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Epoc Digest Wed, 15 Jan 2003 Volume 01 : Number 148

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In today's Epoc Digest 29 messages:

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- RE: SanDisk combined CF/WiFi cards

- Sony Clie

- Extrabars / SM Card / Empower

- Re: UIDs from Symbian

- OPX version, Mac Problem (Rolf&Mark)

- Repair of S5mxPro

- English as she is writ

- Re: CF reader and Macintosh

- Re: Tablet Devices

- Re: Some warnings about PAYG with data

- netBook in the US

- Dana

- Remanufactured 5mx

- Re: System Files

- Macro5 procedure problem

- Re: OPL Question

- Free Symbian Seminar 30 JAN 2003, ROME - ITALY

- Printing from the 9210, MMC to PC card adaptor

- Roger Muggletons "locations", netBook, Jornada, GPRS,

- CF Cards

- Replacing a Revo

- Re: Psion User Group Database Application

- USA screencable fix

- NetBook II

- Macro5 procedure problem

- Re:

- Re: Ericsson p 800 BIG seller in Sweden

- On/Off problem

- win2k, IRDA , Synchronization and other bits'n'pieces

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Date: 14 Jan 2003 04:03:40 +0100

From: "Walker, Jan"

Subject: RE: SanDisk combined CF/WiFi cards

In case this has not been posted yet: SanDisk has announced that they are selling combined 802.11b/CF memory cards. Here is a paragraph with prices, etc. This should be good for netBooks, no? A URL connection follows the paragraph.

Jan in San Francisco Bay Area

"The Wi-Fi (802.11b) CF and SD Connect cards have a suggested retail price of $99.95. The dual-function CF cards with 128MB of capacity will be priced at $129.95 while the dual-function 256MB SD cards will be priced at $149.95. The CF Wi-Fi card is available now, the CF dual-function card and the SD Wi-Fi card will be available in March and the SD dual-function card is expected to ship at mid-year. The CF pricing includes a PC card adapter for notebook and laptop owners. SanDisk Connect cards will be sold in many of the 50,000 retail stores worldwide where SanDisk branded products are sold."

http://www.sandisk.com/about/press.asp

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Date: 14 Jan 2003 05:37:30 +0100

From: James John

Subject: Sony Clie

To Rolf,

Well I am using a Sony Clie T615. It has a Hi Res 320x320 screen with 16MB Ram. I bought a refurbished unit on Ebay for about 55% of the retail price. I'd say not bad considering everything looks brand new except the sticker behind the unit with the serial no it.

Pros,

a. Excellent colour screen

b. Form factor, small and slim.

c. Can sync with Jpilot & Evolution in Linux.

d. Good games on colour screen.

e. A reasonable battery life. When outdoors you do not have to use the backlight. No effect under direct sunlight.

f. Jog Dial easy scrolling. Very handy when using Tome Raider.

Cons,

a. No built in programming language like OPL. Real bummer.

b. No built in database. Another bummer.

c. No file manager

d. No keyboard. Graffiti is not too bad in the sense it is good enough for diary entries and not practical for use with the word processor (Document to Go).

e. Most or maybe all financial apps cant even match up to ABP. (Maybe they should port it to the Palm OS)

f. Palm Hacks are not as good as Macros. I sure miss Assistant.

g. Not multitasking. Apps open and close fast when in Ram but when on MS can take upto 10 secs if the app is about 350k in size.

Psion/Symbian are loosing it. They have to find a large manufacturer who is willing to adopt EPOC. Sony's latest or rather soon to be released NX 90 has a 2 Megapixel camera built in, flash, keyboard (sort off) , 320x480 screen, MP3 player. Sharp has gone for Linux and the rest I guess Pocket PC.

Regards

James J

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Date: 14 Jan 2003 08:47:31 +0100

From: Andy Hayes

Subject: Extrabars / SM Card / Empower

Hi all

Thanks for the advice on starting up applications from Power On (automagically). I delved deeper into what I had on the netBook and found that ExtraBars is supposed to be able to do this. I created an extra bar called PowerOn. This should automagically launch any apps on it when the Psion is switched on without ExtraBars running - I think. Nothing happens with Extrabars not running. Anyone else using this?

