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From: sokay@cyclone.mitre.org (Stephen J. Okay)
Subject: Re: Shareware Appointment SW (was Re: new Hp95lx)
Organization: Mitre Corporation, McLean, VA
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 14:39:11 GMT

In article <7306@lib.tmc.edu> jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard) writes:
>In article <1992Sep11.133630.6578@linus.mitre.org> sokay@cyclone.mitre.org (Stephen J. Okay) writes:
>>Well, I have to admit, as much as I like it, the 95 IS a little too big
>>for the average shirt pocket.
>
>You need to buy different shirts, then. It fits fine (a bit snugly, but no
>strain) in my Arrow and Van Heusen shirts.

My problem isn't fitting by width, its fitting by length, hangs out and wants
to flop out too much. 
>Next, on comp.sys.palmtops: What shirts to buy for your HP95LX! :-) :-)

Even better idea:comp.sys.palmtops.fashion !!!...anybody wanna start the
CFD? :^) :^)

---Steve
-- 
Stephen Okay  sokay@mitre.org
"You see, I'm kind of this control freak who likes to create his own
personal hells before the real one can get to him. I like to beat hell
to hell so to speak".--Spalding Gray "Monster in a box"
From: bj608@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Robert S. Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: HP95LX Conference in California.
Date: 16 Sep 1992 02:06:51 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


**************************************************
            HP95 PROGRAMMERS MEETING

DATE:       Saturday, Sept. 26, 1992

TIME:       6pm - Dinner plus Meeting

PLACE:      San Jose Hyatt,  S.J. CA

COST:         $20 includes dinner

RSVP:           1-800-825-9977

ROOMS:        $59    408-993-1234
***************************************************

A meeting for HP95 programmers and advanced users will be held at 
the San Jose Hyatt. The purpose of the meeting is to bring 
together programmers and their knowledge base to provide a better 
understanding of programming in the System Manager environment.

Topics that will be discussed are:

           Software Specifications for HP95 Programs
           Programming under System Manager
           Preview of a DOS Compatible System Compliant API

The ability for a completely DOS compatible System Compliant 
program will be demonstrated as will some surprise goodies.

This meeting is being co-sponsered by ACE Technologies and the HP 
PALMTOP PAPER.

Questions and or RSVPs can be directed to Mark Scardina via 
76711.732@compuserve.com.
From: roberts@luxor.crd.ge.com (Victor D Roberts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: Shareware Appointment SW (was Re: new Hp95lx)
Date: 13 Sep 92 23:43:37 GMT
Organization: GE Corp. Research & Development, Schenectady, NY

In article <1992Sep10.192533.11883@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> spf@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (Steve Frysinger of Blue Feather Farm) writes:
.......
>> The week-at-a-time program is weekabk.zip. Good program.
>
>Does this allow you to see your appointments week-at-a-glance?  That seems
>to me to be the biggest missing feature of the info I saw about the 95.
>I visually scan my (paper) calendar (which is actually month-at-a-glance)
>to look for holes when I'm trying to schedule something.  If this sort of
>thing is available for the 95 then it improves the degree to which it meets
>my needs.


Weekabk displays a graphical representation of the week, that shows filled
and open time slots. As you move the cursor over the filled time slots,
the appointment text is displayed on the scteen for that particular
time. This is much less convenient to scan than a traditional month-at-a-
glance paper calendar, but much easer to update and search.
-- 

Vic Roberts
GE Research and Development Center, Schenectady, NY
roberts@crd.ge.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: phawke@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE (Patrick Hawke)
Subject: Portfolio HIDDEN Files
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 16:20:34 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard / Boise, Idaho
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1.3 PL5

How do you UNHIDE HIDDEN Files on the Portfolio?

Thanks,
 Patrick
From: laub@Software.Mitel.COM (Boniface Lau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: TOTE-A-LAP : Do they take international orders ?
Date: 10 Sep 92 16:15:01 GMT
Organization: Mitel. Kanata (Ontario). Canada.
In-reply-to: rthien@c3po.rdt.monash.edu.au's message of 10 Sep 92 05:06:08 GMT

>>>>> On 10 Sep 92 05:06:08 GMT, rthien@c3po.rdt.monash.edu.au (rj thien) said:
[...]

rj> I saw a post here the other day indicating that the SRAM card
rj> prices from tote-a-lap is the most reasonable.  I was wondering if
rj> they do take orders from Down Under, Australia!  I am never awake
rj> at the right time (night here, morning there scenario) to give
rj> them a call.

