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From: schectr@ucunix.san.uc.edu (ROBB SCHECTER)
Subject: Do I need one of these calculators?
Organization: University of Cincinnati
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 02:23:40 GMT

Hello everyone...I thought I might get some informed opinions on
   the plethora of graphing calculatoers out there.  Good experiences?
   Bad?

I am about to buy the -expensive- HP 48sx.  I've got one of HP's older
   RPN models, and I love it.   This is the main reason I think Im
   going to get HP again.  Also I think the HP48s and 48sx are the
   only two RPN ones out there.

Im a Computer Science major picking up math as a double major...is this
   a good investment?  Also - What are the important differences between
   the 48s and 48sx?

	 Thanks for the responses.

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                                                  ^^^^^^^
                 My university cannot spell my name...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
From: rickb@pail.rain.com (Rick Bensene)
Subject: Re: Casio B.O.S.S. SF R-10
Organization: Rick's Home-Grown Un*x
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 03:15:06 GMT

fussy@hairball.Eng.Sun.COM (Tom Fussy - Display Development) writes:


>Can anyone familiar with the Casio BOSS SF R-10 please describe the `Free File'
>function?  The catalogs I have seen are useless for this.  Also, has anyone
>seen them in stores yet?  What price?

They have them here in Portland, OR at 'Incredible Universe' (A Tandy spin-off
electronics/appliance store) for $319.  I bought one 6 days ago,
and busted it yesterday.

Beware - the LCD is very delicate on this unit.  I had a Sharp 64K organizer
for two years, and kept it in my front pants pocket all the time, with
NO problems.  After 5 days with the SF R-10, the LCD shattered when I
hopped into my car a little too aggressively with the unit in my front pocket.
I'm now back to using the old Sharp machine.  I'm going to call
Casio to see if they do anything about it, but I'm not holding
out hope, as their warranty document says that if the LCD panel
is cracked or broken, that they ASSUME it is the result of abuse.
I didn't consider what I did to the unit as abuse.

So, I'm basically convinced that I have a $319 piece of garbage.
While it worked, it was great.  I just don't think they designed the
unit to be something that you can carry with you on your person even
if you exercise reasonable caution with it.

To answer your question about the FREE FILE function, it is essentially a
little file management system.  You can 'name' documents as 'file names',
and put whatever you want inside the file.    It takes the 'MEMO' function
one step further in that you can group common things together
on a file by themselves.  For example, I had a file called "CARS"
that contained all information about my cars...insurance information,
VIN, licence plate numbers, financing information, etc.
I really liked this feature.

Another caveat:  The BOSS-link software does not yet support the
added functions of the SF R-10, including the FREE FILE area, REMINDER 2,
and many of the other funtions that are new and unique to the SF R-10/20
organizers.  So, you CAN'T FULLY BACK THE CONTENT OF THE MACHINE UP TO YOUR
PC!  I managed to download most of the stuff in the broken unit
to the PC, but the data in FREE FILE and REMINDER 2, along with many
'customization' options that are available were lost.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do now...I don't like the Sharp WIZARD
organizers because they are too big and bulky...I can't carry them with
me all the time.  It's now looking like the Casio units are too wimpy
to withstand what I'd consider normal handling.

All I know is that I'm extremely upset at having 'rented' an SF R-10 for
$50+ dollars a day.

Rick Bensene
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Which SuperCalculator to chose?
From: gabe@qed.cts.com (Gabriel Gonzalez)
Date: 9 Oct 92 09:36:13 GMT
Organization: The QED BBS, Lakewood CA

kwon@monet.imada.ou.dk (Joergen Hjort) writes:

> I wander which supercalculator that have the best value/price rate.
> I know that the HP48SX is better than TI85, but the TI85 is cheaper!
> Is the TI85 faster with graphics than HP48SX ??
> 
> And I think there must be other Supercalculators that the two mentioned above
> 
> I hope there is somebody who have some comments and suggestions.

 
In my opinion, you should get the 48sx if you can.  You will always be sure 
to have the most options available, and if there's ANYTHING missing, you can 
get the goodies disks from EDUCALC, and if it is not there, then you can 
program it.  For example:  I miss the old calculator which had a way of 
dealing with fraction w/o having to convert to a decimal and then to 
fractions, so I bought a book and there was a program in there which dealt 
with fractions in such a way (HP48 insights, FRACALC).

