- MochaPPP

- ROT13 - a simple encryption macro

- netBook OS.IMG

- Route 66 - III

- SE W950

Date: 12 Feb 2006 13:25:32 +0700
From: Austin
Subject: MochaPPP

Just to let you know that version 4 of this program has been released as freeware and it's available from http://www.mochasoft.dk/other.htm. According to the website:

"Mocha W32 PPP can be used to connect your PalmPilot or Windows CE device to a Windows-95/98/NT directly through a serial cable or the Hot-Sync adapter, giving direct access to the network (Internet) on your local PC."

The website also refers to the possibility of doing the same with a Psion and points to an excellent website by Thomas F. van der Zijden that describes how to do it in detail at
http://home.wanadoo.nl/thomas.vanderzijden/reviews/mocha/mocha.html.  The only change I would recommend you try is to change Thomas' setting under Modems - Modem Settings - Edit - Advanced - Flow Control from "none" to Hardware (RTS/CTS).  It took me very many frustrating hours to sort that one out - may be Windows version specific?

I would add that the program works well under Windows 2000 but I have not tried it with XP.

The program is enormously helpful when trying out various email and internet connections on your Psion which might otherwise require the use of an expensive dialup modem or mobile phone connection.  Additionally, it's the only way I know that a 5mx or similar can be connected to the internet via a LAN broadband connection.

As an aside, I have now written down detailed descriptions for how to send and receive email on a Psion using both a conventional dialup ISP account and a broadband account - mainly so that if I ever lose the settings I won't have to re-invent them.  Would anyone wish me to post these instructions to The Digest, for general information?  The headings are:

C. Mobile Connections to Email accounts
Broadband Account
Set up e-mail account
Retrieving e-mail
Sending e-mail
Dialup Account
Set up e-mail account
Retrieving e-mail
Sending e-mail

Best wishes
Austin

Date: 12 Feb 2006 20:59:55 +0700
From: U Hornstein <address truncated>
Subject: ROT13 - a simple encryption macro

Hello List,

For a family fun project I wrote a small macro that encodes any marked text in an application into the backward (=drawkcab) character sequence. By chance I heard of  ROT13, so I quickly added this as well as ROT5 (for numbers) to the code. Anyone who is interested may use it - but don't encode any secrets with it - if you really have to, use at least double ROT13 (: for added security :)
Wikipedia tells us: ROT13 ("ROTate by 13 places", sometimes hyphenated ROT-13, or lowercase rot13) is a simple Caesar cipher used for obscuring text by replacing each letter with the letter thirteen places down the alphabet. A becomes N, B becomes O and so on. The algorithm is used in online forums as a means of hiding joke punchlines, puzzle solutions ... from the casual glance. ROT13 has been described as the "Usenet equivalent of a magazine printing the answer to a quiz upside down".
Download ROT13.zip  (with source) on http://psion.uh-lab.de

--
With greetings from Germany
Ulrich Hornstein
http://psion.uh-lab.de
For spam protection: Please NEVER type my mail address into a www page ("send to a friend" or similar).
Sent by MC218 (EPOC palmtop)

Date: 14 Feb 2006 08:31:03 +0700
From: Clare Shepherd <address truncated>
Subject: netBook OS.IMG

Thanks so much Itamar. Now all I need to know is where do I get the OS.IMG itself.
Clare

Date: 14 Feb 2006 13:26:46 +0700
From: Itamar Engelsman <address truncated>
Subject: Route 66 - III

I played some more with the program and tested it in various conditions in the car. Here are my observations :

- Annoyingly the adaptor for the GPS is not of great quality and interferes with the reception of my radio. I can't listen to all the stations and have to mess around where to put the adaptors with the multiple extension cord from the cigarette lighter to get reasonable results.

- The program has got a map view which allows you to look at the map without the GPS active and to plan routes. However, the moment you leave the map view to change settings the program reverts to it's base position looking for the GPS and than giving a different view. Each time you have to start from scratch which is annoying. Maybe I will find how to solve this in future, who knows.

- The program does not give you the option to choose which type of roads you prefer, highways, main roads, local roads, etc. and there is only the choice between "Fastest route" and "Shortest route". This means you have to define quite accurately the possible speeds on each road in the settings otherwise you get strange results.

- I find the oral instructions accurate and helpful with several warnings before the actual change of direction. I find it however very useful to see the map as well as sometimes it can say "take the first one left" and you see an immediate left and one shortly thereafter and need to see which one to take. The instruction "bare left" can be on the same road or to the side of the road to exit, again useful to actually see it. Although the screen is small it is very clear and easy to understand.

- Although you can add favourite positions to the map it is a pitty you cannot add a database of details like for example speed cameras to the map as an overlay like TomTom. I knew this in advance however.

- A good function is that you can download via GPRS the traffic situation and the program will automatically replan your route while driving to avoid traffic problems. It actually did happen to me coming back from Heathrow airport although I have no idea what the actual problem was (wanted to get home so did not bother to check the database in the program).

Coming week-end I will drive up and down to Manchester and surely will have some more observations after that trip.

Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK

Date: 15 Feb 2006 12:58:27 +0700
From: Itamar Engelsman <address truncated>
Subject: SE W950

SE have announced the W950, a walkman smartphone with 4 Gb of onboard storage (!) and running on Symbian OS 9.1 and UIQ 3.0. It will run music, the phone, broadband fast email and web browsing plus a suite of high performance entertainment applications. Stereo headphones with bluetooth is also possible now.

Look at the SE website for further details.

Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK