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Epoc Digest Thu, 05 Jun 2003 Volume 01 : Number 272

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In today's Epoc Digest 20 messages:

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- RE: WEP with Cisco Aironet 340 Series

- Reply to Christian Roth

- Re: Interesting gadget.

- Re: Broken S7/NAV

- BatGauge7, Spam, Broken S7,

- Meter

- eBay Reinfall # 271 (3)

- 5mx emulator problems

- re: that new sharp pda thingy

- Re:GPRS and WAP browser # 270 (6)

- Tip with psion and Nokia orgainser app

- Re: Spam & Viruses

- Epoc News

- Emulator and W2K

- Christian's Ebay Purchase of S7

- Emulating MC218 in Windows 2000/XP

- Wi-Fi, 9210

- 9210i memory, interesting gadget

- Web 2, Opera 0

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Date: 4 Jun 2003 12:58:21 +0000

From: Antony

Subject: RE: WEP with Cisco Aironet 340 Series

I can't help you about your question I'm afraid, but I would be most grateful if you would let me know who the ISP is so that I may find out what the coverage area is as I have family and friends living throughout the Indianapolis area.

Others may be interested too, which is why I did not e-mail you direct.

Many thanks,

Antony Booth

Thought for the day: Just because I have a thought doesn't mean I should stick it on the end of every freakin email I send. Including this one ;-)

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Date: 4 Jun 2003 13:28:58 +0000

From: Keith Clarke

Subject: Reply to Christian Roth

Christian Roth wrote: 'I received a S7 (private auction at ebay) from a seller in the UK (Milton Keynes) that has a broken screen, which the seller did not mention. Now, I wrote the seller two emails asking a refund or other solutions, but I get no reply. It's a week since. I would like to ask your advice what I should do now, what is the legal situation and possibility in the UK on a case like this? I am living in Austria and therefore it will not be easy to clear out this matter.'

Christian, try ‘why eBay is safe’ on the home page. That gives useful info, including as a last resort: ‘Remember that if you still are not able to resolve the issue, you may be covered by eBay's Buyer Protection Programme.’

Keith Clarke

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Date: 4 Jun 2003 15:09:37 +0000

From: YahooMail farcrown

Subject: Re: Interesting gadget.

You can get a barebones version of this from

http://www.scan.co.uk

LN4398 Scan XDRIVE 6 in 1 Card Reader (SM/MMC/SD/CF/Microdrive/Mstick) + Takes 2.5" HDD (not Supplied) 60.50excl 71.09inc VAT

Then you can add your own 2.5" drive

I don't know if you can copy from the HDD back to the CF though?

Russell

===== ************************************************************ RUSSELL HUTSON

Email : farcrown

Roaming Phone/Fax : +44 (0)7092 120024

More Details : http://profiles.yahoo.com/farcrown ************************************************************

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Date: 4 Jun 2003 15:39:27 +0000

From: Keith Giles

Subject: Re: Broken S7/NAV

Christian Roth asks for advice about getting a broken screen S7 on eBay. I think there is someplace on the eBay web site for reporting fraud.

Several mentions have been made of Norton Antivirus needing to be updated. I have mine set up for LiveUpdate to be automatic. I get frequent notices that an update to the virus definitions are available for downloading. Have NAV without updating is worthless, IMO.

Happy Cycling,

Keith

Sunnyvale, CA

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

Thought For The Day: A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.

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Date: 4 Jun 2003 17:05:33 +0000

From: Itamar Engelsman

Subject: BatGauge7, Spam, Broken S7,

Answer to: Keith Giles

Re.: BatGauge7 - I don't have the problem with the menu. If you need any translation from the German, let me know. I have an interesting different bug. When I use the macro "Brightlight" from the same author it shows contract 17 and BatGauge7 shows contrast 18. The control panel also shows 18 so the macro has got a bug.

Answer to: Owen H. Morgan

Re. Spam - Thanks for the advice, it comes a few years too late <BG>. Today I don't think I can stop it anymore. I have got 3 email addresses, 2 personal ones and 1 business one, and all 3 addresses get spam messages. However, I am happy I use my Psion for emailing, at least the virusses are stopped on the Psion and can't harm my PC at home.

Answer to: Christian Roth

Re. Broken S7 - First of all I think you should inform eBay and see if they can help you. They have more detailsof the seller and could contact him on your behalf. Are you able to proof beyond doubt that it was sent in a broken state or could it have been the transport / postal service ? Was the package adequately insured and can you claim on the insurance ? Also suggest you contact Psion and / or that German Company doing repairs and ask how much a replacement would cost. Are you able to claim on your personal insurance ? Sometimes insurance policies include accidents and other broken items (I am _not_ telling you to lie to them). Lastsly, give the guy a bad report on eBay so at least others will notice and not fall in the same trap.

