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From: hdev@dutiaj.tudelft.nl (Hans de Vreught)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: What if...
Date: 10 Nov 92 08:44:43 GMT

raan@hpcvra.cv.hp.com (Raan Young) writes:
>I wrote:
>> believe your version of the "truth" and demands that you handover your machine
>> and password, so she can verify your story. If you won't, well, the dog house
>> outside isn't very attractive as a sleeping place... Need I say more?

>This relationship has problems anyway -- both in the lack of trust and in the
>lack of honest communication.

Ah, but wasn't it Stalin who said "Trust is good, verification is better."?
Alright, in many cases there won't be much trouble. But, I want to have some
security measures such that these things can't happen. Lack of trust? Don't
think so. I think it's very naive not to think of such risks. Lack of
communication? Well, it's often much wiser not to communicate or to tell a
little lie. Don't get me wrong, this is not an invitation to lie and cheat all
of the time. It is a way to keep communication on a better level. Let me give
a small example.

You meet your neighbour and she has bought a new dress and, well, it is
absolutely not your taste. She asks you "How do you like my new dress? Isn't
it a beauty?" Almost everybody will say "It's nice" or some other pleasing
words (and try to change the subject :-). Why should you disappoint her? 
People who always tell the thuth end up with very little friends (so will
people that lie all of the time). 

>> BTW, in most countries personal journals aren't very private if a DA hands you
>> a court order to give your personal journal to him / her.

>Again the instant erase would be a necessary feature.

The better instant erase would be for the machine to disappear. Or even
better, to disappear immediately after you have one in your neigbourhood.
Sorry, I don't want to have such a thing around me all of the time.
Furthermore, I don't want to know everything I have done in my life. That's
living in the past. Alright it has some advantages if you forgot some things
which you just wanted to remember ("Where did I leave that report?"), but I
believe the disadvantages are too risky.

Another implementation might work better? Well, maybe you're right. But I
think one hooked into your brain isn't one of them. I seriously believe that
it must be some device that you should carry *with* you. Say, some kind of a
miniturized machine of the size of a balpoint (or built-in in the ballpoint).
But then you have the risk of loosing it. Placing the machine inside you or
hook it in you, well, I seriously believe that it would put off most people.
--
Hans de Vreught                          | John von Neumann:
hdev@dutiaa.tudelft.nl                   | Young man, in mathematics
Delft University of Technology (TWI-ThI) | you don't understand things,
The Netherlands                          | you just get used to them.
From: eric@zen.maths.uts.edu.au (Eric Lindsay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: Security on palmtops ?
Date: 8 Nov 92 23:36:16 GMT
Organization: University of Technology, Sydney
NNTP-Posting-Host: zen.maths.uts.edu.au
Keywords: security palmtops

The Sharp PC-3000 and PC-3100 have a password facility.  I'm not 
totally convinced that this sort of thing can be made entirely secure on 
an MS-DOS system however.

--
eric@zen.maths.uts.edu.au  Eric Lindsay, Sch of Maths, Uni of Tech
Don't take life too seriously.
It is only temporary.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: howesb@monashee.sfu.ca (Charles Howes)
Subject: Re: A/D Converter for HP95?
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 00:01:07 GMT

In article <30570006@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM> davel@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Dave Lancaster) writes:
>Does anyone know of a device to capture analog data and 
>feed it to the HP95's serial or IR port?  I have a customer
>that would like to replace their present strip chart recorder
>with a 95 and capture the data to be used in 1-2-3, etc.
>
>Any ideas out there?

There is an 8-pin A/D converter chip with serial output available out
there, and adding a clock and additional circuitry to put in start and stop
pulses shouldn't be too hard.

I don't know of any completed products, however.

(Why couldn't they have made an RS-232 version of that chip?  :-)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: mikek@col.hp.com (Mike Karin)
Subject: CMCALC17.ZIP Corrupt?
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 23:18:55 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division

Maybe this has been posted before.  If so, my apologies.

