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Epoc Digest Mon, 24 May 2004 Volume 01 : Number 527
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In today's Epoc Digest 13 messages:
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- Re Screen cable repair
- Re: PsiLoc+ Query
- RE:screen cable repair & New Psion pda release?
- Macs/Mounts/Networking netBooks
- Re: netbook Ethernet card
- Re: Want to Buy......
- Re: netbook Ethernet card
- Re: Ibattery
- Clipboard History announcement
- Re: Epoc Digest V1 # 526 (12)
- Re: Epoc Digest V1 # 526 (12)
- 2 Psions for Sale
- Re: screen cable repair
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Date: 22 May 2004 09:04:21 +0100
From: Psion Flexi
Subject: Re Screen cable repair
Tony Ross et al
I can help you out with the screen cables! Please see my web site www.psionflexi.co.uk. I currently offer 5mx cables and a fitting service and series 5's are coming soon!
Regards
Paul
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Date: 22 May 2004 09:54:28 +0100
From: Steve Hodgson
Subject: Re: PsiLoc+ Query
Can anyone remind me, is the registration code for PsiLoc+ or PlBeam tied in to the machine UID. I am trying tom find out whether I could transfer these application (most important is PsiLoc+) to another machine. Just to be clear, this is to cover retiring one machine and moving to another rather than using the same code on both.
I will eventually mail the vendors but it's the weekend and I will probably get a better result here anyway.
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Thanks,
Steve Hodgson
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Date: 22 May 2004 12:41:22 +0100
From: Fergus Flanagan
Subject: RE:screen cable repair & New Psion pda release?
<Date: 21 May 2004 12:40:57 +0100>
<From: Anthony R> <Subject: screen cable repair>
Hi Tony,
I still own a couple of psion 5mxs though I recently bought an ipaq 4350. I have ordered a flexi cable as one of mine has gone the same way and I shall be doing a repair shortly (presently its in pieces). Paul Wright was very helpful and I would have no hesitation in letting him do the repair or ordering a replacement from him, his website has quiet good DIY instruction (though I do remember I had trouble separating my lcd screen due to some retaining clips, which he didn't warn about). I will most probably hang on to my psions until I feel sure the ipaq is a worthy replacement for my needs. I am also hoping to do a review of the 4350 from a Psion users point of view and why I think it is or is not a possible replacement.
http://www.psionflexi.fsbusiness.co.uk/home.htm
Good luck with your repair
Fergus
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Date: 22 May 2004 12:42:57 +0100
From: Andy Hayes
Subject: Macs/Mounts/Networking netBooks
Terry, thanks for the advice on the Apple site, I am embarrased to admit that although I found the US site, I somehow missed the UK one. As luck would have it though I have found a couple of Powerbooks on eBay that would suit my needs and the auctions end at 6 pm today (Saturday), so the sniping software is getting its chance to win something for me.
Itamar, I saw your solution to mount the netBook in car. Being as absolutely tactful as I possibly can, I felt that it spoilt the lines of an obviously very expensive motor car. I would agree that you would have to move your eyes from the road to look at the screen when the netBook was mounted on the new mounting system, but 1. I wouldn't look at the screen as I was driving along anyway. I did that once and almost ended up in the side of a car that pulled out from a side junction, and 2. I wouldn't necessarily mount it in its suggested location.
Simon asked about networking the netBook. I don't know if your card will work, but could I recommend a quick trip to ebay. There is a seller who regularly sells modem cards with 10mb ethernet built in. I have bought three of these so far and they would be ideal for what you want. His username is babyblade600. I have paid between 6.66 ukp and 17.77ukp. The service has always been really good and the setup of the card is straight forward. Look at this URL: -
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5701103573&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:UK:1
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Date: 22 May 2004 14:38:45 +0100
From: Christopher Holly
Subject: Re: netbook Ethernet card
Simon said: "The University Library here in Oxford has ethernet sockets at readers desks which allow you to connect to the net or use the online catalogues and resources. It is set up from a PC perrspective and pretty much expects you to fend for yourself. I have successfully used it with my iBook which has built in ethernet. However we are having more problems getting my wife's netBook set up to use it."
Simon, make sure they are not using a VPN (virtual private network). As far as I can tell, there is no way to configure the netBook to access a VPN. Some vital piece of software is lacking. --Chris
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Chris Holly
830 S. Fess Ave.
Bloomington, IN 47401-4946
812-339-0938
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Date: 22 May 2004 14:52:44 +0100
From: Mike Dyer
Subject: Re: Want to Buy......
