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1. PRODUCT FUNCTION 42 LX ZIP Game 42 LX bidding game Intemet Free ADVERT ZIP Text Descriptions of products advertised in this issue NA NA BCC ZIP Utility Battery charging manager HPHAND 11 Free BJ ZIP Game Blackjack for the Palmtop Intemet Free DBV ZIP Application Database viewer HPHAND 11 Free DOMINOES ZIP Game Dominoes Intemet Free ESC COM Application Application for exiting Application Manager HPHAND 11 Free FREECELL ZIP Game Solitaire Intemet Free GOLF ZIP Game Golf for the Palmtop Internet Free HAMRADIO ZIP Miscellaneous files from HAM Radio article ftp see p 32 Free amp Share HP SOK ZIP Game Sokoban game for the Palmtop Intemet Postcard KLONDIKE ZIP Game Another Solitaire game Intemet Free PCREMOTE ZIP Utility Text based remote control HPHAND 9 Free PCX_VIEW ZIP Program Program for PCX graphics viewing HPHAND 11 Free PE ZIP Application PalEdit a multi featured text editor HPHAND 11 Free PTP28 ZIP Text The HP Palmtop Paper July Aug 96 NA NA PTPDSK28 ZIP Database PTP OnDisk Index in GDB format NA NA README ZIP Text Cover letter to the HP Palmtop Paper OnDisk NA NA SLY ZIP Database templates From Pastoral Peace article NA Free TAUCKER ZIP Lotus Spreadsheet for calculating mileage HPHAND 11 Free UCALC ZIP Application Multiple featured calculator HPHAND 11 Share UNZIP EXE Utility Utility to decompress ZIP files HPHAND 1 Free WINFILER ZIP Utility For file transfer between PT and Wind
2. 4 The final way is to load LLRA BAT directly from the AUTOEXEC BAT file Open AUTOEXEC BAT in the Windows 95 s Edit or Notepad applications and add the following lines to the beginning of the file but after the command line referring to MSCDEX EXE ed cpack200 call llra bat cd Save the AUTOEXEC BAT file and restart your computer This procedure is the most automatic of the four described and though it was very reliable on my Toshiba laptop it is not reliable on all PCs It seems that if the PC makes the switch to the Windows 95 protected mode before the HP and the Win95 machine attempt to connect they will fail to connect Establish physical link before starting Windows 95 If the physical link between the Palmtop and PC is not established before starting Win95 the ability to make a link is sporadic at best However if you make the link before starting Win95 you can break the link and reattach reliably as often as you like The drive map pings to the HP Palmtop will dis appear and reappear in My Computer as you disconnect and reconnect the Palmtop So before starting LLRA BAT using any of the above methods you should have the HP 200LX physically attached to the Win95 machine and have LapLink running on the HP You should wait the 3 to 5 seconds for the connection beeps before typing win to start Win95 More Knowledge Products From Thaddeus z The HP Palmtop Paper s CD InfoBase
3. TDMA Time Division Multiple Access One of two digital technologies being tested by cellular service providers as a possible eventual replacement to the current analog system of cellular call transmission in the U S A WWW World Wide Web or simply The Web A part of the Internet which contains multi media documents that have links from one to another making the relationship of information that is common between documents easily accessible and completely independent of physical location The data on the Web usually contains pictures and some times sound and video in addition to text Some wireless services allow you to retrieve the text portion of Web pages DC and San Diego California However unless your mobile mes saging needs are confined within your local area the radio modem services appear to be your only viable alternative for the foresee able future Radio modems I really don t care for the term radio modem To me this seems to imply a modem that you can use the same way you use a regular modem but only wirelessly With 16 THEHPPALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 the exception of the Ricochet modem discussed below this is not the case Radio modems com municate only with their own spe cial services There are two major radio networks in the USA Ardis and RAM Mobile Data While these two systems are not compatible with each other they are very simi lar in function Both allow yo
4. black and white is preferred but color is acceptable Software mentioned and included in past issues of The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK Subscriber s PowerDisk or CompuServe s HPHAND Forum BATT100 ZIP Best Tips 96 Utility Reports status of Palmtop batteries HPHAND 11 Free 55 BUDDY ZIP Best Tips 96 Utility Adds useful features to HP Palmtop HPHAND 11 Share 28 38 43 VA100 ZIP Power Disk 94 95 Application Vertical text reader HPHAND 11 Free ZIP ZIP Best Tips 96 Application File transfer program HPHAND 7 Free 54 Al 1997 7995 soltware contained on The HP Palmtop Paper s CD InfoBase TO ORDER the HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK see order card page 8 56 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 omnes Don t Leave Work Without It RadioMail The better faster cooler way to stay in touch Communicate with almost anyone in the world from your HP Palmtop Simply Effortlessly No matter where you are Turn your HP Palmtop into N Internet messenger Exchang e mail with almost anyone in the wor fax machine Send a fax anywhere in the world a pager on steroids Pages are delivered to your HP Palmtop respond immediately with a message of any length financial manager Check your stocks anytime during the day Set buy and sell prices and more and a newspaper Get the top news and sports of the hour All for less than the cost of paging All for onl
5. is a program that monitors battery usage and includes sophisticated algorithms for each type of battery Battman not only tells you the battery voltage but will shut down your Palmtop if it determines that the battery voltage is too low to safely perform functions such as writing to Flash cards It is this last active feature that earns Battman the loyalty of its users Battman is a small TSR and is commercial soft ware BCC i This PAL applica tion gives you full control when charging batteries in your Palmtop BCC lets you specify how long a time your batteries charge at what volt age the charging should stop and much more Using BCC together with the Palmtop s Appointment Book applica tion you can automatically charge your batteries when necessary without ever hav VOLT LX is a commercial program from DNA Shier systems that monitors the status of non rechargeable batteries See New Prod ucts page 6 for more infor mation Victor Roberts CompuServe ID 70413 1423 Pricing and Contact Information for prod ucts mentioned in this section ABC LX 34 95 Controls and monitors battery charging VOLT LX 9 95 Monitors status of non rechargeable bat teries Contact USA Shier Systems 4 Software 920 Hampshire Road Suite A Westlake Village CA 91361 USA Phone 805 371 9391 Fax 805 371 9454 E mail into shiercom Contact Europe and Asia Aunde Datentechnik Aappen
6. 659 ACESLINK The simplest file transfer program for your 100 200LX v No Palmtop Software to download v Use FILER to view and exchange files with your PC v Connects at speeds up to 115K No installation Can run from a floppy ACE LINK with serial coble C1260 sccccccscssssreeceseesenesese DOP BATTMAIN version 2 0 Battery Management Software for HP 100 200LX v Use NiMH NiCd Alkaline or Lithium batteries in your HP Palmtop v Predictive algorithm prevents loss of your valuable data BATTman 2 0 Battery Management Software 39 BATT man 2 0 with 2 NiMH 1100mAH batteries veveeee DAY BATTman 2 0 with 4 NiMH 1100mAH batteries amp charger 89 NiMH Battery Charger 4 AA capacity sre 89 Two 1100mAH NiMH rechargeable bolferies AA size SS Introducing Palmtop Nation wide Internet ee E mail for your HP gt Palmtop ACE Na a grate New OmniGo 100 HP s first combination Pen and Keyboard Organizer Plus FARS Unlimited access for as low as OmniGo 100 Organizer PIUS 1 seseeeeene aad 19 4 6 R 50 mo nth F1311A PC Connectivity Pack with cable ASEA ECOIN P EILEV ETE ERTILA 99 F1312A Clip and Go 22122 2 A Aaea APA INTA E OAAR EASES ASS AN 65 F1313A Strategy Games TETEA e ee FZ F1314A Replacement Pans 3 packs serere eaae GISCOMINUED Features GEN PENS2 ACE Pen and Stylus reine rah ee ee 1 95 ay GEN PENS2D ACE Del
7. The stories that follow demon strate not only the meaning of the name but the fun and significance of having a computer companion Palmelila By Linda Worthington 74452 105 compuserve com When my husband needs a phone number I say I ll ask Palmella When we need to know our com plicated schedule I say I ll ask Palmella In all things I proudly Palmtops He is also the Technical Suppo Shier Systems amp Software and the President of A W Meshar Associates a company involved in technol assessments He can be reached by phone at 805 371 9391 and e mail at 75561 633 compuserve com Linda Worthington has a chat with Palmella while she Linda sits on a rock in the middle of the Catoctin Mountains of Maryland proclaim Palmella knows all What more can I say These little computers are much more than technology they are to many of us almost personalities a kind of member of the family So how could I call her the LX the 200 that would be like calling my daughter the girl the rr human ABOUT THE AUTHOR Avi Meshar is a principal in D amp A Software Inc a com pany which develops and markets software for the rt Manager at THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 45 Grandpa and Little Computer By Stan Dobrowski 76711 2302 compuserve com I call my 95LX Grandpa because it is getting on in years It is the ancestor to all the other HP
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9. Postius 1081 1500 AB Zaandam HOLLAND Phone 31 75 6 7205 E mail 74064 173 oampusarve com INDONESIA HP Handheld users HP 750 110 48 12 100 200LX in Indonesia contact Dink AL Eversbert ovo F T Austindo Mitratama Mr Elman Sunavio wll Gunung Sahar SBE Jakarta 10610 INDONESIA ITALY 95 100 200LX users in Italy contact Steeno Gigi Via E Tot 13 60123 Ancona ITALY Phone 071 36845 or 071 200916 Fax 071 200916 Intemet ID sgiqli mbox vol it JAPAN HP Palmtop users in Japan contact Geary O P Eschen Ekimae 1 11 10 Konivama Clty Fukushima Prel JAPAN 963 Phone 040 12 08980 Fax 0249 21 4050 Languages German Englis and Jqoaness Kansas USA 95 100 200LX users in Kansas contact Maneita Wilbon AO Box 1751 Manhattan AS 66502 0072 Phone 913 532 9775 Los Angeles CA USA 95LX 100 200LX users in the LA area contact Dave Sher at 805 371 9391 Fax 805 377 9391 E mail david shier com Web site higi sieren for more infomation MEXICO Palmtop users in Mexico contact Jose Patino Ave Trasvina y Aeles 2703 Chihuahua Chih CP 31240 MEXICO Phone 14 26 50 43 Fax 14 81 i 75 intemal patino matlinterred commx OA Francisco Bricio Phone 3 684 1317 CompuServe ID 74174 1442 Minneapolis MN USA HP Palmtop users in the Minneapolis St Paul area contact Bath Silverwater P O Box 27045 Mincepols MN 53427 Phone 612 541 5631 Fave 612 4 1 538 E mail
10. as end of day transfers of data for inventory cash and sales The system is portable and attaches to a thermal printer It interfaces with most DOS Windows Accounting applications Training and customized options are available e e TET EE 2 400 Not including Palmtop and memory card CONTACT Wincorp International Inc 10050 NW 116th Way Suite 11 Medley FL 33178 USA Phone 305 887 4000 Fax 305 887 4400 E mail delapenhas toj com TimeTracker LX TimeTracker LX by D amp A Software addresses the needs of individuals and companies that need to keep track of time to bill clients for work done by time pro ductivity or for people curi ous to know where their time disappeared Time Tracker LX was designed for the HP LX platform and uses the familiar GUI dis play style of the built in applications The program relates individual time records with activitiy types and can use any number of attributes categories allow ing you to slice the data and view it from many per spectives How much time was spent for Client X how much time was spent for Client Y doing activity type Z etc 6 THEHPPALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 The product has two modes The standard mode provides a strong model for time tracking The Ad vanced Mode provides more flexibility for different types of needs Example database templates come with the product and may be used or build onto A built
11. connect fol Phillip has been interested in computers since he purchased his first computer a Commodore Vic 20 He spent his Junior year in High School as a teacher s assistant in his school s first computer class Since then he has used his personal palmtop and amateur radio skills to help others spiritually and otherwise THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 27 ACE lt gt FAX HP 100 200LX Send Receive Fax Software v Send Receive View and Print Faxes on your HP Palmtop s Full installation in less than 200k of disk space v Requires as little as 30KB on C drive for modem card users Auto installation program included ACE lt gt FAX Megahertz XJACK System HP 100 200LX compatible w Pop out telephone connection v No external phone adapters Easiest way to send foxes Direct Serial to Parallel Cable v Connect to any parallel printer DIRECTcable version connects to HP Palmtop Pi with no other cable required w Powered by printer no batteries Plug and play operation gaea yow AGE SFAX for HP 100 200EX ccsceccecsccsssaccepsarnne a Per ACE 14 4K Fax Modem with ACE FAX EAS ea tee 139 XJACK 14 4K 14 4K Fax modem ACE FAX n 0139 ModemSaver Test unknown modem jacks sin 28 CableCard 8ft phone cable in pocket card case rides Serial to Parallel Cable requires HP serial cable 69 Serial to Parallel DIRECTcable no other cable aaa 79
12. down question mark see APPMGR 100 in Compu Serves HPHAND forum library 11 Gilles Kohl TeamHF CompuServe ID 1001 14 3146 Automate importing and graphing with Anytime you want to import text file data into 1 2 3 importing numbers into 1 2 3 from an ASCII file and graph your data you are required to execute a lot of keystrokes for example MENU File Import Numbers enter the name of the file then enter the commands to graph each time you call up a differ ent file There is an easier way using macros To do this we will create a Lotus template that contains a macro we will use each time we want to view our text file created graphs 1 In Lotus 1 2 3 press GoTo type AA500 then press ENTER This will be a safe place to enter our macro if we delete some rows or some columns in the future it shouldn t delete our macro 2 Next give the macro a shortcut key combination by typing z then pressing Range Name Labels Right ENTER This creates a range name for our macro and makes the hot key combina tion any time we want to run our macro we need only key in these key strokes 3 Press to go to cell AB500 and enter the fol lowing lines into cells AB500 through AB502 Home fin rncGraph ggGraph cv Here is an explanation of the lines above Line 1 Goes to the Home cell runs File Import Numbers then waits for you to supply the file name and pres
13. of a variety of subnotebook notebook and other portable DOS based systems including the HP 100 200LX Uses the convenient economical annere accepted meee salsa 231 Charcot Avenue San Jose CA 95131 TEL 408 433 1980 FAX 408 433 1716 Using DOS telecommunication programs over the Nokia phone When you want to use a DOS com munication program on the 700LX to communicate over the phone you can run into a problem Most of these programs do not let you set them up to communicate over the Palmtop s Phone port However there is a way to force the Palmtop to use the Phone port before running the DOS communi cations program Before launching your communications program run the SERCTL command Go to the DOS prompt enter SERCTL P and press ENTER This will set COM1 in the Palmtop to refer to the Phone inter face setting instead of the serial port you will see the phone LED blink Set your DOS communica tion program to use COM at 9600 baud and it should work fine The acCIS CompuServe access program uses a DOS based online port for acCIS contact information see page 44 If you want to use it on the 700LX add the following line to the STARTUP SCR file locat ed in ACCIS ASI d d bin serctl p After you are finished using a DOS communications program on your 700LX do not forget to set up COM1 to refer to the 700LX s serial port Quit the communications pro gram and from the DOS prompt k
