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Epoc Digest Fri, 11 Jul 2003 Volume 01 : Number 298
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In today's Epoc Digest 23 messages:
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- Re: Ad-hoc mode networking (peer-to-peer)
- Re: eMail-app folders
- RE: Connecting my 5mx to my new laptop
-Nokia 6310i et.al.: In memoriam modem: "budget"netBook machine
- Re: tri-band GSM cell phone
- Re: New netbook (4 Michael)
- Re: TR - CF / Spell in Jotter
- Connecting my 5mx to my new laptop
- Re: printing from 9210 (from kevin thorne)
- Re: netbook PSU
- Re: Connecting 5mx to Toshiba Satellite 2430-402
- After Psion
- Psion vs Wince,
- iContacts on the WEB
- Re: Re: Email msgserve 23 error (4 Victor)
- Re: Re: Psion / S-E T610
- RAM Upgrade. Close, but no cigar!
- netBook for sale
- Corrupted CF
- WIFI Peer to Peer (Ad Hoc)
- Re: MailArch / Savemail
- Re: netBook batteries
- New program - IconPatcher - launched
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Date: 8 Jul 2003 16:56:22 +0000
From: Martin Guthrie
Subject: Re: Ad-hoc mode networking (peer-to-peer)
Reply to: koihin
> Subject: Ad-hoc mode networking (peer-to-peer) >
> Has anyone got ad-hoc or peer-to-peer networking working on their Wi-Fi enabled netBooks? I would like to hear about your successes and experience.
Yes I have. Ad-hoc and peer-to-peer networking are the same thing (I
guess you knew that). Took me a while to get it working - but that was
all down to the firewall on my PC that I forgot to turn off initially!
I'll be writing a series of articles on this for FoxPop starting next
month (I hope). Can you wait for that?
Best regards,
Martin Guthrie
www.pscience5.net
www.freepoc.org
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Date: 8 Jul 2003 17:48:06 +0000
From: Stephan Block
Subject: Re: eMail-app folders
In EPOC DIGEST V1 # 291 (5) , Itamar Engelsman wrote on 26 Jun 2003 22:38:45:
> Re. eMail-app folders - You can of course open more folders, but you
> can't download emails directly into the folder. I sometimes
It is possible to download emails directly into any folder you wish. In the remote mailbox folder select the mails to download, press Ctrl+C (or Ctrl+X), go to the destination folder, then press Ctrl+V. (Sorry for the late answer, been somewhat busy lately.)
Best regards
Stephan
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Date: 8 Jul 2003 19:36:45 +0000
From: koihin
Subject: RE: Connecting my 5mx to my new laptop
Reply to: Herold Pettiau
Dear Herold,
I assume your new notebook does not have a serial (RS232)port. A relatively easy solution is to look for a USB-Serial Adapter. They should not cost more than 30 USD and comes with software to let your Windows OS recognise it as a standard COM port. It may not have 100% compatibility with every peripheral or software out there so it might be a good idea to try before you buy.
warm regards,
Koi Hin
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Date: 8 Jul 2003 20:50:52 +0000
From: Arent Kits van Heijningen
Subject: Nokia 6310i et.al.: In memoriam modem: "budget"netBook machine
Nokia 6310i et.al.: In memoriam modem : "budget"netBook machine
On 8 Jul 2003 02:39:00 +0000
Tim Schweikert wrote about :
Nokia 6310i et.al.
>>Hi Kits, Yes I remember you and many others from the old Compuserve days,
and even farther back beyond the EduCalc days. We certainly enjoyed the
minimalist thinking that was required. I still have my HP41CX, HP42, HP48sx,
gx, HP49, etc. Once in a while I turn them on too, but I'm way to busy to
indulge in the serious amounts of time that I spent on them before. <<
Me too , still have these two Sharp Zaurus Classic ,one 5000 and one 5800 ,
still like their solid feel , the 5mx is flimsy by comparison , use the 5800
for the occasional forum run , but it appears the palmtop forum is dying
slowly
Managed to get direct file exchange between the Zaurus Classic , the 5mx and
my hp680lx working without the use of a Windows pc
>> Thanks for the responses on the high recommendations for the Nokia 6310i.
