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Epoc Digest Sat, 27 Mar 2004 Volume 01 : Number 484

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In today's Epoc Digest 16 messages:

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- Re: OT: Statistics

- Re: Statistics

- Re: Nokia 9500

- Re: Digest News - Thoughts

- Re: Science OT

- Re: Modems

- Obsolete accounts within Email app, SMS message centre

- Re: Broadband advice

- Re: RIP 5mx :o(

- New flexi cables for Psion's

- Re: EPOC Simulator question

- Psion's Data, Personal data, S7 with Nokia 6110, repair company inLeipzig,

- Deleting rogue fax accounts

- PsiWin and Win XPPro

- Nokia/5mx time difference resolved

- More on Nokia transfer

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Date: 25 Mar 2004 22:04:32 -0500

From: Rolf Brunsting

Subject: Re: OT: Statistics

Dear Alan,

<< Science is a set of observations that appear to conform to a set of rules, that is our best current understanding of the facts. So that understanding is an opinion! >>

You're using the old 'Observation & Induction' model of science which dates back to Francis Bacon. The basic idea is that you can get to what you all a 'rule' via a series of observations and the application of inductive logic. It has been shown, specially by Karl Popper, that the Observation & Induction model doesn't work. One of the arguments against it is that it's all but impossible to be a dispassionate and neutral observer. What you observe is always influenced by previous observations.

The current model of science is Popper's 'Hypothesis & Falsification' model. It's based on the idea that you create a hypothesis using the information you have - let's suppose it works in such and such a way. The next step is to attempt to falsify the hypothesis by demonstrating that it doesn't work this way. Requirement is that you hypothesis is falsifiable by containing descriptive/predictive elements that can be verified. The reason why there's a unbridgeable difference between science and religion as the hypothesis of the existence of an all-powerful Deity (or Deities) is non-falsifiable.

Science is therefore best described as a series of hypotheses yet to be falsified. Quite a number of these hypotheses have stood the test of time and repeated attempts at falsification. The second law of thermodynamics is a example of this. Scientists are therefore quite convinced that the second law is one of the fundamental rules of nature. Which doesn't prevent them looking out for new situations in which the second law can be tested once more.

Kind Regards,

Rolf Brunsting - Darp - Netherland

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Date: 25 Mar 2004 22:04:34 -0500

From: Rolf Brunsting

Subject: Re: Statistics

Dear Itamar,

<< Too often people think that science is absolute truth that can't be objected to or be discussed >>

Fact is that most people don't think this way as they have sufficient experience to know that the above isn't true. Think only of the changing ideas about the health effects of the cholesterols in our food. So much has been published about the effect of cholesterol in the general press for people to know that what was said twenty years ago has been challenged and overturned. It has given them a healthy scepticism towards scientific reports - what will these scientists come up with next?

This doesn't mean that no aspect of science is beyond discussion or criticism. Some are. They're the principles on which our scientific endeavours are based. For example, that there has to be a free exchange of scientific ideas, laboratory results, etc. Another one is, that there should be no area free from scientific enquiry. It's this one which can trigger heated debates and strong objections. Something that's to be expected as science and scientists operate within a society that has its mores, ethics and taboos. The one area of science that has always been the most controversial and has raised the strongest objections has been medical research. There are people who are strongly against research in therapeutic cloning and stemcell research and want to see them stopped. Needles to say that this goes against the grain of many a scientist as the freedom of scientific enquiry is at stake.

Coming back to your "absolute truth", while it's fair to say that scientific ideas are subject to change it doesn't imply that all scientific ideas do change. One of the first laws of physics we tend to learn at secondary school is Archimedes' Law. Centuries have passed since the ancient Greek civilisation but Archimedes' Law is still with us today. We've yet to find a situation which demonstrates that what Archimedes said is either wrong or incomplete. It's, actually, extremely unlikely that we'll ever find such a situation. Archimedes' Law fits a broad range of other things we've found out about the natural world. Which makes it also fair to say that Archimedes has found one of nature's 'truths' while floating in his bath.