14. s ny om A MUST HAVE FOR ALL PALMTOP USERS HP Palmtop The contents of the CD Paper s This PC Windows based CD contains in CD InfoBase searchable hypertext format all 1991 95 HP ll Evans pA e Palmtop Papers detailed product descrip tions from advertisers the HP 200LX User s single place instead of Guide and the HP 100 200LX Developer s having to search through Guide In addition you ll find the over 750 piles of paper K The HP Palmtop Paper s CD InfoBase pieces of freeware and shareware te ni 1991 95 On Disk collection from the Subscriber Power Disks and from the Developer s Guide Thomas Runde HP Palmvp Paper s CD tnieligee file Edn Search Navigete Help INFORMATION WHEN YOU NEED IT 7 PC in your Pocket New HP Palmtop book ideal for users great gift for interested friends The editors of The HP Palmtop Paper have organized some of their best mate rial into a readable practical book about the HP Palmtop The book is filled aF he Hemen Pakard with hundreds of real life examples of the HP Palmtop s features and capabili aa ties Busy professionals describe how they use the HP Palmtop to organize their time information and money to be more effective Order directly from us and we ll include a disk of much of the software mentioned in the book Written both for users and for those considering purchasing HP Palmtop MicroRef Quick Reference Lotus 123 and DOS 5 Guides Get the DOS and Lotus Answer
15. they can only receive messages If you want to reply or originate your own mes sages then you will need to use something else Two way pagers If you like the features of a pager but would also like to reply then the two way pager could be right for you Currently the only nation al two way pager service is offered by Skytel using the Motorola Tango Pager unit You can pur chase a Skytel Palmtop Connect ivity Kit from Skytel that comes with a special cable to connect the pager to the Palmtop The kit also includes System Manager compli ant communications software and a case to hold the Palmtop pager cable and a few small accessories all for less than 50 00 The pager can receive alpha numeric messages of up to 512 characters There are 16 short replies built into the pager which you can send without connecting to the Palmtop They include mes sages such as YES OK NO TRAF FIC DELAY NEED MORE INFO etc Personally I think they could have done a better job of selecting the messages many are redundant and there isn t a THANK YOU reply in the bunch So if you want to respond to that helpful message which is getting you out of a jam with a friendly thanks you will have to connect the pager to the Palmtop and write your reply there When connected to the Palmtop you can generate replies of up to 95 characters Your pager has an Internet address which is the pager s PIN number with skytel
16. 100 200LX users in the San Diego area contact Dan Wiliams at GTS ASA RG of GTI Ser 8168 Emak domwei con for more information San Francisco CA USA Users in the Bay Area of Northem Califomia contact Conrad Gar anal 67164 467 canpusave con TURKEY HP Palmtop users in Turkey contact Atmel G Qzisik Sopak Binasi Suyukoere Cad 38 Mecidiyekoy istanbul 80290 TURKEY Phone 212 275 09 A Aayi SOO Fax 212 211 57 67 E mail ozisika doruk com tr or aozisix eben r Paron vaeri dali dha ala Odessa Kiev Crimea regions contact Linetsivy V Oleg 1 Vanarovsky Sousk Nikolaev 327018 UKRAINE Phone 051 36 79 51 36 79 19 Fax 051 24 41 25 UNITED KINGDOM HP Palmiop users in tha United Kingdom contact ienas A Brown MBA Group 33 Albury Avenue iewat Miblesex TW7 5H UK Phone OB T BA7S77 Fae 0181 68242 or Flamborough Hampshire GUITd ZAJ UK wmier iacuk THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 to all open permits and inspection history as well as allowing him her to record the new inspections PROMI ETE EN PETE 1 500 Including HP 200LX software 4MB flash card and more CONTACT CAW Associates 14980 Via Tazon Suite 320 San Diego CA 92127 USA Phone 619 451 3030 Fax 619 451 3870 Photographer s DataGuide Photographer s DataGuide replaces information provid ed by a number of technical publications and tables Available in 100 200LX for mat DataGuide provides calculation functions
17. 4MB to 80MB using pre loaded Stacker data compression v Lifetime warranty 89 00 129 00 179 00 279 00 349 00 549 00 1199 00 To Order Call 1 800 272 6242 1850 Beverly Blvd Los Angeles CA 90057 USA Tel 213 413 9999 Fax 213 413 0828 e mail magicram pacificnet net Internet http www magicram com MagicRAM is a trademark of MagicRAM Inc Stacker is a trademark of Stac Electronics Inc 2MB Flash Card 4MB Flash Card 8MB Flash Card 16MB Flash Card 20MB Flash Card 40MB Flash Card 80MB Flash Card up to 2MB up to 4MB up to SMB up to 16MB up to 20MB up to 40MB up to SOMB erage See the review of the Wynd AllPoints combination on page 19 of this issue This solution is said to include 90 of the U S population and prices are coming down Unfortunately we are based in a small rural town in the central part of the U S This means that Wynd and other coverage is unavailable to us That means we need to depend on you our reader to report back on what you like Distributor and Dealer Inquiries Welcome THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 11 IRELESS COMMUNICATIONS ON YOUR HP PALMTOP Wireless Communications with the HP Palmtop It s getting so easy to send and receive e mail on your Palmtop you no longer need to be close to a phone By David Shier to call for a tow truck when my Skytel 2 way pager started to buzz Tom Rundel and I were returning to Southern Californi
18. PDB file into the Palmtop s Database program and modify it to resemble this one 38 THEHPPALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 The PhoneBook database was handy but limited in its fields I found a new template called Newphone2 on one of the on line services which saved me the trouble of custom modification Newphone2 has many additional fields which I found very helpful including e mail address pager number and voice mail address I ve added my own category list including America Online contacts church contacts and several others From Scan Cards to NoteTaker The greatest surprise came in the application called NoteTaker Not heavily heralded it doesn t even have its own blue key this appli cation has become one of my most important components In pre Palmtop days I was frustrated with inefficient methods for tracking tasks and delegating Special Offer Flash Card amp PC Drive Combo 5MB ATA Flash and Drive 299 00 10MB ATA Flash and Drive 5435 00 20MB ATA Flash and Drive 695 00 PC Card SMB Card AIOne 0000000000 5 209 00 10MB Card Alone 00 0000 5405 00 20MB Card Alone 0 5675 00 Memory Cards IMB SRAM cscscececsceeeserseveseeese9 129 00 2MB SRAM cssscssecssnssseseeseonese9 199 00 130MB Hardrive Omnibook 299 00 170MB Hardrive Omnibook 399 00 ENVOY DATA CORPORATION 953 E Juanita Ave Suite A Mesa Arizona 85204 Tel 602 892 0954 F
19. Palmtop products and I don t think I will ever part with it because it is near and dear to my heart Even though there are several newer and faster models out now I will always look up to old Grandpa My children ages 4 1 2 ad 7 call the 200LX Little Computer I keep a couple of game programs on the 200LX to occupy the kids when things get dull like during a long drive in the car The children will ask me Dad do you have any games on your little comput er Ecosse By Gary Spiers 74603 3001 compuserve com Ecosse is the French word for Scotland I am an Englishman living in Huntsville Alabama Before work brought me here I spent five years living in Edinburgh the Scottish capital and greatly enjoyed the natural beauty of the land The weather is very mixed an under statement and creates interesting interplay of light shade storm and sun etc with very rich but muted colors The rugged nature of the land bred a fiercely independent nation even now Scotland main tains a separate legal system from the rest of the UK which has a strong sense and perspective of its place and contributions to history My Palmtop was named after Ecosse not only because of my love for the land and its people but also because the independence from the desktop that it gives me symbolizes the independence of the Scottish spirit My Brain 2 By Avi Meshar 75561 633 compuserve com My Brain 2 came about in the afte
20. Pentax Pocketlet Printer with DIRECTcable 006 429 Pentax PocketJet DIRECTcable for HP Palmtop 000 935 Custom Black Nylon case 0 ccccsssessrseeeecsereeseeseesesreees 19 Custom Black Leather case ShOWN s ss ssse sag eereerene Pod Deluxe Black Leather case shown suai y Executive Black Leather Portfolio gat N ET Mini Executive Black Leather Porflalio eea SE La i 200LX Systems with DoubleFlash Plus Available only from ACE this complete package contains everything thai you will need to siart enjoying tne full benefits of the HP 200LX v ACE LINK file transfer software with HP PC serial cable DoubleFlash Plus hi performance storage card v BATTman 2 0 Two 1100mAH high capacity NiMH batteries AppMAN gives you complete control of DOS applications HP world wide universal AC adapter ence 200LX 1MB Systems with DoubleFlash Plus 9 M up to GMB occ eee ee 5 PaA aU Roses 7am aoa 769 TOM CIO LOMBI co 1A en eee EE DEARA A S 838 SUNOS UAB eset seeh crt neha pene A te Dee ait aoa eS ee 958 AOM Ga TOM OMB ae anaana aha ceca tec ae m irean 1 198 SOM up to BOMB 05 a RA A Ae Ace 1 658 HP 200LX Basic Systems INEU ADEMANI 4 ae T ATENTE eee T 499 1MB with ACE LINK PC Serial cable andAppMon 519 2MB with APPMANI i cai i bees Gt Wo eben 639 2MB with ACE LINK PC Serial cable and AppMan
21. ccccseeceeeneceeuueranes 800 597 6245 dept NT3 inside back cover or Tiffany Lisk at phone 515 472 1660 or Shier Systems CompuServe Access Software other Palmtop accessories 805 371 9991 Fax 805 371 9454 800 809 5603 Fax 515 472 8409 Steele Creek Technologies Cardlink Drives c0eee0eeeeeeceeeeeaees r PEN Phone Fax 704 588 1780 40 Thaddeus Computing Subscriptions HP Palmtop Paper HP Palmtop Paper ONDISK Technical Support HP OmniGo Word os cos oe oi es ter tesan speedo arpas 800 373 6114 or 515 472 6330 Fax 515 472 1879 8 Knowledge products HP Palmtop Tech Ref Manual Lotus DOS Reference Books HP PTP s CD InfoBase 49 ni _ ft Times Tech HP 200LX 5MB RAM Upgrade ccccccceeecucceevuucvereneeeers Phone Fax 205 620 1408 15 HP Technical Support HP offers these TransDigital Parallel Port Adaptet 00 s1 0 u Set Phone 510 745 9777 Fax 510 745 9937 25 options O FREE TECHNICAL SUPPORT 8 00am 5 00pm P S T Phone 541 757 2004 Fax 541 715 5488 Or write HP Mobile Computing Customer Support at 1000 N E Circle Blvd Corvallis OR 97330 USA O FREE AUTOMATED SUPPORT offered 24 hours a day seven days a week hry 800 443 1254 No operator is avail able Shareware and Freeware Index July August 1996 Software on The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK or CompuServe CIS FORUM LIBRARY TYPE 2 gt G m
22. field and use the Palmtop s Copy and Paste features to copy the answer to a Memo document They might also create a system macro that automates the process APPLY BOILERPLATING TO OTHER USES Any expert consultant can receive hundreds of requests for informa tion Stock answers kept on the Palmtop as boilerplate save time and let a consultant answer more requests for information A real estate investor or agent writing a contract can pull out a database of standard clauses for modifying a contract A professor with 100 s of essays to read and give feedback on can store an assort ment of often used comments and cut them into his or her written feedback quickly and easily The concept of boilerplating can be used with spreadsheet templates or database files as well as text doc uments In any case the trick is to identify blocks of text formulas and formats that you use over and over again and save them as a boiler plate for future use Keep your Palmtop desk clean As barnacles grow ona boat so stuff aggregates about our offices and on our Palmtops In the physical and electronic world clutter ham pers our effectiveness and our ful fillment The solution is to regularly clean up throw out and organize Experts 2 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 advise that you schedule a filing ses sion once a week to deal with piles of paper and unwanted ma
23. minus the down payment loan amount then press to enter the total loan amount of 19 000 into the Present value field d The future value of the loan will be 0 since you will be paying it off com Calculator Number of periods 0020068 Annual interest 00 cen aoe D5 Present v aluG sssassrssssasraa Future value esse eee ee ea awe Payments per vear 2 2 282208 Begin End wode 62se2s808 PeP AYR OM I4YR PU pletely in the 48 month duration of the loan so leave it at 0 e Payments per year should be set at 12 one payment per month f B E Beginning End should typically be set at End as most mortgages and real estate contracts are paid at the end of each month the opposite of paying rent which is usually at the beginning of the month Finally press F9 to find your payments per month You should have the negative amount 468 32 or a monthly payment of 468 32 You can also work the equation using other variables For example if you want to see how low your payment would be if you extended the loan to 30 years simply enter the amount of months 360 use the ArrowKeys to highlight the Number of Periods field and press ENTER In this case your pay ments would go down to 146 09 When you need to manually save your data Data entered into most of the built in Palmtop applications Appointment Book PhoneBook Database Note Taker etc is saved when you p
24. mons and other writing projects and to keep track of thoughts and tat abase DEMO GOH Ba Introduction ideas I pick up at conferences One handy use of this application is my grasscatcher file where I record old or low priority thoughts ToDos missed phone calls desired meetings etc Going to this files reminds me of things I may still need to get done Continued blessings from the Palmtop When I purchased the HP Palmtop my friend included an HP Connectivity Pack for my PC The ability to transfer information has been invaluable as letters and other materials written on the fly can be imported to a word process ing system for formatting and printing While the DOS based software is somewhat archaic in the world of Windows 3 X and 95 it works quite well The Database application works well for storing a detailed list of my sermons and other infor mation For my sermon database I created separate fields for title topic bible reference type of ser mon an outline of what I plan to say and location where I will deliver it Of course Memo has become a valuable tool for a variety of tasks such as writing sermons letters and articles including this manu script crafted in the cramped quar ters of an airliner s coach section Lotus 1 2 3 and some of the other programs remained inviting yet untried areas of my newly acquired palmtop Data a Tupe ckoround on Laodicea The Church T
25. need to backup the TSLINI file before you edit it there is a safe copy in read only memory on your D drive To just map the C drive add or edit this line from the second section of TSLINI ReDirector on the HP to say the following 50 THEHPPALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 Private ABDE To map the HP s A and C drive Private BDE I never map the A drive however if I need to back up a memory card or need the data from it I ll just put it in my Toshiba notebook That cuts down on the number of drives being mapped However it might also help to specify as what drive letter we want it to map to I map the HP 200LX to drive H on my Toshiba since it s easy to remember and it s the only drive letter none of the five or six net works I plug into use To map the HP 200 to a specific drive letter add the following lines to the TSI INI file in the CPACK200 directory on the Windows 95 machine These lines must be LAST in the file Mappings HP200 0000000C0000000000000000 00 000 The name HP200 must match exactly the name that the HP 200LX uses this can be set on the 200LX under LapLink settings The default however appears to be HP200 The drive mapping line you will notice has twenty six places followed by a space and three more digits I have no idea what the last three digits do but the first twenty six represent A through Z Just edit that line to put the HP 200LX drive to map in this case C in the or