Based on input from this forum, I now own a Nokia 6310i with T-Mobile
service. So far it works well. Now that I have a GSM phone, I'm ready for
Europe too, even if I just came back (again). When I first lived a few years
in Germany (late '70s), cell phones were only for the rich, if at all. Now
every time I cross the pond, I find cell phones replacing land lines, and for
good reason. <<
T-Mobile has good coverage all over Continental Europe ,after all they are
Germany's ILEC
Mine , however is on Vodafone's "Libertel" network in Holland ,I got it for
free after upgrading my calling plan from 120 free voice minutes to 180 free
voice minutes/month
Did you get the Jabra earplug I recommended ?
Recently I found I can zap numbers (complete with name and address info )
from it into my 5mx
On 8 Jul 2003 12:29:36 +0000
Keith Clarke wrote about
In memoriam modem
>>My Psion infrared travel modem has died, despite some emergency superglue
surgery on a loose port. What are the current options for replacing it? It's
not needed that often, just when visiting countries where the mobile won't
function, so I don't want to spend more than I have to.<<
Well , I am afraid you will have to spend some money if you want something
that lasts and remains useful even after your Psion's death
Expect to pony up at least a buck or hundred or so for a replacement
My picks :
3jtech's Pegasus III Ir modem
Very solid performer , reported to be better than the original Psion ,
build-in diagnostics , runs off Psion mains/vehicle power adapter , alt 4
AAA-sized NiMH's ( tricle-charge inside modem !)
Available through AlphaSmart.com/AlphaSmart.co.uk and J & R (jandr.com)
Website : http://www.3jtech.com.tw ( user manual can be downloaded from this
site )
US Robotics Sportster ( serial , no IR )
A bit bulky but extremely robust performer , easy to fix connectors that
worked loose in the field
Good diagnostics
Available in both Classic ( 33.6k ) and V90/92
Get the Classic if you order one
Power requirements are more substantial than the Pegasus , you will need a
12-20 Volt 0.5 amp power source
US Robotics Courier
If you can get past the vast size of this one , this will never let you down
Yes , I know its size is an issue for many but it is relatively lightweight
and like the Sportster can run off an universal mains adapter ( you can use a
netBook adapter ! )
The extra features may be overkill for many , but I want to highlight some
that can be lifesavers if you are in the 'doggies
Online help :
No need to carry a manual in paper or CD-ROM format , the complete command
set and S register functions are explained on the build-in help screens
Diagnostic screens :
In addition to the normal diagnostic screen , a special screen shows the
results of the V32 terbo/V34/V90 lineprobe in the form of an ASCII histogram
Another feature is the speakerphone , you can actually use the Courier as a speakerphone ! ( albeit not a very good one )
On 8 Jul 2003 17:00:00 +0000
Itamar Engelsman wrote about
Subject: "budget" (netBook) machine
>>Re.: "budget" machine - But is it realistic ? I don't think any Company
will introduce EPOC machines anymore, whether budget or not.<<
Excuse me for being a bit unclear here , my idea for a budget nB was for a
somewat smaller , lower-specced machine capable of loading/running current
nB/s5mxpro images from CF/MMC and at a price point small businesses and
private users can afford ( around GBP 500-600 )
It could have WindowsCE 4.1 in onboard flash and able to load ER5 from
removable flash or 1" HDD ( the nB Pro has sufficient system resources to deal with OS-level
multitasking i.e running CE and EPOC at the same time )
k
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Date: 8 Jul 2003 22:19:23 +0000
From: Alan Morris
Subject: Re: tri-band GSM cell phone
Tim Schweikert wrote:-
<< I'm looking for a tri-band GSM cell phone with the best fringe area reception/transmission. .... I have heard that the Nokia 6310i is good. >>
I'm pleased with my 6210e which is the previous model. It works very well, but in fringe areas it's not the best as it has an internal antenna, which is not as good as those that stick out. However for fitting in a pocket, it's much better.