My experience with Tote-A-Lap was not good.

The list price of Tote-A-Lap's SRAM card for the PC-3000 was US$376
for 2M.  However, they insisted on charging hefty shipping charge -
US$49.

I bought my 2M SRAM card from Active Data (US$389 + US$6.80 for shipping
to Canada). Active Data takes credit card and the numbers are
(714)997-7718, (800)223-0503.

--
Boniface Lau    (613) 592-2122 ext. 3042    Boniface_Lau@Mitel.COM
Mitel Corp.  				    
350 Legget Drive, Kanata
Ontario, Canada, K2K 1X3
From: sstrand@u.washington.edu (Stuart E. Strand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Headsup displays & Chord keyboards
Date: 12 Sep 92 01:38:15 GMT
Article-I.D.: 128.sstrand-110992184157
Followup-To: comp.sys.palmtops
Organization: University of Washington

Over the last 2 years I have heard about belt slung computers with heads-up
displays and chording keyboards (along the lines of the Private eye and the
BAT).  Have these items progressed to the market? I can't find one at
computer stores here in Seattle. Any suggestions where I could purchase
one? What sort of prices for an entry level machine?

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/ Stuart Strand, Univ.Washington              sstrand@u.washington.edu /
/ AR-10, Seattle WA 98195 206-543-5350   uunet:  beaver!milton!sstrand /
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: dish@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Tony Goldish)
Subject: new Hp95lx
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 18:01:50 GMT

Just got a new 95lx with one meg, and love it. Hooked it up to my 
pc throught the connectivity pack etc.  Two questions. One, how do I get 
programs like tetris or lotus signal which use full size screens to run.
2. is there a good ftp site to get some utilities for it...I know there is
supposed to be a very good shareware addin to the appt book, which allows 
you to view one week at a time.

thanks
Tony
dish@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
From: roberts@luxor.crd.ge.com (Victor D Roberts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: Battery life on the HP95LX
Date: 10 Sep 92 16:32:54 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: GE Corp. Research & Development, Schenectady, NY

In article <1992Sep8.222321.14146@col.hp.com> mikek@col.hp.com (Mike Karin) writes:
>Does anyone know if battery life is significantly affected by the
>presence of a memory card?  I have the 1Meg HP card.
>
>
My own battery current measurements indicate that the RAM card does not
significantly increase battery current. The increase, if any, is less than
1ma. Normal current in Light Sleep mode is 30 to 38 ma, and is about 120ma
when actually doing something, like disk read/write or computing.
-- 

Vic Roberts
GE Research and Development Center, Schenectady, NY
roberts@crd.ge.com
From: rrd@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ray Depew)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 16:48:28 GMT
Subject: Re: HP95:  How to soft Phone Book entries?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops

Well, silly me ....

In comp.sys.palmtops, some idiot (sono io!) writes:

> I'd like to find an easy way to sort my Phone Book in alphabetical order.
> Does anyone have any ideas?

Please laugh now.

My brain slipped a gear when I was creating my Phone Book, and I was entering 
all names first-name-first.  (It's been years since I encountered people who 
referred to themselves as "Benedetti Giorgio" instead of "Giorgio Benedetti.")

My Phone Book, as several of you privately and charitably pointed out, is
ALREADY sorted:  with "Alan" at the beginning and "Tom" at the end.  Well,
tie me to an anthill and smear my ears with jelly.

I'll go back and edit all of the entries the hard way.  Chalk up another one 
to User Screwups.


