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In today's Epoc Digest 20 messages:

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- Encryption -Encrypt-It

- Re: os x & epoc

- Morality, Happy New Year

- Re: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 135

- Reply to Tom Robertson - RE: SIS file extraction

- Query - Agenda to Data/Sheet Link

- Re: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 135

- Pascol Nicolas,

- Re: digital pictures on a Psion; SIEMENS rapid reader

- RoutePlannner and Psion 5MX

- Solun

- Re: Magellan Meridian and Psion 5MX?

- Re: Frwd.: An e-mail you sent has been stopped

- re: OS X & EPOC (nic b.)

- Re: New idea

- RE: CodeSafe, NDcode (#135)

- First In-Depth Revieuw of Sony-Ericsson P800

- P800 / CodeSafe vs NDecode / virtual keys / OS X / software

- Psion Dacom Goldcard modem V34

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Date: 30 Dec 2002 01:31:44 +0100

From: Dan Siegel

Subject: Encryption -Encrypt-It

I have used Encrypt -It for a number of years now on a 5, a mx, a Msko and a Netbook. Great prgram, worth the money. It is rock stable and I have simpy created shortcuts to the files I want to open often. From reiews I have rad, it is the most secure of the secure. See http://www.pocketiq.com/home/ tp try and the buy.

> > An recomendations, suggestions, problems with any of these, or > other suggestions?

Daniel Mark Siegel MD, MS (Management and Policy)

Phone 631-751- MOHS / 631-751-6647

Office Fax 631-751-6644 / 631-980-3893

PERSONAL FAX (in USA): 586 283 0510 via eFax

www.skincancer.dermdex.net

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Date: 30 Dec 2002 01:33:51 +0100

From: Dan Siegel

Subject: Encryption -Encrypt-It

PS -

http://www.ericlindsay.com/epoc/sicrypt5.htm#encrypt has good reviews of the options.

> > An recomendations, suggestions, problems with any of these, or > other suggestions? >

Daniel Mark Siegel MD, MS (Management and Policy)

Phone 631-751- MOHS / 631-751-6647

Office Fax 631-751-6644 / 631-980-3893

PERSONAL FAX (in USA): 586 283 0510 via eFax

www.skincancer.dermdex.net

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Date: 30 Dec 2002 02:47:38 +0100

From: Klaas Meelker

Subject: Re: os x & epoc

on 30-12-2002 01:33 Epoc Digest wrote

> Date: 29 Dec 2002 02:57:42 +0000

> From: niC b.

> is it going to be possible to connect my s7 to the osx imac??

Answer:

Trafic S5. Runs under OSX. There is also an OS9 version.

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/philippe.galmel/

Kind regards,

Klaas Meelker

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Date: 30 Dec 2002 06:40:01 +0100

From: Steve Baker

Subject: Morality, Happy New Year

RE: Morality

I'm with Owen on this one, all the way. I believe that we all believe in the

principle of application registration wherever possible, but local conditions

'colour' the debate for the individual.

Happy New Year

Though I don't post very often, I do read every issue; There's always somebody

answering any question before I get to sending in my $0.02 - that's my excuse

and I'm sticking to it!

Anyway, I would just like to take this opportunity to wish everybody in the

community a Happy and Prosperous New Year, and all the best for 2003.

Regards,

Steve

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Date: 30 Dec 2002 07:23:50 +0100

From: "Huub Linthorst"

Subject: Re: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 135

Jack wrote:

>I quickly abandoned CodeSafe for its inability to export data. >I choose Freecrypt for its speed and stability.

>I like NDcode v6.3 macro from Nicolas macros page (...thanks again forever >Pascal!); NDcode codes a string such as my Visacard# in this :

> >>>gbqpiillgkhgkhjm¸<<<

>I'ld bet nobody but me will decode it ;-]

Hi Jack and others,

Recent versions of CodeSafe have the option to export the data as "plain text" and/or as "comma-delimited text" compatible with most spreadsheet and database formats.

