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Epoc Digest Sun, 11 May 2003 Volume 01 : Number 247
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Sent to: 776 subscribers
In today's Epoc Digest 11 messages:
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- Message to all subscribers
- Outlook Woes
- Nokia Cardphone II
- One More S7
- My 4 Apps / Most Utilised Apps
- Psion 5... a reminiscence & question
- Extrabars on Series 7, netbook
- Re: One specific Email produces a crash
- Dodgy PSU socket on 5mx
- Re: Dodgy power connection
- Allegro and EPOC MP3
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Date: 11.05.2003
From: Rolf Vonau
Subject: Message to all subscribers
Dear Subscribers,
as you know, we still have problems with CompuServe, which lead to a big amount of returned, not sent mails.
I fear that those problems are the result of measures for Compuserve's preparation to the takeover by AOL Europe Services SARL, Luxemburg (at least the German CS division).
Yesterday we got about 200 returned mails.Therefore I decided to resend the whole digest # 246 part 4. But later I stated, that it contains addresses, already getting the digest.
Please accept my apologies for sending the digest twice.
Rolf Vonau
The Epoc Digest Team
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Date: 10 May 2003 22:25:56 +0100
From: Andy Hayes
Subject: Outlook Woes
Hi All
Some poor soul said: -
***Since last emailing it somehow corrupted my outlook.pst file and checkdisk erased the entire thing, so I have lost last months emails.***
For those that don't know, Outlook has an Inbox Repair Tool. Look for scanpst.exe on your PC. Close down Outlook first and then run the file. This will attempt to salvage your pst file. It is not a bad tool at all because if it can't repair the file completely it will get back as much as it can, but may take a long time. Even so an occasional backup of your pst wont hurt.
Andy Hayes
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Date: 10 May 2003 23:37:40 +0100
From: Darryl Kempster
Subject: Nokia Cardphone II
Am trying to get this to work with my netBook and the PCMCIA card pod but keep failing with "No Carrier"
Does anyone have the correct settings for this cardphone?
Cheers
Darryl
On tour with Electric Six in Manchester
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Date: 11 May 2003 06:26:18 +0100
From: renee ford
Subject: One More S7
Dear Friends,
My trusty S7 hit the trash heap last week after I was unable to get it repaired. As my fellow Psionistas in the US may know, Tecklogix is no longer servicing Psion products. Our good friend Shiva Naipul at Palmtop Support in Toronto proved very helpful by agreeing to look at the unit even though they don"t handle S7's, in order to track down someone who could handle the repair.
It was, as I feared, a repeat of the motherboard problem Techlogix had handled twice before, he got in touch with them and it was then they informed him the reason they'd not returned my calls was they"d shut down repair operations (otherwise they'd be happy to repair the unit for
free...again).
So I needed a motherboard, he was unable to procure one from the UK, and the cost would be prohibitive at any rate, but France would be the next port of call if I insisted. I'd told him at the beginning if the cost of repair got to be too pricey, I'd consider replacing the unit, so he offered to look about for another unit. Perhaps thirty minutes passed, the phone rings and he's telling me he's located the last new retail unit on line, no discounts or haggling; and gave me the phone number. Needless to say Mr. Naipul gets top marks in customer service from me.
It was a dicey decision, a few more hundred dollars and I could have bought a netbook (or yes, something windoze oriented, but not yet ok?) but I only had a s7 budget and not much time before leaving for Chicago for a family crisis.
It turned out to be a display model and the best I could do was bring the price down from $899 to 870. But when it was delivered I got a surprise.
Instead of 16MG RAM, it has 48. Took a while for that to register, but it would make sense for a floor model if you wanted to display multiple functions and display webpages, would never do to run out of memory! And it has a much better power connection than my first s7 came with, very nice.
Now I just need to send in the 5mx and get that pesky power connection taken care of. You should see the ridiculously intricate perfectly balanced
wrapping of postal tape I've attached to the jack. Even with cardboard in the backup battery slot, a slight movement of the top cover causes loss of connection; I think there's a short somewhere. Shiva mentioned that the cable could deteriorating; he would check it and do the needful.
Will be visiting the archives soon ISO more software to make this a better standalone computer.
