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Epoc Digest Mon, 16 Sep 2002 Volume 01 : Number 077

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In today's Epoc Digest 11 messages:

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- ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL

- Isopropyl Alcohol (aka Isopropanol)

- Sh-top Sh-top!

- Re : DrB5Read URL

- Iso-Propyl Alcohol and DrB5Read

- Barcodes

- Re: Successful fax reception - T39 & Psion5 !

- Re:EPOC DIGEST V1 # 076

- netBook upgrade

- PsiLoc+

- Re: 1Gb CF for 5mx

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Date: 15 Sep 2002 22:25:52 +0100

From: Peter Keene

Subject: ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL

Hi Guys,

For Itamar re Isopropyl Alcohol:

You should be able to buy it in a chemist. It's not expensive and a small bottle should last you a lifetime.

Don't be tempted to take a sip though - it's probably lethal ;-)

Regards,

Peter

Cape Town.

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Date: 16 Sep 2002 08:14:47 +0100

From: Steve Hodgson

Subject: Isopropyl Alcohol (aka Isopropanol)

Itamar,

Just go to a chemist (aka pharmacy) and get a fairly big bottle, relatively cheap as it will last for ever. Whenever I have bought some I have always been asked what I intend to use it for. Cleaning seems to be an acceptable use.

Regards,

Steve Hodgson

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Date: 16 Sep 2002 08:20:02 +0100

From: Michael.Kennedy

Subject: Sh-top Sh-top!

Guys guys guys!

I dont post to this digest often so I consider myself a 'silent reader'. but I do get a little annoyed seeing other fellow Psioneers squabbling over little issues. Please if you guys want to have a little barny can you do it off digest? Most of us just want to read an informal, friendly source of free knowledge and not a war zone.

Itmar, personally I think you and the team are doing an excellent job and deserve more thanks than you guys / gals get!

A BIG WELL DONE!

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Date: 16 Sep 2002 10:11:19 +0100

From: Jack

Subject: Re : DrB5Read URL

To: Alan Morris Subject: RE: Tip for reading the digest - DrB5Read >Anyone got it's URL ?

http://pNicolas.epocboulevard,com/MacroList.html

BTW Sergio's Scroller macro works well

All my outgoing messages being sent by a Psion machine are thus virus-free guaranteed and need *not* to be checked by any anti-virus.

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Date: 16 Sep 2002 10:28:02 +0100

From: Philip S. Adkins Potter

Subject: Iso-Propyl Alcohol and DrB5Read

Hi,

Iso-Propyl Alcohol was an industrial cleanser in my time. It was also known as Iso-Propanol. Most large (British) chemists stock it and I imagine all chemists can get it. We used it copiously but buying it by the quarter or half litre is more realistic domestically - very little is needed, especially for a Psion screen.

It is inflammable, burning with an almost invisible flame. It can be diluted with distilled water NOT tap water.

The macro DrB5Read is on TUCOWS - EPOC Macros.

Happy days,

Phil.

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an

invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write

a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort

the dying, take orders, give orders, act alone, solve equations,

analyse a new problem, pitch manure, programme a computer,

cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.

Specialization is for insects."

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Date: 16 Sep 2002 10:57:37 +0100

From: PRAR

Subject: Barcodes

<< What would a consumer do with an integrated laser barcode scanner, for example?>>

I was going to get one so I could scan the bar codes off my CDs into a database. Then when I was out shopping I could scan the potential purchases to find out if I already had them. The price of the Walkabouts (?) with then integrated scanner put the kaibosh on this though!

<<Though Psion-Teklogix' netPad may be a good choice for somebody who has mountaineering as a hobby.>>

Or who habitually drops or breaks things like me :-)

PRAR

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Date: 16 Sep 2002 11:11:41 +0100

From: Jason Garbutt

Subject: Re: Successful fax reception - T39 & Psion5 !

In EPOC DIGEST V1 # 075, on 14 Sep 2002 18:45:49, Rolf Brunsting wrote:

>This is what I call a 'cliffhanger message' - the tension has

>been built up and ... we'll have to wait till the next episode.

