- Phoneman Pro

- PhoneMan Pro locked out by lost password Digest V1 # 844

- 1001 "finder.dat" files on my Psion!

- Re: Use of GPS in a car

- Phoneman

- Wetsuit 3.0 on eBay!

- RE: Use of GPS in a car

- PhoneMan Pro locked, 5mx reloading Contact+,

- Re: The Digest V1 # 844

- Not my message

- Macro GPScalcNew

- Advice on where to sell Psion hardware

- Re: The Digest V1 # 841

Date: 20 Nov 2005 10:32:15 +0000
From: Phil Aypee <address truncated>
Subject: Phoneman Pro

Hi Folks,

John (Morris), it does sound as though PhoneMan Pro automatically loads a file hidden somewhere. Here’s what I’d do.

Backup. Then try reloading the program from the SIS file and then delete it (from the System screen using ‘Menu - Control panel - Add/remove’ - it is on my 5mx).

If you’ve already tried that, copy what details you need from the Mako and do a very hard reset. Reload PhoneMan Pro *first* and set it up as you want it. Re-install your third-party applications from SIS files, backup as before (which should overwrite the ‘rogue’ file) and reload whatever data you need, preferably not a restore.

It’s a winter spring-clean too!

Happy days,
Phil.

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Date: 20 Nov 2005 15:14:00 +0000
From: Vlad A <address truncated>
Subject: PhoneMan Pro locked out by lost password Digest V1 # 844

> John Morris wrote on 20.11.2005 4:00 Uhr:

> any way to wipe PhoneMan Pro's "history" so that I can start from fresh with > the program?

1- Press Strg-Q
That takes you to the menu Extras/System(something) - dialog-box (sorry, I have the German ui, but you'll manage)

2- tick "Show Hidden Docs" and "Show System Folder" and press ok

3- I believe it would be enough to delete only
Phoneman.ini

3bis- If that does not work, delete the whole folder
system/apps/phoneman
I don't know what else you may lose by deleting it besides registration (which is now free anyway), so you might want to make a copy of it on CF before trashing it.

4- Press strg-Q again and untick the boxes, this will prevent you from accidentally tampering with the System-folder after this.

Hope this helps,

best,

vlad

Date: 20 Nov 2005 15:20:43 +0000
From: Vlad A <address truncated>
Subject: 1001 "finder.dat" files on my Psion!

Hi,

On my Psion there are a few hundred invisible "finder.dat" files, 2-4 kb each. I believe they came from the Mac, but I'm  by no means sure.

I don't know why they'd be on C, I'd understand their presence on D as the CF occasionally gets connected to my iBook for data transfer and also gets "infected" w. the DB-Apple data, which one should NOT delete (CF gets badly corrupt).

I'd like to delete them, should I?

Thanks for your thoughts,

best,

vlad

Date: 20 Nov 2005 18:37:23 +0000
From: Chris S Handley
Subject: Re: Use of GPS in a car

Itamar Engelsman wrote:
> Personally I use my mBook on the dashboard and hold it in place with > two hooks that I clip into the air ventilation opening. I open the mBook > and push the top against the front screen (of the car) to hold it in place.

Ah, it must have been you who I got this idea from - thanks!  I have had a similar set-up for some time:

Two pieces of string are tied into the air ventillation holes at the front
of the windscreen.  Each string ends in a small picture hanger, which provides a hook that I can attach to the metal ring at both corners of a Proporta semi-rigid case.

It took a lot of adjusting the length & positioning of the strings, but I can now sit my Netbook on the dashboard, without fear of it sliding away.


When not in use, all you can see are two bits of string, which has the significant advantage that it doesn't look like a GPS dash-mount, and therefore won't entice someone to break into my car on the chance that I've stored it in the glove box (something which apparently happens quite often, sadly).  (And no, I wouldn't store my Netbook there, even if it would fit!)

Regards,
Chris Handley

Date: 20 Nov 2005 20:46:26 +0000
From: Prar <address truncated>
Subject: Phoneman

At 03:00 20/11/2005 +0000, you wrote:

><I installed PhoneMan Pro on my Mako (Revo+) some time ago, and had >password-protected one of the phones that I had synchronised with. I have >unfortunately lost the password, and PhoneMan Pro will not open without >this password. I no longer wish to obtain details of the "locked" phone >memory, I just wish to use PhoneMan Pro again.

Have you tried doing Create new>File on the system screen and creating a new Phoneman File?

If not drop me a mail off list and I will send you a blank Phoneman file.



PRAR

Date: 20 Nov 2005 23:09:44 +0000
From: Chris C. <address truncated>
Subject: Wetsuit 3.0 on eBay!