Best regards,

Itamar Engelsman

London, U

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Date: 4 Jun 2003 17:14:39 +0000

From: Philip S. Adkins Potter

Subject: Meter

Hi,

I tried <http://www.xilonen.co.uk> but it no longer seems to exist!

I Googled too but the references are sparse, all refer to <http://www.xilonen.co.uk> and the most useful is Eric Lindsay's.

Another shareware program lost?

Phil.

"O Moon, when I gaze on thy beautiful face,

Careering along through the boundaries of space.

The thought has often come into my mind

If I shall ever see thy glorious behind."

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Date: 4 Jun 2003 17:36:42 +0000

From: vlad a

Subject: eBay Reinfall # 271 (3)

> Epoc Digest wrote:

> I would like to ask your advice what I should do now, what is the legal > situation and possibility in the UK on a case like this?

Go to the trouble of informing the eBay Customer Service per email about it. See the instructions on how to do it - quite well hidden on their website. They are helpful though and my experience is they do not like such s...

good luck,

best,

vlad a

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Date: 4 Jun 2003 22:00:18 +0000

From: Chris Cooper

Subject: 5mx emulator problems

Hi, everyone

Some problems with the 5mx emulator (I still haven't shelled out for a repair of my 5mx):

* When I copy a .sis installation file into the emulator's Apps folder on the C-drive (C:\Epoc32\Wins\C\System\Apps) and click on it (in the emulator, of course), I simply get the error message 'Not found'. What's the cause?

* Most of the time I can use my current Agenda file OK; but when I use Find, it crashes the emulator. How can I investigate the problem?

TIA,

Chris

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Date: 5 Jun 2003 02:06:07 +0000

From: niC bLaKe

Subject: re: that new sharp pda thingy

dear all,

a digest or 27 ago somebody provided a list of great links for the

sharp sl-c700. now, i've been looking carefully at this machine with

the hope that future generations of sharp machines might replace my s7.

& now i'd like to contribute a link or 2 of my own:

http://www.kakaku.com/prdsearch/ detail.asp?ItemCD=003030&MakerCD=75&Product=SL%2DC700

this is an online price comparison site i use here in japan. the

cheapest price available as of last night was 47,000 yen; that's 353

euros or 246 quid (that's for the japanese language version of course).

there was, i recall, some discussion here & elsewhere (can't for the

life of me remember where, sorry) about the apparent ease of adding

english language support to this machine (sorry i don' have a clue

about that) but i reckon somebody is making a whole heap of cash out of

this machine. & good luck to them, but if anybody seriously wants to

buy one of these machines & needs help with tracking down retailers

with english speaking staff & international shipping then mail me - or

post here - & i'll dig deeper on the net & try to find links & phone

numbers for you. otherwise you could always (i suppose) browse the

japanese site above via babelfish translation:

http://world.altavista.com/ (although i haven't tried this as i can

read just enough japanese to get what i need from the site).

i live in japan & played with this machine in an electronics shop a

while ago. let us not forget that (& apologies if this has already been

mentioned) it only has a quoted battery life of 4 hours. now, i may be

way off base here, but i imagine this apparent 4 hours being something

closer to 1 & a half hours on the luckiest day of your life.

i would have said: cherish your psions. wait for later generations of

sharp pda. but then i read this in last this a.mInc Magazine:

<<<Name: Sharp Zaurus SL-C760

Category: PDA

Price: Open

Release date in Japan: May 24, 2003

The Gist: Apparently launched in an attempt to pacify certain

criticisms of its C700 predecessor, the latest PDAs in the Zaurus line have an "easy-to-use" keyboard and a much improved CG (Continuous

Grain) LCD display. They've also had a paint job, going to glossy

black on the upper cover and all nice and shiny silver when you

open it up (well, the C750 has at least -- the C760 is still all

silver). A lot of other stuff is pretty much the same, but the newer machines have differences where it counts -- increasing the CPU speed

and use of memory, making them far faster and slicker-feeling units.

Both models now house a 400MHz Intel Xscale PXA255 processor, with

either 64 or 128 MB of Flash memory onboard.

Sharp has retained the useful swiveling function of the screen, but

it's now far clearer and easier to read than before and it will synch with big-hitter applications such as Microsoft Word, Outlook and

Excel. Both the C750 and C760 also accommodate SD and Compact Flash storage cards, and if you stump up the cash for the more expensive

model, it should last you for eight and a half hours before it needs

to go bye bye.