26. on page 22 of this issue No Roaming Charges Unlike cellular the radio service has no roaming restrictions With ABOUT THE AUTHOR AllPoints Wireless Type II PC Card cellular service the more expensive roaming charges accumulate as soon as you move out of your des ignated home area The RAM Mobile Data Wireless network has no additional charges associated with when and where you connect Whether you are on the bus going to work or sitting in a meeting you have access to your e mail The RAM network covers 92 of the population of the United States and includes all the major metropolitan areas Pull out your HP Palmtop and get your e mail in Minneapolis on Monday in Dallas on Wed nesday and fax a friend from Philadelphia on Friday Mike Fine is a technology junkie In his position as Beta Test Supervisor for US Robotics Megahertz Mike has had the opportunity to explore exciting new developments in the mobile and wireless arenas In addition he has been a technical writer for lomega Corporation and sold shoes for Nordstrom Currently he is nursing an addiction to the X Files and Newcastle Brown Ale Mike s e mail address is mfine axxis com THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 19 WIRELESS AllPoints The AllPoints lightweight portable PCMCIA Type II design fits conveniently into the HP Palmtop s PC Card slot Its small 2 inch retractable gold antenna can be fully extended to 6 inches
27. opportu nity you have to re boot the sys tem and try again If you press within the two seconds a menu will appear that allows you to select Command Prompt Only Select this option and the DOS prompt appears on your screen Load LLRA BAT by typing c cpack200 llra and pressing ENTER change the path in this com mand if you have moved LLRA BAT to another drive or directory Then start Windows 95 by typing win and pressing ENTER 2 Another way to go directly to the DOS prompt when you turn on your PC is to modify the MSDOS SYS file This file holds information on the configuration of the system First make a backup copy of your current MSDOS SY5 in case you mess up and want to restore your system to the way it was Then open MSDOS SYS in the Windows 95 s Edit or Notepad applications Find the line BootGUI 1 and change the line to BootGUI 0 Save the file and restart your PC This causes your machine to boot directly to the DOS prompt when you turn it on without start ing Windows 95 After you have loaded LLRH BAT you can start Win95 by typing win and pressing ENTER 3 Another easy way is to select the Windows 95 Shutdown Win dows option From the menu select Restart in MS DOS Mode Load LLRA BAT then return to Win95 by typing win at the DOS prompt This method is probably 48 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 the best for those who may just use LapLink sporadically
28. own e mail address Only 9 mo flat unlimited usage Handles binary file attachments Call or E mail for Free Trial 408 450 3467 I figured this out through a combination of trial and error Microsoft tech support and a cou ple of ideas I received on Compu Serve s HP Handheld forum I would like to share these ideas and get input back from those that find other ways of doing this Getting LapLink Remote Access to load and run under Windows 95 First you need to install the Connectivity Pack software onto a Win95 machine This creates an Icon in Windows for LapLink Remote Access But if you click on the icon you get an error message along the lines of insufficient resources to load LapLink Remote Access The solution is to set up your PC so that it loads LapLink from DOS before it loads Windows 95 To do this you need to use a batch file named LLRA BAT found in the CPACK200 directory of your desktop PC after you install the Connectivity Pack You must run this batch file from the DOS prompt before you load Win95 Otherwise it will not work There are four ways to do this 1 Probably the simplest way to run this batch file is to press as soon as you see the Starting Windows 95 banner during boot up after you turn on your PC This aborts the loading of Windows 95 and takes you directly to the DOS prompt You have about two seconds to press before Win95 loads If you miss this two second
29. special pricing d from M or visit our Web site at http www dataviz com Aub prodori names are bredermors pe mmpji eprd irait al hrir et jicir balder yes kga ria mgs 4 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 Sere F ee LA PETUA kitini agimat ol Ajg Cbom Ire Unfreezing the Palmtop Recently my Palmtop froze up on a Friday evening of course and I was able to access the information on how to reset it CTRO SHIFT ON from a recent HP Palmtop Paper I felt extreme ly thankful as I would other wise have had to wait until the following Monday to talk to HP s technical folks to resolve the situation Anonymous phone caller Chess for the HP 200LX If you do not mind spending the money Fritz 2 0 is a very good chess program that works on the HP 200LX It Supports all HP Palmtops sors like Word or 55 Gorporaia One Trumbull CT 06611 includes some great fea tures including game analy sis game databases solve for mate set up positions etc It plays a pretty decent game probably rates around 2000 It definitely beats me on a regular basis but that s not saying much I like to use it to follow games out of the newspaper or work out chess problems It s available from Chess base USE for 49 95 phone 800 524 3527 or 301 733 7541 Fax 301 797 6269 I definitely feel like I have gotten my money s worth Fred Rice Chi 76274 1236 compuserve com Palmtops a
30. terms you may come across as you read and learn about wireless communications Baud A measure of the speed at which a modem com municates Although there are some subtle differences gen erally baud and bps are now used interchangeably The term Baud is actually obsoleted by bps bps bits per second The number of bits ones and zeros transmitted per second which can generally be divid ed by ten to get the character transmission rate That is 9 600bps means about 960 bytes or characters per second CDMA Code Division Multiple Access One of two digital technologies being tested by cellular service providers as a possible eventual replacement to the current analog system of cellular call transmission Digital technol ogy allows data to be transmitted in bursts intermixed with voice calls However digital cellular services require spe cial hardware phones and or modems for data connec tions See also GSM and TDMA CDPD Cellular Digital Packet Data A method of trans mitting short bursts of data in between voice calls on the analog cellular network Developed by a consortium of cel lular carriers CDPD is commercially available in only a few areas in the U S A CDPD requires special radio modems and software E mail Electronic Mail is the method of sending infor mation electronically as opposed to using pen paper and stamps Wireless systems allow you to receive and in most cases send e mail t
31. the exact syntax type in DATE press Help and the following help message is displayed DATE year month day calculates a date number for year month and day 3 Sort Order O Katioen First ASCII Q The macro commands BIGLEFT BIGRIGHT PGUP and PGDN will operate differently depending on whether your Palmtop is displaying 6 columns x 13 rows or 8 columns x 20 rows to change the size MeL your dis play press Fn Spacebe In other words i you are in 20 rows x 8 columns the PGDN or Page Down command will go down 20 rows if you are in 13 row x 6 col umn mode the PGDN will page down 13 rows If these macro com mands are used and the zoom fea ture has been changed this can cause big problems So be careful 0 There is no 123 EXE file so you can not start 1 2 3 from DOS To save memory the default status for the Undo feature is off disabled Select Worksheet Global Default Other Undo Enable to turn Undo on Add ins must be run from RAM To auto work an add in must fit in RAM must work with any size screen in MDA or CGA mode and must have been developed using the Add in Toolkit specifications from Lotus LJ The collating sequence for 1 2 3 can be set only in the Setup utility see screen below CONFIGURATION SETTINGS 1 2 3 can specify many configuration settings press Worksheet Global Default The Palmtop s Setup utility amp Setup Options 1 2 3 al
32. the orga nization to the benefit of society The HP Paltmop Paper is the users Next time you have a good idea about something jot it down and send it in to us Ideas could include in the world Q How to do something better on the Palmtop Q A challenge you overcame using the Palmtop J A product you ve discovered that makes the Palmtop even better 1 Some wonderful bit of personal wisdom that you can use the Palmtop to actualize business Good ideas are This approach can and should be whether he will or not he backs it up to a floppy disk and removes it from the Palmtop Rich advises that you be careful product of this process The editors do very little writing but a lot of editing to bring you the best of the experts Articles and tips come from members of CompuServe s HP used in other areas of life It s the small good contributions that add up over the long haul making life better for you your family friends and the world when you delete application files Your Palmtop Access to the World Now you can have the world of electronic communi cations in the palm of your hand with acCIS and CompuServe acCIS automatically uploads and downloads messages quickly You can read and write messages off line saving on connect charges and phone bills acCIS is the only CompuServe access program that is designed specifically for your HP Palmtop com puter By using acCIS to join th
33. to purchase or lease and the month ly service charges are typically as low as 20 for local service and less than 100 for national service com plete with news sports and stock portfolio messaging Pagers have other advantages ABOUT THE AUTHOR David Shier is a former software engineer and market He is 5 a ees pad cera Futura 30 39 95 Futura 50 44 95 sibs with this zippered case This practical and smoll case When your hands need to be free and canny ny tin your sult pocket is ideal for your palmtop use this case on your belt or 65 3 75 1 25 8 00 x 425 k X50 shoulder strap 16 5 9 5 3 2cms Dimensions F20 7 5 x 3 7 KPAX F25 6 5 re 14 5 x 10 x P 3 5 cms x Va 524 5 x cms Futura 55 52 95 The Most C fete Executive Solution and has a hand strap that can be fuck away when nol needed Dimensione Futura 85 7 88 X 4 25 X 180 20 0 10 6 X 3 8 ema 2 AA Batteries F Fits HP Pamhop iah Rora bapeiialeg j TrA Coe Pans gs Agara 70 Futura 100 64 95 Protect i with this small Dimensions 7 75 KAE K 178 Ideal for rai att Also fits yr poneo k MTK NAKAA cms ee Pon AIS XAS aoro Bx 6 x 2 60 00 oe 20 3 x 15 2 x 5 1 ems Futura 60 54 95 1 800 896 CASE 2273 916 344 5047 REEL 916 782 9306 i in Europe 49 7457 7773 voice amp fax In Germany 07457 7773 voice amp fax ALL PRICES PLUS SHIPPING AND HANDLING FOR CALIFORNIA
34. to provide a useful quality product or service while making a profit as soon as possible There is not much room for expensive mistakes or testing We have to do whatever we do right the first time or at least the second time You our HP Palmtop Paper cus tomer tend to be on the leading technical edge which means it is likely that you spend some time on the Net Our challenge is to design a web site that you find useful that you want to come back to and that pays for itself That means our site probably needs to provide a combi nation of Palmtop knowledge information about Palmtop prod ucts Palmtop freeware and share ware and links to other Palmtop sites At the same time it must have a strong interactive marketing ele ment to it to sell our products and services such as Our magazine our disks our CD and our book Creating a web site has finally moved to the top of my list We should have something up by the end of the year Your input feed back and help will be most wel come We certainly live in exciting and changing times The MagicRAM Flash Storage Solution Y Low cost high capacity storage Y No batteries required v Super low power usage for longer palmtop battery life Y 50 less power draining than ATA Flash Cards Y High performance solid state technology Faster than ATA Flash Cards Y Write protect switch W Withstands 1000G of shock Y Rugged stainless steel covers for maximum protection
35. was set up on the Palmtops and four members of my team trudged along some 3440 km of channels and 2000 km of drains log The complete solution for exchanging files between a Palmtop anda Mac ging physical features and assessing the condition rating of the channels drains and associated structures This informa tion was subsequently automatically loaded into a computerized Asset Man agement System Generally the Palmtops behaved very well under the exposed conditions How ever one mishap did occur when one of the team mem bers forgot to be a good soldier and took his Palmtop with him when he fell into a drain I must say that I didn t exclaim gee golly gosh when I found out that he had lost some five days of data Victor Zurawski Executive Engineer Distribution Assets Group Goulburn Murray Water Everything s Included Just connect and let MacLinkPlus do the rest Backup your HP on your Mac With just a click of the mouse all your HP files are stored on your Mac Don t retype all those names MacLinkPlus can move all of your contact information from applications like TouchBase or ACT right to your Palmtop and back No excuses for missed appointments _ Convert your Mac files like Now Up to Date or DateBook Pro into the HP Appointment Book Now all of your appointments will be with you at all times el lt z GE A a s Call 800 406 6504 or 203 268 0030 for
36. when a larger message is waiting on my desktop This is enough to remind me that I have work to do back at my desk This current system works well letting me access e mail no matter where I may travel in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as most major cities in the U S Wireless limitations not so limited after all My wireless system only provides e mail access but quite a bit of information on the Internet can be accessed via e mail List servers and automated response systems can provide quick and easy access to a lot of text information In addi tion to the nightly transmissions of stock information sometimes ose was Printing Print anywhere with your palmtop These plain Paper printers have great resolution 360 dpi and allow you to print last minute life saving charts and graphs in color Designed for today s professionals on the go these small 10 x2 1 85 featherweight 1 1 Ib por tables fit in your briefcase and deliver laser quality printing 2 pp per min on transparen cies cut sheet or letterhead The economical PN50 gives you approximately 30 text pages on black cartridge requires serial parallel convert er with HP serial cable The versatile PN60 model gives you a color option as well print 3 5 pages using color cartridge PN50 PN50 Printer 9249 95 PN60 PN6O Printer 349 95 3289 NiCad Battery ccccsceese 78 95 3
37. you to back up Klondike solitaire KLONDIKE ZIP is the card game that most folks refer to as simply solitaire New to this version are Backup using the back space key up to 200 moves Smart auto play to the foundations Update HP Handheld 96 Conference amp Show August 24 amp 25 1996 Door prizes will be given away at the annual HP Handheld 96 Conference and Show held this year on August 24 amp 25 at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel located walking distance from Disney land in Anaheim California U S A The conference will include presentations and discussions on the HP Palmtops OmniGo organizer and HP calculators Presentations and discussions will cover general user topics hardware and programming issues and include a round table discussion with HP personnel A vendor show will display hand held related products The keynote speaker will be Kheng Joo Khaw General Manager of HP s Asia Pacific Personal Computer Division the division responsible for designing manufacturing and marketing all HP handheld products from high end calculators to HP Palmtops and OmniGo organizers Saturday night s conference highlights will include a recep tion with HP personnel Registration prices Advanced 99 At the door 150 Reaistratior tact Shier Systems amp Software 920 Hampshire Road Suite A29 Westlake Village CA 91361 U S A Phone 805 371 9391 Fax 805 371 94
