HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: shawn@fenchurch.mit.edu (Shawn F. Mckay)
Subject: eddie.mit.edu Changes
Organization: MIT EECS ECF
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 17:03:37 GMT

I have made some fairly drastic changes to the archive on eddie to make
it easier for me to maintain, and with luck easier for you to use.

When you leave things in the inbound/ directory, please leave a file
called "file.Idx" with each file you leave, the ".Idx" part is the key
here, this file should have a one line description of the file "file"
which has been left.

This will then be moved into the tree WITH "file", and automagically
inserted into the Index file with your one line description of file
from the .Idx file.

For example, if you left:

	xyz
	xyz.Idx

xyz would be your application, file, doc, or whatever you wish, and
xyz.Idx would be a file with a single line describing what xyz is.

This way the Index can be built by shell script, and no longer by hand.
Many new files have also been added from my personal archive. With luck
you will find some of them useful.

As always, please send comments to hp95lx-request@eddie.mit.edu and I
will do whatever I can to help. Please note this mailing-list is ONLY
for maintainers of the archive, and generally not very interesting to
the world at large :-).

				Enjoy,
				 - Shawn
From: "eliot gelwan" <eliot.gelwan@channel1.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: 512k fujitsu memory c
Date: 7 Oct 92 01:26:11 EST
Reply-To: "eliot gelwan" <eliot.gelwan@channel1.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Channel 1 Communications

On 10-06-92 BONIFACE LAU wrote:

BLWhen the street price of a 1M 1.0 format card is $189, this 512K 2.0
BLformat asks for $200 seems a bit too high.

What exactly are the differences between PCMCIA 1.0 and 2.0? What
are the advantages of getting a card with the 2.0 format for the
HP95LX slot? I apologize if these topics have ben discussed --
I'v just started taking this newsgroup recently. Thanks.

                   |
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From: cchung@sneezy.phy.duke.edu (Charles Chung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Palmtops w/ C&T's PC/Chip?
Date: 15 Oct 92 13:51:41 GMT

Does anyone know of any palmtops that use C&T's PC/Chip?  I know that  
there are several sub-notebooks that use the microprocessor, but no  
palmtops.  Also, does anyone have any info on the upcoming Intel/VLSI  
joint venture for a 386 on a chip?

Thanks,

-Chuck
From: beard@toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (Patrick C. Beard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Panic on HP-95
Keywords: CONFIG.SYS, etc.
Date: 13 Oct 92 14:17:29 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of California, Davis

Man. I followed the instructions in the MSDOS appendix, and placed the
following line in my CONFIG.SYS file:

SHELL=COMMAND/P

I typed it in in Memo, and put a CR/LF after it. I rebooted and now it
says "Bad or missing Command Interpreter". Nuts. Can I do anything short
of hard reset?

I need my appointment book!




// Patrick C. Beard
// Department of Computer Science, U. C. Davis
// pcbeard@ucdavis.edu
From: dei@lord.UUCP (Douglas E. Ivers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: autodialing with a palmtop or organizer?
Keywords: acoustic coupling, voice communications, rolodex, portfolio?
Date: 12 Oct 92 16:38:04 GMT
Organization: Lord Corp., Cary, NC

I didn't get any response from my first posting, so I hope someone can
help me...

My number one desire for a palmtop/organizer is autodialing*.  The closest
thing I've seen is the desktop (electronic) Rolodex unit at Radio Shack, but
it must be plugged into the phone cable and is not meant to be portable.

Doesn't the Portfolio have an analog speaker which could be used to
autodial?  What about the forthcoming Newton?  I wish that I could say money
is no object, but I am unwilling to invest more than about $500 in something
that is so easy to steal as a palmtop.  


* autodialing in this case refers to using the palmtop's speaker, held up to
the phone's microphone, to create the dial tones which initiate the call.


