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Epoc Digest Mon, 22 Dec 2003 Volume 01 : Number 406
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In today's Epoc Digest 23 messages:
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- Psion IR Travel Modem
- Re: netbook 32 MB upgrade
- Port scan on the S5mx
- Relative links in webpages
- Re: Yet another card format :o(
- Malaybook, Reading S7 screen in car,
- PsiWin removal
- RE. .lit reader
- Weeknumber in Agenda
- Re: Program list
- Re: Backups Again
- Re: Palmtop Money? & PDF files
- Re: Chris' Indent Macro &Backups Again &nConvert: a problem and solution :)
- Re: Ive got a netpad
- Digest archive
- Psion emulator
- Spot a Psion, nConvert.
- Re: Contacts BkUp
- Re: Re: Modem settings for a SonyEricsson T610
- New Malay Books
- Re: Symbian netBook Pro
- Palmtop Magazine / New Psion Mag?
- Abandoning Netbook
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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003
From: Digest administrator
Subject: Psion IR Travel Modem
I just got a hold of one of these modems. They are very addictive as you do not need to plug the Psion to the modem. However, the modem came as is with no manuals or documentation. Are they fax enabled?
Thanks
Manuel Camp
With best regards
Manuel Campos G.
The Epoc Digest Team
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Date: 21 Dec 2003 09:58:00 -0500
From: Chris Pulster
Subject: Re: netbook 32 MB upgrade
> The *32MB* DIMM works well in the Malaybook - I have it in mine. > The memory upgrade can also be bought from SITA with free
> shipping (I think) - just in case Chris Pulster is out of stock.
I just reduced the price of a new 32 MB netbook upgrade DIMM memory to
99 EUR. Shipping for list members is FREE.
If interested, please email me,
Chris (www.pulster.de)
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Date: 21 Dec 2003 10:12:38 -0500
From: Rolf Vonau
Subject: Port scan on the S5mx
Hi there,
I want to read during the email receiving process all informations, sent and received at the port 110.
Do someone know such a program or the way to do that?
(The Email application does it, if you create the folder \Logs\Email\. But this information is readable only after closing the connection. I want to evaluate however the information during the receiving)
Any hints are appreciated.
Thanks in advance
--
Best Regards
Rolf
Munich
http://home.arcor.de/rhvonau/index.htm
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Date: 21 Dec 2003 13:07:20 -0500
From: PRAR
Subject: Relative links in webpages
>Subject: Web behavior/fixing relative links (4 Peter) >
> > I like to quickly download several web sites and then go > > offline to read the articles at my leisure. If the downloaded > > articles have interesting links, I like to bookmark these
> > links and download them the next time I'm online.
> >
> > One major problem I've noticed in this regard is that most of > > the web-pages I download (in both Web and Opera) show the
> > links in the following format, which makes it impossible to
> > subsequently download the link from the
> > Internet: file:///c:/mld/inquirer/news/front/
> >
> > In other words, many of the links appear to be relative as
> > opposed to absolute (which should, e.g. look like
> > "http://news.yahoo.com/)".
> >
> > Is there a work-around or anything that would convert a
> > relative link like "file:///c:/mld/inquirer/news/front/" to
> > an absolute link like
> > "http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/front", that I could > > then use to download the link contents from the Internet?
>
>Hi Pete,
>
>I've noticed the same thing and would also like to see a workaround or a >solution. It's a real pain when I'm reading (say) a medical article and I >want to dial-up and read (or download) another article that is linked to >the article I'm already reading on my Psion - and I can't. At present I >usually end of using Google to find the article I've already got in my >Psion and then I go from there.
>
In order for a downloaded wedpage to work correctly the author need to include a <BASE HREF="original web page address"> tag in the header of the page. When a browser sees one of these it will then use it as the base for all relative URLS. If you are confident with an editor (and know the original address) you could edit the downloaded file and insert the necessary tag.
I have tried contacting webmasters about this and the responses range from lack of interest to lack of understanding...