Now. this may not be in accordance with the general premise that all scientific theories, whether ancient or new, are always on probation. But that's because science works on the basis of elimination. Theories of which it can be demonstrated that they don't describe a particular phenomenon correctly are removed from the list. As you can't be 100% sure to have performed al possible tests it means each and every scientific theory has the words "Until proven otherwise" attached to it. Practical situation is that "Until proven otherwise" is a mere formality for many theories, Archimedes' Law included.

This allows me to place some question marks behind what you write in another message - "Quantum physics has come a long way from the original theories earlier 20th century and Darwin has also been discussed again as just one possible theory". Quantum mechanics has, indeed, been developed further and has lead to the formulation of Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) by Schwinger, Feynman and Tomonaga. Thing is, that QED has allowed scientists to test the earlier ideas of such people as Dirac, Schroedinger, Pauli and Heisenberg to an extremely high level of accuracy. They've passed these tests with flying colours. Later developments have therefore confirmed what the pioneers of quantum mechanics worked out.

As for Darwin's theory being "just one possible theory", there have been discussions all right, but not in scientific circles. There have been attempts in the US by fundamentalist Christian groups to get the Bible into the classroom in the form of 'creation science'. They even succeeded in some states to get creation science accepted on the basis that it should be given a fair hearing. This has all been overturned as it's been demonstrated that there's nothing scientific about creation science. This makes it impossible to treat whatever creation scientists say as scientific theory. Let alone as a scientific theory to rival Darwin's. It was more a political discussion about the separation between church and state and what the state expects its junior citizens to be taught at primary and secondary school level.

Darwin's theory of evolution is currently undisputed. What needs to be noted is that Darwin describes the principal mechanism behind evolution - natural selection. This leaves quite a number of avenues free for scientists to explore. One of these avenues is the speed at which evolutionary change can take place. Then there's the problem of reconstructing evolutionary lineages as extinct species didn't leave a record of births, deaths and marriages behind. Differing interpretations on speed, lineages and other items are then the fuel of scientific dispute. Such disputes can give the impression that Darwin's theory is a stake, while they're actually about how Darwin's framework is best filled in.

Kind Regards,

Rolf Brunsting - Darp - Netherlands

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Date: 25 Mar 2004 22:04:36 -0500

From: Rolf Brunsting

Subject: Re: Nokia 9500

Dear, Martin,

<< This only works in some airlines, and I would say the minority. Most of them will demand you turn the complete thing off, and try to educate a flight steward(ess) about the difference... >>

I've never had this problem. When asked, I've simply showed the active settings and pointed to the external indicators. This has always been sufficient to persuade cabin staff that all radio transmitters were switched off. Could be that the way I handle these requests is a bit more 'diplomatic' than yours, so that cabin staff are more ready to accept my explanation.

Kind Regards,

Rolf Brunsting - Darp - Netherlands

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Date: 25 Mar 2004 22:04:37 -0500

From: Rolf Brunsting

Subject: Re: Digest News - Thoughts

Dear Itamar,

<< While I found your message rather funny I just wanted to correct one misconception >>

My message wasn't intended to be funny. I was so angry about how things went that I had to delete two earlier drafts because they weren't suitable for posting.

<< The digest team actually has not shut down a discussion for a long time (actually, once only), and certainly this discussion was neither censored nor shut down by the team >>

I'm sorry, but I think you're deceiving yourself. Of course, anybody can request digest subscribers to close a particular discussion. Thing is, when such a request is signed "Dick Chatjaval - EPOC Digest Team" (see digest no. 451) it's more than a request. Specially when the request is preceded by a reminder about orderly conduct. Combine the two and the request is effectively the instruction not to continue the discussion. The "Admin note: as requested, let's please move on ..." that was added by Dick Chatjaval to a posting three digest later only reinforces this.

<< We only requested the subscribers to move on as in our opinion all that could be said was said and any further messages would not be contributing to anything >>

I can readily supply a number of arguments that weren't mentioned in the discussion. Arguments you may not have thought about because I'm approaching the issue from a different and/or unusual angle. The EPOC Digest Team is free to have it's opinion about what can be said about these 'Thoughts for the day'. But it's better off by not making this known and letting the discussion run its course. It's when the discussion fizzles our, or goes round in circles, that you can make up the balance.