Douglas Ivers
-- 
D. Ivers  the divers(e) one,                      dei@atvax.lord.com 
who seeks to know the Holy One.
From: claudius@zeus.calpoly.edu (King_Claudius (Chris Knight))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: hp95lx:Adventure games?
Date: 16 Oct 92 16:41:15 GMT
Article-I.D.: zeus.1992Oct16.164115.154236
Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo


Anyone know of any adventure games that work acceptably with the hp95lx, and
preferrably take up less than 100k?
-- 
---King Claudius---                                   claudius@zeus.calpoly.edu
From: cable@crs.cl.msu.edu (Dan Cable)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Floppy drive for Portfolio
Keywords: drive floppy Atari Portfolio new
Date: 11 Oct 92 14:24:41 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.palmtops
Organization: Michigan State University


Another little tidbit:

I have just found that the SPARCOM DRIVE95 that I bought for my HP95LX also
works on the Portfolio. The statement in CONFIG.SYS should read:

DEVICE=DRIVE95.SYS POQET H9600

However, the drive will not format disks with the Portfolio. FORMAT95.EXE hangs
it up, so you must format your disks on another computer.

What is the Drive 95?  Is it a floppy drive or a hard drive?  How much does it
cost and where did you get it?  And does it connect through the
parallel port or the serial port?

The Drive95 is made by Sparcom.  It's really made for the HP 95LX, but it can
be hooked up through the serial port and used with other palmtops and PC's.  I
have yet to see or use one, but have heard a lot about it.

Thanks, but:  Is it a floppy drive or a hard drive?  I have someone calling me
every week asking, "Is there a floppy drive for the Port?" ... (besides the
PDD2, of course <g>)

It's a 3.5" 1.44Mb floppy drive.
Sparcom (800)827-8416

Drive95. The portable floppy disk drive for the HP 95LX, provides a new method
of communication and data transfer/storage.  Read/write and store data, execute
applications and save money-by using standard DOS format 3 1/2" disks (720K or
1.44Mb) with your palmtop computer.  A single charge powers the Drive95 for up
to 15 hours of portable use.  AC adapter, serial cable and software are
included.

List price: $330

You can buy the Drive95 from Sparcom or from EduCalc @ (800)535-9650.
Floppy. 720K and 1.44M. Serial port. Rechargeable batteries and charger
included. Available from EduCALC (800)677-7001 for under $300. I got mine used
from someone on Palmtops Forum.
BTW, with the Portfolio, you have to use a null-modem adapter.

It is a portable 720K/1.44M floppy drive coupling to any DOS computer through
the serial port. It acts as a KERMIT server, but has device driver software
that makes it transparent to the user. Looks like another disk drive. It also
works with the HP95 and automatically transfers the software to the '95.
Rechargeable batteries (internal) and charger included. About the same size and
weight as the Flashdrive. (Maybe slightly larger). Available from EduCALC for
under $300.
BTW, I forgot to mention that you must use a null-modem adapter with computers
other than the HP95LX. (The cable is set up for the '95 which takes a
null-modem cable.)

NOTE: This is a thread from another service. The statements and commentaries
are not those of myself. These are posted here for your enlightenment and the
undersigned assumes no responsibility for their accuracy or completeness.

--
Dan Cable                            e-mail cable@crs.cl.msu.edu
Canton MI USA planet Earth           Compuserve 75266.353
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: herman@cs.kuleuven.ac.be (Herman Moons)
Subject: Re: free-form database for HP95LX ??
Reply-To: herman@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, K.U.Leuven
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 12:59:28 GMT

In article <Cohena-151092134739@l30346.mdc.com>, Cohena@mdc.com 
(Andy Cohen) writes:
|> > Does anyone know whether there exists a free-form database for the HP95LX
|> > palmtop. 
|> 
|> Actually there are a couple of them.  The simplest is LXFile. I'm pretty
|> sure it's on Eddie.mit.edu (I'm not sure if that's the right address
|> sorry).  It's a free form text based flat filer which is quite a bit better

I couldn't find LXfile on eddie.mit.edu (at least, it's not in the
index under that name). Can anyone point me to a site that has
this package ??

-- 
Herman Moons                                   Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
e-mail: herman@cs.kuleuven.ac.be               Dept. of Computer Science
                                               Celestijnenlaan 200A
                                               B-3001 Heverlee-Leuven
From: anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: CallForDiscussion: A*BETTER* HP95LX?
Date: 11 Oct 92 01:30:18 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4

In article <1992Oct07.204119.152524@zeus.calpoly.edu> claudius@zeus.calpoly.edu (King_Claudius (Chris Knight)) writes:

>*  Full PCMCIA II compatibility [on just about everyone's list]

Probably not all that easy.  The Hopper ASIC which is most of what the
95 is would need to be redesigned.  There does seem to be enough space
inside for Type II cards which are 5.5mm thick, with a little redesign.

