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Epoc Digest Thu, 14 Nov 2002 Volume 01 : Number 110
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In today's Epoc Digest 36 messages:
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- RE: doodler, sketch goes berserk
- Re: Itamar, BJC-80
- Quickly inserting "unusual" characters, such as the degree symbol
- BJC85 / Web on netBook
- SPACEHOG , duplicate search w JB5Utils # 109
- Canon BJC-85, Installing WEB
- Sketch makes weird lines / faulty 6210 / Latin
- The last 5 / Faxing on a 6310i / 666 / Printer Pooling in Linux /Move up to a big one / Playing with toys
- HSCSD; laptop connectivity; Sony SRX41P etc.
- Re: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 109
- Re: Installing Web
- Sync between 5MX Jotter and Outlook Notes
- Second S7,
- Reply to Itamar - Re: Printer for Psion
- Re: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 109 (Psiwin via USB)
- Re: S7 - screen-cable problem
- Re: MBMview
- Series 7 for sale
- Mobile Phone Performance
- netBook and Ethernet
- buying PSIONs in London
- Macro for a small clock
- Re: Canon BJC-85
- SUBSCRIBE
- Canon BJC-85
- America
- HSCSD; Nokia 6210
- Re: Modem cable, Symbian 7
- Re: Travel modem data transfer rates
- Re: Psion Marketing
- Re: Nokia 7650 camera phone & Psion
- Re: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 107
- Re: Nokia 9210 and GPRS
- Re: CF slot specifications
- Re: Jotter
- Re: netBook repair
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Date: 12 Nov 2002 01:12:41 +0000
From: "David Steer"
Subject: RE: doodler, sketch goes berserk
Date: 11 Nov 2002 05:57:56 +0000
From: vlad arghir Subject: doodler, sketch goes berserk
"you draw a line somewhat slowly and it just jumps along a line of pixels"
I have had this on my 5mx. It only happened when the backlight was on and no other time. If this is what happens to you then there is no real problem. If this happens when the back-light is not on then you may have a problem.
David
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Date: 12 Nov 2002 01:55:20 +0000
From: "fernando moros"
Subject: Re: Itamar, BJC-80
Dear Itamar,
it was a BJC-80 that i am using and not a BJC-85!!! the BJC-80 does not need any drivers, it works straight away by slecting one of the 2 options that the 5mx has for canon buble jet printers.
i am using it with 5mX,
do you want me to check any particular features??
ferdi
SK
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Date: 12 Nov 2002 02:51:25 +0000
From: Antony Steele
Subject: Quickly inserting "unusual" characters, such as the degree symbol
Hello Robert,
I am a few days behind - but could not see that anyone else replied.
You can quickly create these characters by using their ASCII or "IBM" code for them.
On a Windows PC, if you hold down the ALT button and while keeping it pressed type in 248 (you must use the number pad) and then release the ALT key - then you get the degree symbol.
On the Psion, you hold the CTRL key down and use the ASCII code for the degree symbol, which is 176.
Hope this helps!
Rgds,
Antony.
Canberra, Aus
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Date: 12 Nov 2002 03:09:49 +0000
From: Darryl Kempster
Subject: BJC85 / Web on netBook
For Itamar re printing from a Canon BJC 85 :
I have a BJC30, 50 and 80 (too much time spent on ebay!) and use Andrew Johnson's printer drivers -
http://www.aps.anl.gov/~anj/pcl5/
These work a treat with all of the above - I think the only difference between a BJC80 and an 85 is a USB port on the 85. The only thing I find necessary is to always print to fax first and then print the preview. This way all the £ and $ and € signs print correctly.
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Peter asked about installing Web in Build 158 of the netBook ROM:
I was rather annoyed to find Web missing entirely from ROM 158 with the silk screen button launching Opera instead. I have however managed to install Web back onto my netBook. My control panel contains the following info :
EPOC WEB 2.00
Comms components (TCP/IP) 2.00 system component
And in Sysyem/Apps/Install I have the file
web.sis
So I think how I did it was to install Web for Revo from a PsiWin CD. However it definitely wasn't that simple if I remember correctly. I think that gave me a Revo type icon in the Extras bar and I had to delete something then launch Web by tapping on the .app file in Sysyem/Apps/Web. Sorry can't remember exactly the procedure but was successful and I now have a Web icon and a netBook homepage when I launch Web so it recognised the machine when it installed. Also installed the WAP browser successfully.
Only thing I haven't remembered how to do is get Web back as the default browser. Opera fails to open html files correctly a lot of the time. Or maybe they're pages that I've saved previously using Web. Anyway they are displayed much better using Web to open them. With opera the result is far less pleasing. Managed to get Web as default last time upgraded Opera but can't seem to replicate the feat now, perhaps because of Opera being a system component now.
Darryl
PS Still on the lookout for a RangerDisk3 external floppy drive for the Series 3
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Date: 12 Nov 2002 06:13:05 +0000
From: vlad arghir
Subject: SPACEHOG , duplicate search w JB5Utils # 109
> Epoc Digest wrote:
> << It occurs to me to ask if anyone "out there" knows of a duplicate file > finder utility.