38. your chest a subtle beep indicates that you may speak You announce the time and place of the meeting and the individuals involved As you walk to the turbo lift that will take you to the meeting room multiple responses of Yes Captain come from the Com badge s tiny speaker indicating that all are on their way O K so our technology has not quite reached the point of the technology displayed in the popu lar Star Trek science fiction series set 500 years in the future But the way technology is advancing we ll be there a lot sooner than 500 years from now One of the products that turns your HP Palmtop into a slightly larger communications device with the capabilities of the Star Trek Com badge is the Megahertz AllPoints Wireless PC Card You ll also need a messaging service and can use either the RadioMail wire less messaging service or Wynd Communications WyndMail with the AllPoints Palmtop combo With these combos you can send and receive e mail send faxes and people can send you mes sages through a dispatch service The AllPoints is a Type II PC Card built to operate on the RAM Mobile Data Wireless Network RAM s service is based on the Mobitex technology which was ini tially developed by the Ericsson company This technology uses a network of radio towers around the country Editor s note For more on the AllPoints Wynd combination see the article AllPoints Card WyndMail Service
39. 0100 Fox 408 734 3344 Magnify C1240 for HP 100 200LX scesssssesssseesssesse 19 a di complete ae Website hip Marw ace tech com Te a R e a ee a aa PPS te is oh ee oO Se 2 eee eee eee a eS Pati Mind sink _ D Te ha rhi di MEss DE A Ea FAY koda a ime T a ACE Tee ia LI a woken of ankan aoaaa 10000 E Cai TEE sianaka ak tinsi oid ne a a radiani ol See ARRE EARS 4 BA afl nA WAAHI Ai BERE LANG PAGET Y TOR E re OT ME ee a ee ee ea S Sa a ea Ai a oe T INU OL uati Palmtop software for your PC CONNECTIVITY Transfer files effortlessly between your HP 100LX or 200LX and any DOS based PC e Run on your PC HP 100 200LX Phone Appointment Database NoteTaker and HP Calc software e Synchronize and merge Quicken phone appointment and database files between your Palmtop and PC e Export and import HP100 200LX phone appointment database and f i notetaker data to and from other PC Pd feas applications using comma delimited lata i format Y cable HP F1021B Connectivity Pack English manual Multi lingual software U S List Price Connectivity cable ConnectorsS 0000000 119 95 HP F1015A DOS connectivity cable P24 OB HP F1023A Connectors for PC Modem Printer 24 95 HP F1016A Mac connectivity cable P2495 a dealer list by calling 800 443 1254 See your local HP Palmtop dealer or contact one of the HP Palmtop
40. 290 Car Adapter ssssssssssssssssssss 044 95 3061 Palmtop Cable 34 95 GA935 S P Converter NNE FTE 3292 2 black ink Saraga 90 95 3293 2 color ink Cartridges St 3 95 send a request via e mail to ser vice quote com I enter the word quote on the subject line of the message along with the ticker symbol for a specific stock In a few seconds I receive the current trad ing price for the stock stock price delayed 15 minutes In addition to the interactive response mode described in the stock price example in the previous paragraph I put myself on lists which keep me informed about various items One such list The Top Five List which can actually contain much more than five sends me a dose of humor each day To subscribe send e mail to tops walrus com with SUBCRIBE as the subject line To unsubscribe you send UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject Subscribe to a list service and you ll automatically receive e mail on the service s topic in the above example humor Keep in mind that wireless communication is more expensive than communi cations over phone lines Along with monthly base charges there are per message or character charges for all transmissions You may want to keep your monthly service costs down by having list services send their messages to your desktop computer Another wireless approach shows promise The wireless communications I ve describe
41. 469 Jackson MS 39225 2469 USA Phone 800 395 5260 Fax 607 944 1900 WW W Aftp www skylelcom Ardis Radio Network CONTACT ARDIS 300 Knightsbridge Parkway Lincolnshire IL 60060 USA Phone 800 494 1728 or 847 913 1215 Fax 847 913 4700 RAM Mobile Data See Products Mentioned section in article The AllPoints Wireless PC Card and RadiaMail Serice page 19 RadioMail Varies CONTACT AadioMail 2600 Campus Dr Suite 175 San Mateo CA 94403 USA Phone 800 597 6245 Dept NT3 Fax 475 286 7805 E mail info radiomail net WAW W Mito www radio mainet Motorola Personal Messenger 100D 499 CONTACT Coniact your local Motorola reseller AllPoints Wireless Modem See Products Mentioned section in article The AllPoints Wireless PC Card and RadioMail Service page 19 Ricochet Wireless Modem Varies CONTACT Metricom 980 University Ave Los Galos CA 95030 USA Phone 888 4NO WIFES 888 466 9473 Fax 408 354 5147 WWW Attp www ricochet net IRELESS COMMUNICATIONS ON YOUR HP PALMTOP The AllPoints Wireless PC Card and RadioMail Service The AllPoints wireless PC Card and RadioMail service get your message across Wirelessly By Mike Fine ou re sitting in the Captain s V ai on the bridge of Star Trek s Starship Enterprise and realize that you need to have an immediate meeting with your senior officers You tap the small Communications badge on
42. 51 S Higuera Bldg 800 San Luis Obispo CA 93401 USA Phone 800 549 9800 or 805 781 6000 Fax 805 781 6001 Web http www wynd net wynd Communicating Wirelessly with the HP 200LX There are a number of wireless services that work with the Palmtop how do you know which one is right for you By F P Nagle ver since first had the HP Hex I ve looked for the perfect communications system The 95LX provided me with the ability to use an external modem to connect to a phone jack and communicate with the com puter systems at work and with CompuServe It also gave me some Internet e mail capabilities This was a big step up from having to use a desktop or a luggable com puter for these functions but the Palmtop s serial port was not 100 compatible with a standard serial port and the Palmtop could not connect with all modems The HP 100LX and 200LX improved on the communications ability of the Palmtop and came with a more standard serial port that worked with a wider range of external modems In addition the 100 200LX came with a more stan dard PC card slot that could accept a wide range of PC Card modems It became easier to use faster more portable modems with the HP Palmtop but you still had to physi cally connect up to a phone line Wireless communications and the HP Palmtop During the past year and a half I ve been beta testing wireless com munications software w
43. 54 Internet 75030 3374 compuserve com WEB Site Up to date conference information will be main tained on the web page at http www shier com hhc96 Program information Contact Aftn Richard Nelson EduCALC 27953 Cabot Road Laguna Niguel CA 92677 USA Phone 714 582 2637 ext 106 Move partial stacks of cards if you like Golf GOLF ZIP ver sion 1 6 lets you draw cards graphically and play by hit ting the Function key that aligns with the card you want to play New to this version is faster card draw ing as well as some other minor improvements 42 LX 42 LX ZIP is a bidding type game similar to bridge pinochle and spades except that 42 LX ZIP is played with domi noes You bid on how many points you think you and your partner together can catch CONTACT The above seven games are available on The Palmtop Paper ON DISK and also fram Curtis Cameron E mail address FreeWhid4 aol com or in the Internet at Atfo users aol convireewhl44 More shareware freeware games Sokoban HP SOK ZIP is a version of Sokoban written for the HP 100 200LX using the PAL library It allows the player to create personal game levels This version corrects an error on one of the game levels and also allows the player to toggle between done and undone levels WDE oSugddndnan ka Postcard ware Available In library 11 of HPHAND on CompuServe or on the HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK Contact Al
44. 61 Alternative uses for Magnify Magnify is a commercial pro gram by ACE Technologies that enlarges a section of the HP 100 200LX s screen to make reading the screen eas ier on your eyes use Magnify mostly to show another person something that don t want to take the time to explain to them For example when the Safeway clerk asks me for my air mail card just highlight the row in PhoneBook that store the number on hit escape and show the clerk Because the number is larger than the rest it is obvious what am show ing them This method may take a few keystrokes but it sure saves a lot of trouble explaining things and en sures that they get the num ber Blair Saunders Calgary AB Canada CompuServe ID 71520210 Keeping the Palmtop in its place Because the Palmtop is so small and light weight it often moves around when touch type on it To remedy this problem have placed a strip of Velcro on the back of my Palmtop This keeps it in one place and it doesn t slide around when don t want it to placed my Palmtop on a mouse pad made out of wet suit material and was pleased to discover that the Velcro strip on the back of my Palmtop secured the unit for typing better than have experienced on any other surface Beverly Howard CompuServe ID 75533 1712 Differences in Battery Software There are many different utili ties and programs that moni tor assist in c
45. 73502 3645 Pconpusave can New Jersey New York USA S6LX TOO200LX users in the New JerseyNew York area contact Stanley Dabrowski 1 6 Soarngrield Avenue Autheford Nu 07070 1642 CIS ID 7871 1 2302 Phone 201 807 5857 work l Oklahoma City OK USA 95 100 200LX users in the Oklahoma City area contact Michand B Meek 1804 Huntington Oklahoma City OK 73116 Residential Phone 405 842 1267 PANAMA LATIN AMERICA HP Palmtop users in Panama or Latin America contact Avian Yen BO Bar 31002 Colon Free Zone REPUBLIC OF PANAMA Phone 507 84 10 42 Fax 507 44 710473 PHILIPPINES HP Paimion users in te Philipines contact Caras Caftera 2 floor DHMC Bldg 109 St Bel Air Makat City PHILIPPINES Phone 832 8906229 to 36 extensions 120 amp 121 Fave 632 9285635 Intemet ID law mail ph net Phoenix and Tuscon AZ USA HP Palmtop users in the Phoeniv Tuscon area contact Coy Curtis P O Box 23602 Phoenix AZ 85063 3502 Phone 802 950 966 Faw 602 930 8554 GUS iD 102070 632 Emai paimions sisrink com PORTUGAL 95LX 100 200LX users in Portugal contact PPTLG Aua da PORTUGAL Phone Faw SFUAP A 8 2870 Laranjeiro B57 1 25972 16 infamet sujplano Gindividual eunet pt Richmond VA USA 95LX 100 200LX users in the Central tact John Haskell 7102 Three Chapt Road Roe Anen VA 286 S615 CIS D CIS ID 70750 1243 or Phone 804 288 6073 work San Diego CA USA
46. AC DC Adapter HP F1011A 34 95 USA Canada Opt ABA Europe Opt ABB Australia Opt ABG United Kingdom Opt ABU South Africa Opt ABQ PC Connectivity Cable HP F1015A 24 95 MAC Connectivity Cable HP F10164 24 95 100 200LX Connectivity Pack 109 95 U S HP F1021B International HP F1021C Connect Adapter Kit 24 95 HP F1023A 4 adapters for connecting the 100 200LX to modems printers and PCs Service Agreements 100 200LX 2 year extension 85 For U S HP Palmtop users Units must be under warranty to extend Contact Hi Carvallis Service Center USA Phone 503 757 2002 NOTE Prices listed are suggested retail price Dealer prices may vary THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 55 a aa HOW TO CONTACT US Products advertised in this issue of The HP Palmtop Paper Please note T P r does not and cannot provide technical support COMPANY PRODUCT u visi garded aa tev se TRAS PHONE FAX NUMBERS PAGE NUMBER There are a number of ways to get in touch with The HP Palmtop Paper staff You Accurite Floppy Drives for 10W200LX 0000 ccc cee eeecueeeeveesueees 408 494 1980 Fax 408 433 1716 36 can write mail us a disk with your com ACE ACE a ad 306 No eta ee 800 825 9977 or 408 734 0100 Fax 408 734 3344 _ center fold ments send CompuServe or Internet e Palmtop Omnibook Products includes ACT for HP Palmtops ACE lt gt FAX Fax Software a
47. An Independent Publication for Users of HP Palmtop Computers L S 37 99 hd queer by 08 74470 83112 9 N i 3 q J AE A Publisher s Message Letters to the Editor nnns New Third Party Products and ServicesS seeee00 5 Haor tO USAT a6 tad cee teataacebhaa cs 10 E mail as the next killer app Why the HP 700LX The HP Palmtop Paper looks at the World Wide Web Wireless Communications with the HP Palmtop 00000 12 It s getting so easy to send and receive e mail on your Palmtop you no longer need to be close to a phone The AllPoints Wireless PC Card and RadioMail Service 19 The AllPoints wireless PC Card and RadioMail ser vice get your messages across wirelessly AllPoints Card WyndMail Service 22 A wireless messaging solution for the HP Palmtop Communicating Wirelessly with the HP 200LX ca aa 23 There are a number of wireless services that work with your Palmtop how do you know which one is right for you Using the HP Palmtop with a Ham Radio cceeueenees 27 This user connects his Palmtop to other computer systems via a Ham radio HP OmniGo 700LX Corner 33 This is the first of a continuing column for users of HP s new OmniGo 700LX Gilles Kohl will look at devel opments in the 7OOLX answer common questions and give some useful tips Palmtop Wisdom 0ee
48. Are youa__ continuing subscriber have renewed at least 1 time or ___ new subscriber Background Questions On Your Computer Use 1 Would you consider yourself a light medium or heavy Palmtop user 2 Please rate your level of expertise with the Palmtop ___ novice Palmtop user__ experienced Palmtop user ___ programmer computer expert 3 Do you surf the World Wide Web ___ Yes ____ No Have you ever made credit card purchases through the Internet World Wide Web __ Yes ___ No Questions on Your Use of The HP Palmtop Paper 1 How much of The HP Palmtop Paper do you read ___ Everything Selected articles Browse only _ Rarely read any of it 2 Does the magazine help you to use your Palmtop more effectively __ Yes ___ No Please rate your benefit from the Paper on a scale of 1 to 5 1 low benefit 5 great benefit 3 Please circle below the sections you read in each issue We also invite you to attach further comments including what you like or avoid reading and why Publisher s message Letters to the Editor New Third Party Products and Services Reviews Liser to User Palmtop Wisdom How to articles 1 2 3 column 700LX column more technical articles User Profiles Basic Tips Quick Tips Indexes 4 Is there anything that would significantly enhance your interest in the magazine For example a What columns or types of articles would you like to be reading which we are not yet running b What article
49. Book application more for personal uses like recording birthdays anniver saries etc One anniversary I didn t think I needed to include in the file was my own Guess what I forgot it this year It is now in the file If you happen to have a job in the trucking industry where you have several appointments on each load for pickups and deliveries then Appointment Book is very helpful You can enter all of the appointments in APPT and then the daily greeting every morning when you turn your Palmtop list your daily appointments NoteTaker is great for keeping route information and it s easy to read the directions from the Palmtop while driving Before the Palmtop I would always write this information on scrap paper that would usually lose very quickly Now I keep them in NoteTaker for future reference For example if I m at a pay phone taking down directions I have my Palmtop with me and enter the information directly into a NoteTaker file It may be a year before I will need the directions again but it will save me a phone call at that time Every month I will delete entries that I know I will never use again NoteTaker useful for storing load information I use Pocket Quicken to keep my checkbook balanced It is very easy to use and has eliminated my monthly mistakes If you are uncomfortable using 1 2 3 then it is also a great way of tracking your expenses You can create categories like fuel repairs hotels e
