- EpocSynch

- To Simon Oliver

- Backups

- Mysterious Numbers

- RE: Mysterious Numbers

- Geofox Serial cable.

- Psion Computer journal, Problem with mobile modem,

- Re: Carl's Connection Problems

- Re: PsiWin Restore Query Re: The Digest V1 # 933 (6)

- For: Simon Oliver : Running files from OPL on a Psion 5mx

- Re: Psion cemetary

Date: 28 May 2006 20:13:41 +0100
From: Jim Watson-Gove <address truncated>
Subject: EpocSynch

First, thank you to all who answered my question concerning FoxFire or Opera as a replacement for IE.  Have decided to try FoxFire first.

After many unsuccessful tries over the years to get EpocSynch to work, I finally made it.  All is working as it should.

I am synching all files in the root of the Document folder.  This includes all on my spreadsheets and data files as well as Agenda.

I am synching my mail (first killing on the secondary machine and then synching from primary).

I am synching my data file for my Contacts.

Now I am looking for advice.

In my Documents folder I have 25 folders.  One of those folders (Poetry) has 33 Folders, each with about 50 word files.  The rest of the folders only have files in them.

My question is, how are the long time EpocSynch users handling nested files. 
I assume the answer is that EpocSynch will only handle nested folders within each of the three profiles provided for the program.  I hope I am
wrong.

TIA,

jim

Date: 28 May 2006 21:16:26 +0100
From: Bernard Hill <address truncated>
Subject: To Simon Oliver

In message <nwtbpPlFhtMy.YHQZccPx@smtp.mail.dk>, The Digest <address truncated> writes

Personally I far prefer using Vreader 5 (free) to read e-books. It will read naked text files or compressed versions. (PC program to compress is available). It allows change of font size and even change of orientation, as well as bookmarks and so on. I use it sideways on my Psion 5, easier to hold.

It's even better on my NetBook!

And of course no shortage of books on Project Gutenberg.


--
Bernard Hill
Selkirk, Scotland

Date: 28 May 2006 21:20:56 +0100
From: Prar <address truncated>
Subject: Backups

Psiwin tells me that my current back up will be complete in 311 minutes. Is this a record?



PRAR

--

(Insert witty comment here.)

Date: 28 May 2006 22:06:33 +0100
From: Austin
Subject: Mysterious Numbers

At the end of each "Digest", after the bit that says:
--------------------------------------------- -------
      You've Been Reading The Digest
-------------------------------------------- -------
There's always a number.  Last time, and for a number of issues before that it was 4.  I checked back to February and it's been 4, 2, 1 and... 7!  Wot? No 3, I hear you cry? No.

Can "The Digest" Team enlighten me/ us as to what it means?

Best wishes
Austin

PS.  I'm STILL working on the follow up to my previous article but a major computer crash (Windows, of course) has slowed me down a bit - but it will come, soon!

Date: 29 May 2006
From: The Digest Team
Subject: RE: Mysterious Numbers

Hi Austin and all,
this is the number of team member beeing on duty. The number is created automatically, when a team member is composing the digest.
The members 3, 5, 6 no more work in our team. So we are now 4 persons, composing and sending the digest alternately.

Best Regards

Rolf Vonau

Date: 28 May 2006 22:34:21 +0100
From: Trygve Henriksen <address truncated>
Subject: Geofox Serial cable.

Clare Shepherd wrote:
> I've been looking forward to receiving a Geofox one as an addition to my > collection of older psions. I now have everything from the II through the > various 3s, 5, 5mx, Series 7 to a 9100.

Do you have the MC series laptops?
and don't forget the HC series and the workabouts as well. (I have, and also an Organiser One in good working condition... :-)

> The PDA end of the cable is a larger, that is wider version
> of the RS232 connector on the Psions. Does anyone have an idea where i
> could source such a thing?