>Date: 20 May 2004 12:41:27 +0100
>From: Gary Jenkinson >Subject: Want to Buy......
>Hi All,
>Further to my earlier message to the Digest about the consequences of >moving
>back to using a Psion, I'm having particular difficulty in replacing, >certainly at a reasonable price anyway, a Siemens Pocket Reader >scanner pen
>and a Psion PC Card/Modem Adaptor.
Gary,
www.clove.co.uk still stock Psion Gold Card modems,
http://www.clove.co.uk/products/accessories.asp?strAreaNo=404&intElement=148 7
Cheap too imho.
They also have Psion5 stylii for the other corresponded who was asking.
Regards,
Mike Dyer.
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Date: 22 May 2004 19:13:42 +0100
From: Edgar Brazda MD, PhD
Subject: Re: netbook Ethernet card
>rom: ealasaidandsimon
>Subject: netbook Ethernet card
>We bought on eBay a "Psion Gold Card V34 + Fax Ethernet Multi-function PC Card" >however it does not seem to be working with the netbook, we keep getting "not >supported" messages.
Hi,
have you checked the modem functionality yet?
At first make sure it works, then we can step forward.
Unfortunately the card is really not on Dr. Ian Silvester's list.
Perhaps someone knows if it works.
And what about your netBook? Are you sure it is release 158 (look at system screen, information menu, about netbook.)
Edgar, Budapest
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Date: 23 May 2004 18:18:41 +0100
From: Chris S Handley
Subject: Re: Ibattery
Hi
I found that when I spoke to the author of iBattery in 2001, he also had this email address: kre68
Using www.archive.org to get the last published version of his web site (from June 2003 it appears), he also lists this address: psionsoftware
If you want to see the archive of his site directly, use this link:
http://web.archive.org/web/20021010193326/www.btinternet.com/~kenny111/
Regards,
Chris Handley
Fotograf Anders Henriksen wrote:
> downloaded "Ibattery" to test. Finding it covering my needs I
> paid 13$ via Reg.Net for a licence. However, I have not
> received my code. I have tried to contact the author on the
> adresses mentioned on Reg.Net's pages. Mailes are bounced,
> webpage nonexisting.
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Date: 23 May 2004 18:18:43 +0100
From: Chris S Handley
Subject: Clipboard History announcement
Hello all,
I am pleased to announce a major update to my Clipboard History program has been released. Please see http://www.freepoc.org for more details.
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Chris Handley
P.S. I don't recall if (freeware) software announcements are on the list of things we shouldn't discuss, but I hope not...
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Date: 23 May 2004 20:45:53 +0100
From: Chris S Handley
Subject: Re: Epoc Digest V1 # 526 (12)
Hello Andy,
Andy Hayes wrote:
> I would like
> to just run FastBackup but it wont back up files on different
> drives at the same time as far as I can tell. There is a file
> that I wish to keep on C: and others that I want to remain on
> D:. FastBackup takes care of D:. C: is addressed by EPOCBackup.
If you create a second profile, you can make it backup the C: disk too. However, you will NOT be able to automate this using CronTab, at least without creating a special macro. You could try this macro, although it isn't ideal:
PROC main:
FgApp%:(RightDrive$:(":\System\Apps\FastBackup\FastBackup.app"))
PAUSE 20*7 rem Pause 7 seconds (careful!)
SendKey:("p,Enter,y")
ENDP
REM Find which drive the file is on, and returns it
PROC RightDrive$:(file$)
LOCAL path$(255), drive%
rem Try all drives from Y to A
drive% = ASC("Z")
path$ = CHR$(drive%) + file$
DO
drive% = drive% - 1
POKEB (1+ADDR(path$)),(drive%)
UNTIL EXIST(path$) OR (drive% = ASC("A"))
rem Try drive Z if all other drives failed
IF NOT EXIST(path$)
POKEB (1+ADDR(path$)),(ASC("Z"))
ENDIF
rem Pretend file on drive C if all drives failed, so will generate helpful error message after return file
IF NOT EXIST(path$)
POKEB (1+ADDR(path$)),(ASC("C"))
ENDIF
RETURN path$
ENDP
The problem with this macro is that the backup will halt if a program doesn't respond to a close request, and that FastBackup does not close when finished.
> There have been problems with these backups not being
> completed and I have no idea why. If I run them manually they
What do you mean by "problems"?