I took a picture yesterday intending to email it to a friend. I would normally take the smart media card from the camera and put it into a SM PC card adaptor and then put that in the slot of the netBook, then copy that file across to the CF for when I was ready to send it. Since installing Build 158 I have not been able to read the sm / PC card combination. I assume that this is a coincidence? Or is it time for a new sm / PC card adaptor? Anyone with a similar setup like to comment?

There has been much talk of relational databases recently. Anyone interested in relational databases for keeping track of contacts might like to take a look at a freeware app called Empower. I have just started to play with it again and it is a really nice little app. It would probably suit sales people very well. It isn't customisable at all, but that might be a plus for many people! I assume that it will be available on www.tucows.com the version that I have has been on a computer here for a long time. I am not sure if the app is still supported though, although it is very easy to work out with only a few minutes of trial and error.

Andy Hayes

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Date: 14 Jan 2003 09:24:47 +0100

From: Rolf Vonau

Subject: Re: UIDs from Symbian

Reference is made to the mail in the EPOC DIGEST V1 # 147 :

"Tim Johnson" wrote at 13.01 2003 (> ):

> I have emailed Symbian (in accordance with the

> instructions in thier Knowledgebase) twice in the

> last 2 weeks to ask for UIDs for some software

> and, to date, received no reply.

Did you send your request?

I got the UIDs within 1 day (however it was in 2000)

Best Regards

Rolf

Munich

http://home.arcor.de/rhvonau/index.htm

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Date: 14 Jan 2003 11:08:00 +0100

From: vlad arghir

Subject: OPX version, Mac Problem (Rolf&Mark)

> Keith and Rolf wrote re OPX:

> How do I insure that I have the latest version to backup? >> >> keep SIS install files of all the applications you're using.

Another idea is to install the missing opx separately. I keep the whole set on my 16MB original system CF at hand. They are all free so if anyone wants them I can mail them - I think - without offending anyone :-)

25 of them, ca. 1.5 MB or less if zipped.

re: Mac Format:

> Doesn't the same apply to CF cards as they use the same FAT storage format > as PCs? What you describe looks as if the Mac treats the CF card as Mac

Well, apparently not. I noticed that everything is ok as long as you don't copy system data from CF to Mac or back per Drag-and-drop.

WHAT follows is a bit L O N G.

Kindly ignore if not interested in Mac.

--------------------------------- start of descr

NB: what follows has been partly discussed here ca. 1 year ago,

no solution found. Here is a web site where the programmers

among you might find what Mac users look for for solving this.

From Eberhard Mattes: said & I do not understand 8)

"If the Mac (like Linux) overwrites the byte of zeros,

a Psion will begin to see garbage".

He gave me this adress one year ago where some

software/explanations can be found.

> look at:

> http://www.windhager.de/~mattes/epocemx/

> You need emxuser.zip und fst03h.zip

and added somewhere that it's actually a matter of luck that this didn't also happen to normal data. It never did, for me, though. It always does if I copy system files or delete these invisibles.

Here follows my description of the problem

in an exchange with Mark Deppe, Itamar, Riku Hintukainen (ao?)

CF cards do become occasionally corrupt upon being switched between Mac and Psion, but afaik only if you tamper with system, folder, name data (data-admin, Finder job!)

If you copy system Data to the Mac, you sometime get a very nice animation of names that change under your eyes (curiously: on both platforms!) and everything is garbage within seconds. The same happens if you delete the invisible files the Mac writes to disk (up to OS 9.x, I don't know about OS X).

On other occasions, on copying to the Mac, the progress-bar counts zillions of files, minutes on end, then says "Not enough place... 17 GB (or sth on that order) must be deleted first", which is of course silly, as the Psion System has less than 20MB.

Both the Mac and the Psion write some invisible files. The Mac writes two folders, visible on Psion, the content visible if you make it visible under extras/settings:

TheFindByContentFolder (visible and empty; might contain Sherlock indexing data) TheVolumeSettingsFolder (visible, it contains invisible docs: Resource.frk, DesktopPrinters, Finder.dat, OpenFolderListD);

which are apparently Finder-management data

Also in the root of every folder you open in the Mac Finder (or even if you don't??), you get these invisible docs:

DesktopDB, DesktopDF, Finder.Dat, Icon.