HTH
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Date: 21 Dec 2003 17:01:57 -0500
From: Wong Koi Hin
Subject: Re: Yet another card format :o(
Reply to Owen Morgan
Dear Owen,
OM>My moan and question to the list is does anyone know why there are so damned many different flash card formats?
I usually glance rapidly through the digest and focus on items of interest to me, so I didnt see your subject heading the first time round while reading your post. As you were talking about the XD card you got, I was thinking to myself I am pretty behind techwise because I have never heard of this card before. Then read the second paragraph. :) I dont know the real answer, I am sure some others on this digest is better equip to answer that question than I am, but you do have my sympathy and the hope that the industry will at least choose to adopt a common media platform and stick to that at least for a few years life-span. If after that time, I need to upgrade to a new type of memory card, I can live with that.
Warm regards,
Koi Hin
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Date: 21 Dec 2003 22:22:49 -0500
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: Malaybook, Reading S7 screen in car,
Answer to: David Lir
Re.: Malaybook - You write there are a few advantages to upgrade to a full netBook version. What are these few advantages ?
Answer to: Andy Hayes
Re. Reading S7 screen in car - I have a BMW series 5 and don't think the glass is tinted. When the sun bohers me I up the backlight to it's highest setting and/or play around with the angle of the screen which quite often does the trick.
Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK
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Date: 21 Dec 2003 23:02:04 -0500
From: ABlake3459
Subject: PsiWin removal
I have apparently lost the PsiWin 2.3.3 ability to link my PC (running Windows ME) to my Psion 5mx. The PC simply doesn't recognise the Psion is there (I've done all the usual checks - eg cable connection etc.).
I have tried uninstalling PsiWin, running Mike McConnell's PsiWin registry cleaner and re-installing to no avail. That's because I get a message telling me that some PsiWin elements are still on the PC and need removing first. I have used Add/Remove Pro to get rid of the PsiWin, apparently successfully.
Does anyone have any idea about where to look for these so-called elements, what they may be & how I can get rid of them to make a fresh start?
Flutefriend.
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Date: 22 Dec 2003 11:12:25 -0500
From: Euan Mee
Subject: RE. .lit reader
>
> Date: 17 Dec 2003 17:32:57 -0500
> From: Jim Watson-Gove > Subject: Reader, VReader5, etc.
>
> I used Barry Childress' Reader on my 3A, obtaining ebooks from the CompuServe forum library. >
> When I migrated to the 5 and then 5mx, I also migrated to Jean-Luc Damnet's VReader5, which I found excellent despite many criticsms by others. >
> When it was obvious that the Psion forum's days were numbered on CompuServe, I took the time to download the entire (!!!) library of ebooks.It had some priceless and unobtainable (in ebook format) classics such as James Joyce's Ullyseus (sp?). I reread all the Burrough's books on my 3a and series 5 machines.
>
> With the Palm, I have discovered The University of Virginia's large library of free (out of copyright) ebooks. I downloaded Dracula and Frankenstein for
> some casual reading on my Treo.
>
> Now that I'm moving back to the Psion, it would be nice to have complete compatibility. I checked the U of V website and they store in Palm and Pocket PC formats. The PC format is a .lit rather than a .tcr and is not readable
> with VReader5.
>
> Any way I can get VReader5 to work on .lit?
>
> If not, any recommendations for a Psion ebook reader that will handle .lit format?
Well, eBook is the eBook reader I use.
If there are any UofV books you'd like to see in .tcr format, let me
know, and I'll .tcr them.
The current collection of .tcr'd books can be found at
www.gawnsoft.co.sr, along with a link to Simon Quinn's eBook (the
app) download site.
Is UofV the host for Project Gutenberg? If so, they tend to be in
either .txt or PalmDOC format. eBook reads PalmDOCs.
I tcr them for myself because .tcrs end up smaller.
The other option for Psions is to use Mobipocket. It might do .lit
format. (But it tries to do book management for you, which just
annoys me too much.
Cheers,
Euan
xlucid
this).sf.(antispam.)net
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Date: 22 Dec 2003 11:21:40 -0500
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: Weeknumber in Agenda
This is one of those years again that the week number in the EPOC agenda is 1 off. For example, in all other diaries the week starting with 25/1 is week 5, however in the EPOC diary it is week 4.