I would expect a 3 band radio to perform slightly worse than a 2 band radio (as mine is), as the antenna is now a compromise for 3 rather than 2 bands.
I have heard that the 6310i has problems when sending faxes which does not occur when I send faxes with my 6210e. There is corruption visible in the received fax.
--
Alan R Morris, G4ENS.
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK.
Using a Psion & Nokia 6210e.
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Date: 8 Jul 2003 22:58:10 +0000
From: Owen H. Morgan
Subject: Re: New netbook (4 Michael)
Howdy!
David Lir wrote (> ):
> I know I'm really late on this - but it is
> decidedly not necessary to *manually* reformat
> (Shift-Ctrl-R) the C: drive after installing the
> DIMM upgrade. I'm guessing that C is reformatted
> when the OS and applications are reinstalled as
> part of the upgrade process.
David is right of course. The C: drive on our EPOC machines is a RAM drive. When installing a DIMM module you _MUST_ remove all batteries from the Psion. This means you are hard resetting the Psion, so the C: drive will be "formatted" when the machine is powered up. If you installed the DIMM without removing the batteries and got away with it, you've had more luck than sense...
Owen
Thought for the day:
Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive insane.
--
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: 8 Jul 2003 23:12:18 +0000
From: Astrid Stappenbeck
Subject: Re: TR - CF / Spell in Jotter
Timothy H.D. Williams wrote:
>I have discovered that the Webster's and the Grolier are the same thing. The information is excellent but it is extremely difficult to navigate the file. If I type a word, I am sent to each individual letter in turn. Not very helpful. I wonder if things would be different with a faster CF card.<
They are! I have a 128 MB from Simple Technology and a 512 MB from Transcend and TomeRaider works fine on both - even Webster's, Probert or Wikpedia.
____________________
Re: Spell in Jotter
>using the jotter format to write my notes, however I cannot find a way to use spell in Jotter. Any suggestions?<
>The best way to do it would be to write a macro that copies the Jotter text into the clipboard, spell checks/corrects the clipboard, and finally pastes the whole text back (including the corrections).
I'd be very surprised if someone hadn't already written a macro to do this.<
There are indeed two macros which can do it: one is Translauncher which allows you to select the dictionary with which you want to work (and has many other functions besides) - the other one comes with Extrabars and is called SpellCheck.
Hope this helps
Astrid
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Date: 8 Jul 2003 23:19:27 +0000
From: Anthony Napier
Subject: Connecting my 5mx to my new laptop
I have tried 2 USB-serial port converters, the latest from Proporter and completely failed to get PsiWin to connect with an IBM laptop. (Windows ME & XP) I have also v2.3.3 of PsiWin. This after years of using a 10 yr old Packard Bell plus W95 with PsiWin successfully to back up all sorts of Psions. I would be interested to hear if others have been more successful. I now exchange data or backup using a compact flash PCMCIA adaptor (available almost anywhere, particularly photographic stores), A similar adaptor copes with the IBM micro drive for Series 7s. The solution is obviously no good for Revos.
Tony Napier
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Date: 9 Jul 2003 04:03:20 +0000
From: Randal Mc Laughlin
Subject: Re: printing from 9210 (from kevin thorne)
I print from my 9290 to my Citizen PN60i. It's great for text. I don't think it would work for graphics. I just use black & white. It's a great, great combination ! I think the printer drivers are much better in the 9290 as compared to my Psion 5. I would recommend the PN60i. I don't know if it is still available through Citizen USA or from a discount supplier. I think it is a discountinued model.
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Date: 9 Jul 2003 09:45:00 +0000
From: Chris Pulster
Subject: Re: netbook PSU
JFI, I am offering original Psion PSU mains (Sunpower) with UK plug for
35 EUR here:
http://www.pulster.de/index.htm?d__netbnetz__Netzteil_Netbook261.htm
An adapter UK- to Euro-plug is included for free.
New units, 2 years warranty. Shipping anywhere.
Other offers being asked on this list:
DIMM netbook 32 MB: 119 EUR
accu cell netbook : 175 EUR (rare, expensive, sorry)
Besides English translation of the shop we are prepared now for CC via
paypal, money orders, bank transfers, western union, cheque and cash. Just email for details. Thanks for looking.