It seems the visibility flag for _documents_ is valid for both platforms. These are docs the Mac needs to control the status of the medium in Finder. I do not understand more.

BUT: if you delete any of these on the Psion and read the CF on the Mac, it's usually kaputt and needs reformating (this is where I have _seen_ doc names becoming garbage under my eyes, as if the Mac would just change the names on the run! spooky!)

The flag for the Psion System-folder seems to be different. The Mac sees the it even if it's been flagged invisibile on the Psion (Extras>settings>"hidden docs", resp. "show system").

In fact, this data-corruption problem almost looks to me as a copyright-protection measure Symbian has taken to prevent people from just copying system and software data around as they would with a Mac, where just, ahem, borrowing software was really easy until OS X (remember?, the Psion is just a smaller Mac with more experience and perhaps a somewhat dryer sense of humour...)

Anyone any idea how to repair/prevent this?

Or at least an explanation I can understand ? ;-)

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Date: 14 Jan 2003 11:09:59 +0100

From: Rolf Vonau

Subject: Repair of S5mxPro

Hi Britishers,

the power socket of my mxPro is defect. In Germany nobody repairs it whilest guarantee period. I learned that I have to send my darling to Great Britain. "Thanks" to the Psion Ltd. Germany !! <furious>

Do everyone know which firm is the quickest one? May be you can provide me with the phone number or the address.

Any help is appreciated.

Best Regards

Rolf

Munich

http://home.arcor.de/rhvonau/index.htm

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Date: 14 Jan 2003 13:32:31 +0100

From: "Philip Carlisle"

Subject: English as she is writ

Dear Rolf

In Digest 147 you made some (self-proclaimed) pedantic comments about English and the word Organi(s)(z)er.

While rather off thread, please allow a short native response.

Firstly, a word with an initial capital letter, that is a given name, should be spelt as by the owner of the name.

Secondly, Chaucer used zeds (or zees, as my Transatlantic cousins would pronounce it) frequently. The Pilgrim Fathers used the same letter constantly and their successors still do. However, the living language moved on in the UK, but only to some extent.

I was taught to use the 'first' spelling listed in the Oxford English Dictionary and, lo and behold, its first spelling of the subject word is Organizer!

Kindest pedantic regards

Philip Carlisle

London

PS. One advantage of Outlook on a PC is its ability to spell check before sending. That would have saved you from the embarrassment of writing Dcember rather than December!

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Date: 14 Jan 2003 13:52:47 +0100

From: Owen H. Morgan

Subject: Re: CF reader and Macintosh

Howdy!

Rolf Brunsting wrote (> ):

> There's no problem in copying system file to CF

> card as long as you know what you're doing. When

> you want to have a safety copy of the C drive

> contents it's best to copy to a directory so that

> OPX files are not in the \System\OPX search path

> but in (say) \Backup_C\System\OPX.

I can confirm this. I always keep a copy of my entire C drive under D:\Backup\. That way, if I need a hard reset or the machine crashes, I'll loose very little, particularly as I always keep the files I'm working on stored on CF to leave as much working memory as possible available on C.

> << I have tried 6 different CF card and 2 readers

> and they always do weird things to the CF cards >>

> I see that you refer to a Macintosh.

It's the same with WindoZe. It's a long time since I've allowed WindoZe to come anywhere near the CF card for my MC218 except via PsiWin. Copying the contents of the CF card to the PC hard-disk via the (PCMCIA) CF reader and then writing it back to the card again would totally mess up the directory structure of the card. Long file- and folder names were often truncated and particularly those that contained any of the Norwegian characters (æ,ø,å) would be FUBAR.

I also got errors on the card. There is apparently some difference in the way WindoZe and EPOC handle long filenames which is sorted by PsiWin, but not when putting the card in the PC. Even if I just insert the card and permanently delete one file (Shift+Del) or move it from CD to hard-disk, WindoZe has the bloody gall to put a TrashCan on my card! My experience is that letting WindoZe access my CF any other way than through PsiWin is a recipe for disaster.