Is there any way to change the EPOC diary to show the correct number ?
Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK
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Date: 22 Dec 2003 12:17:43 -0500
From: Chris S Handley
Subject: Re: Program list
Hello Rolf (B.),
>> Yes, why does he prefer >>this kind of quote<< to the REM style?
> The quoting style I'm using, having picked it up from other
> CompuServe members, doesn't have this disadvantage. Put a
> marker at the beginning and at the end of the quoted text
> and it will always be displayed correctly, whatever the
> width setting.
I certainly agree that "your" style has the big advantage of working with any reader's word-wrap width automatically, but since the Psion Email program does not actually support it, I decided to be pragmatic and use a system which doesn't need support of the email program.
It would be trivial for Psion Email to support your style (e.g. colour different levels of indentation), but it doesn't, and sadly will never do so :-(
Regards,
Chris Handley
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Date: 22 Dec 2003 12:17:45 -0500
From: Chris S Handley
Subject: Re: Backups Again
Subject: Re: Backups Again
David Lir wrote:
> FlashBack has a nifty profiles feature that lets the user
> specify what individual files, folders or trees are to be
> backed up in a given profile and FlashBack does open and
> close the files that are to be backed up in the current
> profile, and leaves the other running files open -
I would just point out that FastBackup does all this. Perhaps I'll look at trying to improve the help file...
> Also, you can use FastBackup to backup that single file on D
> to E and it will close and open it, as necessary. Just *keep
> the file in its own folder* on D (D:\My
> Stuff\Diary2003\Diary2003) and then *create a FastBackup
> profile to backup just that folder* to E.
The next version of FastBackup will make it easy to add single files for backup, although the current version already supports this if you add the filename manually.
> CronTab will run
> FastBackup automatically (supposedly), and as I understand
> it, CronTab will run the last used profile. So if you make
> sure that the profile you want is always the last one run
Thats correct, although I don't actually use CronTab, so anyone having problems with it should email me.
Regards,
Chris Handley
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Date: 22 Dec 2003 12:17:47 -0500
From: Chris S Handley
Subject: Re: Palmtop Money? & PDF files
Subject: Palmtop Money?
Nils Langeland wrote:
> Last year I got my first 5mx with MONEY installed.
> when I had
> to migrate to another 5mx, and restored my files to it, I got
> the Application error telling me to re-install from my
> original CD, which I now can't find, after several moves.
When Money is first run, it modify's it's own :System\Money\Money.exe file to only work on the Psion that it was run on. Therefore you need to reinstall Money to get a "fresh" exe file, or someone could send you just the exe file & let you install it manually.
I recommend keeping a ZIPed copy of the exe file (BEFORE running it!), so that you won't be caught-out in the future.
Regards,
Chris Handley
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Subject: PDF files
Itamar Engelsman wrote:
> Re. PDF files - Correct, there is PDF+ and there is PDF which
> AFAIK is a more limited version of the "+" version and is
> freeware.
There is also an official Adobe Acrobat Reader in Java, which works (sometimes better than PDF+), but unless you have a Netbook with extra RAM installed it is not really worth considering.
Regards,
Chris Handley
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Date: 22 Dec 2003 12:17:49 -0500
From: Chris S Handley
Subject: Re: Chris' Indent Macro &Backups Again &nConvert: a problem and solution :)
Subject: Chris' Indent Macro
David Lir wrote:
> I must be one of the few here who prefers Chris' simple
> Indent Macro over REM. It's too bad he's given up on it.
Well, not "given up" exactly, but there's no point my spending ages adding features that I won't use & which already exist in another program!
I would still be happy to provide minor corrections & improvements, just not totally new features.
> I'd especially like to see the ability to just add the
> and indent to *selected* text - if possible. I don't think
> any other reply utility/app/macro/whatever has such a capability.