Psionieers of the world, unite ! :)
Chris
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Date: 9 Jul 2003 11:17:21 +0000
From: michael robins
Subject: Re: Connecting 5mx to Toshiba Satellite 2430-402
From: Herold Pettiau
>Is there a possibility to buy somewhere a cable linking the psion to a USB port,
I would suggest buying a USB to serial port (RS232) adaptor.
This gives you the advantage of being able to use the adaptor for any
other serial devices you happen to have.
Belkin make them for large amount of money - Part no. F5U103 I believe
You can also buy them from Maplin (in the UK).
You will need a software driver for the PC - so make sure it is supplied
and suitable for the PC O/S (which I am guessing will be be WIN XP).
(Belkin have up to date drivers on their web site)
Good luck
MikeR
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Date: 9 Jul 2003 12:12:30 +0000
From: Taylor Ben
Subject: After Psion
I'm still very happily using my 5mx, synchronising to both my work and home PCs, keeping all my contacts and calendar, and using it for writing stuff, taking notes in meetings, even reading the odd e-book.
However, my machine has just had its third or fourth cable replacement & service at Pinnock Organiser Services in Streatham, London (www.pos-ltd.com), and I really think it can't go on forever.
So the question is - if I want the same functionality as a psion (keyboard, big screen, compatability with my PC, diary, word and database functions, touch screen, alarms), and maybe web access as well - what replacement should I go for?
And the other question is, how can I access Data and Jotter files on my PC - can anyone point me to an emulator?
Incidentally, the guy in POS was saying that they've got manufacturing rights for the Series 3, and are within a few weeks of tying up a deal with Psion's lawyers to start building a slightly updated 5mx. They're also refurbishing a large new premises down the road from their current office - so they seem to be doing well out of it!
Cheers
Ben
>> What's your opinion worth? Find out at www.sarosresearch.com - please
use recruiter's ID 200228
Ben Taylor 079 3131 7230
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07092 29 30 32 - will forward to phone I am at or take a message
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Date: 9 Jul 2003 13:30:28 +0000
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: Psion vs Wince,
Answer to: Timothy H.D. Williams
Re.: Psion vs Wince - I agree with Arents that WindowsCE is not all that bad. I suppose some of the programs we use regularly on our Psions will not be needed as CE has included them in their OS (conversions to/from for example). I am sure there is a lot of third party software for CE as well, some against payment, some for free. I think it will be more an adjustment in the mind than anything else.
Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK
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Date: 9 Jul 2003 13:31:22 +0000
From: Victor E.Kviat
Subject: iContacts on the WEB
ED> been right. I've not heard of any better Contacts program for ER5 ED> by my standards. iContacts was shareware from Xetta (really nice ED> people - no connection) but when I tried to find them on the 'Net ED> they seemed to have vanished."
They did not disappear. XETTA is still on the WEB but carries a different name now. You can find them at http://www.symbianware.com --
Best regards,
Victor Kviat/IT/NAT/ICRC a.k.a. VKV
(Powered by TheBat! Mail Cliehttp://itnat.kbsunet.ru/~vkv/
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Date: 9 Jul 2003 20:25:40 +0000
From: Victor Marchand
Subject: Re: Re: Email msgserve 23 error (4 Victor)
Yes I did consider XJmail, but it does not have IMAP support, so I can΄t
remove the faulting email that way.
I tried several other Java email clients, but to no avail.
Victor
>
>Date: 7 Jul 2003 17:11:50 +0000
>From: David Lir
>Subject: Re: Email msgserve 23 error (4 Victor)
>Have you considered using XJMail to remove the problem mail from the server
or to even *download* it to your Psion?