PS. I have no problems using the CF reader or the MC218 to access the cards for my camera or for my HP200LX palmtop, but none of those cards have long filenames on them.

Owen

(Just started PsiWin backing up my MC218. It's going to take 6-7 hours! Hopefully, it'll be finished when I get up tomorrow...)

Thought for the day:

The probability of a young man meeting a desirable and receptive young female increases by pyramidal progression when he is already in the company of:

1. a date,

2. his wife,

3. a better looking and richer male friend.

Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", LD-53°20.87'N 6°14.83'W

Dublin City Moorings

http://home.no.net/naomij

Phone and SMS:

In Ireland: +353 (0)87 7474173

In Norway: +47 92053097

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Date: 14 Jan 2003 13:53:00 +0100

From: Owen H. Morgan

Subject: Re: Tablet Devices

Howdy!

Rolf Brunsting wrote (> ):

> I may have escaped you, but Psion-Teklogix

> actually sells the netBook in the vertical

> application market. Irrespective of the vertical

> application being corporate, industrial,

> scientific or (semi-)governmental.

I don't usually agree with Arent, but selling and marketing are two very different things. Unfortunately, it seems Psion are not very good at marketing anything. If they were, we would still be able to buy new Psion palmtop computers. Judging from the number of people who are impressed when they see me writing e-mails on my Mako, there is a market out there.

The general public simply never knew these devices existed, and now they're slowly dying out. In fact, even when they were available in the stores, Psion's probably sold far more machines through the recommendation of satisfied users than through active marketing. I've ben responsible for quite a few people buying Psions myself through the years.

Owen

Thought for the day:

Anthony's Law of force:

Don't force it, get a larger hammer.

Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", LD-53°20.87'N 6°14.83'W

Dublin City Moorings

http://home.no.net/naomij

Phone and SMS:

In Ireland: +353 (0)87 7474173

In Norway: +47 92053097

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Date: 14 Jan 2003 13:53:17 +0100

From: Owen H. Morgan

Subject: Re: Some warnings about PAYG with data

Howdy!

Thomas F.Van Der Zijden wrote (> ):

> Yesterday I talked with a fellow of the judicial

> section of the Dutch Consumers Union about my

> unfortunate history with my network that suddenly

> charges my data minutes separately.

<SNIP>

> - In fact, data access *is* usually an error. The

> networks meant it to be used for their own WAP

> number

I don't want to offend anyone, but this is bullshit. I had been accessing the Internet via a GSM cell phone for many years when Wap was invented. First I used an Ericsson GH388 (?) with a PCMCIA modem in my Toshiba for a couple of years, then I bought a SH888 two days BEFORE it was officially released on the market and used it with my Psions until I bought the T39m last autumn.

One of the Norwegian GSM providers used to advertise mobile Internet on TV with a guy sitting in a cabin in the mountains working at his PC, not tapping on his Wap phone. (Maybe they still do, I haven't been in Norway since August.) Both the GSM providers in Norway have been providing Data access for a long time. How can the Internet access have been meant for Wap use many years before Wap was invented?

On the subject of prepaid cards, I have Internet access here in Ireland with a prepaid Irish Vodaphone card and when I was in Scotland I accessed the net with a prepaid UK Vodaphone card. If the networks stop Internet access for prepaid cards, there will be no way for travellers like me to get onto the net when abroad. (I don't intend to keep my Norwegian contract, as I won't go back to stay in Norway for at least a couple of years.)

Owen

Thought for the day:

A man with one watch knows what time it is.

With two watches he is never sure.

Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", LD-53°20.87'N 6°14.83'W

Dublin City Moorings

http://home.no.net/naomij

Phone and SMS:

In Ireland: +353 (0)87 7474173

In Norway: +47 92053097

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Date: 14 Jan 2003 14:26:33 +0100

From: boller

Subject: netBook in the US

I don't know whether Clove ships to the US. What I can say is that you would not need a "power adaptor", just a plug adaptor. I use my netBook (UK version) without any problem when I am in the US.