You can easily 'add' this yourself! Open the supplied source code, search for the line 'SendKey:("Ct+a")' (withOUT the single 'quotes'), and then EITHER delete the line OR put the word 'REM' before it. Then tap the Translate button to produce a new OPO macro file.
> I also would like to see the macro be updated so
> that it does NOT place a blank line with the and indent at
> the end of the quoted text - which I have to manually
> delete.
Ahem. IIRC, that was added as an attempt to work-around a bug where occasionally the last character was lost. It didn't work, so probably I should remove it & maybe even look for the real cause!
Regards,
Chris Handley
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Subject: Re: Backups Again (4 Chris H.)
David Lir wrote:
> FastBackup. As for the interface - I must be one of the few
> who actually and honestly *likes* it.
I thought I was the only one! :)
> BTW, would it be possible to add an option to FB so that it
> could open up in Profiles mode - rather than Backup mode?
Yes, it WOULD be possible, but I feel that it would be misleading while the macro canNOT backup using Profile mode...
You can add it yourself by opening the FastBackup source code, searching for the line "action% = 2", and replace it with "action% = 4".
> Also, it would be nice if I could run all the Profiles
> sequentially without having to confirm that that is what I
> wanted to do each and every time. Not that I'm complaining!
Hmmm, you mean make it stop asking you whether to run all profiles when you first hit the "Go!" button? I can see your reasoning, but I am worried that inexperienced users may accidentally backup using Profiles mode instead of simple Backup mode. I sided with being "idiot proof"!
You could always customise FastBackup to YOUR liking by editing the OPL source code, assuming you know enough OPL to spot what needs removing or changing.
Regards,
Chris Handley
P.S. Feel free to make constructive complaints about FastBackup, or ask dumb questions - you never know, FB may get improved as a result! :-)
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Subject: nConvert: a problem and solution :)
David Lir wrote:
> simply open the file from within Editor (or another text editor) and
> *add <HTML> to the very start of the file*.
> A Macro would be nice:
> Does anyone want to write such a macro? PLEASE!
I would suggest that Macro5's recording capability should be sufficient to solve your problem:
Simply start recording a macro on the System screen, press enter to make the Editor open the file, type the <HTML> bit you need at the start of the text, press Ctrl-E to save & close it, and then stop recording the macro.
It would be possible to implement a simple macro which does this without needing Editor even installed, but I am not sure it is worth it...?
Regards,
Chris Handley
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Date: 22 Dec 2003 12:20:05 -0500
From: Euan Mee
Subject: Re: Ive got a netpad
On 21 Dec 2003, at 2:00, PRAR wrote:
> I've not had a chance to do much with it yet - I installed clock5 and > copied a few of my databases across. The apps don't seem to make much use > of the rotatable display: Data and Word seem to be permananetly in
> landscape...
Purely by coincidence, I've been looking through the Netpad SDKs'
netpad documents, and came across the stuff on how to use the
rotatable display.
To use the vertical display, the app needs to have code in it which explicitly calls the display-portrait routines. I'm guessing they
didn't bother to re-write the standard S5 apps specifically for the netpad.
I had actually been toying with creating a portrait-display facility for my S5 myself, as I find that I use eBook in that layout all the time,
and there are other datasets I'd like to view that way, like certain Sheets.
But it's a lot of work to make a Data viewer, or a Sheet-viewer, so
it's unlikely I'll get around to it in any useful timescale...
Simon, are you on the Digest's List? If so, are you at all interested
in making your display-portrait facilities available for use by apps
other than eBook?
Cheers,
Euan
xlucid
this).sf.(antispam.)net
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Date: 22 Dec 2003 13:03:00 -0500
From: Grant Mearns
Subject: Digest archive
Does anyone have an EPOC data file, or multiple data files, that contain a complete archive of all the digests to date?
Regards
Grant
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Date: 22 Dec 2003 14:10:27 -0500
From: "Nicole Carbonara"
Subject: Psion emulator
Someone recently mentioned in this Digest a Psion emulator that allows seeing non convertible Psion files (especially Agenda and Contact) on a PC. I made a search on Psion emulator and downloaded EMU48E but then found out in reading the ReadMe file that this was something to install in the Psion.