Try JB5Utils from JBsoft. It is liminar but very efficient. Rather selfexplaining like most things PSion. You have to know what you're doing, though: it will delete anything it's told to without much ado.
best,
vlad
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Date: 12 Nov 2002 07:08:45 +0000
From: Trygve Henriksen
Subject: Canon BJC-85, Installing WEB
Greetings!
Itamar Engelsman wrote:
> Canon BJC-85
> Is anyone using this printer with a 5MX or S7, and if so does one need
> specific printer drivers or not ?
I once tried it with my netBook...
You'll need Andrew Johnsons printer drivers if you want any quality.
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Peter Keene
> Has anyone yet succeeded in installing Web in 158? Whether
> attempting to install via Psion Install or via a .sis file on the netBook
> itself, I'm confronted by the message "Comms components TCP/IP
> missing" These components appear in Add/Remove in 156 so I
> assumed that I would find them in a file in the System folder and
> could copy them over to 158. No such luck. Perhaps a "techie" like
> Trygve could elucidate?
Hey! I only do miracles, not the impossible...
I'll have to download the Web package myself and get back to you...
(Opera does the job for me)
But if you take a look at Z:\System\install you SHOULD be able to find TCPIP.sis (Press Ctrl+Tab to get access while in the system screen)
The file should have a size of 4216Bytes and a date 21-08-2002
:-)
Trygve
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Date: 12 Nov 2002 08:29:43 +0000
From: "Thomas F. VAN DER ZIJDEN"
Subject: Sketch makes weird lines / faulty 6210 / Latin
Hello group,
Re: sketch
I also notice that Sketch occasionally makes a glitch whenever I try to draw a straight line. It always does this when my backlight is on. It is particularly annoying when I use Scribble 2000 the 'Graffiti' for the Psion! But Vlad, you are not the only one experiencing this.
Re: faulty 6210
I have a 7110 and it often drops the line, 'forgets' that it has a SIM card, or just switches itself of. The solution I use is to spray the insides with Rocket WD40, a cleaning agent for electronical gadgets. This will keep it happy for a few months. But you are right: Nokia. Connecting People With Connector Troubles.
Re: Latin
I have heared that the Permanent Committee on Latin in the Vatican has decided that a databank is to be named elementorum certorum thesaurus and that -not quite on the mark, but he...- a PDA is also to be named elementorum certorum thesaurus.
Oh, and Laokoon was right, of course!
Yours truly,
Thomas van der Zijden
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From: Andy Hayes
Subject: The last 5 / Faxing on a 6310i / 666 / Printer Pooling in Linux /Move up to a big one / Playing with toys
Hi all
I am reading the last 5 digests consecutively, and as I haven't said much for a while I thought that now might be the time to make up for it.
Faxing. A very quiet member of the list suggested the following: Put ATZ in the Init (reset) String and leave Data and Fax fields blank in the settings for the modem. He didn't want this published as he "wasn't and expert on comms". Probably wanted to save himself some abuse! Well since having the 6310i on TMobile I had never previously managed to connect to the net or send a fully readable fax. Mr Anon, take a bow, I have now done both. Lets be generous to each other.
It would be interesting to know who was subscriber no 666. Perhaps someone ought to check if the name is Lucifer!
Absolutely nothing to do with EPOC, just an EPOC user in the sticky stuff. Is there any of you Linux experts out there that could give me any advice on where to look for Linux material on setting up print queues, in particular printer pooling (for Macs on an IP network). The HowTos that I have looked at don't cover it and neither do any of the 5 or 6 Linux/ Unix books that I own.
John Morris asked about the move from Revo to 7. I seem to be moving about between a number of devices depending on what needs doing. I carry a laptop with a 14.5 inch screen to work with me every day. In the side pocket of the laptop bag there is a HP720 Jornada and an MC218. The Laptop has Win2K and lets me do most of the things that an IT Bloke has to do who is responsible for LANs and WANs. The HP720 is basically a way of carrying Outlook around with me in a manageable size. Each time I get back to the systems room I dock it and any emails from the Exchange server, or tasks that I have added (or notes, or calendar entries) get synced there and then. I haven't found a decent SMS app for the HP720, the free one doesn't work with the 6310i properly, so I use Phoneman Pro on the MC218. I send/receive about 300 text messages a month so it is well worth carrying. The Mako sits in my safe and the netBook sits on my desk at home. It wasn't always this way. The laptop rarely came out of my bag when we had a Novell 3.2 network. I would just sit down at a PC that was doing some data shovelling in the systems room and stop it and use it for my ends. The tool of choice was definitely the netBook. Instant on; I had written an instruction list long before my boss had worked out which zip he needed to use on his laptop bag to get his laptop out and onto the desk. The Comms app meant that you could get into the hubs and switches with serial ports. IR meant that I could print to any printer that happened to have my IR eye plugged into it. The netBook was always protected in an aluminium briefcase. The Mako does get used, but only very rarely when weight and size is really an issue. As most of my travelling is by car, this isn't very often. Only on the too occasional trip around Scotland does it tend to get used, but then often only as something to communicate with on the train. I keep looking at the sub-notebooks lustfully (need to stop living on my own) but it would be just a toy. The most important thing is to have the device that provides what you need to do the job. If you can handle the larger size then go for it, because there are many benefits that go with it. The netBook is one of the best (of very many) computer purchases that I have made, but it is falling into disuse at the moment. When I do less travelling in my job, and get a desktop PC, the netBook will come into it's own again. I won't bore you with tales of the Handspring Visor with a GPS that plugs into the Springboard slot, other than to say that everything that I have ever had has always synced better than any EPOC device, but I still wouldn't be without the EPOC devices. Even if the Recorder doesn't work on the netBook.