Hey guys,

I just purchased a Wetsuit 3.0 on eBay for $12! I got it for my 
Powerbook Duo 280, but the add description says it's supposed to fit 
the Psions, so i'm figuring the 'Netbook? Well, just a heads up.

Here's a link to the auction:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Wetsuit-3-0-carry-case-Averatec-Libretto-Sony- PCG-505_W0QQitemZ8724294258QQcategoryZ4606QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZV iewItem

I can't wait to get it!

Date: 21 Nov 2005 00:21:51 +0000
From: Alan Morris <address truncated>
Subject: RE: Use of GPS in a car

Itamar Engelsman <address truncated> wrote:

||> Re.: Use of GPS in a car - Thanks for the "honest" answer. ||> Personally I use my mBook on the dashboard and hold it in ||> place with two hooks that I clip into the air ventilation ||> opening. I open the mBook and push the top against the
||> front screen (of the car) to hold it in place. It works in ||> my car (BMW) as the dashboard is flat, but it will not work ||> in all cars.

Have a look at the windows touch-screen mounted on the dash in the 4th picture on:-
http://www.trophy-tec.de/html/vehicle_lr130cc.html

and on
http://www.trophy-tec.de/html/navcomp_ii.html

I've got the motor with a similar body, but not the PC - yet.

Alan Morris

Date: 21 Nov 2005 14:52:51 +0000
From: Itamar Engelsman <address truncated>
Subject: PhoneMan Pro locked, 5mx reloading Contact+,

Answer to: John Morris

Re.: PhoneMan Pro locked - Did you delete also the Phoneman.ini file that is usually situated in the Documents folder ? Did you further check that indeed all the files in the \App\Phoneman folder were deleted including the folder itself ? When you delete a program there can be other files with data that are not deleted by deletion of the program.

Answer to: Charles Davies

Re.: 5mx reloading Contact+ - The contacts is only a file called contacts.cdb and sits in C:\System\Data. You don't need to copy the whole folder over, just this one file.

Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK

Date: 21 Nov 2005 15:47:38 +0000
From: Peter Julian & Associates <address truncated>
Subject: Re: The Digest V1 # 844

John,

IIRC, PhoneMan Pro is now freeware, the author having released their duties to it about 18 months ago. You should be able to find it on Tucows.com or another Psion FTP site.

So simply uninstall your previous version, save the old files to another folder, install the new copy of the software. I doubt you'll be able to get all your old info back but you can try swapping old and new versions of the files etc..

HTH

regards


Peter
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Date: 22 Nov 2005 02:22:37 +0000
From: Moshe Nahir <address truncated>
Subject: Not my message

Hi,

About a week or two ago I noticed one day that a message appeared in the Digest that I had not written. I have no idea how it got posted. At the time I could not write to the Digest. In fact I seem to recall that someone posted a 'reply' to my phantom message. So I think an apology is in order, to all Digester and to whoever replied, for what may well have resulted from a careless punching of the wrong key on my 5mx.

Best
Moshe Nahir
Winnipeg, Canada

Date: 22 Nov 2005 13:01:13 +0000
From: Itamar Engelsman <address truncated>
Subject: Macro GPScalcNew

As said I just tnow found this macro for the first time, and indeed it did not work on my mBook. A quick look showed that the problem was the differences between the German and English language Psions where some of the commands and text are different. I have updated the macro and it now works on my mBook. I will pass it on to Martin as soon as I will have Broaband at home again so he can include it in his extensive list of macros.

Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK

Date: 22 Nov 2005 13:17:30 +0000
From: Daniel Siegel <address truncated>
Subject: Advice on where to sell Psion hardware

I have made the leap to the Palm for better or worse and plan on keeping a 5MX.  Any suggestions on the best place to sell two Series 5s', a Mako Plus and a Netbook?  Ebay or any Psion specific marketplace.

Thanks.

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Date: 22 Nov 2005 21:57:07 +0000
From: Rolf Brunsting <address truncated>
Subject: Re: The Digest V1 # 841

Dear Vlad,

<< Could you elaborate a bit? I'm in the process of switching 
definitively to X and one of the problems is finally being able to 
keep my adresses synched >>

It's quite simple. MacOS X 10.4 is supplied with a diary and to-do 
list (iCal), a contacts list (Address Book) plus a synchroniser 
(iSync). It's the latter which allows you to synchronise iCal and 
Address Book with a range of PDAs and mobile phones. Use the below 
URL and you get an overview of all devices supported by iCal.

      http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/isync/devices.html

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Kind Regards,
Rolf Brunsting - Beilen - Netherlands