The HP48 is excellent and most complete.  WARNING:  RPN and the stack 
concept will most probably be new to you, first question you'll ask is 
""where's the equals key?,"  once you get used to it, you will do things 
better and much faster that conventional calculators.

Take care....Gabe Gonzalez


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gabe@qed.cts.com (Gabriel Gonzalez)  or  qed!gabe
The QED BBS -- (310)420-9327
Organisation: European Space Operation Centre (E.S.O.C)
Date: Friday, 9 Oct 1992 17:12:37 CET
From: <KCHAN@ESOC.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: PSION SERIES3 - problems

Here in the US when I went through the well known problems with the duff
icon key-strip (went through 3 machines before I got my present one which
is the "new" version), all I had to do was to phone up tech support at
PSION-US (who by the way are the best bunch of tech support personnel that
I have dealt with so far), explain the problem (don't even have to plead
dire hardship) and they would issue me with an RMA number. Then I would phone
up the PSION-US order dept, explain to them that I would be returning a
machine with such-and-such RMA number and could they please send me a
replacement machine. The deal is that they get my credit card number but not
charge my account unless they do not receive the duff machine back within
3 weeks. In the meantime, I could continue to use my duff machine until the
new one arrives and I have ample time to send the duff one back before the
3 week deadline expires.

Don't see any reason why they can't do such a thing at PSION-UK but then I
suppose the remote outpost of an empire can afford to be more easy going!

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Xref: sparky comp.sys.handhelds:2246 comp.sys.palmtops:3215
From: anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds,comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: HP95LX C: drive corruption w/ACT! installation
Followup-To: comp.sys.palmtops
Date: 16 Oct 1992 02:46:10 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: inet
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4

In article <bayomi.22@bldghsc.lan1.umanitoba.ca> bayomi@bldghsc.lan1.umanitoba.ca (Dennis Bayomi) writes:
>Dear Fellow 95LX users,
>
>  HELP! I have somehow corrupted my C: drive (internal RAM drive) while 
>performing an automated installation of ACT! version 1.0 for the HP95LX 
>using the COM1 port on an 8088 based PC from Mind Computers.  The 
>installation proceeded without difficulty until the PC indicated the 
>installation was complete. The PC program exited to the DOS prompt but the  
>HP95LX screen remained frozen with the ACT! insignia on the screen.
>
>  I was able to recover use of the 95LX only with a cold restart(CTRL-SHIFT-
>ON and answering No to Initialize RAM Disk?). I am now unable to access the 
>Filer Application with the HP95LX. The 95LX is only able to muster a 
>pathetic "I/O Error Press ESC to Continue" when the Blue Filer Key is 
>pressed. (The ESC key doesn't work here either-some silly iterative loop).
>
>  I was using ACT version 1.0 for the 95LX and an upgraded 95LX (1MB RAM).  
>Has anyone else had this problem? (and more importantly, is it possible to 
>reformat the C: drive without losing any files or least recover these files 
>with losing much data?).
>
>Anxiously awaiting any ideas...Signed  Pankaj Chand

Most HP-95LX traffic is in comp.sys.palmtops, so I'm quoting your
entire article, crossposting and setting followups to c.s.p,.

I don't know why Filer doesn't work, that sounds quite unusual.  It
could be that the filesystem is corrupted so that Filer can't cope with
it.  I would suggest using Memo to create A:\config.sys file and put
this in it exactly: "SHELL=COMMAND /P", then reboot.  If you can't use
Memo either, use another computer to put the config.sys on the card.
When you reboot, the machine should boot to the MS-DOS date prompt.
You should then be able to copy files from C: onto the A: card, run
chkdsk, or bootstrap a file recovery program onto the the A: card from
the serial port.

The advice is free and that's about what it's worth :-).  You might
want to wait for other answers, perhaps someone has already run into
this problem.
--
<-:(= Anthony Stieber	anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu   uwm!uwmcsd4!anthony
From: beard@toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (Patrick C. Beard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: HP95 Programs?
Date: 13 Oct 92 00:29:49 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of California, Davis

I have to say, as an avid Macintosh user, the HP95 is a dream to use.
I'm using it mainly to keep my schedule and phone numbers. I'd looked
longingly at the various Casios, and Sharps, but none of them had
a decent keyboard, or decent software (IMHO, of course). I have a
laptop (Powerbook), but the '95 just goes places I wouldn't take
my PB. HP, you've really done something here. Apple is about to do
something wonderful with the Newton (I hope), but until they do, I'll
be happy with my 95.