50. D Af DONWESwMewu W n mde duT WHR e e UNUD ma a AIJE Ti Jui 96 64 26 PM Screen showing templet use to track fuel mileage with actual data entered Formula entered in column D automatically figures mileage on a spreadsheet I used to try stor ing most of this information in my head Now while on the road I enter all the information about the trip in 1 2 3 and later when I get paid for the trip L enter the rev enue This way I know my exact gross income at all times Another important use of 1 2 3 is for tracking fuel mileage With the high price of diesel fuel these days a sudden drop in fuel mileage due to a mechanical problem can cost me a significant amount of money After entering my mileage in column B the gallons in column A a formula entered in column D figures mileage Every time I fill up I have my fuel mileage in a few quick easy seconds The last 1 2 3 worksheet that I use is for truck maintenance I can quickly check the date of a repair or see if it s ime for an oil change I have my oil changed every 10 000 miles and a grease job every 5 000 miles This is usually a monthly expense and I need to keep close track of it Not getting the oil E Parts A portion of the expenses templet use to track meals repairs tolls insurance and all truck related expenses Expense categories continue to the right off screen changed at the proper mileage can cause future mechanical problems I
51. Disk Free or can be ordered separately Each year we compile the best palmtop tips and the best freeware and shareware and put it on two 1 44 Meg floppy disks Included FREE only with your The HP Palmtop Paper On Disk subscription or can be purchased separately ibe tox HP OmmiGo World _ Ln OO Like The HP Palmtop Paper The same editorial team creates the quarterly publication HP OmniGo World Bonuses include e 3 OmniGo Extras catalogs per year 3 Bonus Special Reports e Graffiti stick em guides to help you learn the handwriting recognition language fast Publisher The HP Palmtop Paper and HP OmniGo World 57 East Broadway Fairfield LA 52556 800 373 6114 515 472 6330 Fax 515 472 1879 E Mail orders thaddeus com continued on page 49 THES AEEA TEET Freeware Available Now in library 9 of HPHAND on CompuServe or on the HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK Contact Beverly Howard 75533 1712 compuserve com Windows File Transfer WINFILER ZIP il facilitates transfer between HP 200LX and Windows 95 The pro gram was written for Win95 only and won t work with Win3 x The author invites your suggestions THOS acsindaas svewsse ti Shareware Available Now in library 9 of HPHAND on CompuServe or on the HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK Contact Tom Hollenberger 75667 3323 com puserve com Database Viewer DBV ZIP E contains DB View a database viewer for GDB PDB database
52. Go 100 and is based on the DOS operating system and HP s System Manager shell The OmniGo 700LX adds to the 200LX a docking cradle for the Nokia 2110 cellular phone and compatibles and a built in Nokia datacard fax modem This adds wireless communications capabili ties to the Palmtop It also comes with an enhanced infrared port and flashing LEDs that indicate when the phone is in use if an appoint ment is due and when the battery is low The AC adapter for the Nokia cellular phone can be used to charge both the Palmtop and the Nokia phone simultaneously with the phone docked Q Can I use the 700LX in my area A Your geographical area must first have GSM coverage Most of enjoys helping Europe Australia and parts of Asia have this coverage In addition your cellular net work operator must support GSM fax data and short message service be sure to inquire about this before subscribing Some providers differentiate between outgoing and incoming fax data services the lat ter requiring an additional monthly fee Decide whether you need incoming data and fax calls in this case When selecting a GSM cellu lar operator you may have more than one available also ask about short message service support especially outgoing called SMS MO mobile originated And finally if you re frequent ly mobile outside your country ask cellular service providers about roaming agreements they have with
53. HE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 PERSONAL MESSENGER NO CELLULAR CHARGES NATIONWIDE SERVICE AS LOW AS 19 95 PER MONTH CALL NOW 800 350 0373 or e mail orders conectus com for information cenecrs WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS 17 WIRELESS Wireless review 28 8Kbps but more typically about 9600bps and can be used with soft ware that the others can t For example I simply configured our acCIS program to dial the special CompuServe access number pro vided by Ricochet and specified COM Port 1 then I was able to wirelessly connect to CompuServe and collect my e mail and send out replies Another unique feature of the Ricochet modem is that there are no connect time charges For a flat monthly fee you get the modem and unlimited access to the Internet Unfortunately with its NiMH rechargeable battery and cable the Ricochet modem is heavy plus the cabling needed to connect it to the Palmtop is unwieldy Of course if you re a regular reader of the Palmtop Paper it won t surprise you to know that my company SHIER Systems is now making cable to directly connect the Ricochet modems to the HP Palmtop The only other disappointment is the coverage area for Ricochet Currently they have wired a number of university campuses around the USA and most of the oan Francisco Bay area Seattle Washington is scheduled for late 1996 and Washington DC in 1997 However for those lucky enough to
54. HP selected Nokia over the competition is Short Message Service SMS SMS allows 160 character messages sent to any GSM compatible phone You can use the Palmtop or a phone operator to send the message In addition the HP OmniGo 700LX communicator lets you create send receive and forward faxes wirelessly You can also of course connect to your com pany network to access e mail or transfer files What about the 700LX and the U S It is unclear whether the HP OmniGo 700LX and the underlying GSM network that supports it will be universally available in the U S any time soon We understand the GSM network is available in the Washington DC area in Hawaii and in parts of California HP will probably make the OmniGo 700LX available in these areas sometime by the end of this year In the meantime HP and strate gic partners are pursuing other solutions with more universal cov and don t like about going wireless with the Palmtop In the meantime we trust the information provided in this issue on wireless products will get you started The Web Where are we At all three June shows I attended the Web was an important topic Most everybody agrees that the Internet is the future a whole new kind of human interconnectivity Internet technologies and possibili ties evolve monthly As a publish ing company we should have a site In general no matter what the product or project our challenge as a small company is
55. In addi tion to this Iam also the rector of a local church in Kansas City Before the Palmtop my Day Planner had been my constant companion filled with events daily appointments do lists project planning several extensive phone lists and other miscellaneous information As you can imagine it was pretty hefty to carry around But after trying out the HP 100LX I quickly became hooked and bought it I began setting up separate calendars for the current year as well as 1996 and 97 and laboriously entering all my phone information My notebook planner was then unceremoniously retired to the storage closet in my office After about a month of Palmtopping I upgraded to a 200LX for a number of reasons not the least of which was Pocket Quicken which I used for tracking my discretionary funds bank account while on the road I know Pocket Quicken is available for the 100LX but I also opted for the HP Palmtop 200LX to get a better over all visual display and a more effi cient Datacomm system I have since added a 5MB flash card modem VR100 for reading Project Gutenberg electronic texts on my Palmtop several games and Buddy W which has really become a good buddy The HP has since become an important tool in my work Separating Appointments and Events When I began to implement the planner activities on the HP I found that the built in Appoint USER PROFILE ments application provided me with the same e
56. Index page 55 this issue i XJ1144 PC Card Modem 115 Discontinued available while supplies last Contact US Rebotics Mobile Communi cations Corporation 605 N 5600 W P O Box 16020 Salt Lake City UT 84116 USA Phone 800 527 8677 or 801 320 7000 Fax 801 320 6022 Shareware freeware mentioned in this article BUDDY ZIP Adds short cuts and other features to Palmtop Available on Best Tips 96 and CompuServe s HPHAND forum library11 VR100 ZIP Lets you read electronic texts on the Palmtop Shareware Available on 1994 95 PowerDisk or from CompuServe s HPHAND forum Library 11 Survey for Our HP Palmtop Paper Readers Here s Your Chance to Give Us Feedback Dear Reader As you know the world of computing is always changing We want to be sure the HP Palmtop Paper continues to address your needs In order to better serve you in the future we have designed this Reader Survey form to solicit your comments We strongly encourage you to complete the Survey and return it to us Please feel free to add any additional notes We will read all responses and look forward to hearing from you Please send your responses by fax 515 472 1879 mail Thaddeus Computing P O Box 869 Fairfield IA 52556 or e mail survey thaddeus com We greatly appreciate your time in this feedback process Thank you in advance The HP Palmtop Paper Staff July 1996 Name E mail address Phone __ Country optional
57. Luis Obispo CA J Oregon State Corvallis OR 0 Stanford University Palo Alto CA J University of California at Berkeley Berkeley CA LJ University of California at Santa Cruz Santa Cruz CA LJ University of Miami Coral Gables FL 2 University of Oregon Eugene OR Colleges where the Metricom net work is to be installed include O Indiana University Bloomington IN 0 San Francisco State University San Francisco CA The next generation of wireless communications needs to provide full access to Internet services Metricom s Ricochet service is a step in that direction but they need to expand coverage to other top metropolitan areas to make that capability more widely available Introducing te oe od OU OF fe Universal Parallel Port The Ultimate HP Palmtop Solution that does it all Connectivity to parallel devices 100MB Zip drives and other parallel peripherals Printing to parallel printers from DOS and System Manager Applications including 1 2 3 Instant transfer and management of files between Palmtop Notebook and Desktop PCs Plug amp Play and Hot Insertion operation Very low power requirements All software required included on the Card No setup or installation needed Trans PC Card is a Type I multifunction card compliant with PC Card 95 Standard Trans PC software for transfer DOS Command Line and Point and Shoot interface and Port Manager for port installation is prov
58. MUNICATIONS ON YOUR HP PALMTOP This 1s the first of a continuing column for users of HP s new OmniGo 700LX Gilles Kohl will look at developments in the 700LX answer common questions and give some useful tips By Gilles Kohl Note The OmniGo 700 LX is the Palmtop cellular phone combination we reviewed beginning on page 29 of the November December 1995 issue It has been introduced in parts of Europe and Asia but is not yet available in the U S pending adoption in the U S of the communications protocol used by the 700LX This is the first installment of a reg ular column I ll write for users and prospective buyers of the new HP OmniGo 700LX I ll try to answer frequently asked questions about the 700LX that surface on the CompuServe Hewlett Packard Handhelds Library 6 the section dedicated to the 700LX type GO HPHAND Section 6 I ll also pro vide users with 700LX tips and tricks especially in connection with the mobile phone fax data and SMS functionalities Frequently asked questions Q What is the difference between the HP OmniGo 700LX and the OmniGo 100 or the HP 200LX A The OmniGo 100 and the 700LX are really two very different ani mals The Omnigo 100 is a GEOS based Palmtop that can be used with a pen as well as with its built in keyboard The Omnigo 700LX was based on the HP 200LX Palmtop comput er and comes with its built in applications It does not have the pen interface of the Omni
59. ORDERS ADD TAX 7 25 USA Int li Futura 90 86 99 ideal as a kaveling companion or hand bag Hos a pull out strap and ble shoulder strap Holds Palmtop OmnlGoe Cellular phones pen and mony more things Dimensions 7 s 45 22 17 7 x 11 5 x 5 ems Futura 190 es eee ee execulivac Igotepe nfs excuive cao Ako Alea or any the eories Pepe Seca eee pos Sane Shoulder sirap when needed ii oe sfirnenalena IY x 10 2 5 gj 2 28 5 2 128 cm Available WIRELESS Wireless review They are simple to operate and most with the exception of the Starlink card can display messages without being connected to the Palmtop Pagers are currently the one practical wireless tool for always getting immediate notifica tion that someone has sent you a message They are on all the time and alert you when a message comes in Because of their size and battery life it is very easy to carry them with you all the time Because of this even if you use another wireless device you may still want to use a pager fo receive notifica tion that you have a new message One of the most interesting fea tures of the HP Starlink pager is its ability to receive from your office updates to your Palmtop s Ap pointment Book This makes the Starlink worth considering for sales and service representatives that often get schedule changes dictated from the home office Of course pagers have one major disadvantage
60. Use a terminal emulation program with the same settings to do this You must leave the PC running the Connectivity Pack Filer or it won t connect Step 3 Open Filer on your OmniGo 700LX and configure your remote settings the same as on your PC The only exception is to select Phone as the COM port on your 700LX and enter your home phone number in the Phone field You may save bat tery power by switching to the Phone port only when you actual ly need the connection Step 4 Dock the Nokia phone into its 7OOLX cradle switch to Filer the phone LED should blink now and press F6 Remote Your Nokia should dial your home phone number connect to your home phone and establish a remote Filer connection Your home PC s files will appear on your 700LX in Filer s remote window You can use Filer to copy move delete rename etc files either on the 700LX or the PC you are connected to Transferring files to another OmniGo 700LX The procedure used to connect to and transfer files between another OmniGo 700LX is almost the same as described above Go to the Remote Settings screen of the tar get 7OOLX the one you are con nected to and configure it as described above with the follow ing exceptions You don t need to enter a phone number in the Phone field You must make sure that the Server Mode is enabled in the Remote Settings screen so that a Think of what you could do with more
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62. York and visited the PC EXPO computer show I came away with the following three conclusions ens much of June traveling 1 E mail is the current killer application 2 Wireless communications is finally about ready to take off 3 The HP Palmtop Paper better get its Web site up and soon E mail The killer application Ever since the VisiCalc spreadsheet application brought the Apple II to corporate America the computer industry has been on the look out for killer apps A killer app is a software application that many people need and results in people buying computer hardware The Internet with its informa tion innovation and glitter will be responsible for the sale of many new computers However it is e mail that will help universalize computer and modem sales Actually it is the Internet that pro vides a common protocol that lets everyone talk to each other No matter the source of an e mail address internal corporate e mail America Online Compu Serve or Internet we can send each other messages What s your e mail address has become a common query E mail is inexpensive and gives us easy access to one another no mat ter the time zone It allows for quick response but we choose when to respond Businesses large and small are more productive and effective using e mail For example we implement ed an internal cc MAIL system for our small business of 18 people Th