Regards
Depew Ray 
Division Business Circuits Integrated 
Company Packard Hewlett, Fort Collins, Colorado
rrd@hpfiqa.fc.hp.com
(Boy, am I embarrassed....)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: todd@sparcy.Stanford.EDU (Todd Koumrian)
Subject: Re: Help!  HP95 kaput (again!) - what's going on here?
Organization: Robotics Lab.
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 17:59:25 GMT


> Hate to ask a dumb question, but are you pushing the card in all the
> way?  The edge of the card should be flush with the side of the 95 --
> there should be no card sticking out.  There is a noticable amount
> of resistance in the last 1/8" of travel so it takes a fair bit of
> force to seat the card.  We have heard of problems like you describe
> that ultimately turned out to have been caused by this.

Well, I gave the thing to a friend more mechanically inclined than me
and he thought there was something wierd about the fit of the card.
Seems like the Derive card is a little thicker than ones I played with
in the store, and the rails on my HP95 such that maybe it gets wedged
before it gets all the way in.

We shoved it in (it still sticks out about 1-2 mm) and it seemed to test out
OK.  Do the cards really go in all the way and become flush?  Doesn't
seem like that's going to happen with mine.

> Just a thought.

A good one.

Todd Koumrian
Stanford Medical Center - Neurosurgery
Stanford Robotics Laboratory
(415) 725-8067
From: roberts@luxor.crd.ge.com (Victor D Roberts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: Battery life on the HP95LX
Date: 13 Sep 92 23:47:39 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: GE Corp. Research & Development, Schenectady, NY

In article <1992Sep10.190611.24386@athena.mit.edu> jjprior@athena.mit.edu (Jack Prior) writes:
>In article <1992Sep10.163254.6159@crd.ge.com> roberts@luxor.crd.ge.com (Victor D Roberts) writes:
>>In article <1992Sep8.222321.14146@col.hp.com> mikek@col.hp.com (Mike Karin) writes:
>>>Does anyone know if battery life is significantly affected by the
>>>presence of a memory card?  I have the 1Meg HP card.
>>>
>>My own battery current measurements indicate that the RAM card does not
>>significantly increase battery current. The increase, if any, is less than
>>1ma. Normal current in Light Sleep mode is 30 to 38 ma, and is about 120ma
>>when actually doing something, like disk read/write or computing.
>
>I bought a 1 meg card from Active Data a few weeks ago.  I noticed the
>first set of batteries used with the card drained quickly so I've
>monitored the last 2 sets.  I've gotten between 20 and 25 hours from
>them.  I don't know what life I was getting without the card.
>
>I think part of the perceived reduction of life is that once you have
>a 1 meg card the machine you use it for more work in a given day thus
>reducing the days/battery.
>
>I think the 1st battery set may have been drained down by a DOS
>application I wrote in Turbo Pascal.  It had a "repeat .. until
>keypressed" loop that updated the date and time on the screen every 10
>seconds.  Would this keep the current draw high even when the screen
>was in "sleep" mode?  Now the program stops and waits with a "readkey"
>statement and the drain rate seems slower.


I am not sure about your program. As far as I know, the Light Sleep mode
is activated when the 95LX is waiting for keyboard input. Therefore, if
you have a program executing a loop that does not include testing for
keyboard input, it may keep the machine in high current mode.
-- 

Vic Roberts
GE Research and Development Center, Schenectady, NY
roberts@crd.ge.com
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From: anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Is there a FAQ??
Keywords: FAQ help handhelds palmtops
Date: 14 Sep 92 21:59:08 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

In article <1992Sep14.144626.3147@linus.mitre.org> sokay@cyclone.mitre.org (Stephen J. Okay) writes:
>In article <1992Sep14.034526.21833@athena.mit.edu> andreast@athena.mit.edu (Andreas M Turanski) writes:
>>I could have SWORN that I saw a FAQ to comp.sys.palmtops and/or
>I was working on a FAQ for a considerable amount of time, but things have 

I've been working on an HP-95LX FAQ for a while now.  Is anyone else
working on something like it?  I've been hesitant to post it as I
haven't had my HP long, I've just been typing up questions and the
answers as I found them.