Could the original poster of CMCAL17.ZIP on eddie.mit.edu please 
send it to eddie again?  Trying to unzip it with PKUNZIP v 1.1 results
in an error.  I was able to run PKZIPFIX on the file and get two of the
three files in the the ZIP.  The DOC file is still corrupt.

Thanks

Mike Karin
Hewlett-Packard Co.
Colorado Springs Division
mikek@col.hp.com
From: raan@hpcvra.cv.hp.com (Raan Young)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 03:16:18 GMT
Subject: Re: What if...
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops

> selective what to record in it. Not with the pocket Big Brother. Also the risk
> of losing this machine can turn into a real disaster. And to give it a real
> Big Brother capacity, how about the following scenario.

But, precisely because this is integrated with my brain, I'm assuming that
I can initiate an immediate and complete master reset by just thinking the
correct sequence.  Also, it seems unlikely that I am going to lose something
that has a direct link to my brain, first of all because it may well be
physically attached and second because it most likely will be providing
status input that will let me know if the connection is broken.

> believe your version of the "truth" and demands that you handover your machine
> and password, so she can verify your story. If you won't, well, the dog house
> outside isn't very attractive as a sleeping place... Need I say more?

This relationship has problems anyway -- both in the lack of trust and in the
lack of honest communication.

> BTW, in most countries personal journals aren't very private if a DA hands you
> a court order to give your personal journal to him / her.

Again the instant erase would be a necessary feature.

BTW, I don't disagree that this technology offers all sorts of potential for
massive abuse -- just that this particular implementation represents much risk.

Raan
From: jwf10@ccc.amdahl.com (John Ferrell Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Sharp Wizard 8000/8200 modem for sale
Date: 9 Nov 92 19:26:10 GMT
Reply-To: jwf10@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (John Ferrell Jr)
Distribution: na
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

I have a Sharp CE-130X 1200 baud modem. (cigarette pack size with no
other cables adapters needed) It runs with no cards needed. Great for
dialing in to bbs for mail, ect... also allows you to back up all memo
entries to PC and from PC to memo. (manual and 9v battery included!)
How about $60 or $50 or $45?
(depending on response)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: howesb@fraser.sfu.ca (Charles Howes)
Subject: Re: [HP95] Why doesn't CTTY COM1 work?
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 05:51:59 GMT

In article <1dkbvmINNekg@uwm.edu> anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber) writes:
>>Umm... where do I find this serint program?

>It's in C:\_sys\ along with other useful stuff like the thousand dollar
>US bill PCX, DEBUG, and Hearts&Bones (high score 152!).  I guess the CTTY
>question is going into the FAQ now.

I got it to work, using the method that someone else mentioned...
hold the 'Enter' key down on the PC side, and in a dozen seconds, the HP will
notice the input and start working correctly.  The connection defaults to
9600.

You can't run the 'zip' communications program while doing a ctty, which is
to be expected.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: jacoby@noao.edu (George Jacoby X292)
Subject: Recommendation for Organizer
Keywords: Wizard, B.O.S.S. ??, not HP95LX
Organization: National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, AZ, USA
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 00:46:49 GMT


     I could use some advice on buying an electronic organizer for 
my wife.  I've had an HP95LX for over a year now, and find it
indispensable.  My wife recently realized that she could make good use
of a similar tool, but feels that $400-$500 is more than she is
prepared to invest to replace her Daytimer. After all, she doesn't need
123, a business/scientific calculator, MSDOS, or a palmtop computer
terminal.

     What she does need is an organizer with the following functions:

	1. Phonebook/ Address book (probably 100-200 entries)
	2. Calendar / Appointment book (Alarms not necessary)
	3. To Do list manager (lots of small, independent lists, 5-20 entries)
	4. Simple 4-function calculator
	5. Short 10-20 line memos (text entry)

     My wife is very familiar with computers, so she will be able to 
use almost anything.  Of course, an organizer that is well integrated
and "user-friendly" will be appreciated.