The version of NDcode available from Pascal Nicolas' Macro5 site is pretty old. You may want to check the most recent version at my website (see below)

Happy New Year,

Huub

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Huub Linthorshttp://website.leidenuniv.nl/~linthorsthjm/exabetal/

ExAb, CodeSafe, S5mboles, SpellX and more

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Date: 30 Dec 2002 07:37:44 +0100

From: Jorge Ramos

Subject: Reply to Tom Robertson - RE: SIS file extraction

On 26 Dec 2002 Tom Robertson Subject: SIS file extraction - Unicode? wrote: "... I don't appear to be able to use some SIS files ... I get the information message 'Access denied'. ..."

Hi Tom,

In my experience to fix this you need to change the file properties of the .SIS file (ie. CTRL-P on the Psion) and remove the "Read Only" flag.

Regards,

Jorge Ram

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Date: 30 Dec 2002 08:29:35 +0100

From: Jorge Ramos

Subject: Query - Agenda to Data/Sheet Link

Hi all,

A mate of mine who gives private music lessons has just bought a 5mx to help him manage his student appointments and billing. He wants to automatically search and link appointments (presumably by sur/name) from agenda to a data or spreadsheet file in which he can keep a running total of scheduled lessons and payments received. Can anyone out there help with any suggestions on whether/how this can be acheived?

Thanks and regards,

Jorge Ram

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Date: 30 Dec 2002 14:11:15 +0100

From: vlad arghir

Subject: Re: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 135

> Epoc Digest wrote:

> imac. it's one of the old graphite g3 400dv ones running os x If you have no specific need for X and no knowledge of Unix I'd recommend 9.x

A compact-flash reader (usb) will do to communication trick.

Fivetomac and mactofive to convert text data. Nconvet for a more complex conversion.

NEVER copy Psion system data.

NEVER delete the invisible data the Mac writes to the CF

and you should be fine.

best

vlad

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Date: 30 Dec 2002 14:21:40 +0100

From: Itamar Engelsman

Subject: Pascol Nicolas,

Answer to : Alan R Morris

Re. Pascol Nicolas - Already quite some time ago he informed the Psion community that due to new work commitments he would stop the development of MACRO5.

Best regards,

Itamar Engelsman

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Date: 30 Dec 2002 14:28:42 +0100

From: Aleck Cartwright

Subject: Re: digital pictures on a Psion; SIEMENS rapid reader

Digital pictures on a Psion - I have just bought a compact flash digital camera and was wondering if it is possible to open the pictures on my Psion 5mx using the compact flash card from the camera. If anyone has experience with this, please let me know how you do it.

Any good software out there for managing pictures on the psion? I will use my psion to send pictures by email and upload them to my website.

SIEMENS Pocket Reader - I was also wondering if anyone knows where I can get a cheap pen scanner, the Siemens Pocket Reader would be ideal, does anyone know where I could get one? or is there anyone out there who could sell me one? it would be much appreciated. I have looked at the C-pen but it is a bit too expensive at the moment.

Any help on this would be much appreciated,

Aleck Cartwright

(a Zimbabwean who lives in Scotland)

www.god-life.com

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Date: 30 Dec 2002 19:43:46 +0100

From: Kevin Collins

Subject: RoutePlannner and Psion 5MX

Hi folks,

And a very peaceful, happy and prosperous 2003 to you all!

To Andy Hardy (> ):

> when I try to

> look at the GPS

> preferences in Routeplanner I get an 'Unable to load GPS > engine. Not

> found' error.

Hi Andy. From my own experience, I think you could go to your Enroute folder in C (or D):\System\Apps, wherein you should find a file entitled gps.sis; if you open and install the latter, your GPS may then become activated.

Regards,

Kevin [Cork, Ireland] (presently putting his feet up in Co. Clare)

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Date: 30 Dec 2002 21:13:06 +0100

From: "Woody B"

Subject: Solun

Jack asked: "Is Santa still in Solun?"