Best wishes

francois

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Date: 14 Jan 2003 14:35:15 +0100

From: Jim Watson~Goive

Subject: Dana

Rolf,

<<Wouldn't it be better to buy a budget model like the Palm Zire M150 or Sony Clié PEG-SL10?>>

<<I'm also wondering why you'd like to check out PalmOS at this point.>>

The form factor of the Dana attracted me. I carried round an RS Model 100 for a number of years and saw the Dana as not any more of a problem (actually it's lighter and ostensibly more rugged). The full size no nonsense keyboard and large screen is attractive.

It is my belief that Psion is eventually going to leave the PDA market - no longer supporting the 5mx. The date given seems to be December 31st,

2004.

Granted they probably will continue to support the NetBook and by extension, the 7. This means that I will eventually have to move to a NetBook at $1300 American or change platforms.

I am not moving (yet), but I believe when I do, it makes good sense to go with a Palm device. I was prepared to get a Jornada even though I am suspicious of the stability of the Windows, Pocket Pc, etc. OS. The one I found through Amazon.com at a sizable discount turned out to be bogus and all indications point to HP clamshell units going away.

The Zaurus Linux unit which looked possible seems to be changing into something less desirable.

I see lots of variation in hardware using the Palm OS so I believe that when all else has disappeared, the Palm OS will still be here.

The Dana gives me a classroom to play in. When I'm done, if I like Palm, I can expand out from the Dana. If not, I'll continue to fight the good fight with Epoc and I've only spent $450 (w/modem) for a toy. I believe that Epoc

is far ahead the best operating system available in PDA's. Unfortunately Psion's hardware is less than wonderful. Reading Trygve's comments about rebuilding connections in his NetBook gave me the shivers. This in a $1,300 unit.

So far my experience with the Dana/Palm OS (I picked up the unit at the post office this morning) is interesting.

I love the form. Full sized keyboard. Very light. Runs on built in rechargeable batteries or you can install 3 AA cells for 20 plus hours.

The screen is good and clear. Nice backlight.

Word processor seems (early yet) very powerful. Outputs either RTF or text files rather than Word. Very compatible with Word.

The file management system is nonexistent. One folder for all text files.

No data application. No spreadsheet. I am told that I can find shareware applications.

The address book is like the 5 mx Contacts which I use on the 5mx only for email addresses (Data for everything else).

The WP functionality is good enough that I see myself using the Dana for WP (and probably EMail) and the Epoc machines for everything else.

When my last Epoc machine has died, I will probably have found Palm shareware and work arounds for the missing functionality. In the meantime I'll have my Dana on the work table in my studio or at home (light enough to be extremely transportable) for WP projects and carry my 5mx or Mako around for everything else.

More info as I learn some of the other applications. EMail next.

I am hoping that someone out there has written a BASIC interpreter or compiler for Palm so I can write some of my own programs. I miss the interpreter they had on the 100 and never have taken the time to learn OPL.

<< You're not going to spend three times as much on a job because you have to learn how to do the job once more. >>

That comes under the heading of "fun", not "work." I enjoy playing with computers. I carried around a Zaurus along with my 3a for over a year so I could have the good points of each - both great platforms in their areas of strength.

jim - eating pigment and breathing acrylic fumes in port townsend

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Date: 14 Jan 2003 15:36:53 +0100

From: Andy Ahern

Subject: Remanufactured 5mx

Hi All,

Anyone looking for a replacement / spare 5mx may be interested in the

following link.

http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/Shop/detail.asp?ProductID=1003&CategoryID=1#

They are selling 'remanufactured' 5mx machines for £117 ukp.

Happy Purchasing : )

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Date: 14 Jan 2003 15:37:40 +0100

From: Keith Giles

Subject: Re: System Files

Rolf Brunsting, thanks for the clear explanation.

> It's therefore recommended to keep a separate backup copy of the > SIS install files of all the applications you're using.

Thank God I've always done that. :-)

Happy Cycling,

Keith

Sunnyvale, CA

http://home.attbi.com/~ohsix827/

Thought For The Day: Any law enacted with more than fifty words contains at least one loophole.

All my outgoing e-mails have been checked by Norton Anti-virus.

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Date: 14 Jan 2003 17:21:24 +0100

From: Owen H. Morgan

Subject: Macro5 procedure problem

Hi.