I was wondering, what is the best way to develop for the HP95? What is
the graphics model, and what kind of display does software think it has?
I don't have a PC-compatible, so I was thinking of using SoftPC on my
Mac to develop for the 95. Is this absolutely ludicrous?

Thanks.

// Patrick C. Beard
// Department of Computer Science, U. C. Davis
// pcbeard@ucdavis.edu
From: falk@peregrine.Sun.COM (Ed Falk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: HEY HP95LX USERS!
Date: 7 Oct 1992 07:33:11 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: peregrine
Keywords: Where can I get one of those funky serial plugs??!!

In article <Bvq7pL.M4I@voder.nsc.com> miket@voder.nsc.com (Mike Tuason) writes:
>
>	A friend of mine just won one of these toys and he doesn't
>	want to spend the money on a serial connector kit from HP.
>
>	I'm sure someone out there has hacked their own...
>
>	Where did you get the connector?

Got mine at Fry's, from HP.  I think it costs $50 and it's worth
it.  (The connectivity kit is *not* worth it; if you've got kermit
on your PC, you probably don't need the software in the connectivity
kit.)  I believe EduCalc has a cheaper cable.

		-ed falk, sun microsystems
		 sun!falk, falk@sun.com
To be loyal to rags, to shout for rags, to worship rags, to die for rags 
-- that is a loyalty of unreason, it is pure animal (Mark Twain).
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From: rharnwel@axion.bt.co.uk (Richard Harwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds,comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Psion Series 3 - where are dial defaults held ?
Date: 16 Oct 92 10:17:36 GMT
Reply-To: rharnwel@axion.bt.co.uk (Richard Harwell)
Organization: British Telecom Research Labs


Anyone know which file the defaults for Tone Time, Delay Time & Pause Time
are held in ? I have the DTMF proc (written by DWW ?! at Psion) to DTMF
dial from OPL, but whish to ammend it to use my personal defaults. 

Thanks in advance,

Richard
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
From: payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne)
Subject: Re: Help with HP-16C
Keywords: HP, calculator
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 05:22:50 GMT

In article <1992Oct8.030011.22942@netcom.com> stevek@netcom.com (Steve Kile) writes:
>Having just received an HP-16C calculator (without an owners manual) I'd like
>to find some happy HP-16C owner that can give me a few pointers. (Get your
>orders in, I believe EduCalc has a few left.  :-) )
>
>The biggest question I have right now is how do you get it out of decimal,
>hex, octal and binary modes to allow entry of numbers with decimal points?
>My manual is backordered for a few weeks and I can't wait.  Thanks.

Press the shifted FLOAT key, then the number of decimal places you want.
A great deal of the rest can be figured out by trial and error, but your
best bet is to call EDUCALC and buy a photocopy of the manual. Their number
is 800-677-7001. The manual is part number 720.
 
>Steve
>----
>stevek@netcom.com   skile@staff.tc.umn.edu   steve@biomed.vware.mn.org
>

Rich

payner@netcom.com
Organisation: European Space Technology Centre (E.S.T.E.C)
Date: Wednesday, 14 Oct 1992 14:42:56 CET
From: <RATKINS@ESTEC.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject:    Psion 3 listings

Some time ago someone posted details of sources of Psion-3 listings.
Can someone out there remind me from where I can obtain such programs?

Thanks in advance.

Roy.
From: akcs.tsblue@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Thomas Stewart Blue)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Civil Egr & the hp48sx V-8 w/5-speed & p
Keywords: civil engineering hp48sx
Date: 16 Oct 92 18:40:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: hpcvbbs.2adf0062.4914comp.sys.handhelds


I have been using the hp 48sx for about one and on half years now. I am a
student at North Carolina State University majoring in CE (and
Environmental Egr as soon as they get the program passed). This is a
testimonial for anyone in a similar situation and pondering the thought
of purchasing a(n?) hp-48.

                              DO IT.