Jack I just checked both my Psions (5 and 5MX) and Santa was still in the lower right corner as of 1PM PST 30 Dec. Hummm, does he go away?

Woody

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Date: 30 Dec 2002 21:13:30 +0100

From: Alan Morris

Subject: Re: Magellan Meridian and Psion 5MX?

Andy Hardy wrote:-

<< I'd like to connect it up to my Psion 5MX running Palmtop Route Planner

version 2.13 Millennium. Unfortunately, when I try to look at the GPS

preferences in Routeplanner I get an 'Unable to load GPS engine. Not

found' error. >>

Have you installed the 'Positioning System 1.50', as shown in my 5mx's 'Installed programs' list in 'Control panel | Add/remove'? It's another .SIS file that is installed after RP's .SIS file. It's what I have called a GPS engine on this digest in another thread.

<< As a standby, I tried the GPSion5 utility, but although it could connect

to the Meridian and correctly determine the software version, etc. it

could not accept any data without getting an error in 'GPSION5/MENSD' -

'String is too long'. >>

This may be because you have got a Magellan and not a Garmin. OK, I'm biased as my first GPS, bought in 1996 and first used with a Psion 3a, was a Garmin 75. About 18 months ago I added a Garmin eMap. Much software is written for use with Garmin products as the authors own Garmins and can't test it with a Magellan GPS. Magellans are know for not working with some software.

Alan R Morris, G4ENS.

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK.

Using a Psion 7 & Nokia 6210e

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Date: 30 Dec 2002 22:58:29 +0100

From: "Andy Nott"

Subject: Re: Frwd.: An e-mail you sent has been stopped

Cheers Rolf

Yes, I know! That's the first time that the NHS has stopped one of the digests!

Rgds

Andy

>>> Epoc Digest 12/30/02 09:16pm >>>

Hi Andy,

we got the b.m. mail.

Please inform your support centre, that the Epocdigest is _not_ spam.

With best regards,

Rolf Vonau

The Epoc Digest Team

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Date: 31 Dec 2002 00:24:41 +0100

From: Brian Houghton

Subject: re: OS X & EPOC (nic b.)

Nic,

First of all, congratulations on using Mac OS X...in my opinion the second greatest computer OS next to EPOC.

The best way of transferring data between the two machines is to use a CF card in your s7 and then upload/download to it via the Mac using an USB CF Card Reader (~$30 USD / I have had wonderful luck using SanDisk CF cards and readers with the Mac). HTML files can be read using EPOC Web or Opera or you can convert them to another format using nConvert (www.neuon.com). As for e-mail, you could save the ones to read as a text file of sorts and then transfer to the s7.

As for your printer, I can make no guarantees. OS X includes somewhere in the neighborhood of 1000 drivers for printers, etc. pre-installed, but it can be somewhat fickle at times if it doesn't have the driver.

You will have to download it from Canon's site (if they have made a driver for an older printer : ) )

Hope this helps. If you have any further questions about OS X with EPOC, please let me know.

Brian

http://homepage.mac.com/brianandlori/MAKO_ONLINE

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Date: 31 Dec 2002 02:58:44 +0100

From: Mark DEPPE

Subject: Re: New idea

<<<Itamar Wrote>

New idea

I thought it might be a nice idea if subscribers would describe a certain program they use a lot in more detail for the other subscribers. This could enhance the way we all use our Psions. One day this week I will try to describe how I use Agenda as a business tool to follow up my contacts with my clients, much like the more specifically written follow up programs. Looking forward to reading about your most used program.>>>

Excellent Idea I look forward to reading these, and will think what I can offer, which might be beyond what is obvious at first glance about a program. Phoneman and email are my main apps but I do not do anything special / exceptional with them, and Backup which does it all itself.

Kind regards

Mark

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Date: 31 Dec 2002 07:45:20 +0100

From: "ExAbEtAl"

Subject: RE: CodeSafe, NDcode (#135)

Jack wrote:

>I quickly abandoned CodeSafe for its inability to export data. >I choose Freecrypt for its speed and stability.