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Date: 9 Jul 2003 20:43:43 +0000
From: Jan R Gustafsson
Subject: Re: Re: Psion / S-E T610
koihin wrote at 8 Jul 2003 11:27:47 +0000 in EPOC DIGEST V1 # 297
>
> Reply to Jan R Gustafsson
> Dear Jan,
> I own a Sony Ericsson T610 as well and I am able
> to do the following from my MnetBook to T610 :
> Calendar entries: sucessfully beamed over, no
> mising title or text, date all correct and present
As I said, beamed from my MC218, the title gets lost, no note, and wrong time (can be remedied by setting a false time zone on the T610).
And I guess you can not edit the Calendar note on your T610 either? Could be done on the T39!
> To-Dos/Tasks: sucessfully beamed over, Due date.
> Status, priority all correct
Not from the MC218. Maybe I did not explain correctly.The Task gets no title, but it looks like it shows up as a Note (that can not be edited on the phone). I can se Status, Priority and Due date on the T610 but the phone does not use these parameters. It obviously does not sort the Tasks in any structured order at all. And if you try to edit the task, the only possibility you are given besides editing the title is to add a reminder, although one was seemingly beamed over from the MC218.
And the other way around: a Task beamed from the T610 loses it only editable parameter - the reminder.
As I wrote in my posting, the T39 did not present any problem in this respect.
> In regards to the screen, you were correct in
> pointing out it is next-to impossible on a
> bright-day,
IMO, one of the more practical features of a mobile phone is that it gives you the possibility to get connected also when out in the open. But if the visibility of the screen is such that you have to stay indoors, then ...!!!
You do not mention the Note option on the T610. Is it possible for you to sync them with Outlook?
> My phone's firmware version is: R1A081
> PRGCXC125-581_ASIAN_LATIN_3
I would be grateful if you could mail me the key sequence that reveals the sw version of the T610.
> I am not trying to promote SE T610 here,
I'm not trying to kill the good concept T610, but I think the real thing is far below what could be expected from a such a well-known and experienced firm as S-E.
Best regards,
Jan G
Stockholm, Sweden
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Date: 10 Jul 2003 01:02:41 +0000
From: Owen H. Morgan
Subject: RAM Upgrade. Close, but no cigar!
Hi
A friend of mine has translated the Russian article which describes how to upgrade the RAM in a 5mx. (It'll be available shortly after som grammar and spell checking.)
Armed with this information, the temptation was too great and I attacked my old half-dead MC218 with screwdriver and soldering iron and stole one of its RAM chips. The 5mx goes crazy if it's upgraded above 28mb, so I decided to make life easy for myself by only upgradng to 24 as I don't know how to limit it to 28Mb if I install two extra RAM chips. It's not easy to remove a surface mounted chip, but I managed it by heating the legs along one side whilst lifting the chip with a thin blade. Once one side was loose, it was relatively easy to unsolder the other one. I don't know whether I overheated and damaged the chip though.
I could see that I needed a very thin tip on my soldering iron to be able to solder the chip to the motherboard of the 5mx, so before I went any further, I set to work filing a needle point on the tip of my iroda Butane soldering iron. (Note to self: pop by Maplins and buy a new standard tip before leaving Ireland.)
The next step was to open up my beloved and hitherto virgin 5mx. Dismantling went without a hitch except for fiddling a bit to remove the bit at the back which houses the battery compartment. I always have problems with this. All went well until I unscrewed the motherboard from the base and discovered that it has an oblong IC soldered across where our Russian friend had installed his extra RAM! The chip is shown in the photos on the site, but the text says this chip was missing on his machine. Well, it's there on mine and I have no idea what to do about it!
There wasn't much else to do than re-assemble the 5mx. Thankfully, this went well except for some fiddling to replace the battery compartment. It was with bated breath I switched it on and with a sigh of relief I saw and heard it spring to life. Then I used Navigator to unpack the Zip file of the C drive back to its rightful place, soft reset the machine and was back to square one. End of story so far... I now have an even deader MC218 (I wonder if it would come up with 8mb RAM if I assembled it?) and still have a working 16mb 5mx. Any ideas?
My addled brain seems to remember reading something somewhere about piggybacking the chips. Will this work? Can I simply solder the extra chip on top of one of the others? If so, does it matter which of the two chips I put the extra one on top of?