Steve Hodgson mentioned that you can't play with toys in the shops these days like you used to. I bought a Springboard slot GPS some time ago (over £100 plus a in car attachment £35), tried the GPS out; takes too long to find where you are (initialise) and the in car holder was just cheap and nasty. I lent the Handspring Visor and GPS to a mate who was going on holiday to Canada, and didn't mention my reservations. First thing that he said when he came back from Canada was "it takes a long time to initialise doesn't it?" He was going to buy one, but now he won't and will probably end up with a Garmin. Arguably a better choice for his needs anyway. By not letting users have a play, people like me write in to criticise a bad product which hopefully you lot won't buy, but I had to pay the price in the first place. Best bet is to ask around to see if anyone can lend you something that you are considering buying to play with. I used to own a Honda Africa Twin motorcycle. One of the lads on the Africa Twin list (digest) was run off his by a myopic car driver. When he recovered enough to ride his Africa Twin hadn't been fixed so he told the list. He couldn't believe the number of people that rang him up to offer theirs on loan!
The exception to the playing with toys rule (BT Oxford Street) also cost me money. I heard, thru the predecessor to this list that BT were knocking out 3mx s cheaply so I rang around and found that Oxford Street had one. I took the fifty mile train journey and arrived at the store to find out that the one that they wanted to sell me had been a demo model that had been bonded to a display stand with a very large spoonful of a particularly strong adhesive. Obviously sensing that a sale might be lost the "dipstick" assistant used all his manly force to rip the 3mx from the display stand and promptly tore a hole that you could fit your head into in the bottom of the case. OK I'm exaggerating a little, but it was big. Further realising that he might still lose a sale, he offered me a sizable discount. I believe that he said something to the effect of "ten of your English pounds off". The madness had got to me and I ended up walking out with a perfect 3c so as not to have had a wasted trip. Remember children, these people are in charge of the local loop! Hence why I don't have a landline phone.
The tedium ends here --->.
Andy Hayes
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Date: 12 Nov 2002 09:10:58 +0000
From: "Mark Bridge"
Subject: HSCSD; laptop connectivity; Sony SRX41P etc.
Hi -
HSCSD
Itamar mentioned that he thought HSCSD was now available on Vodafone. I don't think that it's available in the UK, although some of Vodafone's companies in mainland Europe offer it. Vodafone always argued that it was going to concentrate on GPRS rather than on HSCSD because of a wider availability of GPRS equipment and the reduced battery life that HSCSD caused. It was also easier for them, I think (!)
Laptop connectivity
Chris was talking about port repilcators to enable a Psion to be connected to a laptop without a serial port. I recently bought myself a Belkin USB hub - 3 USB ports, a parallel port and a serial port. Although my current laptop has serial and parallel ports, the hub saves me unplugging several cables when I move the laptop - and also prepares me for my next laptop (whenever I can afford it). Unfortunately, it often seems reluctant to recognise that the Psion is plugged in. Selecting the 'virtual' COM port for the hub usually doesn't seem to make any difference - although it sometimes works eventually. I've assumed that the Psion may be 'too complicated' for the hub to understand.
Sony SRX41P etc.
Slightly off-topic, but following Daniel's mention of his Sony PCG-SRX41P, I'm pretty tempted to buy a small laptop myself. I've seen reviews of the Sony PCG-U1 and PCG-U3. These are micro-laptops running Windows XP & seem an ideal (albeit expensive) Psion 7 or netBook replacement. They appear to sell in Japan for the equivalent of less than £900 (and are then imported to the UK and the USA to be resold with around 40% to 50% mark-up!) Does anyone have first-hand experience of these? (The Sony website is
http://www.sony.jp/products/Consumer/PCOM/PCG-U1/)
Kind regards
<
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Date: 12 Nov 2002 09:55:54 +0000
From: "J. Hamwee"
Subject: Re: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 109
Subject: Duplicate file finder. Simon Jeffree wrote: "Unfortunately, I don't think there is such a utility."
Yes, there is. It is part of JB5utils that does many clever and useful things.
Go to www.compulink.co.uk/~jbsoft/programs.htm and follow the link to JB5utils
Subject: Laptop connectivity.Christopher Marwood wrote:
"I think I have read about port replicators - do these connect to a USB port and does anyone have experience of using one to connect to a Psion?"
AFAIK port replicators only 'replicate' the ports that are on the laptop, so if there is no serial port the replicator will not see one.
I have tried a Belkin USB to serial adaptor but it did not do a good job.
"Is purchase of the external CD-ROM and floppy drives compulsory (a mere £350 or so on top of the +/-£1800 basic price tag)? I can't quite see how one could recover from a system wipeout without. Nor how one would install new software.
There are less expensive models (PCMCIA) but unfortunately SONY recovery CDs will only boot from a SONY drive.