Perhaps the HP-99? will have a Hopper 2?  By the way, why is it called
the Hopper?  Is it named after the Admiral?  (she's got a ship named
after her just recently).

>*  A removable overlay [the plastic sheet around the keys] so if you
>   reorganize your keyboard you can change your overlay also.

This sounds really easy.  I'm surprised that HP doesn't already have
it.  An overlay kit is available for the HP-48 machines.

>*  A VOLUME KNOB.  I hate having to enter into the setup to change the damn
>   volume.

I've done this enough that I made up two user keys to turn off and turn
on to maximum the volume.  Something like the contrast adjustment would
be nice.  The user keys are bit sluggish and are ugly when executing,
{WINDOWSOFF} only works for 123 macros.  I'm sure they won't work all
the time either.

>*  A brightness knob. [Not as important...]

Did you know that ON + and ON - can be used to adjust display contrast?
(hold down ON).

>*  A headphone jack [for plugging the audio into a stereo/amp?]  All that great
>   sound and only a mini speaker!

That could be wired in along with the audio input on the spare ADC
port.  Soldering iron anyone? :-)  Yes, the 95 can be a solid state
tape recorder.

>*  a better RPN calculator

Definitely.  There doesn't seem to be a decent 95 scientific
calculator, apcalc and cmcalc are integer only.  The Financial
Calculator is just that,  it's got scientific functions but they're a
pain to get to.   I wonder of 95buddy could make that easier.  I'm
checking out various MS-DOS calculators but haven't found anything that
would work well with the 95's small screen.

>Some of these may already be out there, and actually you should theoretically
>already be able to plug in a mouse into the serial port with an adapter...just
>haven't got the guts to try it out.

I'm going to try this as soon as I get time to wire the adapter I need.
Fortunatly, my ICONtroller is actually smaller than my 95 :-).

Wouldn't a touch pad that slides out from the PCMCIA slot be really neat?
--
<-:(= Anthony Stieber	anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu   uwm!uwmcsd4!anthony
From: arzt@dccs.upenn.edu (Noam H. Arzt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: still WANTED: Sub-Notebook or low-end lightweight notebook
Date: 16 Oct 92 02:29:42 GMT

In article <81674@ut-emx.uucp> phj@gestalt.austin.tx.us (Patricia Ju)  
writes:
> I'm still looking for sellers of sub-notebooks or smallish notebooks.
> Speed isn't important nor is graphics capabilities.  I'll be using
> it for text entry (lots of it) so a typeable keyboard (no chiclet
> keys) would be nice.  Modem/communications if not already installed
> must be available somewhere.

Look at the Zeos PocketPC which you can get for @$600.

--
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University of Pennsylvania               arzt@dccs.upenn.edu
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From: raan@hpcvra.cv.hp.com (Raan Young)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: HP95 won't edit file w/ no ext
Date: 13 Oct 92 18:59:08 GMT
Article-I.D.: hpcvra.65300170
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA

>   Is this a 95buddy bug or an HP bug?

Neither, although it certainly could be argued that it is a design flaw
(well, two of them, actually).

Memo automatically appends .TXT if a filename has no extension.  This is
why you are getting an error -- memo is looking for junk.txt and it 
doesn't exist.

You can get around this by explicitly specifying a trailing . on the file
name (junk.), which makes memo not append .TXT to the name.

Buddy does not do this when it tries to start memo on the file you have
selected with filer.  I think Jeff plans to change that in the next release.

Raan Young (raan@cv.hp.com)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: Cohena@mdc.com (Andy Cohen)
Subject: Re: Panic on HP-95
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 23:02:26 GMT
Organization: MDGAC
Followup-To: comp.sys.palmtops

In article <18068@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>, beard@toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu
(Patrick C. Beard) wrote:
> 
> Man. I followed the instructions in the MSDOS appendix, and placed the
> following line in my CONFIG.SYS file:
> 
> SHELL=COMMAND/P
> 
> I typed it in in Memo, and put a CR/LF after it. I rebooted and now it
> says "Bad or missing Command Interpreter". Nuts. Can I do anything short
> of hard reset?
> 
Actually....there IS something you can do....
If you can get to someone who also has an HP95 with a Ram card.....Use
theirs to build a new CORRECTLY WRITTEN(!) config.sys file.  Put it on the
RAM card and stick the RAM card into your 95 then restart ctl/alt/del.  The
95 looks to the RAM card first so you can restart then TRASH the bad
config.sys file on C:.  Then buy your own RAM card because they are some
darn useful.
From: phudl@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr S J Liddicott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Series 3 auto off
Date: 14 Oct 92 09:45:52 GMT
Organization: Computing Services, University of Warwick, UK
NNTP-Posting-Host: lily.csv.warwick.ac.uk