Besides, that the person who complained about these 'Thoughts for the day' was personally attacked prevents a proper discussion. The people who agree with the complainant aren't likely to say so when seeing these personal attacks. It's highly likely that they'll be given the same treatment. Even those who aren't in favour of the removal of these 'Thoughts for the day' can decide not to participate in the discussion. Personal attacks can trigger other personal attacks, this time addressed to those who want to keep these 'Thoughts for the day'.

Finally, that the EPOC Digest Team is of the opinion that that all has already been said doesn't improve the chances of the discussion about these 'Thoughts for the day' being revived at a later date. You've only to raise the subject again for the EPOC Digest Team to inform digest subscribers that all's been said already.

<< In the end this is a digest about EPOC matters and not a general "after hours" discussion side >>

This is a very bad one, I'm afraid.

When you consider a discussion about these 'Thoughts for the day' as an "after hours" one - banter for in the pub while enjoying a pint - you're not treating the original complaint as well as the subsequent discussion seriously. Even though the complaint was about the practice of tagging these 'Thoughts for the day' on to digest postings. This makes it an EPOC Digest matter, whether you like it or not. It's, finally, a question of whether the EPOC Digest Team has the mandate to remove these 'Thoughts for the day' as well as the quotations and proverbs that are tagged on to messages without the 'Thought for the day' moniker. Just as the EPOC Digest Team has the mandate to remove the auto-generated texts that are tagged on to digest postings by virus checkers and/or corporate mail systems.

What's more, when you're truly of the opinion that the digest *is* "about EPOC matters" you'll agree that these 'Thoughts for the day' don't qualify. Even those who are in favour of keeping them haven't argued that they *are* "about EPOC matters" and therefore a genuine part of digest exchange. Part of their argumentation is that they should be allowed *because* they add a whiff of "after hours" to the digest.

I'm very sorry, Itamar, but I think that the person who complained about these 'Thoughts for the day' has been let down by the EPOC Digest Team. First, by not acting against those who misbehaved. The message that the complainant is a "nasty, intolerant inquisitor" should never have been posted on the digest. The EPOC Digest Team should have sent it straight back to the writer, together with the instruction to address the issue rather than the person. The EPOC Digest Team chose instead to send the instruction out to close the whole discussion. Secondly, by not treating a complaint about an "after hours" practice seriously. Then to say later that such "after hours" things aren't part of digest. In other words, the EPOC Digest Team agrees with the complainant but doesn't want to do anything about it. Thirdly, by not biting the bullet and holding an off-digest opinion poll. People are then free to express their thoughts, without being subject to personal attacks from some quarters of digest subscribers.

I'm afraid the EPOC Digest Team wanted to be everything to each and every digest subscriber. This doesn't work when a complaint is made about a certain digest practice. It only leads to those who write in a bullying fashion forcing the issue off the table rather than winning their case by force of argument.

Kind Regards,

Rolf Brunsting - Darp - Netherlands

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Date: 25 Mar 2004 22:04:41 -0500

From: Rolf Brunsting

Subject: Re: Science OT

Dear Koi Hin,

<< Most of the 'laws' we read in High-school are shown to be not entirely correct but are useful for digestion at that age, bearing in mind most people will not be studying the subject beyond secondary level >>

By "not entirely correct" you're saying that high-school students are taught the wrong theories. Fact is that quite a number of the laws we learn at high-school are the special cases of a more general theory. Though Newton's celestial mechanics has been replaced by Einstein's theory of general relativity you can still use Newton in an extremely large number of cases. It's only when you're dealing with strong gravitational fields that Newton fails, so that you have to use Einstein.