I have a problem with a macro I'm working on. The macro needs an external .ini file, and I want that file to reside in the same folder as the macro. In Macro5 the path of the macros folder is user configurable, and even though most people probably keep their macros in \Macros on either C or D, they can be anywhere. According to the Macro5 manual, the path can be read from "Macros$:", but when I try to read it in my macro, I get "Procedure not found".

Any help appreciated.

Owen

Thought for the day:

Life is not one thing after another...

it's the same damn thing over and over!

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: 14 Jan 2003 19:35:56 +0100

From: Damian Walker

Subject: Re: OPL Question

Regarding Owen H. Morgan's question about READ and DATA: these statements aren't available in OPL, as far as I know. The most elegant solution I know, for large amounts of data, is to create a simple file with the Data application, and read it back using OPL's database access commands OPEN, FIRST, NEXT and CLOSE.

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Date: 14 Jan 2003 22:07:44 +0100

From: "Giorgio"

Subject: Free Symbian Seminar 30 JAN 2003, ROME - ITALY

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++349 7621973

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Date: 14 Jan 2003 22:07:55 +0100

From: Kevin Thorne

Subject: Printing from the 9210, MMC to PC card adaptor

Has anyone had experience of printing from the 9210? I've tried using mine to print to my Canon BJ-10e and the results remind me of the early ER5 drivers - fairly appalling! I've had much better results using Andrew Johnson's 3rd party drivers for the Canon on my Psions but these better drivers are not available for ER6. I've never seen any articles on printing from a 9210 and I'm wondering what printer would work best with it.

I know Sandisk make a MMC to PC card adaptor but trying to order it on-line is not possible using Web on my S7. I'm just wondering if anyone knows where this can be obtained via mail order?

Regards

Kevin Thorne

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Date: 14 Jan 2003 23:05:29 +0100

From: Itamar Engelsman

Subject: Roger Muggletons "locations", netBook, Jornada, GPRS,

Answer to : Tony Napier

Re. Roger Muggletons "locations" - Could you explain a little more about how you use this program ? Where you get the OS grid details ?

Answer to: Woody B

RE. netBook - Should you buy one ? I think the answer is yes if you use your S5(MX) not too much on the move and can handle the carrying around of the larger machine. The advantages have been described extensively in the digest. The netBook is still supported and will allow you to stay longer with the Psion (EPOC) platform. Yes, Clove will ship worldwide, but I cannot give you info as to importing into the USA. I suppose the adaptor from UK to USA electricity is not that expensive to buy.

Answer to: Andy Hayes

Re. Jornada - I tend to disagree with you. While I am sure the Jornada is a great machine, why should someone - still owning EPOC machines - buy yet another machine with a discontinued platform and hardware ? One might just as well buy another S5(MX), S7 or netBook and stay with EPOC. At least no investment in software and hardware will be necessary, and most of us already have the modems anyhow.

Answer to: Colin Messer

Re. GPRS - Careful, I did not write "prohibitively expensive", just that it is not as cheap an option as one thinks. Yes, I do still have the spreadsheet and will send it to you by email. The strange thing is that GPRS5 with Vodaphone is noteaper than GPRS1, as it costs 5x as much. I never understood their system of charging for GPRS without any discount for higher volume.

Best regards,

Itamar Engelsman

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Date: 14 Jan 2003 23:13:19 +0100

From: Kevin Collins

Subject: CF Cards

Hi folks!

Roughly two years ago, I purchased a 128 Mb CF card, which I thought would solve all my storage problems. Strictly from a storage point of view, it did, but the speed factor was a *major* drawback: for example, while most of the smaller applications worked at fairly acceptable speeds, some of the major apps., e.g. Street or Route Planner took *ages*, and I am talking here about tens of seconds for the programmes to open. (So slow, in fact, that I began to re-use my old 48 Mb card for those apps., thus requiring a change of card every time.)

Well, this Christmas, shopping online for an MMC for an MP3 player, I came across good value for same in a site in Singapore, namely zxpro.com. When ordering the MMC, I spotted also what were described as Hi Speed 24x CF cards and, as a 128 Mb was about 60 euro or less (40 sterling) including postage, i bought one. It arrived in three days, and works quite as fast as the 48 Mb of old. I now have Street, Enroute etc. all back togther on the new 128 Hi Speed card, and the apps. open in a couple of seconds, as quickly as in the 48 Mb card. (So the old slow 128 Mb card is now to be used in a digital camera instead...)