63. a from a PDA developer s conference in San Mateo Northern California My car had been overheating on the way up to the conference and finally broke down Two friends in a separate car Dave Marsh and Richard Nelson from EduCALC had left after us They were aware of the overheating and Dave used his Skytel 2 Way pager and HP 200LX to send a message to see how we were doing sent a reply telling them that we were stuck in Salinas and wait ing for a tow to the Ford dealer An hour later I had just finished sign ing the paper work when I heard a familiar voice call out my name I turned around to see Dave and Richard Fortunately the car only took an hour or two to fix but if it had been more serious Dave and Richard would have given us a ride home That s the way wireless mes saging is supposed to work Unfor tunately the reality for many peo ple is that they never get a chance to enjoy such events because the current wireless market seems to be a confusing collection of buzz words and options How can you possibly select a system for your fe just used my cellular phone self without getting a graduate degree in wireless technology Since I found myself in the same situation I will attempt to sort all this out for you in this arti cle I ve included a glossary of wireless terms but you shouldn t need them all in order to select the system that s right for you Types of wireless systems While the
64. adioMail or WyndMail communications software is in stalled on your Palmtop you ll need to modify your Palmtop s AUTOEXEC BAT file to configure your Palmtop for PC Card support Open AUTOEXEC BAT in Memo and remove REM from in front of the line beginning with CIC Save the file insert the AllPoints into the slot and reboot your Palmtop by pressing CTRL ALT DEL Now open the RadioMail or WyndMail software and it will immediately accesses the RAM net work and start downloading any mail you have waiting The RadioMail amp WyndMail servers support store and forward messaging which means that RadioMail amp WyndMail stores your messages until you signal them to download the messages to your address You can also choose to have RadioMail or WyndMail automatically forward your e mail to another destination To save money the best way to send mes sages is to write them off line and upload them when you are ready to send them RadioMail features The RadioMail software allows you to easily access e mail addresses from it s built in phonebook not the Palmtop s PhoneBook RadioMail s extensive folder system can store up to 500 messages including unfin ished messages for future use In addition RadioMail lets you add per sonalized signatures or pre written text to your messages Once installed the program consume about 220K of your Palmtop s memory Faxing Compose a message as you w
65. advertisers in this issue In the U S obtain STORAGE Keep more data run additional programs wherever you go by using HP Flash Disk Cards e Back up your vital phone appointment 1 2 3 Quicken database and other palmtop files Plug your HP PCMCIA flash card into the Palmtop and it works just like a hard disk Double the storage space of your HP Flash Disk Card Stacker automatic compression software comes preloaded US List Price HP F1024A 1 8 MB Flash Disk Card owe 199 HP F1012B 5 MB Flash Disk Card 8375 HP F1013B 10 MB Flash Disk Card 00 600 HP F1014B 20 MB Flash Disk Card 00 00 999 HP F1211A 40 MB Flash Disk Card 4yy 1599 AC DC ADAPTER Extend the battery life of your HP Palmtop and charge rechargeables with this light weight adapter HE FIODHA S oia 39 95 U S List Price OPTION ABA U S CANADA JAPAN OPTION ABB EUROPE OPTION ABG AUSTRALIA OPTION ABU UK OPTION ACQ SOUTH AFRICA G HEWLETT PACKARD Requires DOS based PC with EGA or higher display available serial port 3 MB available of local hard disk space 286 or higher CPU 450K available conventional memory 1 44 MB 3 5 inch flexible disk drive Quicken is a registered trademark of Intuit Inc lowed by the call letters of the per son I want to communicate with It s that simple Each packet radio area will probably have many PBBSs Packet Bulletin Bo
66. age Of course you only see plain text without any of the graphics and the speed and cost prohibit this method from being practical for web surfing moving aimlessly from link to link but it is very use ful for retrieving specific informa tion wirelessly THE RICOCHET SYSTEM A new player in the wireless busi ness is the Ricochet modem This is an external modem that can wire lessly communicate using standard software This is a distinct differ ence from the other radio modems which require proprietary software to run Instead the Ricochet modem accepts standard AT com mands that make it look like a nor mal modem to the Palmtop and the software The Ricochet modem gets its name from the way the wireless network is set up Your modem communicates to a transmitter receiver mounted on a near by street light pole This unit then relays your communications to the next pole mounted unit until it finds its way to one connected to the wired network This has the advantage that the pole mounted units don t need any expensive wiring in order to bounce your sig nal to the next one The disadvan tage is that the Ricochet system needs lots of these pole mounted units one every half mile or so This means that the Ricochet is not practical for rural areas Still the Ricochet is fast up to Wireless E mail FAX Paging and Nationwide Internet Service from your Palmtop N AN MOTOROLA T
67. ard Systems running a newer communications protocol known as JNOS This protocol is similar to an Internet TCP IP pro tocol in that it lets you communi cate with packet radio addresses that are not in your immediate area Once you establish connection you get a menu just like a normal BBS menu There are up to 30 com mands you can access so there is a lot you can do depending on what BBS you connect to As with Internet Packet BBSs let you tel net link to other sites in neigh boring counties or states You can even send files by radio although 1200bps is a bit slow Another user s story Jason Baack of Maine the other person I mentioned that uses this setup told me how he got started I was first introduced to packet radio two years ago on Rainbow Lake in northern Maine U 5 A The total permanent population for the area was listed as four living in a township called T2R11 There were no roads into the lake you had to fly Three 1 5K generators provided power during the day light hours so I was able to use my ancient Packard Bell 286 I got my Ham operators license while I was up there got a wave antenna and other necessary equipment and had a blast the rest of the summer connecting to DX nodes the far reaches of Canada Nova Scotia and talking keyboard to key board to some local 20 miles away Jason call sign NIRWY has plans to contact the Mir space sta tion somed
68. at the system is operating Cellular compatible modems Using a conventional modem with a cellular phone seems like a sim ple solution to wireless communi cations All you should have to da is connect your Palmtop to the phone via the modem and use your communications program to log onto your online service The prob lem with this approach is that cel lular phones don t always provide a continuous signal The cellular phone network is divided into cells Each cell has one or more transmitter receiver that handles the calls in a certain geographical area When you move out of one area and into another a computer that monitors this switches you to the cell of the area you are moving into The problem is that sometimes there is a momentary loss of signal and this can cause the modem to drop the connection Standard modems are not designed to tolerate a signal loss Some cellular phone users have successfully connected to online services using their Palmtop cell phone and standard modem pro vided they are stationary Cellular ready modems are designed to tolerate momentary signal loss but even with these modems data connections are ten uous at best Also unlike other wireless communications methods when using a cellular phone you pay by the minute for the connec tion time All other wireless sys tems either charge by the amount of data being transferred or in some cases provide unlimited usage for a fix
69. atad the suggestion when Suggestion made by Example of using QUICK LX in MEMO that work in both the System Manager and DOS unlike the built in System Macros QUICK LX also comes with a DOS version for your desktop computer UICK LX 39 Now E Mail amp Faxing is Wireless amp Effortless With the Personal Messenger 100D PC Card from Motorola and the Ardis and RadioMail services you are free to roam around the country and still stay in touch You can send faxes and have full TA two way E Mail capability all without wires access numbers special setup strings long distance or roaming charges te open Save i r Call for our latest 73 8 Pay OS cataLoGof C K USF SS T E Palmtop Products Telephone CordCard Only 7 95 Also available from SHIER Systems amp Software Custom cables to connect your HP Palmtop Computer to a wide variety of serial peripherals Examples include Pocket modems serial printers including the Citizen PN60 and Pentax PocketJet Prices start at 35 call for details THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 3 Australians Track Water Systems on the Palmtop Goulburn Murray Water is a utility involved in providing irrigation and drainage to a large area of the north cen tral part of Victoria in Australia The irrigation systems contain some 60 000 assets As part of asset man agement HP Palmtops have been used in the role of data loggers A simple Lotus 1 2 3 file
70. ate Calculator v3 0c graphic scientific calculator It includes an expression evaluator with many built in functions operators numerical notations and modes You can input user variables and functions It solves and plots equations does integrations and sum mations Supports hex and binary notations Radian and degree modes included Has a resizable TSR win dow Online help available a AAEL gag Shareware Available Now in library 11 of HPHAND on CompuServe or on the HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK Contact Daniel Corbier 75541 1523 com puserve com CONFERENCES UPGRADES and UPDATES PDA Forum August 21 The Second Annual Utility Industy Handheld and PDA Forum will cover field automa New HP Web site gives consumers real life look at handheld computing advantages Browse www hp convhandheld for HP handheld information Hewlett Packard has launched a new Web site dedicated to its line of handheld computers and calculators The new Web site is based on the theme of Power in the Palm of Your Hand The site provides con sumers with detailed product information downloadable software and aplets while creatively illustrating how HP s handheld computers can enhance the mobile professional s work and personal life HP uses a day in the life of a mobile professional to show with illustrated examples how consumers can use handheld computers in ways they may not have considered We ve packed this
71. ax 602 892 0029 Web Page http www envoydata com 1 800 368 6971 mNoteTaker DEMO Title PArchdeacon Cathedral Dean BCathedral Work Day Church Planting GJob Descriptions Miscellaneous Office PNew Church checklist New Church checklist Attendance tracking Births deaths communions baptisms confirmations etc Tithing records 501 C 3 status incorporation Newsletter CPrayver Requests PProvincial Pastoral Le i Help Add Note ETid Clip 7 18 Subset Sort Columns Open use NoteTaker to simulate the Scan Card approach to organize tasks responsibilities Although time based planning systems such as my Franklin Planner are practical for scheduling responsibilities which can be related to specific times and dates they are less use ful for tasks or goals that are not store specific tasks and projects The Scan Card company now had a software version that allowed me to write cards on my laptop com puter The system helped quite a bit but was limited in its useful ness as I couldn t lug my laptop around all the time Instead I now use my Palm top s Notetaker as my objectives manager I am able to establish written goals and tasks track assignments for my staff keep inci tied to specific times At one point I decided to re adopt an old Scan Card system I had used years before to help me with task orient ed planning This syst
72. ay from a nearby moun tain while I though no less adven turous am stuck in the flatlands of Michigan I am planning to operate a land mobile packet station while I ride on vacation trips this sum mer and also would like to find a pilot at a nearby small airport will ing to try a little air mobile to see how far I can QSO Amateur Radio communication on the air with another station As it is now I can hit a packet Bulletin Board Service near me and get mail topical groups and telnet to other stations that may other wise be out of my power range There is even a World Wide Web IRC style conferencing area called CONVers for communica tion with other packeteers around the United States And finally there are Gateways that tap directly into the Internet to speed things up Amateur Radio A hobby that s fun and helpful Amateur Radio operators and clubs perform services by provid ing communications in times of disaster both natural and man made and sending messages from non hams to people around the globe that they may have lost con tact with Ham operators seem very interested in helping both the ham and non ham One fellow ham gave me an old receiver to help me improve my Morse code abilities so I could communicate over world wide frequencies He also gave me 26 back issues of QST a relevant Amateur Radio magazine Another Ham is going to help me improve my antenna Note QST is a publication of the Ama
73. be within Ricochet s coverage area its system and the Palmtop can be a very liberating combination A case in point is Ms Anne Mitchell an attorney in Palo Alto California who runs Father s Rights and Equity Exchange F R E E a national father s rights advocacy group According to Mitchell The portability and versatility of the 200LX with the Ricochet wireless modem has really freed me from being chained to the desk and com puter Because the vast majority of the work Mitchell does takes place in e mail communications with others all around the country often requiring nearly instant response she said I had days where I was in front of my computer for quite lit erally 16 hours straight Now I can go wherever I want and always have immediate access to my e mail Mitchell s enthusiasm for her HP 200LX and Ricochet modem is clearly evident as she told me I can finally leave the office for an afternoon and even go out to lunch I affectionately refer to the local Starbucks as my branch office The ideal solution With all these competing technolo gies the question remains Which is the best The answer greatly depends on your needs and loca tion Personally I feel a combina tion of a conventional alpha numeric pager to provide an immediate alert of an incoming message and a radio modem to read the full text and write replies or faxes is the most usable at this point
74. business cards and even a cell phone This soft leather bag orininally sold at over 120 NSW has a limited available for ONLY 49 9 THE POUCH SAVER Don t risk your modem to an unsafe telephone line Test the socket before you plug in Color LEDs indicate e 14 4K bps send receive data and fax U jack status No bat HP System Manager compliant Fax software The POUCH is the peo casual case for tery needed e 2MB 4MB or 8MB FLASH Memo the Palmtop or OmniGo 100 Made of e Lifetime Warranty k waterproof neoprene the POUCH will pro Only 24 95 AEE tect your palmtop from dings and dirt MB 269 AMB 355 8MB 459 Specify OmniGo or Palmtop model when ordering Only 15 95 each HP 200LXPALMTOP NSW F10654 HP200LX 5MB NSW F10664 HP200LX 6MB NSW 5000CX 1000CX 5MB HP F1060A HP200LX 1MB HP F1061A HP200LX 2MB Notebook Supply Warehouse HP F1011A AC Adapter Everything you need for mobile computing HP F1021B Connectivity Pack HP F1015A LX PC serial cable 4 ay 13700 Alton Pkwy 154 281 Irvine CA 92718 HP F1016A LX MAC cable Tel 714 753 8810 Fax 714 753 8812 Internet Address nsupply activelink com AAPEX PONGI To sees Compuserve Address 73430 1336 Toll Free Order Line GA935 Serte paralel converter GA945 Direct HP parallel cables 1 800 566 6832 SHI PJ HP Pentax cable Shier acClS Version 3 14 ee V IntelliLink File conversion software 2 3 ACT for HP Palmtop Payment acce