Best...
renee
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Date: 11 May 2003 07:12:38 +0100
From: Steve Baker
Subject: My 4 Apps / Most Utilised Apps
Hi People,
Here's my $0.02 on the selectable silk screen applications subject:
1 RealMaps
2 PGP
3 PhoneMan
4 iContacts
As with other users, though, these are by no means my most utilised programs.
They would have to be:
1 RMRZip
2 Symbian Text Editor
3 newTELnet
4 FileSwitch
There are still other programs that are just THERE - part of the
infrastructure if you will....
1 Locker
2 ChaDis7
3 pIBeam
4 MBMView
I think I've bored you all enough now, but I'm sure that you've got the
general idea that I would be completely lost without my netBook.
Regards,
Steve
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
N:24°47.243' E:46°42.893'
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Date: 11 May 2003 07:21:11 +0100
From: Ian Dean
Subject: Psion 5... a reminiscence & question
I look fondly on my Psion 5. Bought when first emerged in October 1997 - the successor to a beautifully designed Psion 3A. Throughout that time this list, probably the only one supporting a piece of equipment long out of manufacture, has supported and cajoled me to use every feature of a Psion 5.
I am not normally sentimental about equipment. I work in the recording and music industry with vastly expensive equipment on several platforms that goes out of date - or requires a major shift in operation technique - every year or so.
I should imagine that almost every part that moves on my Psion 5 has been replaced. POS in London is an interesting company, started by a someone who left Psion to set up a business devoted to maintaining Psion machines and their data. Now it provides the practical solution to keeping a dinosaur going. In the last calendar year I have returned my Psion 5 3 times - each time due to a fault connected with the cable - lines on the display - not switching on - cannot select icons. Each occasion costs around £75.
I am faced with a conundrum. If this were a Mac, PC, sampler, MIDI keyboard, synthesizer, digital audio workstation, SMPTE interface, digital audio converter... I would have made an assessment of alternatives and moved on.
But there is nothing to move onto! A keyboard is such a simple inputting device - and essential for me. The only option available weighs the same amount as a notebook PC and runs clunky software.
I know this question arises here from time to time - please indulge me with your collective latest thoughts on real alternatives to Psion 5.
Thank you
Ian
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Date: 11 May 2003 13:39:17 +0100
From: Andrew Gregory
Subject: Extrabars on Series 7, netbook
In regards Kevin's comments re subject.
Extrabars appears to always capture the *eighth* application button. It's documentation states that it's only been tested on an original Series 5, and it shows.
I've also just noticed that Jason Kneen's website isn't up (at least up to a minute or two ago for me). The last time I checked it hadn't even been updated for about two or three *years*.
Going from comments I'd read on his website, I suspect that in the past a computing disaster lead to the loss of all sourcecode to Extrabars. I haven't contacted the author, as it seems like a hopeless cause.
In any case it can be fixed! Download HexEditor from Neuon, then patch ExtraBars.app by changing the byte at hex offset 6533 from 58 to 5A. Works on my netbook :-)
--
Andrew Gregory,
<URL:http://www.scsoftware.com.au/family/andrew/>
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Date: 11 May 2003 14:37:13 +0100
From: Owen H. Morgan
Subject: Re: One specific Email produces a crash
Howdy!
U Hornstein wrote (> ):
> On one of my mailboxes, I got an automatic answer
> mail from the admin. If I use the web access, all
> is fine.
> Downloading it with my 218 Email app, this app
> crashes.
> Program: MsvServer
> EText
> Error code: 12
I have had similar crashes, but only with spam messages and normally those that have HTML coding in the actual message text rather than as an attachment. In a couple of cases I could delete the message without downloading and all would be OK, but in other cases just receiving the header would crash Email and I had to resort to a web based reader or a desperate e-mail to a friend with web access to remove the offending item before I could get my e-mails with the Psion. Thankfully, it hasn't happened for quite a while now. (famous last words...?)
I've also experienced the opposite, e-mails that were blocking a friend's WindoZe e-mail program and which I was able to delete from the server using EPOC Email.
One example was when my friend Per's 13 year old son had used the broadband connected computers at Per's university to collect 20 megabytes of photographs and then e-mailed them to his Dad! As soon as Per logged on to get his e-mails, the damned thing started downloading that 20mb e-mail and the only way out was to cancel. I put Per's POP3 server details into EPOC Email, deleted the offending item and Per was in business again. (I didn't attemt to download it to the Psion...)