More info: http://www.sharp.co.jp/corporate/news/030516.html>>>

as much as we all love & cherish our epoc & symbian machines, i hope

this might all might prove useful/interesting to somebody.

nic b.

A A

_ (=^o^)= ((_(m m)

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Date: 5 Jun 2003 02:15:33 +0000

From: niC bLaKe

Subject: re: that new sharp pda thingy

whoops! i just checked:

> http://www.kakaku.com/prdsearch/

> detail.asp?ItemCD=003030&MakerCD=75&Product=SL%2DC700

again & this a.m. the cheapest price here in japan is: 39,500 yen.

that's 203 quid at todays exchange rate.

regards,

nic.

A A

_ (=^o^)= ((_(m m)

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Date: 5 Jun 2003 03:44:58 +0000

From: Mark Deppe

Subject: Re:GPRS and WAP browser # 270 (6)

Malcolm......

<<If so you CANNOT enter at+cgdcont=,"ip","wap.vodafone.co.uk" in the data init string, as these machines will only accept 20 characters maximum.>>> Sorry, I should have explained this better - You can physically enter this data, but it will not work. In some cases it will give an error, in others it will reset the machine. In any case you won't be able to connect. )))

Oh I see, is there a work around? it does not reset my machine or really give an error (as in a message other than gateway timed out) it just doesn;t work

Kind regards

Mark

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Date: 5 Jun 2003 03:45:08 +0000

From: Mark Deppe

Subject: Tip with psion and Nokia orgainser app

You can also beam (just tap the IR icon and press enter) entries 1 at a time from agenda to the phones oragiser (I have with 6100, 6610, 6310, 8310) which is really handy as it not only saves the writing and corect time and date but also the alarm and repeats (only those supported on the phone though so check) and anniversaries, saves all that fiddly phonepad typing. would be great if phoneman had a feature to sync the agender and organiser - I dream on.

Kind regards

Mark

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Date: 5 Jun 2003 07:41:52 +0000

From: Rolf Vonau

Subject: Re: Spam & Viruses

Reference is made to the mail in the EPOC DIGEST V1 # 269 (9) :

Itamar Engelsman wrote at 01.06 2003 (> ):

> I agree with you. Hoever, I don't think there is

> much I can do to stop the SPAM from coming, is

> there ?

Hi Itamar and all,

one of our subscribers found an interesting solution:

http://spamarrest.com

Each private email sender (including the Epocdigest) has to verificate himself one time at this site.

Best Regards

Rolf

Munich

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

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Date: 5 Jun 2003 07:44:32 +0000

From: Rolf Vonau

Subject: Epoc News

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We hope you understand this measure.

The Epoc Digest Team

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Date: 5 Jun 2003 08:37:21 +0000

From: maxo

Subject: Emulator and W2K

Dear Psioneers

Thanks to all who replied to my request for help on getting the Emulator to work on W2k. Thanks also to Keith Giles for the help which is available on his website. It turns out my problem was not setting the zip file to extract to sub-directories. This is why the setup program would not run. The emulator is now running fine.

However, I am still unable to get the Subst command to work in W2k. I added this command to the Autoexec.NT file, but it does not seem to have any effect. I have also been unable to map the directory to a driveletter, even though I have followed the instructions in the readme.txt file. I have set the directory to sharing, but suspect that I have not setup the Permissions correctly. Can anyone help?

Best wishes

Max

***************

Max Ozinsky

Cape Town

South Africa

<+27 +82 414-7147

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Date: 5 Jun 2003 09:06:45 +0000

From: Mark Johns

Subject: Christian's Ebay Purchase of S7

Hi Christian, if your purchase of the broken S7 was thro' Ebay, surely youhave

recourse to them, if the seller has sold an item that was faulty and didnot declare it?

I would approach eBay.

Regards

Mark from Wiltshire

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Date: 5 Jun 2003 10:13:47 +0000

From: Ian Roberts

Subject: Emulating MC218 in Windows 2000/XP

I used to emulate my MC218 in Windows and would like to do so again. I have changed my laptop recently and cannot find a suitable emulator so I can run it under windows; can anyone help?

Thanks.

Ian Roberts

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Date: 5 Jun 2003 11:48:46 +0000

From: Kevin Thorne

Subject: Wi-Fi, 9210

Reply to gallinos:

Subject: usage of epoc machine

How easy and how much does it cost to set up a Wi-Fi connection on a netBook?

Reply to Thomas F. VAN DER ZIJDEN:

Subject: N9210i

<1. The 9210i is a *huge* phone, so it seems to me. The 7110 is quite big, but it fits in my trouser pocket. However, I think that with the 9210i this is out of the question. True, my 5mx cannot fit in my pocket, but I do not need it permanently and I do need a mobile phone permanently.