Hello

I have a Psion Series 3, and I've also owned 10 other electronic organising
type gadgets in the past (only the HP48SX of which I still have (yes it is
primarily a calculator))

Anyway:  what anoys me is this:

Auto power off works.. unless a program or OPA is running, which isn't paused 
(with the PAUSE command) for longer than the auto off delay.

This greives me.  I want to have programs running in the background on a 
problem only when I am normally using the organiser normally.

HOW any ideas?  No doubt an OS patch is call for.
-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: lhe@sics.se (Lars-Henrik Eriksson)
Subject: Re: autodialing with a palmtop or organizer?
Organization: Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Kista
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 09:51:44 GMT

In article <1bghkfINNqbj@agate.berkeley.edu> pete@plutonium.CChem.Berkeley.EDU (Pete Goodeve) writes:
   Don't forget the Psion-3, which has a very serviceable autodialler...
   (Well, there is one annoyance, which is more the US Bell system's fault
   that its own... In the UK, you can supply the area code even of a local
   number and it will go through without trouble, so the Psion expects you
   -- for worldwide dialling purposes -- to supply the area code with *all*
   numbers, and it will automatically handle country prefixes and the rest.
   However, US exchanges are too dumb to understand this possibility,

Considering that the US is not the only country where you can't give
the local area code with a local number, I do think the Psion could do
better.

--
Lars-Henrik Eriksson                            Internet: lhe@sics.se
Swedish Institute of Computer Science           Phone (intn'l): +46 8 752 15 09
Box 1263                                        Telefon (nat'l): 08 - 752 15 09
S-164 28  KISTA, SWEDEN                         Fax: +46 8 751 72 30
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: ij59@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
Subject: Autodialing with a PALMTOP?  Why?
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 01:50:50 GMT

While the Psion-3 and HP95LX and the Portfolio CAN all dial phones, 
it seems a little silly to buy a palmtop computer at $200 (Portfolio) to
to $400 (HP) to who knows how high in order to do just phone dialing.

In addition to the CASIO Phone Dialer Data Bank watch, there are also
several phone-dialing credit card-sized gizmos that store anywhere from
50 to 500+ numbers and cost considerably less than a pocket PC.  Since I
already own a Portfolio, I use it for this (I used to have a CASIO phone
dialer, but I traded it for a regular CASIO data bank calculator watch because
my main use for the watch had been the schedule alarms, not th dialing, and
the calculator model has an actual keyboard which makes data entry much easier
than on a two-button system; it has a little less memory than the phone dialer,
though) but I certainly wouldn't have bought a Porfolio just to dial the phone!

ij59@vacb.acs.unt.edu			Sukotto Miraa/Scott Miller
					"Nippon no anime wa ichi-ban desu!"

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From: anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: A few questions
Date: 14 Oct 1992 00:42:52 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4

In article <Cohena-131092160738@l30346.mdc.com> Cohena@mdc.com (Andy Cohen) writes:
>In article <19352@acorn.co.uk>, asmith@acorn.co.uk (Andy Smith) wrote:
>> I have a new 95lx, but the screen assembly seems to wobble in reference to
>Every few months I repost this......GET THE HINT....FAQ????

Can I put your postings in the FAQ?  I haven't been able to contact you
via mail.

Any out there have questions and answers?  The HP-95LX FAQ is right now
undergoing major editing so now is the time to get your stuff in.
Questions without answers are just as valuable as the answers.
The current FAQ can be seen at eddie.mit.edu and has been posted
in this group.
--
<-:(= Anthony Stieber	anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu   uwm!uwmcsd4!anthony
From: autry@sgi.com (Larry Autry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: Portfolio RAM card question
Date: 9 Oct 92 13:46:41 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, St. Louis, MO
NNTP-Posting-Host: sgistl.stlouis.sgi.com