> I reported this to the admin, no answer so far. He
> probably thinks a 218 is a piece of crap not worth
> looking at.
The problem is probably that the e-mail uses some HTML coding or other stuff that is not standard to e-mails.
Very annoyingly, the only HTML coded e-mails I've ever received where there has been any attempt at using the available document formatting options offered by HTML have been spams from porn sites and the like. In 99% of the HTML e-mails I receive there is no other reason for them being in HTML format than the fact that Bill Gates has decided on behalf of the world that e-mails should be in HTML. This usually means that I have to pay twice to receive each e-mail. First for the e-mail text and then for the HTML attachment. This becomes rather annoying when GSM is the only way to receive e-mails and you're on a limited budget.
Owen
Thought for the day:
In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?
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Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", LD-953°27.22'N 6°09.05'W
Malahide, Ireland
http://home.no.net/naomij
Phone and SMS:
In Ireland: +353 (0)87 7474173
In Norway: +47 92053097
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Date: 11 May 2003 15:27:47 +0100
From: Phil
Subject: Dodgy PSU socket on 5mx
Hi,
Keith Clarke's PSU problem is solved by using the POD docking station which uses the Honda connector to supply the voltage (mine came from Proporta). It is probably cheaper than getting the 5mx fixed and you get a dandy pointer-holder too!
Happy days,
Phil.
"The trouble with mornings is that
they come when you're not awake."
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Date: 11 May 2003 20:27:53 +0100
From: Owen H. Morgan
Subject: Re: Dodgy power connection
Howdy!
Keith Clarke wrote (> ):
> My 5mx power connection has been on the blink for
> some time: the welcome green light only putting in
> an occasional appearance these days. It's the bit
> inside the case, since it does the same with two
> separate power connectors
You have three choices:
* Attempt to fix it yourself. It may just need resoldering, but in some cases the actuall connector is broken and I wouldn't know where to get a replacement.
* Send it in for repair.
* Buy a POD docking station which comes with a cable that connects the power via the RS-232. The cable can be detached from the docking station and used seperately. It works fine just for connecting the power supply without a PC hooked up to the other end.
PS. I've asked before, but didn't get a reply. Does anyone know where I could buy just a cable like the one that comes with the POD docking station? I asked POD a couple of years ago, but they replied that the cable was the most expensive part of the assembly and they weren't interested in selling it as a seperate item.
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-953°27.22'N 6°09.05'W
Malahide, Ireland
http://home.no.net/naomij
Phone and SMS:
In Ireland: +353 (0)87 7474173
In Norway: +47 92053097
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Date: 11 May 2003 20:28:02 +0100
From: Owen H. Morgan
Subject: Allegro and EPOC MP3
Howdy!
Kevin Collins wrote (> ):
> And then, Rolf Brunstig mentioned Allegro, which I
> received free gratis from Exportech with my
> back-up 5mx, but which I had never even opened...
> so I decided to do so and install it: well, I am
> fairly impresssed, could well get used to it, my
> only reservation being that I fear scratching the
> screen...am I being over cautious in this regard?
I've noticed that with age, all my Psions get a matted vertical area where the scrollbar appears on the right of the screen. I suppose that is where I mostly click. The only styluses (styli?) I've ever used are the original Psion ones or my fingernails.
I do have a copy of Allegro around somewhere (I even have the original box), but my reaction after playing with it for a while was "what's the point"? All the Psions have excellent keyboards, and there is no way you're going to be as quick in Allegro as on a keyboard.
Re: EPOC MP3 Software
> for any
> semblance of quality (is this a non sequitor?) on
> a 5mx or Revo, when it comes to music files
> anyway, you may need Audio, 12 euro shareware,
> quite good value (also works free but with
> song-stopping unacceptable nags).
Thanks. Someone sent me EPlayM, so I'll mess around a bit with that first and report back to y'all.
> The makers are
> Viking Informatics, Hungary...
Vikings in Hungary? Never heard of such a thing!
Owen
Thought for the day:
Leakproof seals... do.
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Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", LD-953°27.22'N 6°09.05'W
Malahide, Ireland
http://home.no.net/naomij
Phone and SMS:
In Ireland: +353 (0)87 7474173
In Norway: +47 92053097
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