On the other hand, there is a Sony laptop in the R600 range with 12" display for (I think) some £1,500 that includes a docking station with a floppy drive, a CD readwrite, and legacy serial and parallel printer ports.
Regards
Joseph Hamwee
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Date: 12 Nov 2002 10:17:37 +0000
From: Andrew
Subject: Re: Installing Web
Peter Keene wrote
>Has anyone yet succeeded in installing Web in 158? Whether attempting to install via Psion Install or via a .sis file on the netBook itself, I'm confronted by the message "Comms components TCP/IP missing" These components appear in Add/Remove in 156 so I assumed that I would find them in a file in the System folder and could copy them over to 158. No such luck. Perhaps a "techie" like Trygve could elucidate?>
I have been frustrated in the past with this error message when attempting to install Web on my Mako. The fix was to change the file properties of a system file from read only (not certain but think it was 'System\LIBS\WebEng.dll', if not search for a read only file in System folders). Hope this fixes your issue with the netBook too.
Andrew Morphett
Geelong, Australia
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Date: 12 Nov 2002 13:14:23 +0000
From: "David Roberts"
Subject: Sync between 5MX Jotter and Outlook Notes
I find it hard to believe that there is no way to do this, even semi automatically.
If someone has some idea of the jotter file format then it should at least be possible to do something to copy them all in one direction or another pretty easily.
I'm sure this must have been covered many many times, but I must have missed it.
By the way, this is my first post, so please excuse me if I haven't followed protocol.
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Date: 12 Nov 2002 14:00:28 +0000
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: Second S7,
Answer to: Darryl Kempster
Re. Second S7 - And where does on ebuy a S7 for £ 150.- ?????
Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK
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Date: 12 Nov 2002 15:11:22 +0000
From: Jorge Ramos
Subject: Reply to Itamar - Re: Printer for Psion
On 11 Nov 2002 Itamar Engelsman wrote: "What would be the best printer to use with a 5MX and/or S7 to travel with and print via infrared port from the Psion ?" and "Is anyone using this printer with a 5MX or S7, and if so does one need specific printer drivers or not ?"
Hi Itamar,
AFAIK IR printers that work "out the box" with EPOC ER5 include the Canon BJC series (BJC 80 & 55) and the HP 340 series. The Canon has built-in infrared port, but the HP has a separate plug-in IR dongle.
There is an issue with setting the correct code page on the Canon BJC (otherwise some font commands such as italics and other special characters don't work too well), which the printer manual indicates how to do. Andrew Johnson wrote specific ER3 & ER5 drivers for the Canon BJC80 a few years ago which i can email to anyone who is interested - just send me a request off list.
The Canon BJC also has a separate rechargeable battery kit which is not that lightweight but great for travelling. In addition the head is modular - you can have a print head with black ink only, or a separate print head with colour cartridges, or a separate scan head (although the scanner function doesn't work with Psion AFAIK, unless someone knows of a driver for this). BTW, the BJC 55 is half the size of the BJC80 with the same functionality, but i haven't heard of the BJC85 in our market.
Regards,
Jorge Ram
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Date: 12 Nov 2002 15:21:59 +0000
From: "Harold Fuchs"
Subject: Re: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 109 (Psiwin via USB)
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Date: 12 Nov 2002 20:45:35 +0000
From: Alan Morris
Subject: Re: S7 - screen-cable problem
"Simon Wolf" wrote:-
<< I believe that this is a screen-cable problem where the cable is coming loose from the motherboard. To temporarily solve this you can try pressing down on the logo above the keyboard two or three times (this needs to be quite hard but please don't hold me responsible for adverse results!). >>
I've just done this on my S7, which has been needing a screen re-calibration 2 to 4 times an evening for the past few days (it goes in cycles - OK for a few days then bad - reverting to OK and recycling again!).
Last night and this evening its been OK - Well Done !!
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Alan R Morris, G4ENS.
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK.
Using a Psion 7 & Nokia 6210e
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Date: 12 Nov 2002 20:45:45 +0000
From: Alan Morris
Subject: Re: MBMview
Itamar Engelsman wrote:-
<< I use MBMView 4.12 and do not have any memory problems on my S7. >>
So after 12 attempts he's solved the memory problems. There were 3 problems with MBMview.
If one didn't evaluate the app within a short time, it failed to run. An uninstall and reinstall did not work. He was heavily criticised on newsgroups for leaving something on a Psion without the owner's knowledge. Even leaving for a period of a year or more and waiting for a later version, this problem still remained, so stopping anyone from evaluating a newer version. Has this problem been removed?
It exited without any error message and left files, so causing a memory problem, until one knew about these temp files.
Thirdly, it could not handle small files for conversion. If these files were converted in a Windows PC and copied back to the Psion, the files (maps) would load into RealMaps. Inferring that MBMview had problems with memory handling as RealMaps could load maps of 2Mb in size, while MBMview could not work on files on only ~150Kb.
If _all_ these problems have been solved, then the outstanding problem would now be the inability of registering it.
I don't want to waste anymore time downloading and installing, if after a short time it wont run, if I can't register it now.
--
Alan R Morris, G4ENS.
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK.