>I like NDcode v6.3 macro from Nicolas macros page (...thanks again forever >Pascal!); NDcode codes a string such as my Visacard# in this :

> >>>gbqpiillgkhgkhjm¸<<<

>I'ld bet nobody but me will decode it ;-]

Hi Jack and others,

Recent versions of CodeSafe have the option to export the data as "plain text" and/or as "comma-delimited text", compatible with most spreadsheet and database formats.

The version of NDcode available from Pascal Nicolas' Macro5 site is pretty old. You may want to check the most recent version at my website (see below)

Happy New Year,

Huub

___________________________________

Huub Linthorshttp://website.leidenuniv.nl/~linthorsthjm/exabetal/

ExAb, CodeSafe, S5mboles, SpellX and more

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Date: 31 Dec 2002 10:46:52 +0100

From: "Arent Kits van Heijningen[106016.3614]"

Subject: First In-Depth Revieuw of Sony-Ericsson P800

First In-Depth Revieuw of Sony-Ericsson P800

Yes folks , it's up , the first in-depth revieuw of the Ericsson P800 You will find it here ( English language version , a Chinese lang version may be available on the same site ) :

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2003/sonyericsson/p800/p1.htm

to / till och med

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2003/sonyericsson/p800/p7.htm

It is an excellent , concise and in-depth revieuw and that guy did not left any stone unturned and with tons of pictures ( palmtop users watch your memory ! I ran nearly out of mine on my 16 meg hp680 lx )

Very briefly :

the p800 holds its expectations and here is in a nutshell the conclusion: Screen is bigger than the Neonode N1 , but offers lower colour depth ( 12- bit versus 18-bit on N1 )

bluetooth build-in ( no dongle required ) but USB requires a PC to hook up external devices e. g keyboard , mouse , network and mass-storage )

No sync , only filetransfers possible between pc and device ( may be adressed through third-party apps or network sync offered by the operator )

Little or no opportunity for operator to customize

Storage is Memory Stick Duo ( this is Type 1 , Memorystick is Type 2 by default ) with a physical limit of estimated 32 meg and not available outside Japan for retail )

No document creation/editing capabilities but it DOES have a fully usable Jotter ( in color !)

Limited browser ( comparable to Web on Psion )

The UIQ is reported as great

It is bulky but light-weight

The camera is great but picture quality is limited ( only 12-bit colour depth , N1 has up to 18-bit )

My conclusion : Could be a great business phone , but future is clouded as it is only becoming available near the end of its lifetime and probably will be withdrawn for a less functional successor in Q2/Q3 2003 ( shades of Nokia 92**/68** here ?)

Also the future of MemoryStick as a non-camera storage format is in doubt , after all MMC was originally developed on behest of the mobile phone industry by Nokia , Siemens/Infineon and Sandisk and is the "official storage medium on Symbian OS , later joined by PanaSonic who added SD and I/O capabilities

Nokia uses Type 1 MMC on its Communicators ( 9210 and 3650 ) , Psion too on its Netpad

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You can mail the revieuwe at : chrisang

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Date: 31 Dec 2002 13:08:59 +0100

From: Thomas F.VAN DER ZIJDEN

Subject: P800 / CodeSafe vs NDecode / virtual keys / OS X / software

Hello group,

Quite a number of issues, all in the same digest, I would like to respond at. ;-)

Epoc Digest wrote (>):

> Date: 28 Dec 2002 22:32:40 +0000

> From: "Arent Kits van Heijningen[106016.3614]"

> Subject: Re: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 131 : P 800 : First USER

> REPORT

> read read

> First user report on P800 AT :

> http://www.neonode.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?t=224&postdays=0&postorder=asc

> &start=15

> a guy with the nickname "pell00" tested one on Vodafone

> and claimed that the front page of Aftonbladet -

> Sweden's leading tabloid - took 4-6 minutes to load ....