<< Having said all that, the theory of evolution as how we got to life as we know it today is a very convincing theory and supported by evidences >>

This is a classical mistake, I'm afraid. Darwin's theory of evolution describes how the evolutionary process works - by natural selection. It doesn't tell us anything about "how we got to life as we know it today". Evolution through natural selection is also correct for the evolutionary scenario in which humans didn't appear on the face of the earth, including a certain human called Charles Darwin. Even when you don't accept Darwin, but do accept the idea of evolution, there's the question of "Who are our evolutionary ancestors?". You therefore don't need to be a Darwinist in order to point out it's highly likely that we're sharing a common ancestor with the primates (Chimpanzees, Orang Utangs, Bonobos).

<< The difference between real science and other crack-pot science or otherwise, is that when presented with convincing evidence that disproves the old theory, they are willing to let the old one go and adopt it >>

That's not really true, I'm afraid. Scientists, as human beings, share all the human frailties with non-scientists. It's *very* difficult to accept the message that new experiments have shown you're wrong when you've developed a theory that looks to be a good one, have seen it accepted and have seen it rising in stature by subsequent work. Many scientists, including some well known ones, have long rejected the evidence that they were wrong. Some have stubbornly held on on their discredited theory, right up to their dying days.

More generally, scientists are not only working within a society that has its philosophical ideas, they're full members of this society. The western world has been strongly influenced by Christianity to the effect that Christian philosophy was an integral part of the mind set of scientists. It's when the idea that scientific enquiry doesn't necessarily occupy the same sphere as religious enquiry slowly came up that other new ideas could be developed. Similarly, a scientific idea can get such a grip on scientific thinking that it's damned difficult to get it disproved. It's for example, amazing to see that the phlogiston theory ruled for well over a century. We now know that the phlogiston theory was a rattling klunker of an idea. We also see that most of the elements were there for an early disproval of the theory. Fact is - it didn't happen. The phlogiston theory went on despite the evidence being against it.

Kind Regards,

Rolf Brunsting - Darp - Netherlands

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Date: 25 Mar 2004 22:04:43 -0500

From: Rolf Brunsting

Subject: Re: Modems

Arent,

<< It's not that difficult at all , the gotcha is that you leave both data and fax init strings empty and type the following in the reset initstring field : AT&F1&K2 >>

Sorry, that's not the case. The "Init. (reset) string" field of the modem definition is there for putting the modem in a standard configuration. Whether you're going to need the "Data init. string" and "Fax init. string" depends on the modem and/or the type of connection you need to make. They allow you to make additional, connection specific, settings that are tagged on the "Init. (reset) string". They also give you some freedom on what to enter where for sake of clarity. The configuration of:

- Init. (reset) string = ATAB

- Data init.. string = ATC

- Fax init. string = ATD

... therefore gives exactly the same results as:

- Init. (reset) string = Empty

- Data init. string = ATABC

- Fax init. string = ATABD

When you only use the modem for data exchange you can use:

- Init. (reset) string = ATABCD

- Data init. string = Empty

- Fax init. string = Empty

... as well as,

- Init. (reset) string = Empty

- Data init. string = ATABCD

- Fax init. string = Empty

... as well as,

- Init. (reset) string = ATAB

- Data init. string = ATCD

- Fax init. string = Empty

... etc.

<< Speed : 19200 baud ( for s7/nB/MB/nPClassic 38400 ) , higher speeds will NOT improve performance ... >>

This is certainly not the case as all the EPOC based Psions are perfectly capable of handling a 115,200 bps data speed. And when they're busy with something else, like writing to disk, they can regulate the data flow by means of RTS/CTS or XON/XOFF flow control. It's therefore a bad idea to set the DTE speed (between Psion and modem) much lower than both can handle. You're throttling down the data flow for all situations. Including the ones in which the Psion can handle bigger data flows and doesn't need to be throttled back.

Setting the DTE speed low is only required:

a) When you have a situation in which you can't use flow control,

or,

b) When have a situation in which you need to have a fixed end-to-end data speed.

Situations you won't encounter when using a Psion for e-mail and fax exchange or browsing the web.