Using a Psion 7 & Nokia 6210e
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Date: 13 Nov 2002 03:30:22 +0000
From: Darryl Kempster
Subject: Series 7 for sale
For any london based digestees - seen in CEX (Computer Exchange) on Tottenham Ct Road today (Tuesday) a Series 7 for £200.
Darryl
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Date: 13 Nov 2002 03:35:37 +0000
From: "Gary Y Reyes"
Subject: Mobile Phone Performance
>Date: 11 Nov 2002 10:44:20 +0000
>From: "Keith Clarke" >Subject: Nokia 6210
>
>Nokias were notorious for losing their = >signal. Even the Carphone Warehouse sales rep said that all phones had = >weaknesses, and that perhaps with Nokia it was keeping the connection. Any = >feedback gratefully received.
>
>Keith Clarke
Keith,
I use an 8310 both for voice and data (a lot of SMS, some email) and find it quite stable. The comment you got may be related to f/w versions or the coverage of the telco. The 8310 did have some resetting problems but this has been overcome with a f/w upgrade.
Gary
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Date: 13 Nov 2002 07:49:46 +0000
From: "Marcus von Cube"
Subject: netBook and Ethernet
Itamar:
>Re. network card - If you use a netBook with a network card and connect to your server, what programs can you run ? Can you read your email stored on the server ? Can you read word processor files ? etc.
With a network card in the netBook you get a TCP/IP connection to your LAN, no more, no less. What you can do with this depends on your LAN and the machines in there. This is my list:
1) Internet Access via DSL
a) Browsing
b) E-Mail
c) Downloads
2) File access
a) nFTP used to copy files back and forth to/from Linux and the OS/2 box.
b) I'm thinking of EpocSync to backup to my desktop via FTP.
c) *NO* file sharing a la PCs yet (Can someone port the Samba server to EPOC?)
If your LAN runs a POP and SMTP server you can even use these for local E-Mail between the machines. (I don't but my Linux system would make this a possibility.)
As there is TCP/IP you can write arbitrary programs yourself, e. g. in Java that to specific jobs such as backup.
Marcus
http://www.mvcsys.de
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Date: 13 Nov 2002 08:34:13 +0000
From: Franco.Cozzani
Subject: buying PSIONs in London
Hello,
I will be spending a few days in London just before 'Xmas.
Any suggestion for a good place to buy new or second hand Series 7 / Netbook ?
Many thanks to anybody who can help me out on this.
F Cozzani
Brussels
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Date: 13 Nov 2002 09:31:46 +0000
From: Jan R Gustafsson
Subject: Macro for a small clock
Hi all!
Some of you may remember my posting with a pursuit for a sw that produces a small clock on screen instead of the ordinary Psion toolbar with clock & date. With the kind assistance of Wolfgang Golder - author of MenuPlus and to that sw attached macro MPClock - I have now established a small, simple but functional macro that does almost what I wished for. By hitting a hotkey - defined in Macro5 or Assistant or an equivalent - a small timepiece showing week number, day of the week, date of the month and the time is displayed in the lower right corner of the screen. (I would like to have the option to make it stay on top even if I switch to another running program and to be able to toggle the timepiece on / off, but so far this has not been possible to achieve.
Anyone interested in the macro (getting a copy or contribute to a a further development) is welcome to contact me off digest.
Best regards,
Jan G
Stockholm, Sweden
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Date: 13 Nov 2002 13:34:51 +0000
From: "Owen H. Morgan"
Subject: Re: Canon BJC-85
Howdy!
Itamar wrote (> ):
> Is anyone using this printer with a 5MX or S7, and if so
> does one need specific printer drivers or not ?
I have the BJC 80, but don't know what the difference is or if there would be any difference at all when used with a Psion. The two models look identical.
My printer works just fine with the Canon XM printer drivers that are available as freeware. I can't remember the name of the guy who wrote the drivers, but they allow printing of any fonts you have in your Psion including the built in ones and any installed with Font Machine or other such utilities. You can chose either 180 or 360 dpi.
The printer comes with a choice of a small black cartridge used together with a three colour one or a big black only cartridge for black and white printing. The black only cartridge lasts well enough for normal document printing.
Back when I bought my BJC 80 they were rather pricey, but they've been around a while, so I expect they can be had on ebay for a reasonable price by now.
If you're after a colour printer to use with your desktop as well, it's not really photo quality, but it's not too bad on photo paper. I've got a photo printed from the BJC 80 framed on a locker front on the boat, and people have to get up quite close before they see it's not a "proper" print. So far, nobody has noticed until I tell them and it is a photo that gets noticed and talked about by visitors.
Colour printing of photographs would be a bit expensive in the long run though as the colour cartridge is quite small. I don't think you'd get more than maybe a dozen A4 size photos out of one cartridge.
Owen
Thought for the day:
Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. "Yes" is the answer.
--
Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", LD-53°20.87'N 6°14.83'W
Dublin City Moorings
http://home.no.net/naomij
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Date: 13 Nov 2002 14:02:53 +0000
From: "Gordon Oke"
Subject: SUBSCRIBE
Hi
I am at present using my Revo with psiwin 2.
The computer is a Pentium 3 450mhz with windows 98.
I am soon to replace this with a AMD ATHLON XP2200+ 266 Mhz FSB with Windows XP.