Does anyone know whether the Revo / Mako uses the same type of RAM chip? There's one more on that MC218 motherboard, and my Mako is much more in need of a RAM upgrade than the 5mx... I still haven't figured out how to disassemble the Mako to get at the motherboard though
Owen
Thought for the day:
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
--
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 9205309
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Date: 10 Jul 2003 08:42:04 +0000
From: Saj T. Jumaani
Subject: netBook for sale
Hello everyone,
I am now a happy user of iPAQ5450 I love everything about it except the
finger scanner program. Cant get it to work still.
I have already disposed of my S3 and S5. Any takers for a netBook v158
for £300? With original packaging
Will include in it
Dane-Elec CF-PCMCIA adapter
Simple Technology CF card 16MB
Simple Technology CF card 92MB
Psion labelled 16MB CF card
Proporta semi-rigid carrying case
Psion 32DIMM
Serial to USB cable link with driver
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Date: 10 Jul 2003 09:44:56 +0000
From: Darryl Kempster
Subject: Corrupted CF
Disaster - sat in my hotel in Tilburg printing up some show sheets and my netBook spontaneously reset. Retained preferences on C but the CF in drive D I was printing from is corrupted. And unfortunately it was my main data receptacle.
After the loose back-up battery contact scenario deleted all my files on C in Belgrade in the spring I have been keeping all data on D to avoid another mishap. So I have been working directly from my backup, but unfortunately do not have a back up of the back up! The disk guage is atill showing 30MB of information but the screen and directory tree are blank.
I have tried it in Drive E using 2 different CF adaptors and in my MC218 with same result. Have tried copying entire disk to another CF via the Menu command with no result. Have tried Checkdisk with following message :-
File Allocation Table Damaged
The two File Allocation Tables do not match at Index......
CheckDisk requires the two FATs to be the same, and repairs the problem by relacing damaged entries in one FAT with good entries from the other.
You must repair this problem before continuing.
I have started to do this but so far have fixed 500 entries with no end in sight and no indication of how many more to go. I was thinking this might delete entries but as all the files I was working from are retrievable from the print outs (thankfully) with no other files open I was hoping if any data was lost it would just be from these. Now I'm not so sure.
Luckily I have recent(ish) copies of my Personal Addresses and Agenda on my MC218
(My newly acquired Revo is blank at 80% battery - good job I'm still relying on the Ericsson) And I do have a copy of the backup from September(!) so things could be worse. But have lost my data file of useful digest tips which might have helped me out so hoping somebody out there has a solution.
The card is a Jenoptik 32MB with 1.4 MB free. I was printing via IR to a Canon BJC80 with another file queued for printing, and was working on another couple of spreadsheets. But otherwise nothing else was open. I have 41.7 MB free on Drive C - only have apps installed with .SIS files backed up on another CF. Have used this printer constantly since got the netBook over a year ago without incident. Battery on netBook was fine as had had it on charge overnight.
Anyone with any solution to retrieve the data please contact me asap.
Also any tips to avoid a repeat occurence. If CFs can corrupt like this will be keeping backups of my backups from now on Thought buying bigger Cfs was the way to go but now it seems more is the better idea!. But is there a better media to back up to? I have a microdrive but apart from loading my C drive onto it last September (thankfully) haven't used it as found it too slow compared to CF. But have heard of these corrupting as well. I thought CFs only corrupted when used with PCs to transfer data. I'm a PC free zone so thought I was immune to this problem - obviously not. Is there an actual fail proof method or have I just been lucky up till now?
Darryl
On tour with Soulfly in the Netherlands
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Date: 10 Jul 2003 13:47:20 +0000
From: Andy Hayes
Subject: WIFI Peer to Peer (Ad Hoc)
Hi All
I must admit to never being able to get the peer to peer wireless networking working. My set up was a Netgear WAP connected to a win2k server, a laptop with a Netgear wifi card in it and the netBook with a Cisco 350 card in it.
There were various FTP servers and clients running and although I could FTP files between netBook and laptop, it only worked with the server running. I had originally run DHCP but switched over to fixed IP just to rule it out of the scenario.
I would also be interested to hear if anyone was successful in getting this system running.