It looks like we're going to need some sort of meta-FAQ to cover
the FAQs for the various machines.  So far there seems to be:

Casio
HP-48
HP-95
PCMCIA
Poqet
Psion
Apple Newton
Sharp (Wizards and MS-DOS palmtop)
Texas Instruments

I've got a small amount of Poqet, Psion, and some PCMCIA related
material as well.
--
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber)
Subject: Re: Palmtop to run Mathcad
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 01:18:07 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.022731.28998@sbcs.sunysb.edu> rick@cs.sunysb.edu (Rick Spanbauer) writes:
>I find myself developing a growing attachment to Mathcad, enough so that I
>would like to buy a portable platform to run it on.  
>
>Are palmtop machines to the state where they can run Windows?  If so, what 
>would be a good choice of a machine with ~2 mByte ram, ~25 mByte disk, 

I don't think there are any reasonable palmtops to run MS-Windows on.
For one thing there are no 286 or 386 palmtops that I know of.  Of the
palmtops I know of, none support EMS, none have internal hard drives.
External hard drives are of the parallel port type, if a parallel port
is even available for the machine.

Consider a machine like the Gateway 2000 Handbook, it's not a 286 either,
but it has a 40MB hard drive, or the Dell 386 subnotebook.  I'm sure
there will be more machines coming out soon.

Corrections/additions would be very welcome.
--
<-:(= Anthony Stieber	anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu   uwm!uwmcsd4!anthony
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: hudgins@sklib.usask.ca
Subject: re: How to sort Phone Book entries
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 22:08:03 GMT

Phone book entries are sorted automatically on the HP95 when you update the
file, so if you want them alphabetical by last name, you have to use the
old library entry routine: Lname, Fname.  On the other hand, both Find (f7)
and Goto (F5) are so fast, that you hardly need any other arrangement.
Or am I missing something here ?)

Bill Hudgins
U of Saskatchewan Libraries
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: gcs@edsi.plexus.COM (Greg C. Steiner)
Subject: Wizard 8000 as a terminal
Organization: Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton WI
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 00:11:56 GMT
Keywords: wizard terminal


I'd like to use my Sharp Wizard 8000 as a terminal to dial bbs's 
when I'm away from home.  I've read the documentation and it all 
seems pretty straight forward.   My questions are:

1) Is it as easy as it seems?

2) How much is a Sharp CE-130T interface?  (give list & street 
price if known)

Thanks!

Greg Steiner
gcs@edsi.plexus.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: chuck@edsi.plexus.COM (Chuck Tomasi)
Subject: Re: HP95: How to soft Phone Book entries?
Organization: Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton WI
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 02:35:14 GMT

bobm@col.hp.com (Bob Miranda) writes:

:)> I'd like to find an easy way to sort my Phone Book in alphabetical order.
:)> Does anyone have any ideas?

:)Mine is already sorted. Maybe because I went into the filer and did a
:)File-Sort:Filename. I'm not sure.

That won't sort the entries in your phone book, that will sort the files
as they appear in the directories of your filer. 

It is recommended that you enter the phone book entries as Last Name
first.  By doing this they will automatically be sorted.  I've been
entering mine this way since day one and never had a problem with
sorting.  When you insert a new entry your are shown the new entry's
position once you go back to the index.
-- 
Chuck Tomasi             |     "It's my job to help
chuck@edsi.plexus.COM    |      but I don't have to like it."
spool!cserver!edsi!chuck |                    -Dr. Crusher, "I, Borg"
------<Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton Wisconsin>------
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From: andreast@athena.mit.edu (Andreas M Turanski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Is there a FAQ??
Keywords: FAQ help handhelds palmtops
Date: 14 Sep 92 03:45:26 GMT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

I could have SWORN that I saw a FAQ to comp.sys.palmtops and/or
comp.sys.handhelds at some point. I have been searching for them but
to no avail.  Is there a FAQ?  Are there any archive sites especially 
for Sharp Wizard and Psion Series 3.

All help appreciated,
Andreas.



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From: calloway@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Thomas Lea)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: HP48sx expansion cards for sale.
Date: 11 Sep 92 16:40:07 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.palmtops
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

For Sale:

HP general equations card.  Multiple equations solver, periodic table,
	Large constants library, financial applications, Mine (a game) and more!

 

SparCom MathPac for HP48sx.  This is an extensive math expansion package for    
the hp.  It has complete integration/derivitive tables with a good solver.  
It also has pictures for most of the functions (and can graph the others).
It handles Series and vector analysis as well.  Of course it is excellent
for algebra,geometry,trigonometry,hyperbolics,linear algebra, and transforms.

