's
something else to carry around, but it will be cheaper than buying a Nokia
9300 which will be the next step in January if I'm still unhappy with the
'palmtop' feel of the p800.

It's funny reading Will Greens latest, reminds me how powerful the old
Psions were...

Regards,
Mike Dyer.

Date: 3 Oct 2004 18:44:11 -0500
From: Mike Dyer
Subject: The best p800 tip i've read.

Hi all,

i just wanted to pass on a brilliant tip i've just read on the 3lib site.

it's always annoyed me that the sony ericsson backup files are unreadable
on the pc unlike the old psiwin system.

if you rename the .ecs backup files .zip you can read them and treat them
as normal zip files.

top tip!

Regards,
Mike Dyer on a sony ericsson p800

Date: 3 Oct 2004 20:44:16 -0500
From: Steve Hodgson
Subject: Re: fluctuating contrast and backlight

> my psion 7 is behaving very strangely. every now and again, on switch on
> the screen is very dim, then if appears to pulse slightly, getting
> brighter with each pulse. However I still have to manually change the
> backlight level and contrast to fully return to the norm. Any ideas?

I guess it could be similar to the problems I have reported here in the
past with my netBook. Often when I switch on the screen is exceedingly dark
and then gradually brightens over a few minutes. In my case it is not
associated with temperature and can even be present in a darker room when
one would expect the screen to be relatively bright. I have often assumed
(wrongly) that the brightness has been cranked down to preserve battery
life, checked it and found that it is still on full.

I have kind of come to the conclusion that the backlight is getting old and
worn out. You may need to think about a repair. In my own case this problem
has coincided with a change in how I use my Psion, relying on my PowerBook
for the heavyweight tasks where I previously used the netBook (typing
reports while away from base, putting together document outlines etc).

The imminent arrival of the new Cobalt Palm machines (Hodgodamus predicts a
Tuesday announcement) will probably mean I will be jumping ship shortly. At
least one 'switcher' report to follow I hope.

Cheers,

Steve

Date: 3 Oct 2004 22:14:40 -0500
From: Axel Moberg
Subject: Answer to Itamar re Nokia 9210i

Sorry about the delay
Sorry I can can't give a qualified answer to your questions.

"...Is it not possible on the UIQ machines like the P800/900/910 to turn
the screen around from vertical to horizontal". Don't know really, having a
very limited experience of these machines. But I don't think so, because I
have never heard about it. I thought that was a rather new feature in
Pocket PC 2003... "How does the conversion work (quality wise)...."
Can't answer that either because of limited experience. And with the
limitations the Nokia has in this respect I don't think I'll ever try to
get more...
But it's great for writing short reports on the plane, and sending them
from a taxi.

Axel Moberg