     Is one of the Sharp Wizards a good choice? If so, which one?
How about the Casio B.O.S.S. line? We'd like to keep the price under
$100, but would consider going a little higher for the right machine.

     Any suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated.

George Jacoby
gjacoby@noao.edu
------------------------------
Kitt Peak National Observatory
P.O. Box 26732
Tucson, Arizona 85726
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: rodc@fc.hp.com (Rod Cerkoney)
Subject: Re: WEEKABK 3.7.5 - PEND feature?
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 16:57:34 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Fort Collins, CO
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.3 PL6]

Here is what I've discovered about using "PEND" & the new WEEKABK...

	By using the "Heart Char" [ALT-3] as the first letter of a _Yearly
Appt_; it will appear in the "pending list" before and after the day of the
appointment. The number of days before and after can be set in the
WEEKABK.ENV file.  The first to last and second to last character are used to
define the number of days after and before, respectively. The ASCII numeric
value of these characters represent the number of days under consideration.
For example in my WEEKABK.ENV file I have a "Dot" and "Note Symbol" ASCII
values 7 and 14 respectively [consult you 95LX manuals]. Thus, I see Yearly
appointments 7 day in advance and 14 days afterward.

	BTW: The third to last character in WEEKABK.ENV can be used to define
the first letter used in Yearly appointments to tag it for appearance in the
pending list.

--

Regards,
Rod Cerkoney
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: tsar.Princeton.EDU!fuchs (Ira H. Fuchs)
Subject: HP95 infrared printing
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 21:00:14 GMT

Is the HP95LX capable of printing to the HP48SX (infra-red) printer. I  
realize that the line length is somewhat limiting but it still might be  
useful when doing simple calculator functions.
From: roberts@luxor.crd.ge.com (Victor D Roberts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: Model 100 help!
Keywords: model 100
Date: 9 Nov 92 01:02:57 GMT
Organization: GE Corp. Research & Development, Schenectady, NY

In article <1dhkt3INNetb@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> ma690188@mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu (R. Mark Adams) writes:
........
>What I want to know is if anybody has had any experience using their
>Model 100 as a portable terminal.  Since the thing had no manuals
>of any sort, I have no idea how to get it to actually _work_.
>
>The built-in applications seem to work fine, as does the BASIC language,
>but I cannot seem to get the TELCOM program to work with the RS-232C
>port on the back.
>
I used a MOdel 100 and then a Model 102 as a portable terminal for years.
They are great machines. Both have an internal 300 baud modem and an RS-232
port. You need to configure TELCOM for the RS-232 port.

I don't have my Model 102 here, so I am reading from the manual and trying
to remember how it works. I believe the secret is this. When in TELCOM, press
F3 to see the status display. You may see a display like:

  M7E1E10pps

The first character is M for the internal modem, or a number from 1 - 9
for the RS-232 port. 1 = 75 baud, 2=220 baud, 3= 300 baud, 4= 600 baud,
5= 1200 baud, 6=2400 baud, 7= 4800 baud, 8= 9600 baud, 9=19200 baud.

The second character is the word length in bits.

The third character is Parity, Igonre, Odd, Even, None.

The fourth character is the number of stop bits, 1 or 2.

The fifth character is Enable or Disable XON/XOFF.

The last number "10pps" is the dialing rate for the internal modem.
10pps or 20pps.

To configure for the RS-232 port at 2400 baud with 8 data bits, no parity,
and XON enabled, type 68N1E at the status display.
-- 

Vic Roberts
GE Research and Development Center, Schenectady, NY
roberts@crd.ge.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: tpb9k@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (Thomas P. Bleck)
Subject: Re: Anyone here have a Zeos PC?
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 13:03:45 GMT

In article <1992Nov12.042525.24138@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> mvolo@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Michael R. Volow) writes:
>
>If one doesn't have a PCMCIA card for the Zeos subnotebook, how
>much memory is available for saving data? I assume this data survivess
>turning off the machine, is that correct? 