Can you please tell me whether this version of psiwin will work with Windows Xp, and if not how I can resolve the situation ?
Many thanks.
Gordon.
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Date: 13 Nov 2002 18:03:44 +0000
From: "Tim Johnson"
Subject: Canon BJC-85
Hi All,
In reply to Itamar's query re the Canon BJC-85:
I have just acquired 5 x BJC-85 printers which are to be delivered to the Royal Navy in Jan 03 as part of a project. They will be used with netpads and have just undergone extensive tests using the netpad and netbook using Andrew Johnson's BJC-80 prnter driver. All text and various graphics printed 100% correctly in B&W and colour using the IR printer link.
I cannot vouch for cartridge life yet, but the cartridges do appear fairly small compared to other inkjet printers that I have used (mainly the HP range).
Based on these tests, I can recommend this printer for use with the netbook using the above configuration. It is small and light; certainly portable.
Hope this helps!
Tim Johnson
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Date: 13 Nov 2002 18:20:54 +0000
From: Darryl Kempster
Subject: America
I've just got a month's contract in the States starting next week! Will be travelling coast to coast so just wondered if anyone could recommend an ISP with local dial up I could access from my Psion netBook.
Also could anyone stateside fill me in on the way mobile phones work over there? I have a triband phone which will work ok but can I buy a multistate SIM card? Will probably be in country for two months so rather not use my UK sim card for that long!
Email me off list if more appropriate.
Cheers
Darryl
London
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Date: 13 Nov 2002 20:55:19 +0000
From: Mike McConnell
Subject: HSCSD; Nokia 6210
To: Itamar Engelsman
<< Re. HSCSD - I think it is now also available on Vodaphone. >>
I was in a Vodafone shop today and got one of their people to check with the Data Support section. They confirmed that HSCSD is not supported by them and that it is still only available on Orange. With the advent of GPRS, I wouldn't expect any of the other networks to start supporting HSCSD now (even if they have the necessary network capacity).
I've now started playing about with GPRS as well :-)
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To: Keith Clarke
<< Nokia 6210, can I ask whether anyone else has found this model dodgy for keeping a connection, both for voice and data calls? >>
I haven't heard of a general problem retaining a connection. There can be problems with the connection when using a Psion if the wrong modem settings are used or, with a 5mx or MC218 ONLY, if the Mobile Connectivity Update hasn't been installed.
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Date: 13 Nov 2002 21:23:36 +0000
From: Rolf Brunsting
Subject: Re: Modem cable, Symbian 7
Dear Itamar,
<< Re. Modem cable - No, I tried to use the telephone cable between the socket and the telephone ... >>
The remark was simply intended to inform you that what you described isn't called a modem cable but a line cord, irrespective of the way the line cord is wired.
<< Re. Symbian 7 - I just stated Psion made marketing mistakes, I did not quantify them against specific remarks in the former Psion forum >>
My comment was triggered by your "If it was clear to the public I never understood why it was not clear to Psion". I'm afraid that a number of the items put forward on the Psion Forum did fall in the 'easier said than done' category. It's thus a mistake to conclude Psion didn't know how to market its products because some of the suggestions weren't implemented.
<< As to a great new machine, to continue in your existing market you are right. However, to break in again you will have to bring something significantly different from your competitors to stand out and break into the market >>
That's not really the case. Have a look at the specs of the various Pocket PC devices and you'll see they're so very similar that the devices are interchangeable. That is, take the specs of product A and put the picture of product B above it and hardly any consumer will notice it. This hasn't prevented new companies from entering the Pocket PC market with what can only be called 'me-too' devices.
Being different does help as it's a badge of distinction. But you need to be very careful in choosing the aspects by which you're different. As you run the risk of having to sell the differences before you can start selling the product.
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Kind Regards,
Rolf Brunsting - Darp - Netherlands
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Date: 13 Nov 2002 21:23:40 +0000
From: Rolf Brunsting
Subject: Re: Travel modem data transfer rates
Dear Kevin,
<< ... I'd like to know if I can get any nearer the 5.5kBps you mention - the best I've observed is 2.3kBps and less than 1kBps is usual ... >>
There are too many variables at play to define a single a single solution that will guarantee a high transfer speed. It's not only the modem but also that you share the Internet infrastructure with millions of people. The performance of the net itself is variable and there are the equivalent of traffic jams. You might connect to a web site at a time when many others think it a good idea to visit the same site. Not every ISP or web site reacts quickly to increasing demand by expanding its equipment pool and number of lines. The ISP may serve ISDN and ADSL users first and modem users second. Etc, etc.
<< You mention that automatic retraining is performed for standard modem settings - is there any way to disable this via alternative modem settings? >>
Add %E0 (percent - E - zero) to the initialisation string. When your current string is AT&F you change it to AT&F%E0.
<< ... can I speed things up by altering Opera preferences? >>
It tend to be best to close all other applications to give Opera the maximum amount of available RAM.
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Kind Regards,
Rolf Brunsting - Darp - Netherlands
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Date: 13 Nov 2002 21:23:45 +0000
From: Rolf Brunsting
Subject: Re: Psion Marketing
Dear Jim,
<< From a purely personal view, I think a greater problem was the inability to make any penetration in the North American market. When the 3a came out, the PDA market was really three makers - HP, Psion, and Apple ... The PDA market was Psion's to seize over here >>
Psion's presence on the North American market wasn't very strong during the days of the Series 3a. Still, this didn't prevent Psion belonging to the top three PDA manufacturers, together with Hewlett Packard and Sharp. I therefore question the link quite a number of North American Psioneers make between presence on the North American market and the success of the company. The European Community is, after all, a larger market than North America.
<< After an initial flurry, the Psion sank below the waves in terms of public perception and the Palm rose to fill the vacuum >>
There was a gap between the simple 'databank' type of PDAs and the Series 3a, HP200LX and Zaurus 5600/5800. Psion had the Siena and HP the OmniGo 100 but these weren't really what people were looking for. Palm filled this gap with the Pilot and its though out mixture of power and simplicity. Pilots brought a new group of people into PDAs. What's more, quite a number of people who were using an 'overspecified' Series 3 or Zaurus switched to a Pilot.
<< After about 1998, it was near impossible to even find a Psion being carried on retailer's shelves. Simply making sure the machine was on offer and the public could "play" with it would have led to vastly better sales >>
1997 wasn't only the year in which the Series 5 was launched but also the launch of Windows CE 1.0. A flurry of CE 1.0 devices came on the market which, inevitably, resulted in a battle for retail shelf space which Psion lost. The company's models were pushed off North American retailers' shelves to make space for Compaq, Casio, NEC, LG and Philips H/PC models. Trouble is that Microsoft had started to attack Palm by the time it became clear the H/PCs weren't doing that well. Meaning retailers started to replace them by P/PC models from Casio, HP, Compaq and Philips. These did sell (much) better so that Psion didn't get the opportunity to get their shelf space back. What's more, it had to fight against the bad impression the H/PC models had left behind.
<< It seems to me that simply having some units in stock would have been a relatively low expense compared to the benefits >>
Which is easier said than done when retailers aren't that interested in stocking your product. Windows CE was supposed to wipe all non-CE PDAs off the face of the earth. Which was quickly followed by the idea that the Palm-P/PC format would quickly become *the* PDA format and that keyboards were passé.
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Kind Regards,
Rolf Brunsting - Darp - Netherlands
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Date: 13 Nov 2002 21:23:51 +0000
From: Rolf Brunsting
Subject: Re: Nokia 7650 camera phone & Psion
Dear Jorge,
<< confirmed with Zenobyte that the N7650 is not compatible with PhoneManPro because (and i quote) "It doesn't support the required InfraRed AT protocol, so we can't write a driver to make it work unfortunately" (this is one of the reasons why i did not keep the phone) >>
Pity, as you could have simply 'beamed' phone numbers and contact details straight from the Contacts application of the 7650.
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Kind Regards,
Rolf Brunsting - Darp - Netherlands
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Date: 13 Nov 2002 21:23:55 +0000
From: Rolf Brunsting
Subject: Re: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 107
Dear Susan,
Blackberry vs. Psion
<< But the bottom line is, since the Firm is paying for the Blackberry service, and our home MSN service probably wouldn't work with Psion anyway, I can't see paying another monthly fee just for the ability to read attachments and type more easily >>
The Blackberry is a corporate product as it relies on companies installing additional software on their Microsoft Exchange mailservers to pass on somebody's incoming mail to his/her Blackberry. This makes a Blackberry much less interesting to private individuals as they tend not to have the infrastructure while the server software is too expensive for a single person.
Another aspect is that the Blackberry is the next step in development of the alphanumeric pager. These pagers are widely used in North America but you hardly see them in Europe. Their job is performed by the Short Message System of the GSM mobile phone network. The reason why Blackberries are sold in very small numbers over here.
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Kind Regards,
Rolf Brunsting - Darp - Netherlands
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Date: 13 Nov 2002 21:23:59 +0000
From: Rolf Brunsting
Subject: Re: Nokia 9210 and GPRS
Dear Astrid,
<< ... Nokia Oyj will unveil three new mobile phone models on Monday, including a smaller and thinner version of its personal organiser phone Communicator, industry sources told Reuters on Thursday ... >>
There are rumours of a 9230 Communicator doing the rounds of the mobile phone magazines and on-line publications. The 9230 is supposed to be equipped with GPRS, Bluetooth and a larger memory capacity.
The Mobile Internet Conference in Munich the Reuters article refers to has passed and Nokia launched nine new products but the 9230 isn't among them. The mobile phone models that were announced during the conference are:
Nokia 6800
Dual-band - full keyboard - colour display - stereo FM radio - PIM - E-mail - MMS - Java and SyncML
Nokia 7250
Tri-band - colour display - stereo FM radio - CIF camera - MMS and Java
Nokia 6100
Tri-band - colour display - MMS - world's smallest and lightest
Nokia 5100
Tri-band - rugged - colour display - MMS and Java
Nokia 8910i
Dual-band - titanium casing - HSCSD - GPRS - Bluetooth - MMS and Java
Nokia 2100
Low-cost entry level phone
Nokia N-Gage
Mobile game deck for interactive gaming with games supplied on memory cards.