I'll see if I can find it. I just need to dig out the cable for my own Geofox, then I'll start digging through catalogs. (I am the lucky owner of one of those put together by the usergroup after Geofox went under)

:-)
Trygve

BTW: anyone have an Osaris they're willing to part with?

Date: 29 May 2006 01:54:18 +0100
From: Itamar Engelsman <address truncated>
Subject: Psion Computer journal, Problem with mobile modem,

Answer to: Ian Chapple

Re.: Psion Computer journal - It was not my intention to come on heavy nor to defend Wil Green. However I still believe one has to be careful in these kind of matters. If you take money from the public, you have to give the service or product you promiss to give and Will will do himself a big favour if he would answer his critics, either for example in this digest or in personal emails.

Answer to: Carl Smith

Re.: Problem with mobile modem - I have no experience with neither this phone nor these providers so I am sorry I can't help you further. Hopefully someone else will be able to.


Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK

Date: 29 May 2006 07:15:56 +0100
From: Marcus von Cube <address truncated>
Subject: Re: Carl's Connection Problems

Hi Carl,

you problems sound like one end of the (Irda) connection overruns the other (either the Psion the phone or vice versa). You should try to set up software handshaking in your modem/connection settings.

Marcus

http://www.mvcsys.de

Date: 29 May 2006 09:15:14 +0100
From: jAnO <address truncated>
Subject: Re: PsiWin Restore Query Re: The Digest V1 # 933 (6)

>> I have a PsiWin 2.3.3 backup/archive question.  Looking >> through the  Backup directory and archives made by PsiWin, >> it appears that the backup is very basic--Psiwin makes a >> straight copy of the Psion c:, every directory and its files. >
>> Is this true?
>
> Yes

...but you can make the backup another drive & directory!

>> And if it is, and a user had to restore on the road without >> installing PsiWin on someone's machine, could the user copy >> the PsiWin-made c: directories from a CD or hard drive back >> to the Psion?
>
> Yes. I've just done this to clone my current 5mx onto a new machine from 
> ebay.

...and better ude two backup program, they do this to the CF card.)


--
jAnO

Date: 29 May 2006 09:28:38 +0100
From: Martin O'Neill (IOL) <address truncated>
Subject: For: Simon Oliver : Running files from OPL on a Psion 5mx

I generally change the name of a downloaded file to a more descriptive title when I am downloading by adding my own description in front of the downloaded name.  In Windows, I use XPlorer2, which has a quick and easy access to the comment field in the Windows files.  I use this for the author's name.

On my 9500, both Projekt (outliner) and SmallBase database can directly open files without going to the File Manager and so I can keep details of ebooks etc in these files for direct opening from either of these apps.

Best Wishes,
Martin O'Neill

Date: 29 May 2006 18:14:37 +0100
From: Rolf Vonau <address truncated>
Subject: Re: Psion cemetary

Hi Prar,
I forwarded your request to Lars Finster.
Here is his reply, translated by myself:

------------
From: "Lars Finster" <address truncated>
Subject: AW: [Fwd: Psion cemetary]
Hi Rolf,
I hope, I right understand the request. Here is my answer:
My homepage wan't have an English version, because my English is to bad.
But you can translate whole websites with http://translate.google.com/translate_t.
I like to "bury" "foreign" Psions, too (like recently a Swedish one).
For that I need an expressive photo and a short text, what leads to the disaster.
BR
Lars Finster
:-) http:\\www.larsfinster.de
:-) mailto:<address truncated>
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-------- Original-Message --------
From:     PRAR <address truncated>
To:     The Digest <address truncated>
Subject:     Psion cemetary
Date:     Sun, 28 May 2006 12:30:17 +0000

> this is a noteworthy death of a Psion. Think of "burying" it on 
> the Psion cemetery
> <http://www.larsfinster.de/psion/friedhof/index.htm>
> (the best one is the Revo in the electric lawnmower).

Any chance of an english translation of that page - or at least the
submission instructions...

PRA

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