The portion of the 1 MB of RAM above the 640 K used by DOS is configured 
as the e: drive, and is available for non-volatile storage (as long as the 
backup battery doesn't get drained).  This amounts to about 382 KB.  I 
keep some extra MS Works printer drivers and some DOS files that aren't on 
the ROM chip (like edlin), as well as an autoexec.bat and config.sys, on 
e: drive.  This still leaves a reasonable amount of room for files.  I now
use the PCMCIA card only for bakup storage.  (If I ever receive the modem
that was supposed to come with the unit,) I understand the software for
telecommunications and fax resides on a card as well, so this will not take up
any of the e: drive.

Hope this helps.

--
Tom Bleck    (Thomas P. Bleck, M.D.)   tbleck@virginia.edu
Departments of Neurology and Neurological Surgery
University of Virginia School of Medicine
___________________________________________________________
From: ksmith@atlantis.CS.ORST.EDU (Karl Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Beta Testers wanted for 95LX QuickMate Finance Program
Date: 5 Nov 92 23:20:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: leela.1992Nov5.232012.26745
Distribution: na
Organization: Computer Science Outreach Services - Oregon State University

We're looking for beta testers for our QuickMate program for the HP 95LX.
It's a 'portable companion' for Quicken than runs on the 95, and will
allow you to merge the transactions recorded with the 95 with the
transactions on the PC.

If you take your 95 with you everywhere, use Quicken, can comfortably
upload and download files through email, and would be interested in
testing this product, please send email to beta@sparcom.com

-Karl Smith
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: m14494@mwvm.mitre.org (Mike White)
Subject: Sharp Wizard 8000  wanted
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 14:45:36 GMT

A few days ago, someone posted a Wizard 8000 for sale, but I lost the
message.  If it's still available, or if you've got one you'd like to
let go of, please email.  Thanks.

************************
* These are my opinions only.*
************************
From: davel@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Dave Lancaster)
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 17:15:58 GMT
Subject: Re: A/D Converter for HP95?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops

Thanks to those who responded via email.  The project dropped a bit in the
priority que but I should be getting back to it before Christmas.


Dave Lancaster

Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: joe@netcom.com (Joseph Jesson)
Subject: HELP!! HP95lx 123 LOCKUP
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 21:50:18 GMT

 While in Lotus 123, the 95 locked-up and an error message

 'FATAL: Internal Stack Failure.
 Press ENTER to reboot... 

 But, ENTER does not reboot and the machine will not even turn off.

 Any ideas????


 joe

Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: rla@rahul.net (Bob Armstrong)
Subject: Security on palmtops ?
Keywords: security palmtops
Organization: a2i network
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 05:14:33 GMT

  Do any palmtops have a boot password or other data security ?  I'd
like to buy one and keep personal information in it, but I wouldn't
want anybody to be able to pry out its secrets if I leave it lying
around.

  I'm only interested in PC compatible palmtops such as the Zeos, HP95,
Portfolio, etc.

Thanks,
Bob Armstrong
rla@a2i.rahul.net

-- 
Bob Armstrong <rla@rahul.net>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: fuchs@tsar.princeton.edu (Ira H. Fuchs)
Subject: Opinion about "lifetime" of the HP95LX
Originator: news@nimaster
Reply-To: fuchs@tsar.princeton.edu
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 00:41:41 GMT

Anyone care to guess how long before the HP95LX is effectively made  
obsolete by HP or a competitor? THe HP95LX is now about 18 months old.  
Other vendors are working on Palmtops (Apple's Newton, Sony's various  
machines, etc) so it would seem that there will be more competitive  
pressure (granted those machines are quite different in many ways). The  
HP95 is an excellent machine and no doubt took HP engineers a long time to  
develop but would anyone care to hazard a guess as to how long before it  
is no longer one of the leading Palmtop models? If this is not worth any  
(more) net bandwidth and you would like to reply, please do send email. 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
From: m14494@mwvm.mitre.org (Mike White)
Subject: Re: Recommendation for Organizer
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 13:36:37 GMT

George Jacoby writes:
>  I could use some advice on buying an electronic organizer for 
> my wife.