75. ccess e mail from a standard phone line when you are out of wireless transmission reception range or the wireless modem is not available It is a more cost effective way to download e mail and larger files HP recommends that you use your AC adapter when using this dial up mode 22 THEHPPALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 U Attach files to e mail allowing you to send and receive spread sheets database updates and other critical information LJ Access e mail addresses in your Palmtop s PhoneBook Modify PhoneBook and add a category called Internet The PhoneBook s Internet listings will appear in the Wynd address book As mentioned earlier the integrat ed solution will be available from selected HP dealers September 1 1996 Wynd Communications will make the Palmtop configured WyndMail software available July 15 Contact WyndMail if additional information is required and men tion the Hewlett Packard Wireless Communications Bundle Pricing and Contact information for products mentioned in this article All prices are manufacturer s suggested retai price It may be possible fo purchase the product for less at third party vendors Integrated WyndMail AllPoints 200LX wireless solution varies The price of this integrated solu tion varies depending on the hardware you already have and how much you use the service For more information on the integrated system contact Wynd Communications 42
76. ce Size of Messaging Do you need to send small brief notes large text files or attach binary files check with service Size of Equipment The palm top Allpoints Wireless PC Card is the smallest combination Others require a small external wireless transmitter receiver As for me I m waiting for the next level in wireless a Ricochet PC card modem with world wide cov erage Until then happy wireless communicating Pricing and Contact Information for products mentioned in this article All prices are manufacturer s suggested retail price It may be possible to purchase the product for less at third party vendors cc Mail Varies Contact Lotus Development Corp 400 Riverpark Dr N Reading MA 01864 USA Phone 800 343 5414 or 617 577 8500 Fax 617 693 3899 Primerica Financial Services Varies Contact Primerica Financial Services 1730 So Amphlett Bivd Ste 316 San Mateo CA 94402 USA Phone 415 655 7255 Ricochet Varies Contact Metricom Inc 980 Univer sity Ave Los Gatos CA 95030 USA 5147 Wynd Communications Varies Contact Wynd Communications 4251 South Higuera Bldg 800 San Luis Obispo CA 93401 USA Phone 800 549 6000 or 805 545 5155 Using the HP Palmtop with a Ham Radio This user connects his Palmtop to other computer systems via a Ham Radio By Philltp Nichols ecently my notebook PC took a trip
77. ckly WyndMail features Please see the article beginning on page 22 AllPoints Card Wynd Mail Service for a description of WyndMail features we T auoe Gives You an Instant Link to Desktop Quicken and Quicken ExnensAble For The Ultimate In Personal Financial Control You already have Pocket Quicken on your Palmtop PC so you can oe information about your everyday expenses and more as you go But you ll gain even more power over your S finances when you send your data directly to Quicken or Quicken ExpensAble on your desktop using Pocket Quicken Connect There s no double entry so Pocket Quicken Connect is a breeze to use With Quicken you have instant access to reports graphs bud gets and more to give you valuable insight into your personal finances Plus when you send your business expenses to Quicken ExpensAble you ll have a printed expense report in a flash Price Pocket Quicken Connect for Windows z e E ii mai Plus Shipping and Handling To Order Pocket Quicken Connect Call Anytime Toll Free 1 800 243 4650 Ext 810 S63 6am to 7pm Mountain time Monday through Friday 60 day money back guarantee If you have an HP 100LX Palmtop PC and you want to order Pocket Quicken just call 1 800 243 4650 Pocket Quicken is 69 95 plus shipping and handling Please call for details System Re irements IBM 386 33MHZ or hi er or 100 IBM compatible com
78. com added to the end This lets anyone on the Internet send you e mail messages You can then write a reply to that message and send it wirelessly Unfortunately Skytel does not provide a means of entering an arbitrary Internet address so you can t generate an e mail message to anyone that hasn t sent you a message first Also the return path for replying to mes sages sent to you are only kept by the Skytel system for a few weeks After that you can t send a reply Still even with these limita tions the two way pager has proven very useful Even when you don t connect it to the Palmtop the Tango has features that a normal pager can t duplicate Most importantly the Tango sends an acknowledgement when a page is received If the Skytel network doesn t receive a confirming answer back from your unit it will resend the page This allows someone sending you a page to know that it was received One way I use the Tango is to verify that our company s e mail server is operating properly We set up a separate e mail address which automatically forwards mes sages to my pager That means that every time a message is received in this address it is automatically for warded to my pager If I want to 14 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 check to see if the server is run ning I use my pager to send a mes sage to this address If everything is working the message is forward back to my pager confirming th
79. ct PCMCIA to IDE interface 4MB Upgrade 5 PT EAE AOAN OE OANEI rn ea Attention 200LX users you can ps increase your internal RAM to a total of SMBs Some newer machines can actually achieve OMBs Free up the PCMCIA slot for modem or other use Pricing 4MB TechRAM amp TechSpeed Kits 5375 BNI TOCIRAD Eilsest 350 RECO BM Sannaa N 50 Connector Shipping not included Visa amp Mastercard Accepted PalmTop Adaptor External Power Enables Notebooks and Laptops to use devices requiring more power i e PCMCIA Hard Disks Warranties I year parts 30 day money back guarantee 60 day palmtop warranty Physical damage excluded U S Only Check out our web page for more details and latest prices Quantity discounts available Sorry 95LX users no memory Upgrade Options are available at this time The use of the upgrade kits will void your HP warranty Times2 Tech reyst ri 130 A Knowles Drive Los Gatos CA 95030 Lope eed pee Greystone Peripherals Inc 130 A Knowles Drive Los Gatos CA 9503C Email mack raveller com Tel 408 866 4739 Fax 408 866 8328 Web http www bhm tis net mack Web Page www grystone com Phone 205 020 1408 GREVSTON For more information call toll free l z 8 0 0 z 6 0 0 a 5 7 0 Fax 2056205205 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 15 European Customers see Rundel Datentechnik ad WIRELESS Wireless review Glossary of wireless terms Below is a glossary of
80. d a wireline modem It also has an RS 232 serial I O port to connect to a comput er It operates 10 to 12 hours before recharging is neces sary It doesn t use a 100 200LX card slot leaving that free for the card PHC era xidised ri 1495 CONTACT EduCALC 27953 Cabot Ad Laguna Niguel CA 92677 USA Phone 800 385 9376 or 714 582 0942 Fax 714 582 1445 SOFTWARE Receyled Software Recycled Software Inc sells used software as allowed by the License Agreement included with the software Software in stock include business and train ing software graphics and design programs reference texts on CD ROM commu nications programs data base software fonts and font managers programming languages and games inc P O Box 33999 Las Vegas Nevada 89133 3999 USA Phone 800 851 2425 or 702 655 5666 Fax 102 655 5662 into a hand held data collec tion unit for building inspectors This unique package interfaces the among others All software may be legally used but not all will be eligible for registration with the manufacturer and therefore technical support may not be available PRONA giaet ie thbieaa ads Varies CONTACT Aecyeled Software SPECIALIZED Building Inspection This CRW Associates soft ware turns the HP Palmtop Palmtop with Builders Square Permit Management software so that field inspec tors have everything they need for rapid field to office data collection T
81. d so far provide coverage in most major U S metropolitan areas using a network of radio transmitter receivers maintained by the messaging service or an affiliate Another newer form of wireless is now offered on a more limited basis by Metricom Inc The service called Ricochet uses smaller transmitter receivers posi tioned throughout a much smaller area a city a college campus a industrial facility Messages are sent via a special wireless modem For more on this system see page 17 of this issue This system can provide a full Internet access I ve used the dial option to link to traditional wired sites This dial option is an added cost over the basic service but pro vides me access to a shell account on a local provider where I can pick up larger messages that I can have forwarded there or connect to as if I had dialed in The current wireless modem used with this service is external to the Palmtop about half the size of the Mobidem thinner and a little lighter You can use it for 4 6 hours with a full charge of its nick el metal hydride battery The range of this modem is limited to the immediate area of the service and is available currently in the Bay Area San Francisco San Jose CA Los Angeles some selected college campuses and soon I believe Washington DC Colleges where the network is fully installed include Cl Austin College Sherman TX J California Polytechnic San
82. dinal place of the letter you want it to map at The above example has my HP s C drive mapping at my Toshiba s H drive H is the eighth letter in the alphabet so C is put at the eight position in the mapping order You can add other drives from the HP at other places in the map I hope this helps others get the most out of Windows 95 and their HP 200LX If you have any sugges tions or comments about this file please remember to drop mea note See BASIC TIPS S40 AIl tips by HP Palmtop Paper Technical Editor Tom Gibson You can contact Tom on the Internet at tom_gibson thad deus com 1 253 Comparing 1 2 3 on the desktop and the Palmtop The Lotus 1 2 3 version that is included on the 100 200LX ver 2 4 is very simi lar to Lotus 1 2 3 ver 2 4 for the desktop Here are some of the modifications that HP did to make 1 2 3 fit into the Palm top s small amount of ROM Q Write protected cells appear no dif ferent from other cells On the desk top version the data in the write pro tected cells appear in different colors from the non write protected cells PR appears in the control panel when a protected cell is highlighted Because of ROM memory con Straints the Help text though still good is less extensive instead of a paragraph or so for each help sub ject you get one sentence Help is still context sensitive For example if you are entering a date using the DATE command but forget
83. e result is much freer communica tions and a better flow of informa tion We hooked up our cce MAIL system to the outside world through our local Internet service provider Now any of our people can be in touch with anyone in the outside world with an e mail address Clearing up subscription problems with a subscriber in Hong Kong or Paris becomes much easier Communicating with HP Singapore is almost effortless despite the time and geographical distance There are compelling personal as well as business reasons to have an e mail address One of our employees can now easily commu nicate with her son in the military in Bosnia My wife has family in Uruguay we hope to be in touch with Even my young son wants an e mail address to talk to his bud dies at school E mail as a killer app means more than desktop sales There are important implications of this e mail phenomenon for the HP Palmtop and for wireless commu nications Getting and sending e mail on the road becomes increas ingly vital Doing so on a small 10 THE HPFP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 device such as a Palmtop means not having to lug around a portable computer Being able to send and receive e mail wirelessly without having to make a physical connection using a phone cord can save one s sanity and even one s back Those who have traveled with a bag of connectors and cou plers and struggled moving heavy hotel furniture to make the physi cal connec
84. e HPHAND forum on Q CompuServe you can correspond directly with Palmtop experts and programmers from around the world and easily download software directly to your Palmtop In addition to the Palmtop version you get a copy of acCIS for your desktop or laptop PC at no extra cost Voltage 2 48 5 39 7 73 65 z 77 i at ABC LX adds intelligence to battery charging in the HP Palmtop plus it provides excellent information about battery conditions and charging With ABC LX you can simply forget about your batteries SHIER Systems amp Software Inc 920 Hampshire Road Suite A Westlake Village CA 91361 Phone 805 371 9391 Fax 805 371 9454 CIS 74777 2477 VISA Eola MasterCard Li pr N Ls A Visit us on the Web http www shier com TM QUICK LX learns the words you type most often then suggests them after you type just a few characters The suggestions are displayed in a box on the screen You can ignore the suggestion and keep on typing or accept it with the press of a single key and QUICK LX will finish the word QUICK LX can also be used to correct your most common typos QUICK LX works in programs under the System Manager and in text mode DOS applications QUICK LX can even be used to enter Macros Typing aid for the HP Palmtop Sir Msc MME se is is an example of the use of QUICK LX o accept the suggested word press the cursor right key arene che ri ote son hist io
85. e from growing quite large I use one file for each year 95APB 96APB 97APB etc I also enter major notes in Memo rather than as long notes in the Appointment Book For Board Meetings 1 use a diary approach in Memo marking the date of the meeting with the Palmtop s Date key FN and then recording notes for that meeting All notes for each board committee etc meetings are then in one place I can also use the same approach for journaling information during counseling ses sions ToDos reflect work style not work load The ToDo section needed some customizing in order to accommo date my complex work demands Even though I might develop an orderly list of activities to be accomplished in each of my domains that s not how I function I don t work on Provincial issues then church then personal then international I usually do all phone calling at the same time then letter writing etc The ToDo list had to reflect my work style not my work load Therefore I separat ed it by type of responsibility Project Phone Call Letter Miscel laneous While additional cate gories can be used these four seem to work fine for me I labeled each one by placing a letter in the priority box A signi fies a project to be completed B is for calls C labels letters to write and D is for miscellaneous After each letter I write a priority num ber For example A is Projects on my list so the highest priorit
86. e om a m J To 4C CD 21 ESC COM created in Memo The second and last lines must be empty THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 53 ASCII box is checked so the file will be saved as plain ASCII text then press ENTER 3 Quit Memo and terminate System Manager To do this press Applica tions Terminate all ENTER 4 Have DEBUG create ESC COM for you by entering the following line at the DOS prompt debug lt C ESC DMP 5 Create a batch file that launches your DOS program and calls up ESC COM To start a DOS applica tion that will close Application Manager on termination you must create a batch file that launches your DOS program then calls up ESC COM For example suppose want to run ZIP COM fl a file transfer utility and when it is done have the Palmtop return to the last opened application instead of leaving me in Application Manager Let s also say that ESC COM and ZIP COM are both stored in C UTIL The batch file might look like this C UTIL ZIP s C UTIL ESC 6 Load the batch file to Application Manager For information on how to add an application to Application Manager see Application Manager Applications Add ing in your HP100 200LX User s Guide Don t forget to include an upside down question mark press Fn 3 in the com ments field to disable the Press a key to continue message For other undocu mented features of Applica tion Manager like the upside