> so still no cigar

> k

Careful with that, Arent. This sounds like pell00 stumbled upon one of the first pre-production P800's! They did show this behaviour, but that is (should be) improved.

> Date: 29 Dec 2002 02:53:04 +0000

> From: Brian Houghton

> Subject: Virtual Keys - an on-screen keyboard for the

> Mako

> Hello to all.

> This is my first post on the digest after being in the

> background for some time now.

> I have recently launched version 1.0 of Virtual Keys.

> It is a freeware macro which provides an on-screen

> keyboard for the Mako/Revo line of EPOC machines. More

> information, a download and screenshots can be found on

> its home page:

> http://homepage.mac.com/brianandlori/MAKO_ONLINE

> If anyone has feedback or suggestions after trying it,

> please email me.

> Brian

Cool! Welcome on the digest, we like this kind of contributors <BG>! I will have a look at it. Are you also aware of Nightkeys by Neuon (www.neuon.com)? Is this based on its code?

> Date: 29 Dec 2002 02:57:42 +0000

> From: niC b.

> Subject: os x & epoc

> dear all,

> please help.

<snip>

> it not possible to connect via the adsl of the imac?

> best wishes to all,

> nic b.

Hi Nic,

I use window$, but connecting with ADSL should be possible by making use of the serial connection (does your machine have a serial connection?) and something on the Mac that should be called 'PPP client' or something like that. This 'PPP client' would then relay the Internet from the ADSL modem to your Psion. Your Psion has the necessary software in ROM. For my PC solution (Mocha PPP) have a look at http://review.vdzijden.net because that gives you an idea for the necessary settings for your Psion.

> Date: 29 Dec 2002 04:47:30 +0000

> From: J.

> Subject: Re: Crypto Programs

> To: Woody B

> Subject: Crypto Programs

> >........ I've ...... crypto114, encrypt40,

> freecrypt.... CodeSafe......<

> RE

> Main problem with such apps lies in the "proprietary"

> limitation. You hardly can read your passwords on the

> emulator and not at all with any other OS.

> I quickly abandoned CodeSafe for its inability to export

> data.

> I choose Freecrypt for its speed and stability.

> I like NDcode v6.3 macro from Nicolas macros page

> (...thanks again forever Pascal!); NDcode codes a string

> such as my Visacard# in this :

> I'ld bet nobody but me will decode it ;-]

> Have a nice Y"K+3

> Jack

Hi Jack,

How do you export your data generated by NDecode to your PC? If you export >>>gbqpiillgkhgkhjm¸<<< to your PC you will still need NDecode in the emulator to decode it. Since both NDecode and Codesafe run in the emulator - in opposition to Safeplace from Palmtop - you can use both IMHO.

NDecode and Codesafe are both from the same author Huub Linthorst. New and free versions can be downloaded at http://website.leidenuniv.nl/~linthorsthjm .

And my greetings to you (key: Didier), if anyone wants to have a try at NDecode:

> Date: 29 Dec 2002 12:31:03 +0000

> From: peter.rand

> Subject: dCalc financial calculator to become freeware

> Thought I'd add this to the debate about what should be

> done with EPOC software that is no longer supported.

> dCalc is a great RPN (HP12c) financial/scientific

> calculator for EPOC, and the author, Bob Hepple, has

> announced that since he can no longer support the

> software, he is now releasing the source code to the

> Psion community:

Now that IS great news! A pity I don't know how to compile Psion source codes, so I would still have the nag screen. ;-)

(I need a PC for that, don't I ?)

Met vriendelijke groet, Salutations distinguées, Yours truly

Thomas F. van der Zij

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Date: 31 Dec 2002 14:11:31 +0100

From: Itamar Engelsman

Subject: Psion Dacom Goldcard modem V34

I bought this card via eBay for very little money. It worked very well first time I tried. My only problem is that it makes a tremendous noise when dialling even though I set the volume to "Quiet". The literature does not give the AT commands to reduce this noise. Is it possible to reduce the noise of dialling to an "acceptable" level ?

Best regards,

Itamar Engelsman

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