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Kind Regards,
Rolf Brunsting - Darp - Netherlands
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Date: 13 Nov 2002 21:24:04 +0000
From: Rolf Brunsting
Subject: Re: CF slot specifications
Dear Owen,
<< If the CF slot had the full specs, that route would not have been messy. It would have been inherently supported by the hardware and easy to implement >>
Well ... if my granny had wheels she'd be a wagon. There are many 'alternative world' scenarios we can discuss but we'll still have a Series 5(mx) with a memory card only CF slot at the end of the discussion.
I'm therefore more inclined to take the current situation as a given for finding the best possible high-capacity external storage solution. An update of the idea behind the old Cyclone and Ranger diskette drives looks to be the best option. An external drive with RS232C interface able to accept a standard hard disk or CD-ROM drive. Reason why I think it's the best solution is because it doesn't involve making modifications to the Series 5(mx). And when the drive can be powered by an external PSU the same way as Psion's PC-Card Adapter, all the better.
<< They made them too dependant on another computer >>
The rule is, and always has been, that what the overall majority wants will become part of the product. I'm afraid that the overall majority uses a handheld computer together with a desktop or laptop computer. The reason why file exchange and synchronisation software needs to be in the box of the handheld. It also means that there's much less commercial pressure on handheld computer manufacturers to make their models completely independent from desktop or laptop computers. Reason why all handhelds currently on the market suffer from this dependence to a lesser or greater extent.
<< To most users that would have to be a WindoZe computer as most users don't have the knowledge needed to research the other options >>
It's not for a manufacturer of handheld computers to criticise the computer equipment people already own as well as the reasons why they bought it.
<< Also, the utilities for connecting to other OS's were not available when the S5 first came out >>
Similar utilities weren't available when the first Palm models came out. Nor could you use desktop file formats on a Palm. These tools were developed later depending on interest and demand, just as they did for the EPOC based Psions.
<< The truth of the matter is that Psion took it for granted that all Psion users would have access to a WindoZe computer >>
It's not mandatory for a manufacturer to create a product that suits each and everybody. I would actually be foolish to attempt to create such a product. A manufacturer therefore makes a number of choices when defining the specification of the product. Psion made a decision based on what most people do with a handheld computer as well as the computer these people actually have on their home or office desks. Leaving the consumer the choice of accepting the Series 5(mx) or to buy a competing product.
<< If the Psions had been able to access external storage devices for backups and software distribution, they would have been viable "only computers" for anyone who doesn't need colour graphics on a full size screen >>
Well ... can you tell me how many additional Series 5(mx)'s Psion would have sold when the 5(mx) would have the features to make it somebody's single computer?
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Kind Regards,
Rolf Brunsting - Darp - Netherlands
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Date: 13 Nov 2002 21:24:12 +0000
From: Rolf Brunsting
Subject: Re: Jotter
Dear Owen,
<< Many beginners would not know how to easily toggle between two different files in the Data application >>
Beginners inevitably need to learn what's possible with a Psion and how you can turn a possibility into a reality. That some people need more time than others is a given. That some completely overlook a feature or function is a given as well.
<< The lack of Jotter, sort in Sheet and outlining in Word etc. combined with the rather dull screen lead to a lot of people complaining very loudly on the UPS5 and Usenet groups >>
That's in the nature of releasing a product - there's always something wrong with it in the eyes of a number of people. You can't prevent it because you don't have an infinite development budget. And you also need to make a choice between customer requests that are contradictory. Make a choice and there's always somebody who'll complain loudly about it being the wrong choice.
<< Prospective Psion buyers read the complaints and steered away even though they may not have had any idea what Jotter was, had never used a spreadsheet and had no use for outlining >>
When that's their reason - that's their reason. People are free to say what they think about a product. Other people are free to take this as a basis for their purchase decision. When the result is a no-sale for Psion than that's that. Winning some and loosing some is part and parcel of selling a product.
<< I'm afraid you're missing the point >>
What you write doesn't change the 70%/30% situation I wrote about previously. My position that Jotter is a superfluous application is just as valid as the position of those who say Jotter is far from superfluous. It's but one example of the 30% of features people won't agree on.
<< The complaints drove other prospective Psion users away >>
Adding a feature because of complaints will have the same effect. There are people who don't care at all about this feature, preferring something else. That their feature isn't in the next release of the product can be sufficient reason to abandon Psion's handheld computers.
<< BTW, you didn't say what you would have used the money for... >>
It was mentioned in my message - Footnotes plus automatic chapter and paragraph numbering in Word.
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Kind Regards,
Rolf Brunsting - Darp - Netherlands
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Date: 13 Nov 2002 23:06:45 +0000
From: Alan Morris
Subject: Re: netBook repair
Darryl Kempster wrote:-
<< netBook repairs can only be done by Psion themselves at this time .... the price of repair .... is a flat fee of £170 - reason why I bought a second Series 7 for £150 rather than repair my original machine. >>
Thanks Darryl. That's 40% of the price I paid for my new S7!
PS. << Apparently it's £115 >> arrrr, only 27%, that's a bit better then.
Perhaps I should start looking for another S7 or netBook. Any suggestions?
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Alan R Morris, G4ENS.
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK.
Using a Psion & Nokia 6210e.
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