I should be grateful if someone could tell me where I can find a Psion emulator that allows seeing non convertible Psion files on a PC.
Nicole
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Date: 22 Dec 2003 16:16:04 -0500
From: Trygve Henriksen
Subject: Spot a Psion, nConvert.
Greetings all!
I was watching the Discovery Channel documentary about the Thrust SSC team and how they broke the speed of sound on the ground.
(Nothing else good in TV :-)
Anyway, if you watch the program(it's bound to be sent again), watch carefully after they've done their first supersonic run, and are waiting for confirmation on the second. Just as they're told that the run was 1 minute too late, you'll se a Psion Siena...
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David Lir wrote:
> nConvert has a flaw which prevents it from converting a large
> percentage of HTML files to EPOC Word format. nConvert does not
> convert these files - instead it gives a warning "This file cannot be
> converted". This is because nConvert does not recognize that the
> files in question are HTML files and that's only because these files
> don't have <HTML> written at the very beginning of their HTML code.
> It seems that nConvert checks for <HTML> at the very beginning of the
> file before beginning the conversion process.
A file without the <HTML> tag in the beginning is NOT a valid HTML file.
Because HTML files doesn't have any 'magic numbers' or other unique ID's built-in, that's the only way to make certain that the file IS a HTML file.
Therefore, it's NOT nconvert that's broken, but the programs used to generate the files in the first place.
> No <HTML> = no conversion! In some problem files <HTML> isn't
> present at all, while in others there are a number of paragraph breaks
> before <HTML>.
If nConvert can't handle a few line breaks in the file first, though....
That may be a bug...
:-)
Trygve
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Date: 22 Dec 2003 19:28:31 -0500
From: Peter McCafferty
Subject: Re: Contacts BkUp
Hi All,
Many thanks for your prompt assistance tracing my errant Contacts file.
All however is not well.
Having located the Contacts.cdb file on D:system/data, I copied it across to C:system/data. However when pressing silkscreen 'Contacts', the application starts up ok, but then hangs telling me that:
"The contacts store was not found on disk C"
I have tried both alternatives then presented, that is, pressing 'Esc' and trying to reload, and 'Ctrl+N' to create a new store. Having located where this new store in sys/dats, I have deleted the 3Kb 'Contacts.dbf' file there and replaced it with the backup version, 52Kb. This fails to trick the !Contacts app into opening.
I assume there must be some registry/install file that needs editing/deleting so that I can open my contacts backup. I have tried directly importing the .cdb file into !Contacts, no success here either.
If it helps, sometime ago I ran the demo version of MBM's !IContacts, I know there are some legacy bits'n'pieces remaining on disk. How these may affect the main Contacts app I'm unsure.
All help welcome. TIA. Seasons best also.
regards
Peter
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Date: 22 Dec 2003 19:52:11 -0500
From: Jan R Gustafsson
Subject: Re: Re: Modem settings for a SonyEricsson T610
Rolf Brunsting wrote at 16 Dec 2003 22:02:41 -0500 in Epoc Digest V1 # 401 (9)
> The easiest way to check whether this is the case
> is to use Comms. Start Comms and set it to the
> following parameters......
Thanks Rolf for providing me with the Comms test sequence.
And it was AT&K3 that got the T610 to respond with ERROR.
Your revised suggestion for settings seems better but I have two follow-up questions:
Does it really matter if I set 'Baud rate' to 57600 or 115200 respective 'Type' to Fixed line or Mobile?
For some reason I have been using 'Fax class' set to 2 and you suggest Auto. I guess this is only of importance if I use the fax option of Message or...?
Best regards,
Jan G
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Date: 22 Dec 2003 22:19:16 -0500
From: Jim Watson-Gove
Subject: New Malay Books
The two Malay Netbooks arrived today. Only problems so far is one came with a dead backup battery (popped in one I had for 5mx.s) and having a bit of trouble setting up email. Transferred my Mail file folder from my 5mx and I have all of my messages that were in my 5mx ok but have forgotten where the ISP settings are for the internet settings.