This has been the most valuable tool I have had in the last year and a
half as an engineering student, period. It has helped in all my classes
and outside of them. Shelling out $254.95 for a handheld calculator is a
large expenditurefor anyone on a college budget. But it pays off in the
long run. I only have one card for the 48sx and it is the equation
library. It tends to slow the 48sx down a bit (which is not blindingly
fast when one is used to certain other calculating devices which perform
only basic arithmatic functions) and cards may not be useful for
everyone. But expandibility is a feature that looks toward future
developments. The units coversion alone is worth the cost, you can
convert acre-in to m^3 with one key stroke. A real time saver when
working hydrology problems on a 50 minute test! Of course the unit
conversion helps in all my classes. The second best feature is the
equation writer. I use this feature whenever I am working with a
spreadsheet and/or really long equations. It allows you to enter
equations the same way you "think" them and displays them graphically
on the 48 screen. You can then see them in the normal ((x^2((y-2))))
format that all spreadsheets demand without searching for entry
mistakes casued by a wayward parentheses. Lastly, the multiple
equation solver that is on the equation library card can be a real help
when solving for a variable using several sets of equations, especially
when they are nonlinear. This all sounds like a commercial, but I don't
work for hp. I just know how tough 18 hours/semester consisting of all
engineering classes can be, and every break helps.

tsblue@eos.ncsu.edu

p.s.- the 48 is cheapest (I think) @ Surveyor's Supply in Apex, NC
& the application cards are cheapest (again, I think) at
Educalc in Laguna Nigel, CA (?)
From: robichau@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov (Paul Robichaux)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: FOR SALE: HP-15C, $60
Date: 7 Oct 92 17:41:15 GMT
Article-I.D.: lambda.1992Oct7.174115.29745
Reply-To: robichau@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov
Organization: New Technology, Inc.

HP-15C, good condition. $60 or best offer. You pay shipping from
Huntsville, AL. Offers to robichau@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov or 205/461-4927.
-- 
Paul Robichaux, KD4JZG              | May explode if disposed of improperly.
Mission Operations Support Systems  | Printed on recycled phosphors.
New Technology, Inc.		    | ** PGP 2.0 key available on request **
From: iservice@sw.stratus.com (Ian Service)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
Subject: Please email me the name of the 68HC11 mailgroup
Date: 13 Oct 92 18:23:14 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.


-- 
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All opinions are my own and do not represent anyone else.
Ian Service				iservice@gourock.sw.stratus.com
Stratus Computer Inc.	        	TEL (508) 460-2352
M/S M3-3-OKI,  55 Fairbanks Boulevard	FAX (508) 624-7488
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
From: tmm@world.std.com (Tom M Moravansky)
Subject: Chuck Adams from SGI, please email
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 10:27:34 GMT

I am trying to get ahold of Chuck Adams who works at the
Southern Education Center for Silicon Graphics in
Dallas Texas.  Please email me. thanks.
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Friday, 16 Oct 1992 10:04:28 CDT
From: <U59919@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
Subject: assembler for coco2

anybody know where I can get an assembler for my old coco2?
I'd like either ROM pack or tape, but I'd take printed source code also.
In exchange I have about 5 or 6 years of rainbow magazine.
plenty of source code.  I'll type some up and send some to whoever sends me
what I want--An assambler for coco2.

Thanx in advance.
Theodore Penn
u59919@uicvm.cc.uic.edu
From: teig@autro1.UUCP (Oyvind Teig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
Subject: A/D and D/A TRAMS
Date: 8 Oct 92 12:54:22 GMT
Reply-To: teig@autro1.UUCP (Oyvind Teig)
Organization: Autronica A/S, Trondheim, Norway


>Sender: sharkey@robots.ox.ac.uk (Paul Sharkey)

writes

>Anyone out there making interface TRAMs (ie not eurocard):
>           --- multi-channel (>=4) D/A ?
>           --- multi-channel (>=4) A/D ?
>           --- encoder (A,B,Index) to link ?
>           --- resolver to link ?