Rolf Brunsting - Darp - Netherlands

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Date: 25 Mar 2004 22:04:47 -0500

From: Kevin Thorne

Subject: Obsolete accounts within Email app, SMS message centre

Jack wrote:

<Subject: Re : Rogue Fax accounts

Hi Ian

<<<I have a couple of rogue Fax accounts in Mail, which I'm not sure how to get rid of. They are only visible from Tools - Account Settings, but I would quite like to delete them if possible.>>>

Re :

Similar question was answered in Digest# 414-415 (Email Account)...

Make them "visible" by Shift+Ctl+L

Then select the account to be deleted & just press Delete, OK?>

Er....no. I have the same problem as Ian but when I press Shift+Ctl+L all that happens is the folders view disappears and the email list appears full screen instead. What am I doing wrong?

Also, I seem to be having trouble with the SMS message settings. Everything had been fine between S7 and 8210 until I subscribed to Orange Text Saver (this gives the user 5 inclusive texts per day for £19.99 per year). I think the problem has something to do with the SMS account settings on my S7, not the Nokia 8210 I'm using. When subscribed to Orange Text Saver, the texts have to be sent to a particular message centre (+44793100979) to be "inclusive" - this is automatically set up on the phone via a SIM update. So, when I found out I was still being charged seperately for texts I checked my S7 SMS settings and found the message centre number was different. I then changed it to +44793100979 and now find texts usually won't send properly (unspecified error), although a few actually did go out OK! If the message centre number is already set on the phone, why does the S7 require one as well? So, in a nutshell:

I can send SMS from the 44793100973 number on my S7 but these are chargeable outside of Text Saver but when I set the message centre on the S7 to the Text Saver number 44793 100979, they don't get sent (unspecified error).

Regards

Kevin Thorne

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Date: 25 Mar 2004 22:57:59 -0500

From: Alan Morris

Subject: Re: Broadband advice

Nicole Carbonara wrote:-

>>> interference with other radio services using that band of

>>> frequencies.

> Yes, I know but it is very difficult to spot in a building

> where I do not know what my neighbours use.

Agreed, but one can only place the blame where this problem started - Government planning. They were warned before they allocated a frequency band that was already in use for many years.

Alan

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Date: 26 Mar 2004 00:05:36 -0500

From: Astrid Stappenbeck

Subject: Re: RIP 5mx :o(

Hi Owen,

sorry to hear about your problems. Maybe I can help a bit. And sorry that it took me a so long to write at all...

> there was a rattle in the machine today and investigation showed that the lug holding one of the springs in the back had broken. Has anyone found a way of repairing this? <

When there was the ABF (Auto-Boot-Freizeit) fair in Hannover I was quite impressed by a glue (system) that was rather expensive but would stick together practically anything but paper or tissue. Worked even on rubber bands. Stays liquid for years. Press two fitting pieces together and that's it. If the parts don't match you'll need a special powder that will fill up the gap. You can then use a file to remove any surplus mass. If you're interested I can mail you the details of the company.

I had before tried ordinary super-glue on the Psion but even though there was no stress on the part it came off after a good year. You should at least use a more professional/ industrial glue.

Or let it repair should you send in the Revo for an upgrade.

> This is my fifth Series 5/MC281/5mx screen cable to go, and they all seem to have lasted between 12 and 18 months. ... Could someone please remind me what my options are, keeping in mind that I'm in the Canaries and my only www access is through Internet Cafés? I believe there's a company in Germany who do screen cable repairs and memory upgrades, but I seem to remember there was some problem with using this company from outside Germany? I also want to upgrade the memory of my Rako, but I won't do that until I get the 5mx back. <

There are three companies in Germany that sell the improved cable, ship abroad and do the repair. But I think only one of them offers memory upgrades - the most expensive one of course. Memory upgrades are also done in Britain - POS and another one, I think - probably even more expensive.