Also I can pull up a JPG attachment on the 5mx and view it but when I try to access it from the attachment on the MBook, I get a message:
Cannot open the Web program - Web not designed to run on this machine.
Guess I'm in for a long bout of printing out the manuals and setting etc. I remember it has something to do with the Us-isp file (where to put it) and probably a further install of either web (from my 5mx ) or Opera (from the
CD).
Bottom line - Fantastic machine. And they sent it charged so I can play with it for a long time before I buy the adapter from Radio Shack.
Eleanor was complaining that she had decided on a whim "Me too!!!) and (before it arrived) as saying we should have ordered only one. Now that's she's
played with hers, she is very thrilled and not regretting the purchase. Our Xmas presents to each other this year.
jim -port townsend
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Date: 22 Dec 2003 23:03:01 -0500
From: Derek Aldous
Subject: Re: Symbian netBook Pro
Just curious - does anybody know what is the status of this project ?
What would it take to have the same software on say a Sendo X smartphone (which has an optional keyboard) and a netBook / netpad ?
Thanks.
Derek
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Date: 22 Dec 2003 23:59:38 -0500
From: Manuel Campos Galvan
Subject: Palmtop Magazine / New Psion Mag?
Got the last issue of Palmtop Magazine in the mail. Basically ER5 coverage is nil, as well as coverage for the Netbook Pro. They are asking me to renew my subscription, but I have my doubts as the ER5 coverage is non-existent. Seems there is less and less content available out there.
Whatever happened with the Psion User Group in the UK that was to start a magazine? It should have come out by this time. I did not subscribe, but has anybody seen it?
Regards,
Manuel Camp
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Date: 23 Dec 2003 00:07:32 -0500
From: Manuel Campos Galvan
Subject: Abandoning Netbook
Unfortunately in recent days I had to replace the screen of my Netbook at an outrageous cost. USD$400.00. At that price, plus the initial investment on the Netbook, plus the replacement keyboard a few months ago which cost me USD250 at Psion, has made the Netbook a quite expensive proposition to maintain in the future.
My Netbook has served me well as a mobile office using it for word processing spreadsheets, very very heavy email (upwards of 100 emails per day), heavy faxing, generating PDF files, contacts, databases, and of course handling the digest. As a matter of fact, the Netbook took on the role of fixed office after 9/11 when my office was destroyed and handled the load impeccably (it also was the sole surviving repository of large amounts of client data, documents, templates, contracts, etc. thanks to the IBM 1 GB Drive).
However, both the slow demise of the ER5 machines and my evolving needs (including being on the losing battle with email. With such a large volume is very difficult to justify doing the filing, categorizing and sorting of emails twice). Investigating the marketplace, I found a sharp machine, model Actius MM10 which is lighter than the netbook, runs Windoze (which means I can handle the complex word and wordperfect document that otherwise I was unable to handle on my netbook), it allows me to synchronize Eudora Mail and all its attachments, access the databases from the office via VPN (tried Citrix and the VCN Console, but they were very slow for my purposes) and basically be a more effective extension of my office.
Unfortunately, this means that I will have to part with my Netbook and related gadgetry. I am not jumping ship on EPOC as I am keeping my trusty 5mx by my side (I actually got a spare 5mx PRO from POS on the Safe Deposit Box)and will continue to use it as long as physically possible (I have not looked for a replacement, but from all the comments here and in Psion Place there is no sure 5mx replacement yet).
So, as much as it hurts me to depart from the Netbook, I am sure there will be aloving home that will adopt him and take care of him. Thus, the Digest has preference (before going to ebay) to make a reasonable offer on these items (as a lot or separately) by emailing me Off Digest.
Netbook OS 158 (UK Netbook, not MNetbook)
Lucent Silver Wireless Card
Psion 10mb Ethernet 56k Fax card with dongles
US Power supply
32 MB Ram Upgrade
1 gb IBM Microdrive
Various EPOC software including Navigator, No Man Land, NConvert, XConvert, Michelin Guide, Money, among others.
Regards,
Manuel Camp
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