I decided on moving to Shetland that I would rely only on my netBook as my no1 computer. Oh dear! I cant get mail to go from the inbox, although the app is happy to receive email via my 6310i. I had someone send me a US Robotics modem from England. I had the forethought to bring the Psion modem adaptor. When connecting to the net I can hear the dial tone through the modem, but an error pops up on the Psion to say that there is no dial tone. I have tried a second PsiWin cable, but to no avail. In the end I have got someone to send me a laptop! Aaargh
Andy Hayes
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Date: 10 Jul 2003 20:30:42 +0000
From: Alan Morris
Subject: Re: MailArch / Savemail
Jack & Rolf Vonau wrote:-
<< MailArch ..... Savemail .... >>
An excellent description of two similar apps from Jack and Rolf. Well done. I use SaveMail and had been considering looking at the other, but now I don't need to take (waste) the time.
Thanks.
--
Alan R Morris, G4ENS.
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK.
Using a Psion & Nokia 6210e.
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Date: 10 Jul 2003 20:31:15 +0000
From: Alan Morris
Subject: Re: netBook batteries
Trygve Henriksen wrote:-
>> I've thought about charging them from a motorhome's 12 volt system or solar panels.
Thanks for your comments Trygve. I'm familiar with charging voltages of many types, but have so far not studied Li-ion. My preference to internal rather than external, is that Psion have already taken care of ensuring correct voltage and current to the battery being charged.
When I bought a caravan in 1992, I measured the battery voltage after a charge and was surprised to find that it was only 13.0 volts. When I phoned the manufacturer of the charger, he told me that the regulations required 13.0v as folk would use a mains hook-up without a battery being installed. This protected the florescent lights.
I'm building a motorhome on a Land Rover and doing my own electrics. My existing solar panel will give 18 volts, but I've not yet measured the current drawn by a Psion7/nB. I would expect a different current for charging only and charging while running. It's still early days yet.
>> Get a decent 12 - 15V converter. They're not that expensive...
I've got two Polyamp AB devices made in Sweden. 10-30vdc input with two 24v outputs, one with a 'V. ADJ' pot. They are probably floating as there is a strap between +ve of one and -ve of the other output. The wires to the terminals are capable of a few amps. They are labelled 'TYPE PC 50 A 24-24'. Suggesting 24 + 24 volts output and 50 watts.
I've also got a new 300w inverter, 12v to 230vac..
An alternative is to charge one or two 2 volt cells from the 12 volt alternator and add them to the 12 volt car battery when stopped for connecting to the Psion's input.
Any suggestions accepted.
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Alan R Morris, G4ENS.
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK.
Using a Psion 7 & Nokia 6210e.
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Date: 10 Jul 2003 21:37:36 +0000
From: Martin Guthrie
Subject: New program - IconPatcher - launched
Dear All,
I've launched a new program called IconPatcher today:-
What is IconPatcher?
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"Patch/colour your Extras bar icons...!"
IconPatcher is a small program designed to easily let you replace the program icon for older or no-longer maintained applications with a colour one - mainly so that they'll look prettier on a colour ER5 machine such as a Series 7, netBook, or netPad.
The program icon is the one that shows in your Extras bar (and possibly elsewhere in your System folders depending on what the program is). I've already described - both on my own website (www.pscience5.net) and FoxPop (www.foxpop.co.uk) - how to do this manually but IconPatcher has a number of advantages over doing it this way:-
You don't need to use a hex-editor program such as FileDump to manually extract program UIDs.
IconPatcher will correctly preserve the UID and also all captions, capabilities flags (eg. hide from Extras, New File), and MIME information from the old icon - which the manual method won't (easily) do.
You can equally well use other icons (i.e. .aif files) as the source for the replacement icon you want to generate. This means that you can swap icons around from one program to another if you want to!
v0.90ί of the program is available for download. It's freeware - of course! ;¬) Thanks also due in no small part to Andrew Gregory for writing much of the core of this program. Thanks Andrew.
Best regards,
Martin Guthrie
www.pscience5.net
www.freepoc.org
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