Cables are to get from:

Chris Pulster:

29 € ; p&p free for digest members ; repair cost ? ; has international customers and German and English website, don't think there's a memory upgrade other than xbook

ka-flex (Matthias Klein):

32 € (rebate when you order 3) ; p&p 17 € abroad ; repair cost 69 € (includes cable) ; offers cable-compartment enlargement (another 7 €) ; takes 1 week ; German website only ; payment in advance by crossed cheque ; no memory upgrade

SRS-GmbH:

35 € ; p&p ?; repair cost 80 € (incl. cable) ; German and English website ; memory upgrades (prices on website) and all kinds of spares and repairs available ; CoD probably only inside Germany, otherwise pay in advance (they didn't tell and the guy waited ages before he found out - that was the problem you remembered)

> Does anyone have any experience to confirm that the "improved" screen cable without holes really does last longer? It would be useful to hear from people who have had the repair made, particularly whether anyone has had a failure with the improved cable. <

Can't say yet. It's just in the machine for two months now and the original had lasted four years but since almost all screencables that cracked did so near the hole it seems reasonable to use the improved version.

> How about the memory upgrade of the 5mx or Revo? Have any of you had this done? What is your experience. I remember there are issues with upgrading a mx above 24mb. <

Not that I know of. As far as I remember the only issue is that you can add just a couple of MB i.e. you can upgrade from 32 to 40 but not from 24 or 16. (It will be more but not 40). And I believe on some 24 machines they could upgrade only to 30 not 32 (not sure if the figures are right). It was explained on the website.

> Maybe it would be cheaper to mothball the 5mx and look for a second hand 7even or xBook rather than repair and upgrade the 5mx? I don't want to buy another new or second-hand 5mx with the original type of screen cable and the threat of a faillure on the horizon, particularly as I'll probably be in Brazil or the Caribbean when it fails. <

I don't know how it is in Spain but in Germany it's almost impossible to get a second hand netbook (saw one offered on ebay for 500 € two months ago) not to mention a malaybook or even 7 (which was a UK only machine). Whether you get decent prices or any offers at all elsewhere remains to be seen: even if there are affordable machines in other countries (UK e.g.) - will they be willing to ship to Spain?

It is probably better to order one or two extra cables - since you are quite savvy with a soldering iron and know the insides of your Psions they should keep you going for a while - even in Brazil.

>Could someone please remind me how to add disks to the EPOC ER5 simulator? Now that my 5mx has died, I would like to give it access to my backup.<

Not how intended by the programmer but when you read the last digest there was an announcement by King Midas of yet another great program which would be ideal for your purposes. Moreover, the WINS version is free (the 5mx/ netbook versions are 15 $). The file with all three versions is on the website given (180kb).

www.symbianwave.com/product.php?id=sd_epoc

(download the site as well, there is further information)

Contacts:

PSION Fachhandlung Inh.Chr.Pulster

Banaterweg 5

69181 Leimen

Tel.+6224-76 75 99

SMS +171-9 657 657

Ka-Flex

Matthias Klein

Rosenstr. 29

66111 Saarwww.ka-flex.de

(the mail he sent me with more infos is attached)

SRS GmbH Psion + PDA Service Center

Robert-Bosch-Straße 36

D- 61184 Karben

Tel: +49/6039/9397-0

Fax: +49/6039/9397-11

E-Mail: service

Internet: www.srsgmbh.de

www.posltd.com

info

> I have "The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide", all five books in the trilogy (!) plus a story about young Zaphod in one fat volume. <

So do I - although only on the Psion. The only edition they sell here looks like a brick and seems to have been printed on toilet paper - not the four-layer fluffy soft stuff, though ;-)

> But you can use REM on its own. I use REM for single e-mails as well as digests. Rolf did send me Digihandler a while ago, but I couldn't get it to work (may have been while I still had the MC218) and as REM works fine for replies to digest mails as well as single mails, I never bothered about it again. <

I had problems with an earlier version as well but since I liked the principle I tried out a later one and registered. It worked so nice with digest mails that I soon missed it's functions on ordinary mails and badgered Rolf into rewriting it. Now it can handle all mails and has a vertical view as well - only REM isn't yet integrated - but since I never really used it I don't miss it.