> Recently the backup appeared to have failed and when I looked
> at the E: drive (the repository for the backups) I found that
> the CF was corrupt.
Ouch! Could be your battery was low when it tried to write to disk, although I thought the Netbook/Series7 wouldn't have that problem.
> Backups are supposed to add security to your data, but I am
> obviously doing them so badly that something needed to be
> done. I think that Wolfgang's macro is going to provide the
> solution that I need.
Personally I'd be surprised if it did help.
> I ought to congratulate Chris publicly on the help file of
> FastBackup. It has improved no end in terms of
> understandability for the more educationally challenged of
> us!
Thanks, esp. since writing help files isn't my favourite thing!
Regards,
Chris Handley
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Date: 23 May 2004 21:01:28 +0100
From: Chris S Handley
Subject: Re: Epoc Digest V1 # 526 (12)
Hello Andy,
Follow-up to my last email.
>> There have been problems with these backups not being
>> completed and I have no idea why. If I run them manually
>> they
>
> What do you mean by "problems"?
I obviously had my brain switched off! New question: Which program fails to backup properly - FastBackup or EpocBackup? And which kinds of files? And which order are FB & EB run in?
Regarding FastBackup, I can't see how programs taking a long time to start-up should cause problems, since they should only be opened after backups have finished! And if programs are re-opening EB before running FB, then FB would only fail if the program was still opening when it was asked to close (in such a case, avoiding the use of two backup programs would solve this).
Regards,
Chris Handley
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Date: 23 May 2004 22:14:36 +0100
From: Janet I. Fine
Subject: 2 Psions for Sale
After being a loyal Psion user for over 10 yrs, the screen cable on my 5 MX broke. Since I didn't know where to send it here in the USA, I mailed it back to a Psion repair shop in London on December 5th of last year. Much to my dismay, the post office lost it. Although it was insured and the post office started searching for it, I was absolutely at a loss since I relied on it for so much every day. I had hoped the post office would find it quickly, but I needed to buy something else to get by until they did so I bought an inexpensive ViewSonic V35. It took a little while to get used to it, but it's not too bad, has a clear color screen, and I have the keyboard attachment for the few times I need to take a lot of notes. Now, six months later, my wandering 5MX has returned home - still with it's broken screen cable. Unfortunately, I have no faith left to mail it in for repair again and no energy to switch to another device once more, so I'm willing to sell the 5 MX to a good home with someone able to put in a new screen cable or use it for parts. I also have a Series 5 that needs a cable as well. Is anyone interested in purchasing them together? I would let them both go for $150 US or best offer. You may contact me off-digest
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Date: 24 May 2004 01:14:15 +0100
From: Owen H. Morgan
Subject: Re: screen cable repair
Howdy!
Anthony Ross wrote (> ):
> One of my sons has
> worked in the Electronics Industry and is capable
> of intricate small scale soldering. Is it possible
> to purchase the screen cables separately and do
> the repair at home?
I have done this repair four times. Three of the repairs were successfull, one was not, but it is possible that there was something else wrong with that machine. It wasn't mine and I was not present to see the symptoms when it died.
It is not an easy job, but is quite possible for someone with soldering experience, a steady hand, a thin soldering iron and cajones the size of coconuts. If your son lacks any of these, he should not attempt the job!
There are at least a couple of sites on the net that deal with dismantling the S5mx and it would pay to study these in advance as it's a fiddly machine to dismantle and even more fiddly to re-assemble. You should use the improved screen cable which I believe is manufactured in Germany. I am sure someone will provide an URL. Note that the screen cable is different on the old Series 5 and the Series 5mx / Ericsson MC218.
The job is slightly more difficult on the newer machines, and you need to be particularly careful that you do not crack the touch sensitive layer when you dismantle the screen assembly.
I actually have a 5mx with a broken screen cable myself, but have temporarily mothballed it as I want to wait until I have some more money, and then send it to Germany to have the RAM upgraded to 24mb at the same time as the screen cable is replaced. If I didn't intend to have the RAM upgraded, I would probably have ordered a new screen cable and repaired it myself.
> P.S. Nice to see Owen back, I missed his wit and
> erudition.
Thanks. I will be popping by intermittently. The economic situation is still not great, but I'm starting to make a little money. I made more this week than last week and I made more last week than the week before. I've also been a bit busy the last week as my Dad has flown down for a two week holiday and I have a new kitten. At the moment she's going crazy galloping around the boat attacking things (including me).
Owen
The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.
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