In article <1992Oct8.210251.1@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> ij59@vaxb.acs.unt.edu writes:
>Do the Portfolio RAM cards run off the main (AA) batteries when they are
>in the Portfolio?  When it's turned off?
>
If you go by the instructions for replacing the RAM battery, you can
extrapolate that while the RAM card is in the Portfolio and it is turned
on, the RAM card is powered.  I would not venture a guess about when it's
turned off except to say that the manual claims that the computer never
actually powers off, only the display. 
--
Larry Autry
Silicon Graphics, St. Louis
autry@sgi.com
From: arc@pine.dk (Arne Christensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: CallForDiscussion: A*BETTER* HP95LX?
Date: 8 Oct 92 10:40:24 GMT
Organization: Pinetree Systems

MLINDROOS@finabo.abo.fi (Marcus Lindroos INF) writes:

>oh . . . *WHY* didn't Hewlett-Packard opt for 320 pixels per row
>instead of just 240?! The screen would have to be just 33% wider
>to make room for it and, at 150mm (6 in.), the display would
>still have fit inside the unit. For a PC compatible, 80

Nope, not wider. HP95 pixels are around 1.3 times wider than they are tall;
that ratio would only need to be decreased to around 0.98 (practically
square pixels).

Maybe this was the original design, only to be downsized later as
part of a compromise (as Anthony Stieber writes).

It's interesting to note that another way to achieve square pixels in 
the same case would be to use 480x200 pixels (width/height ratio 1.02);
this would allow for 80x25 characters in the well-known 6x8 matrix.
This is 3.13 times as many pixels as the current HP95 has and probably
too much to hope for at the time the HP95 was designed, but maybe we'll
see this in the successor? HP is notorious for designing a case once and
using it in many different machines, so I wouldn't be surprised to see 
a successor in the same case.

----
Arne Christensen,
Pine Tree Systems ApS, Denmark.
Email: arc@pine.dk    or    ...!uunet!mcsun!dkuug!pine!arc
Fax: +45 43 71 43 42        Voice: +45 43 71 07 04
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: ij59@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Portfolio RAM card question
Date: 9 Oct 92 03:02:51 GMT
Organization: University of North Texas

Do the Portfolio RAM cards run off the main (AA) batteries when they are
in the Portfolio?  When it's turned off?

Thanks!

				Sukotto Miraa/Scott Miller
				"Nippon no anime wa ichi-ban desu!"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: Cohena@mdc.com (Andy Cohen)
Subject: Re: A few questions
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 19:21:08 GMT
Organization: MDGAC
Followup-To: comp.sys.palmtops

In article <1bfqecINNs15@uwm.edu>, anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J
Stieber) wrote:
 
> Can I put your postings in the FAQ?  I haven't been able to contact you
> via mail.
> 
You bet!

Andy Cohen
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: claudius@zeus.calpoly.edu (King_Claudius (Chris Knight))
Subject: Re: CallForDiscussion: A*BETTER* HP95LX?
Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 20:41:19 GMT


Some easy to implement ideas that would also be nice to see:

*  Full PCMCIA II compatibility [on just about everyone's list]

*  Buttons that are removable [and a keyboard driver that is programmable,
   obviously]

*  A removable overlay [the plastic sheet around the keys] so if you
   reorganize your keyboard you can change your overlay also.
 
*  More correct alignment between the function keys and the f1-f10 on the
   bottom of the display.  [It's pretty darn close, but the keys are about 2mm
   to the right of the display's F1-F10 readouts.]

*  A second serial port [4-pin also] so you could possibly use a mouse/keyboard
   in one and a modem in another.

*  A VOLUME KNOB.  I hate having to enter into the setup to change the damn
   volume.

*  A brightness knob. [Not as important...]

*  A headphone jack [for plugging the audio into a stereo/amp?]  All that great
   sound and only a mini speaker!

Things I think aren't too hot of an idea:

*  Wordperfect - a big editor, more functional but it would increase the price
   of the portable considerably.  There are more useful things you could get
   for the increase in price.

Some things I can see being done:

*  a mouse driver and mouse interface for the software [no hardware changes
   needed except roms]

*  a terminal emulator rewrite that would use the graphics mode to show 80x24
   and then allow selecting sections and zooming in.

*  an xtree-like filer

*  a better RPN calculator

Some of these may already be out there, and actually you should theoretically
already be able to plug in a mouse into the serial port with an adapter...just
haven't got the guts to try it out.
-- 
---King Claudius---                                   claudius@zeus.calpoly.edu