>> As file manager I installed Commander (not Wolfgang Golder's but Ferenc Sarlós'). <<

> I had no idea there was more than one. I've seen a beta of a Norton Commander lookalike a while ago, but couldn't really see why I would need it. <

I rarely use a file manager but sometimes it's spring cleaning and I feel I should bring some order into the mess I've accumulated. It's also practical for searching a particular file. I use a different one on the 5mx - either Filer or RMRFile but again rarely.

>> and Sketch because it can be embedded.<<

> took it off after a while as I wasn't using it.<

I mostly use it in combination with Agenda - a quick map or sketch where it's needed and easy to find.

>> Skizze would be nicer and smaller but has no undos, QuickNote has no tools so I went for Sketch in the end. <<

> Haven't even heard of these. I guess I've been using the Psions so long that there are few real problems left to solve, so I haven't really bothered to check out new applications. <

They aren't exactly 'new'. Skizze was designed as Sketch for Revo before that came out (I find the lines are more precise in Skizze). QuickNote is exactly that, like Jotter just with handwriting. I like it in that function and for drawing a sketches of layouts when playing text-adventures.

I am sorry that in my last post I spoke rather lightly about you and Lena. I didn't realize that it was serious. You said some very beautiful things when you talked about her and your parents. Not many would have been so considerate.

All the best,

Astrid

PS: if I overstretched your repertoire of German language I'll give a translation next time.

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Date: 26 Mar 2004 10:35:56 -0500

From: Psion Flexi

Subject: New flexi cables for Psion's

New flexi cables for Psion's can be obtained from a UK company www.psionflexi.co.uk. They can supply only with full instructions of how to change the cable yourself on the web site or can fit and ship anywhere in the world

Regards

Paul

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From: Epoc

Sent: 26 March 2004 03:11

To: Epoc

Subject: Epoc Digest V1 # 483 (10)

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Date: 26 Mar 2004 11:36:46 -0500

From: Chris S Handley

Subject: Re: EPOC Simulator question

Hello Owen,

Owen H. Morgan wrote:

Subject: EPOC Simulator question

> Howdy!

> Could someone please remind me how to add disks to the EPOC

> ER5 simulator? Now that my 5mx has died, I would like to give

> it access to my backup.

You need to edit the relevant *.INI file in the C:\Epoc32\Data folder. The relevant file depends on how you are launching the emulator:

Running the "Half VGA" sized emulator means the "epoc.ini" file.

Running the "VGA" sized emulator means the "vga.ini" file.

Running the "Large VGA" sized emulator means the "large.ini" file.

If you are still not sure, then edit the *.BAT file you are double-clicking on to run the Emulator. The bottom line should contain -M*- where * is the name of the ini file.

Once you are editing the *.INI file (using Notepad), you need to add the following line:

_EPOC_DRIVE_D C:\Where\Ever\PsiWin\Stores\Your\Backup\

This gives the Emulator a disk "D", although you can use any letter you want (except C or Z).

Beware that (pretty much) any D:\System\ files will not be compatible with Emulator, and may even cause problems, so you may want to rename it out of the way (to say System5mx).

> Owen

> Thought for the day:

> If rabbits feet are so lucky, what happened to the rabbit?

&28°05.31'N 17°06.53'W

> San Sebastian de La Gomera, Canary Islands

> Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", LD-9311

> c/o Idrettsveien 6, 3188 HORTEN, Norway

&> http://home.no.net/naomij

> Phone and SMS:

> In Spain: +34 620520079

> In Norway: +47 92053097

P.S. Owen, don't you feel ashamed for using a 11-16 line signature for a message thats only 3-5 lines (i.e 3-4 times smaller)? I honestly think you'd be doing everyone a favour by having a web page containing all that info instead... Then only those who want to read it have to.