Can someone compare it with the 7110? How do you use/transport your Commie?>

I use a leather case attached to my belt. The only downside is when you only want a phone with you it's a case of lumping around your PDA as well :-(

<2. The 9210i does not have Bluetooth nor GPRS. Furthermore the RAM is better than on the 9210, but still not very good. I would nearly say: the 9210i is an old piece of kit. Is there any news on its followers-up?>

There were a few rumours of a newer, better specified, smaller unit way back last year - however, nothing as yet has materialised. I think I heard that Nokia are going to make all their new phones incorporate both Bluetooth and GPRS as standard from October (not sure if this is actually true though). My guess (for what it's worth) is we are due for an upgraded 9200 series model sometime as the existing model is indeed looking a bit long in the tooth now. After all, the 9210 is supposed to be one of their top of the range units and the existing one is hardly cutting edge anymore so I do hope we'll see something soon. I certainly think there is some scope to slim it down more - if Nokia could shave 50g - 100g off it's present 244g then it would be far easier to tote around.

<3. The use of the 9210i would mean the end of the use of the 5mx, including the dedicated software that I use on it. I do not think that both can be used on a daily basis, given the mess of two agendas and contacts databases (yes, I know, synchronisation...). Can the 9210i seriously be used as the one-and-only PDA?>

Well, trying to synch an ER5 machine with an ER6 one on a regular basis would be VERY hard work so I didn't even think about going there! I now use my 9210 as my main PDA and I find, although it isn't as powerful or versatile as the 5mx, it is surpisingly good. My two main moans are the printer drivers are useless for direct printing and the lack of RAM which seriously cripples the wonderful EPOC o/s. But apart from that, yes, I find it CAN replace my 5mx (and can do things my 5mx couldn't do, such as displaying video presentations).

Yes, it's very good quality. It's so useful being able to talk to someone and bring up their details on screen (or play a game if the person is particularly boring!) at the same time. Other callers have sometimes commented my voice sometimes has a slight echo but this is usually when I'm talking a few metres away from the unit (no more excuses for stopping the washing of dishes now when the phone rings!) Volume is excellent, stability is good too, received sound quality is also excellent.

Regards

Kevin Thorne

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Date: 5 Jun 2003 11:49:07 +0000

From: Kevin Thorne

Subject: 9210i memory, interesting gadget

Reply to Steve LItchfield:

Subject: 9210i memory

I believe a free firmware upgrade was offered by Nokia to 9210 owners within the first year of purchase. It sounds worth doing from what you are saying about the more efficient handling of execution memory. I've got less than two weeks before my plain vanilla memory starved 9210 is a year old so I'd better get my finger out if I'm entitled to a free upgrade! I can imagine just one more megabyte of RAM would make quite a difference, as you say. However, what I don't understand is this:

The Psion 5 "Classic" had 8Mb of RAM and with all system tasks closed there would be approximately 6.8Mb free. My 9210 (with all system tasks closed following a hard reset) has only about 3.6Mb free. Surely the o/s overhead can't be using over 4Mb with nothing running as opposed to the S5 Classic's 1.2Mb? I don't understand where it all disappears to. BTW, I use another shareware program, the excellent Taskman, to manage what limited RAM I have. I find it's very useful and it too can auto compress memory at regular intervals, which is a godsend on my machine :-)

Reply to Owen H Morgan:

Subject: Interesting gadget (hard drive for backups)

This hard disk backup solution for Psion/Communicator owners sounds very interesting - albeit rather pricey! I don't have a PC so backing up my 9210 will become increasingly important as it takes over my daily tasks from my old 5mx and aquires ever more data. Backing up the 5mx was never a problem - I could just slot the 256Mb CF into my S7's drive "E" and copy the entire contents to my Microdrive in "D". However, without a PC, owning a 9210 with a 128Mb MMC is a real headache when it comes to just backing up. I tried using a MMC to PC card adaptor in my S7's "E" drive but it can't see the card - it just says "disk not present". So, I'm looking for a solution simply for backing up the entire MMC. Has anyone successfully got a S7/netBook to read a MMC in "E" drive?

Regards

Kevin Thorne

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Date: 5 Jun 2003 12:59:53 +0000

From: Itamar Engelsman

Subject: Web 2, Opera 0

Two advantages of Web above Opera. The first one is that when you download with Web you get a nice %-bar showing how far advanced the download is, with Opera you do not and have to wait "in the darkness" until the download has been completed. The second one is that Opera (v 3.62) cannot open a second window while Web can, although of course on top of the first one.