This company makes TRAMS, and they supply them with both
occam and C drivers:

SUNNYSIDE Systems Limited
Rosebank Nursery
Kirkton Campus
Livingstone
EH54 7AN
SCOTLAND
Tel: 0506 460345
Fax: 0506 460314

Oyvind Teig         tel:   + 47 7 581268
AUTRONICA           fax:   + 47 7 919320
7005
Trondheim           email: teig%autro1.uucp@nac.no
Norway

08.10.92
From: sharkey@robots.ox.ac.uk (Paul Sharkey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
Subject: Interface TRAMS
Date: 7 Oct 92 09:13:13 GMT
Organization: Robotics Research Group, Engineering Science Dept, Oxford, UK.
Originator: sharkey@othello.robots


Anyone out there making interface TRAMs (ie not eurocard):
           --- multi-channel (>=4) D/A ?
           --- multi-channel (>=4) A/D ?
           --- encoder (A,B,Index) to link ? 
           --- resolver to link ?

Failing that how about 3U high cards for above ?

Thanks.

Paul.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
From: transptr@cs.uh.edu (Dr. King's Project)
Subject: Threads in 3L C Compiler for T800
Organization: Computer Science dept.,  Univ. of Houston (Main Campus)
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 14:04:25 GMT

We are interested in anyone who is actually using Parallel C from 3L Ltd. on
T800 Transputers .
Our particular problem is with dynamic allocation of threads. It looks like 
that memory allocated for a new thread in never released, even when the
thread (thus the C function) returns. 
Thank you in advance for your help.
			
				Daniele & Blaz
				^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer,comp.parallel
From: tyzec@westminster.ac.uk (Andy Macfarlane)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
Subject: NEW LINE CHARACTER IN OCCAM
Date: 13 Oct 92 09:28:32 GMT
Organization: University of Westminster


I am using a transputer simulator on a Sun Workstation. 

Any ideas of what the new line symbol is eg \n in C. I suspect
it will be in the same for as say spk.ok, but I can't find it 
anywhere

Andrew MacFarlane
University Of Westminster
From: fielding@TC.CORNELL.EDU ("David L. Fielding")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
Subject: Transputer: Research and Applications 6 - CFP Deadline Extended to October 16
Date: 12 Oct 92 01:40:42 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

The deadline for abstracts for NATUG6 has been extended until October 16, 1992.
We would like to encourage those developing C40 hardware and software for
the parallel processing community to submit abstracts. 

Tutorials and demonstrations of C40 systems are currently being planned for NATUG6.


************************************************************************
		Transputer: Research and Applications

                        1993 Spring Meeting

                         Call For Papers


     The 6th meeting of the North American Transputer Users
Group, an annual meeting in the use of transputers and similar 
devices for parallel processing, will be held in Vancouver, 
British Columbia, May 10 and 11, 1993.  

     Contributions are being solicited in the areas of hardware [INMOS
TXXXX, TI CMS320C40, etc.], software, and applications. Presentations 
will be allotted 20 minutes each, with ample additional time for 
questions; this format will allow for approximately 24 talks. 
Additional papers may be presented at poster sessions if there 
is sufficient interest. All accepted papers will appear in 
a published proceedings.

     Abstracts of 1000 - 1500 words must be received by 16 October
1992. Notices of acceptance will be sent out by 16 November 1992, and final
drafts of accepted papers will be due by 1 February 1993.  Authors 
should indicate on the abstract whether they would be willing to present
the paper in a poster session.


Abstracts should be submitted to:

Dr. Alan Wagner 
Dept. of Computer Science 
University of British Columbia
6356 Agricultural Road
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z2
(604) 822-6450
wagner@cs.ubc.ca


Guidelines for authors are available via anonymous ftp from
mandolin.cit.cornell.edu in /pub. The files are NATUGauthors.txt
and NATUGauthors.ps.

E-mail submissions of abstracts in ascii form are preferred.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
From: g89r4281@alpha.ru.ac.za (Pundarik Ranchod)
Subject: Transputer based X server
Summary: Info wanted on Transputer based X Server
Keywords: X server transputer
Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Distribution: 'world'
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 18:15:05 GMT

Hello all,

As I understand it, there is an X server available on transputers but only
under Helios. I am interested in a standalone X server on a transputer. Is
this possible? Is there any work being done on a parallel implementation of
the X server ? 

Any information would be welcome. Books, papers, e-mail addresses and any 
other details on the subject would be appreciated. 
 
Please e-mail directly to g89r4281@alpha.ru.ac.za .

Thanx for your time.

Pundarik. 
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* Dept. of Computer Science       +-------------------------------------+   
* Rhodes University               | All views expressed are my own !    |   
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