Regards,

Chris Handley

Who's currently wondering whether to attach some ridiculously sized signatures to make a point... (I think I have some examples from a Netiquette guide of what NOT to do:)

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Date: 26 Mar 2004 15:28:20 -0500

From: Itamar Engelsman

Subject: Psion's Data, Personal data, S7 with Nokia 6110, repair company inLeipzig,

Answer to: Charles H. Davies

Re.: Psion's Data - Careful here. From your latest message I understand you really talk about the Contacts program and not the Data program. Contacts comes standard integrated into the EPOC programs while DATA is a separate program that does not appear on the silk-screen buttons of the Psion. Contacts integrates into the email program, but is more rigid than DATA which is very flexible and can be used for any type of data from contacts to collections of CD's, films, etc. You might be able to copy your old data to the DATA program and use that instead of the Contacts program ?

Re. Personal data - In general I advise you not to publish your home address, phone and fax numbers in the digest and in general on the web. Even with the digest which is also available on a website you don't know who reads it and what people will or will not do with these details.

Answer to: Andrew Lea

Re.: S7 with Nokia 6110 - I am not an expert but I think that your limitation here is the speed of the phone. The Psions can work at speeds of up to 115,200 but most mobile phones, surely the older ones, work at 9,600 only.

Answer to: Rolf Vonau & Roman Frotz

Re.: repair company in Leipzig & SRS - Just out of interest for digest members, these are good prices, in the UK it costs considerably more. Do they install the new improved cable or the old type ?

Best regards,

Itamar Engelsman

London, UK

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Date: 26 Mar 2004 15:49:08 -0500

From: Grant Mearns

Subject: Deleting rogue fax accounts

For Ian Chapple:

A superb trick, picked up from PDA Street, that removes rogue fax accounts:

1. Exit the 'Email' app.

2. Within the 'Mail' folder, rename the 'Index' file to a different name.

3. Create a new 'Agenda' file titled 'Index' within the 'Mail' folder.

4. Launch the 'Email' app.

This will trick the Email app into rebuilding the Index file. In doing so, any duplicate accounts will be removed.

Regards

Grant

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Date: 26 Mar 2004 16:37:25 -0500

From: Kate Head

Subject: PsiWin and Win XPPro

>>Date: 25 Mar 2004 10:36:49 -0500

>>From: Dave Thomas

>>Subject: Using Psiiwin with USB to Serial Converter and WinXP Prof

>>Hi there

>>We can't seem to get Psiwin 2.3.3 working properly using a Serial to USB >>convertor on WinXP Prof. It connects but reboots the machine after running >>the backup for a while. This has happened every time and on a number of >>different laptop and using different USB to serial adapters. Help would be >>greatly appreciated

>>Kind Regards

>>Dave Thomas

Hi there,

Have you "switched off" any screensavers and hibernate modes?

It might also be worth closing all other programs in case it's one of them that's causing the reboot (anti-virus or firewall, for example); check via CTRL-ALT-DEL abd TaskManager.

If there's still a problem, then check which services are running and it might be worth closing them one by one...

All the best,

Kate!!

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Date: 26 Mar 2004 17:05:45 -0500

From: Hoffman, Susan

Subject: Nokia/5mx time difference resolved

Some of you may recall a few months ago, I was trying to figure out why my Nokia 6610 calendar and my 5mx calendar were 5 hours apart. When I IR'd an appointment from the 5mx to the Nokia, it showed up as 5 hours earlier. Some of you suggested that the Nokia needed to be set for GMT plus 5, but I couldn't find a setting on the Nokia that allowed me to do that. So this morning, I decided that if I can't change the Nokia, maybe I can change the 5mx. I changed my "home" location on the 5mx to London. The times on my calendar (on the 5mx) didn't change, but now the IR'd appointments show up at the same time on my Nokia. Problem solved. Does this make me British?

Susan Katz Hoffman

Pepper Hamilton LLP--------------

3000 Two Logan Square

18th & Arch Streets

Philadelphia, PA 19103

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Date: 26 Mar 2004 17:55:36 -0500

From: Hoffman, Susan

Subject: More on Nokia transfer

I now realize that setting my home as London is not a perfect solution -- now the 5mx clock is wrong. So I set it back to Philadelphia. The solution is to temporarily change home city when I IR appointments between the phone and the 5mx, and then to set it back. It's easier than resetting all of the appointments by 5 hours after they are IR'd.