Check out the Sharp Wizard 5200.  I think it will meet her needs
very well.  I've had one for quite a while, and like it a lot.  It
sells retail for around $170, so it may be a bit more than you
want to spend, but it does have a very complete To-Do function;
I haven't seen as good a one on any other organizer; even the 
higher priced Wizard 8000 series lacks it.  Good luck...

************************
* These are my opinions only.*
************************
From: ma690188@mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu (R. Mark Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Model 100 help!
Summary: Anybody know how to use TELCOM on a Model 100
Keywords: model 100
Date: 7 Nov 92 23:53:07 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.palmtops
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
NNTP-Posting-Host: mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu

Hi-  Due to a recent Hamfest, I am the new owner of a Radio Shack
Model 100 portable computer.  I am not sure if this is really a palmtop,
but this group seemed to be the most logical place to post anyway...

What I want to know is if anybody has had any experience using their
Model 100 as a portable terminal.  Since the thing had no manuals
of any sort, I have no idea how to get it to actually _work_.

The built-in applications seem to work fine, as does the BASIC language,
but I cannot seem to get the TELCOM program to work with the RS-232C
port on the back.

If some kind soul/Model 100 guru could tell me how to get the TELCOM
app to work, I would be grateful.

Thanks!


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From: asmith@acorn.co.uk (Andy Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: Electronic Personal Organisers
Date: 5 Nov 92 13:14:37 GMT
Organization: Acorn Computers Limited, Cambridge, UK

black@breeze.rsre.mod.uk (John Black) writes:

>Could anyone who has experience with electronic organisers please E-mail me
>their comments so that I could pass them on (I don't read this group
>regularly)

GET AN HP95LX....

I had used a filofax for years, before having a play with a Psion series 3.
Some of the facilities it offered seemed very useful, such as being able
to sort things, and having a calculator handy. But one thing above all 
else made it worth looking at pocket organisers seriously - the agenda.

After giving back the Psion I got an HP95LX, as I am a long time user of
the HP28 and the 95 is far more powerful than the Psion. It has now
completely replaced my filofax, and is worth its wait in gold...

For example, its fine writing an appointment in your filofax, but unless
you actually keep checking it on a regular basis, you can still forget it.

With the 95 you can set it to beep at you in plenty of time, and then for
that appointment you can have backup notes, spreadsheets, etc.

The only thing I miss from the filofax are the maps.

Andy
From: sandy47@cats.ucsc.edu ()
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: 95buddy 2.3 is GREAT!
Date: 6 Nov 1992 04:30:38 GMT
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: si.ucsc.edu


This is in NO WAY related to a compensated endorsement for a product.

I received my upgrade of 95buddy 2.3e from Jeff Mattox this week and 
it is as significantly different from 1.0 as not having 95buddy in the
first place was to having it!

"_", "\", and ":" are now "double-clicked" keys rather than shifted.

Automatic "goto" function in Filer:  start typing a filename and it
finds it automatically.

Date stamp with one key sequence in many applications.

Find and replace now implemented.

Case change function added to Memo.

Open a file with Filer and hit ENTER to automatically select correct
application to act upon it.

File Open command lists many different standard directories and wild-
card choices including (config.sys).

Automatic shift down one line after TAG in filer.

These are just the very tip-top of the multitude of features in the 
package.

I'm sold!


					Larry

mack@mchome.santa-cruz.ca.us
From: davel@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Dave Lancaster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: A/D Converter for HP95?
Date: 6 Nov 92 22:07:33 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO

Does anyone know of a device to capture analog data and 
feed it to the HP95's serial or IR port?  I have a customer
that would like to replace their present strip chart recorder
with a 95 and capture the data to be used in 1-2-3, etc.

Any ideas out there?


Dave Lancaster
davel@hplvfjls.lvld.hp.com

"Practice random kindness
  and senseless acts of beauty."