Each card is $70 (o.b.o.)
Send mail to: calloway@ccwf.utexas.edu


-- 

*******

Just exactly what is a McRib anyway?

calloway@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
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From: jeremy@ii.uib.no (Jeremy Cook)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Psion 3 TEXT EDIT - how ?
Date: 9 Sep 92 12:07:47 GMT
Organization: University of Bergen, Parallel Processing Laboratory

I am finally back in business with my P3 after sending it back for repair
after the infamous application key pad bug bit me.

In an application I am working on, I need to be able to call up a 
read only text
editor type window from within an opl program and print som text to it.
What I actually have is a table which is bigger than the screen that
the user needs to be able to pan with the function keys. Any
suggestions?

-- 
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,-. ,-  ,- ,-   / / ,-  |-.  \/	Dept. of Informatics, University of Bergen,  \/
|-' `-` |  `-` / /  `-` `-'  /\	High Technology Centre, N-5020 Bergen,Norway /\
     jeremy@ii.uib.no	     \/	phone : +47 5 54 41 74 | fax: +47 5 54 41 99 \/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: jil@linus.mitre.org (Jon Leivent)
Subject: psionic Psion 3
Organization: Research Computer Facility, The MITRE Corporation, Bedford MA
Distribution: comp.sys.palmtops, comp.sys.handhelds
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 21:30:51 GMT


I have been noticing some very strange behavior of my Psion Series 3 -
sometimes, when I open it, it is already on!  I have the auto-off set
to 10 minutes, and the password turned on, so I no that I'm not just
leaving it on and forgetting - because it comes on showing the startup
password screen.  This has happened about 5 times.  I know that I'm
not accidentally touching the Esc-on button, because I open it by
"prying" it from the front - my fingers are nowhere near the on
botton.  Has anybody else noticed this behavior?  Could it be a
symptom of something potentially disasterous, like susceptability to
static? 

-- Jon
--
Jon Leivent
MS K329
The MITRE Corporation
202 Burlington Road
Bedford MA, 01730-1420

email: jil@mitre.org
tel: (617) 271-7648
fax: (617) 271-2352
From: phr@soda.berkeley.edu (Paul Rubin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: TOTE-A-LAP : Do they take international orders ?
Date: 11 Sep 92 03:40:16 GMT
	<LAUB.92Sep10121501@laub.Software.Mitel.COM>
Organization: CSUA/UCB
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu
In-reply-to: laub@Software.Mitel.COM's message of 10 Sep 92 16:15:01 GMT

I, too, have a pretty dim view of Tote-a-lap.  They advertised a low
price for a T2000sx memory card ($77 for 2 meg), but when I called
them, 20 miles away here in California, they wanted to charge me
$12.50 for shipping the two ounce card, plus 8.25% sales tax on BOTH
THE CARD AND THE SHIPPING, totalling nearly $20.  They had a pretty
surly attitude and their tech support was unable to answer the very
basic question of how much power the card consumed.  Although the card
is warranted to work, there is a 25% restock fee if I want to return
it for reasons other than it not working (e.g. if I find it uses too
much power compared with other cards).  It was generally very difficult
to get any technical questions answered.

Tote-a-lap used to be a high class company but nowadays seems to 
have turned pretty schlocky.  I may buy the card from them anyway
(picking it up in person and avoiding the shipping charges) since
I live nearby enough to hassle them if needed, but I'd be wary
of buying them through the mail.

Anyone know of a GOOD vendor selling a 2 meg T2000sx card for under $100?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber)
Subject: Re: HP Developers/Advanced Users Meeting
Keywords: lx95 meeting San Jose
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 01:00:50 GMT

In article <1992Sep15.232834.775@pbhyc.PacBell.COM> cdcox@pbhyc.PacBell.COM (Conrad Cox) writes:
>This is a meeting of HP programmers and advanced users.  All interested
>parties are welcome.  The following topics will be the focus of the
>evening.

Will videotapes of this meeting be available later?  Videotapes
of other HP meetings and conventions have been made available in
the past.  If that's not possible, how about just copies of materials
used or even a transcript?
--
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