Judging by your choice of holiday destination, I would've thought you enjoyed a bit of cliff-hanging <BG>

>Why not publish your settings in a digest posting? After

>all, people post solutions to problems others don't have

>and for applications others don't use.

As requested -

Ericsson T39 - fax settings

Name: T39(fax)

Speed: 9600

Connect via: Infrared

Fax class: 2

Loudspeaker: Always

Volume: anything

Pause: 4

Init: ATZ

Data:

Fax: ATS0=2

Flow control: none

Terminal detect: unticked

Carrier detect: unticked

NOTE: The other key thing you need is a mobile fax number

from your mobile provider, it will NOT work through your

ordinary mobile number.

Regards,

Jason

Hard at work (ish) in Horsham, wishing he was on holiday in the Lake District (haven't made it up there for about 5 years now).

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Date: 16 Sep 2002 11:11:54 +0100

From: Jason Garbutt

Subject: Re:EPOC DIGEST V1 # 076

In EPOC DIGEST V1 # 076 on 14 Sep 2002 22:18:15, Rolf Brunsting wrote:

>Subject: Re: PSION withrawal & repair

<CUT>

>The pace in computer and electronics development is such

>that the economical life of a computer is between two and

>three years. The possibility that somebody is still using a

>computer eight years after it left the factory is effectively

>zero. Keeping repairs facilities and spare parts supply up

>for eight years doesn't make sense.

Hi Rolf,

I must take exception with your comments here - there are plenty of Psion5's in use beyond 3 years. In fact there are people still using Series3's and older devices.

I also use a 286PC, circa 1990, which is still working fine after 12 years. I mainly use it to backup my Psion these days but it works and I'll continue to use it until it dies.

Now you really should get out and see more of the wonderful scenery instead of sitting in your hotel. 'Message written sitting at the top of Scafell Pike' would be MUCH more impressive <BG>

Regards,

Jason

(Still hard at work in Horsham)

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Date: 16 Sep 2002 11:30:58 +0100

From: Darryl Kempster

Subject: netBook upgrade

"updated the PCB on all new netBook products "

"increase the power to the PC card slot allowing use if ISDN and GPRS connectivity."

Spoke to Psion this morning re the newly upgraded netBook. From what I've been reading they've upgraded the motherboard to supply more power to external devices. This is ostensibly to power ISDN and GPRS connectivity cards but I'm guessing would also enable use of PC HDD (eg 2Gb Toshiba) and Nokia cardphones. Also possibility of fitting to Series 7 to enable use of Microdrive in E drive.

Guy in Technical Support initially didn't seem to know what I was on about (!) but after consulting with someone else asked me to ring back in 2-3 weeks as they are "as we speak" considering an upgrade option to existing netBooks to replace the motherboard with the new ones which are being fitted to all new production netBooks from this month.

Upgrade would mean sending machine off to psion but no indication yet of price - going on past experience not expecting it to be cheap though.

Darryl

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Date: 16 Sep 2002 15:20:22 +0100

From: "Steve Hodgson"

Subject: PsiLoc+

I wondered if anyone here has any experience of running PsiLoc+ on am

S7 or netBook. What's the feedback? Anyone care to post a mini-

review.

More specifically, someone on usenet recently mentioned a module that

modifies the extrabars. The website doesn't have a link to that and I

wonder if it's only available to registered users. Anyone got any info

on that at all, specifically how does it work on the colour machines

with their side-loading bars?

TIA

Steve Hodgson

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Date: 16 Sep 2002 20:17:41 +0100

From: Alan Morris

Subject: Re: 1Gb CF for 5mx

Rolf Brunsting wrote:-

> I own a .... 256 MByte SanDisk Ultra..... Thing is, that the Psion reads the directory tree and the directory contents when you want to open or save (say) a Word file.

Rolf, does it read the 'Path' down to the directory or the whole disk tree, even if re-saving a file without closing it?

If it's only the path and not the full tree, then better performance would be achieved by a better organisation of our directories.

Alan R Morris, GW4ENS.

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK.

Using a Psion & Nokia 6210e.

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