Just thought I'd pass on this info., as I seem to recall some others complaining of speed problems in the past with regard to the larger CF cards.

Regards,

Kevin [Cork, Ireland]

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Date: 15 Jan 2003 00:20:54 +0100

From: Tim Williams

Subject: Replacing a Revo

At the risk of sounding very stupid, I'd like to know what post-Psion machine I can replace my Revo with.

It is showing the first signs of the memory problem. Before it dies on me, can I transfer my software onto a Nokia phone and if so, which are the Nokia models accepting the software?

Thanks

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The greatest decade in the history of mankind is nearly over.

They're selling hippy wigs in Woolworths. It is ninety one days to the end of the decade and as Presuming Ed here has so consistently pointed out, we have failed to paint it black.

Withnail and i

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Date: 15 Jan 2003 01:30:24 +0100

From: Marek Oswiecimski

Subject: Re: Psion User Group Database Application

Andy Hayes wrote [Digest #147]:

<<I asked if anyone had a legal copy of the Psion User Group database application that they would like to sell. Not a single response. Can I now ask another question, does or has anyone on the list use(d) this application. Is it any good? What is its name?>>

I have a booklet "Ericsson MC218 - Software and Accessories Catalogue" [1999], which briefly describes MultiVue Business Database:

"The comprehensive relational database utility for your Ericsson MC218 in business. Choose MultiVue Standard; - takes your EPOC databases and displays the data how you want. With fully configurable screen layouts, fast record search, and fast edit facility, plus links to your Agenda.

* Multiply selection - up to three criteria at one time.

* Calculated fields - great for tax and age calculations.

by Psion User Group

http://www.user-group.co.uk

Tel. +44 (0) 1752 781818

Fax: +44 (0) 1752 769621"

I am afraid, that's about all I know about this mythical application. (Hopefully, one of Psion experts here will be able to say some more.)

Best regards

Marek

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Date: 15 Jan 2003 02:25:19 +0100

From: Buzz Brooks

Subject: USA screencable fix

For those unfamiliar with the USA fix-it outfit, it's in Kentucky, they turned my unit around real fast, so that with the shipping back and forth I think I was without my unit (series 5) maybe 10 days. I got the e-mail that they received it, and a couple days later, they e-mailed that they had fixed and shipped! Downside, of course: $160! From what I understand, they'll fix just about whatever ails your Psion for that flat amount.

I bought my series 5 from a guy named David Etengoff of Brooklyn, I somehow think he's from the U.K. He had it loaded with a lot of software that I still don't understand. I wish some other users lived around here - (San Francisco) -

I know of Keith down there in, I guess, Sunnyvale?

So I sit here wishing I could sit down with a live tutor, I would travel anywhere in Bay Area to do so. And buy that person lunch or dinner.

Thinking wishfully, I remain,

Buzz Brooks of Daly City. California.

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Date: 15 Jan 2003 03:13:30 +0100

From: "Gary Y Reyes"

Subject: NetBook II

>Date: 11 Jan 2003 23:37:12 +0100

>From: Itamar

>Subject: SendKey:("Menu,2,1"), Psion Dacom Gold Card, Sony sub-notebook,Se = >ries7/Netbook,

>Re. Sony sub-notebook - Tonight I saw at Heathrow airport the Sony C1-MHP = >sub-notebook. I was mighty impressed but for the price (Gbp 1,660.-). It is = >actually smaller than the S7, a good colour screen, keyboard very similar = >to the S5 series and S7/netBook, but with full PC functions. It even has a = >camera on the top of the screen that will showed the people standing in = >front if it, actually moving images on the screen. "If I were a rich man" =

>(song from Fiddler on the roof musical) I wuold have bought it on the spot. >

>Best regards,

>Itamar Engelsman

Itamar,

I hear they are coming out with Netbook II later this year - higher quality SVGA screen, new application suite (Word, Excel, etc.), USB port, internal modem, etc.

May be worth the wait for those contemplating some other device or platform.

Gary

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Date: 15 Jan 2003 04:18:51 +0100

From: Owen H. Morgan

Subject: Macro5 procedure problem

Hi.

Please disregard my previous message on this subject. I found that the problem was a really simple one. It should be Macros$ without a colon. I.e., it's a string, not a procedure. It works fine now.

My Morse-It macro is just about ready for release. I can't find anything wrong with it, and if the Beta testers can't either, It'll be ready for the masses in a day or two.

Just to repeat what it does. Morse-It is a Morse trainer that works by morsing whatever text you have selected on screen. You can use it with Word documents, e-mails, SMS messages in PhoneMan, entries in Data or just about any other text based software you can think of. To use it, simply select some text and call the macro. If you call it without selecting anything, you'll get a configuration menu where you can set the speed and pitch etc.

Morse-It is Freeware (of course). It has been tested with Macro5 and Merlin. I have no reason to believe it will cause any problems with other macro launchers.

Owen

Thought for the day:

Remember, the paper is always strongest at the perforations.

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: 15 Jan 2003 05:13:56 +0100

From: renee ford

Subject: Re:

Itmar wrote:

"Re. Gold Card Modem - Just as you think you' heard most applications of the Psions along comes a new one. Wow, all the way in Nepal "under fire" and you have the "guts" to play solitaire ? Just amazing how we use our Psions and how much interest there is from anyone we show it. As to the modem cards, I just bought one myself through eBay for abt. Usd 20.- (it was in English Pounds). It is a good source for 2nd hand Psion parts and bobs. But next time I would find a somewhat more quiet holiday destination."

Thanking you too muchly for the modem info. And who says middle age has to be spent at home when one can take a good game of solitaire anywhere <g> Though

I must admit these guts were just a wee bit

unsettled...

<(reluctantly leaving Saturday)

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Date: 15 Jan 2003 09:41:30 +0100

From: Jan R Gustafsson

Subject: Re: Ericsson p 800 BIG seller in Sweden

"Arent Kits van Heijningen[106016.3614]" wrote at 10 Jan 2003 18:19:23 +0100 in EPOC DIGEST V1 # 144

> Ericsson p 800 BIG seller in Sweden

Just comfirming the observation. Tried to find a store with the P800 on the shelf to put my hand on it and play a little. Proved impossible, very few are delivered in each shipping and they sell out immediately.

Regards,

Jan G

Stockholm, Sweden

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Date: 15 Jan 2003 09:41:43 +0100

From: Jan R Gustafsson

Subject: On/Off problem

Hi all!

I have always found the automatic switch-on / switch-off when opening / closing the lid of my 5mx to be a practical function. This morning when I opened up the machine, it did not behave as expected, nor did it switch off when closed. Checked the settings but they are ok.

Is this automatic switch-on / switch-of hardware-operated by a micro-switch somewhere, and if so, can my problem be easily fixed? Can malfunctioning or missing sw be part of the problem?

Cheers,

Jan G

Stockholm, Sweden

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Date: 15 Jan 2003 09:47:36 +0100

From: "Tim O'Callaghan"

Subject: win2k, IRDA , Synchronization and other bits'n'pieces

Hello all,

I've only just started using my Revo 'in anger' and i have come across one ot two problems that i cannot find a faq on, and have one or two questions about synchronization and other stuff.

First I have a Windows 2000 Pro box in the office, and i want to be able to transfer files back and forth to/from my Revo. I have a USB IrDA converter thing, an IRXpress based dodad from maplins

http://www.maplin.co.uk/products/module.asp?CartID=030115093904331&moduleno=28495&modulecode= and i have to use that as i want to keep my cradle at home.

The two devices can see one another, but they cannot seem to communicate for

file transfer, and Psiwin doesn't see the USB device at all. I have tried

using the IrCOMM2k tool (www.ircom2k.de), but that doesn't seem to help. Has

anybody been able to come up with a way of doing this?

second, can anyone recommend any other software that will synchronize with

outlook or similar?

lastly has anyone in the UK tried using their Revo/Psion with GPRS?

ta,

Tim.

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