87. e up to date information on investments I was able to sub scribe to a stock quote service on the Internet contact www quote com This service provides closing prices sent automatically at day s end It also will alert me when the prices of specific stocks reach high or low trigger values that I pre set In one particular instance it ABOUT THE AUTHOR Frank P Nagle is IT Development Manager at Hewlett Packard He has over 20 years experience in Information Science span ning telecommunications semi conductors oil and gas chemi cal industry and 4 levels of government He holds a securities license through the National Association of Securities Dealers NASD and an insurance license through the state of California He is also a licensed amateur radio operator You can Ai contact Frank at franknagle wynd net THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 23 WIRELESS Review alerted me to one stock in my port folio reaching a preset high I called call my broker and had him sell a portion of my shares resulting in a nice profit for me Along with this service I also use another provider for reporting mutual fund closing prices con tact www galt com and receive nightly e mails on the selected funds in my portfolio and the port folios of some of my clients This allows me to monitor the mutual fund prices and even send the data to Lotus 1 2 3 on the Palmtop for graphing and price trending AllPo
88. e world Haghia Sophia the church of divine wisdom was consecrated in 535 AD So I think of the Palmtop as containing wisdom and call it Sophia BOW TO USE YOUR PALMTOP HP 200LX LapLink and Windows 95 This user explains how to use your Palmtop s built in LapLink Remote Access application to access backup and swap files between your Palmtop and a PC running Windows 95 By Pete Jordan LRA is LapLink s remote access software built into the HP 200LX that lets you connect to and access the disk dri ves of another PC computer What this means is that with the HP Palmtop connected to a PC via the HP Connectivity Cable and with LapLink running on both ma chines you can copy delete merge or access files on either of the two computers disk drives This is very handy for backing up the HP Palmtop to the desktop PC I have been able to install the version of LapLink that comes with the HP Connectivity Pack onto a PC running Windows 95 and make the connection between the two computers The Palmtop s drives show up as drives under the Win95 MyComputer application I can drag and drop files between the two computers and open and save files on the HP from your Win dows applications THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 47 Your Palmtop PC Is Already An Internet Mailbox Use the built in cc Mail application for dial up access to global internet e mail cc Mail lt gt Internet Choose your
89. ed monthly fee Also if you move outside of the area ser viced by your cellular provider you will need to pay a roaming charge around 5 day plus the charges for the calls themselves Still if you already have a cel lular phone and a modem for your Palmtop and you only need wire less communications occasionally then this might be a cost effective alternative One nice feature of using a cel lular connection is that you can use the same software and e mail sys tem that you use with conventional phone lines This avoids the need for two or more e mail addresses which is necessary with the pagers and radio modems with the excep tion of the Ricochet modem dis cussed below Digital cellular systems The HP OmniGo 700LX The 700LX is basically an HP 200LX with a built in PC card modem and a docking cradle on the top for a Nokia digital cellular TechRAM phone The 700LX provides faxing and e mail using a feature of GSM digital cellular service known as Short Messaging Service or SMS This service and therefore the 700LX itself is currently available only in Europe and parts of Asia and the Pacific Rim Because the U S A is currently fighting over competing digital cellular technolo gies we don t expect to see the 700LX released here for quite some time The HP 700LX has been dis cussed in previous Palmtop Paper articles so I won t go into a lot of detail here see November December 95 issue
90. ee00es 2 3 Use boilerplates to save hours of paperwork Keep your Palmtop desk clean Promote increased wisdom in the world User Profile r Keeping Pastoral Peace with the HP Palmtop ALPELI ATTE 37 This Archbishop schedules business and prayer meet ings on his HP 200LX HP Palmtop Paper User Survey 4 er Profile ine ficad with the HP Palmtop 42 Pinte Palmtop trucker tracks trip details with his HP Palmtop NamesS 0ssseeee wha exe s 45 For many their Palmtop has become a close compan lon worthy of his her own name Using the HP 200LX and LapLink with Windows95 0 005 47 Basic Tips Pes TORTI ETEE 51 52 a SE POPE er eer ere 53 55 Advertiser s Index 0000005 56 Files on July August 96 ON DISK 56 EE EO z The Only HP Palmtop Upgrade That Has t All To get the most from your HP 100 200LX palmtop you need 3 advanced upgrades on 1 convenient PCMCIA card First you need to send and receive both faxes and data at an exceptional 14 400 bps speed Second you need fax modem software that operates easily with the same HP function keys and commands you already use without the hassle of downloading software and without consuming precious hard disk space Third you need Flash memory for fast easy access to all your software applications and for efficiently storing data Plus you need to fax from and receive faxes into your Flash memory f
91. em used small square cards in a notebook to Communicate Wirelessly From Your HP Palmtop Try ZAP it for 30 Days with No Obligation ZAP it Wireless Messaging Service e Eliminates expensive cellular phone tag e Guarantees your messages and faxes find you regardless of your location Means you can respond to any message within seconds at anytime from anywhere Eliminates the need to constantly check phone messages voice mail and even e mail to keep in touch For more details on ZAP it two way wireless messaging call 800 213 2573 ZAP it is a trademark of DTS Wireless The Megahertz AllPoints Wireless PC Card is a product of USRobotics THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 39 Easy File Transfer Between Your Palmtop and Desktop zy Add the SCT CL680 Card Link to your desktop PC gt Fasit 80 000 Bytes sec Easy to use works just like a floppy disk drive gt Convenient plug in installation to your parallel printer port Reads writes SRAM and FLASH cards Only 189 95 Steele Creek Technologies Inc 14035 Appling Lane Charlotte NC 28278 Phone or Fax 704 588 1780 dental information and document topical quotes for speaking and writing I develop a separate NoteTaker file for each area I am responsible for as well as for every employee Each notecard then becomes an idea objective project or delegated assignment I also use NoteTaker To Document research notes for ser
92. ergency pre paredness for the community An example is the Amateur Radio SkyWarn system that tracks severe weather and reports it to local weather services In Ontario Canada I have met some who chase and report on storms as well Amateur Radio provides you with the opportunity to experiment and challenge your own personal limits In addition it lets you give something back to your communi ty I definitely stretched my Palm top s capabilities but there s more room to grow With my HP Palmtop I can run satellite tracking programs to locate Amateur radio relay satellites in real time using REAL95 ZIP H I have another TSR program I run while on packet that can help locate and calculate the distance between myself and the ham on the other end GRID ZIP W I have modified a Palmtop database for keeping a log of my contacts ARS LOG ZIP ki You can investigate ham relat ed topics by contacting a SIMTEL site on the Internet Most have an amateur radio and packet directory listing topics of interest One such SIMTEL site containing about 100 topical directories is http oak oakland edu simtel net msdos index msdos html Another non SIMTEL but more ham specific site is http www cdrom com pub ha mradio oak The more I look the more people I find using their Palmtop with radio We hope to QSO with you 32 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 on 2meters 144 148Mhz some time or else exc
93. ey in SERCTL O and press ENTER This command also switches the COM1 serial port off to conserve power SERCTL W will switch it back to the wired external port Under SysMer the fastest way to switch off the phone LED is to launch and immediately quit the Datacomm application Ctrl Quicken key IntelliLinkk V Transfer and translate data in one s Direct one step transfer and translation between your HP Palmtop and sup software applications V Reconcile data conflicts IntelliLink reads and compares data at the field level identifying conflicts You then specify the action to be taken Add nepal wan Replace Update Items can even be modified directly on the screen during transfer aey woar data to ERE and where V Speci to customize your transfer Transfer only the data you need ignore what Use custom field maps and doesn t need to be updated Supported Applications ikea rage 1 1 2x a lx rn le ET PackRat 4 1 ae Mo Windows l T a Organizer Paradox 3 Lapai viag Sidekick 2 0 for DOS ASCH CSV Schedule 1 0 7 0 20 for Windows 6 0 7 0 CalANdar 2 55 3 11 ECCO 1 x 2x 3 x Now Up to Date Sidekick for Windows 1 0 2 0 95 Tore fr Wine Windows 6 0 IntelliLink for Windows 99 95 Using IntelliLink for file transfer between the Palmtop and desktop works like a charm Call to order today almtop Paper NowDec 1995 Ai IntelliLink is the only solution for keeping network based scheduling and contact Inf
94. f stops filter recommenda tions and lots more The program covers all major still film formats from 35mm to 8 x 10 in 20 x 25 cm Data for 16 fixed focal length or zoom lenses can be stored One section describes 128 pieces of equipment The Cinematography module covers film formats from 8mm to 70mm plus four video formats It pro vides information on depth of field hyperfocal distance angle of view supplemental lenses film length and run ning times projection light source conversion circle of confusion shutter calcula tions equipment listing and conversion tables Almanacs for various countries show data useful for outdoor photography or for anyone who needs to consider natural lighting Available August 1996 Pricing in Pounds Sterling valid until December 1 1996 CANINE aiit on Rv cb ddd BOR DANONE lt 5 oti nana aa A 40 Cinematography BOL Almanacs 40 each CONTACT Douglas Software Sarum Lodge Main Road Littleton Winchester Hants 022 60S United Kingdom Phone 44 0 1962 880495 Fax 44 0 1962 854400 Point of Sale Accounting System Wincorp International sells a Palmtop based system to automate Van and Truck sales It electronically cap tures invoice cash and inventory data at the point of sale The accounting cycle includes the transfer of orders transfer of inventory point of sale invoice and printing of receipts as well
95. features that include the ability to Project Vision Gives You Planning In Your Palm For 99 For HP 100 200 and DOS based PC s Features Include One Hour Learning Uses 300K with Marx file size from 80K to IMEG Logic Networks Timelines Resource His e Critical Path Milestones Variable Zoom Mouse and keyboard operated for portability e NEW Export to MS Project MPX Files Inmax Publishing Ltd 2073 Terrace Ave North Vancouver Be Canada V7R 1B5 Tel 604 980 9991 Fax 604 985 5597 LJ Send and receive wireless Internet e mail LI Send a fax message from the Palmtop to anywhere in the world and access a personal library of electronically stored documents that can be merged with your fax LI Send and receive paging infor mation operator dispatch to the 200LX is available Create your own paging message on the 200LX and send it to any common paging network Q Send text to speech and speech to text messages When you send an e mail message using this option it transmits the message to the recipient over phone lines in a computer generated voice O Filter messages so that you receive certain messages immedi ately and have others held by Wynd Mail for setrieval at a more convenient time filter by size con tent or sender Q Re route your e mail to any other WyndMail Internet address useful for when you are on the road 0 Access WyndMail service via a standard modem This lets you a
96. files having the same graphic environment as the built in database application DB View can run in DOS and has better searching capabil ities DBView is a freeware PAL application BOR 605 dopenpiage cues Freeware Available Now in library 11 of HPHAND on CompuServe or on the HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK Contact Harry Konstas 72540 620 com puserve com PAL Text Editor PE ZIP E contains PalEdit a PAL based text editor that has almost the same look and feel of the built in Memo editor It does not support formatted texts but is much more powerful as a text editor It handles multi ple open files unlimited file length lines that are up to 32000 characters binary file editing and incremental searches It supports most EMAC commands and is expandable through DOS filters a METET ETNE Freeware Available Now in library 11 of HPHAND on CompuServe or on the HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK Contact Andreas Garzotto 73064 1657 com puserve com DOS Commands for Graphics PCX VIEW ZIP contains simple DOS commands to display PCX graphics It provides simple utilities to crop and invert images All were written by Brian Steel in 8086 assembler code so they are very small and effi cient FYB ov np dad 5s ceeded Freeware Available Now in library 11 of HPHAND on CompuServe or on the HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK Contact Brian Steel 100012 3141 com puserve com Scientifie Caleulator UCALC ZIP contains Ultim
97. hange some packet e mail So how about getting your license It s now easier than ever to get started you don t even need to learn Morse code to begin but you ll earn more respect if you do You have nothing to lose and world of ham operators to gain For more information visit Jason s web site at http www umecut maine edu b aack or Ham Radio On line at http www accessone com vboo k hronline htm Pricing and Contact Information for products mentioned in this article All prices are manufacturer s suggested retail price It may be possible to purchase the product for less at third party vendors BP Modems Model 2 49 95 Model 2M 69 95 Contact 7igertronics Inc P O Box 5270 Grants Pass OR 97527 USA Phone 800 8Baypac or 541 474 6700 Fax 541 474 6703 hitto www tigertronics com Shareware freeware mentioned in this article HAMRADIO ZIP if available on this issue of the ON DISK includes the following three pieces of software REAL95 ZIP Executable satelite tracker intended for use on the Palmtop Freeware Also available on the Internet at ftp eddie mit edu pub 951x NEW GRID ZIP Amateur radio executable and documentation files Shareware Contact David Eanes 4866 Drusilla Lane Baton Rouge LA 70809 U S A ARS LOG ZIP Database template for the Palmtop for logging radio contacts Freeware HP OmniGo 700LX corner IRELESS COM
98. harging batter ies on the HP Palmtops Here is a short list far from exhaustive of some of the most popular battery monitor ing programs now being used by Palmtop users ABC LX This commercial program from DNA Shier Systems contols and mon itors battery charging After you set up the charging pro cess ABC LX monitors the charging and turns it off based on a length of time you specify a maximum volt age you specify or a stop in voltage rise after a time you specify Though automatic you can choose to see a graphed profile of the charg ing progress if you desire BATT100 HE is a simple DOS program that reads the battery voltage Must be invoked by the user when they want to check the batter ies Does not consume any memory when not in use Batti00 is a passive pro gram it provides informa tion for you to make decisions on but does not control your machine for you BATT100 is freeware BUDDY E is a program that provides lots of short cut ways to use your Palmtop One of its many functions is to provide a continuous read out in Filer of the battery voltage and time since its last full charge Buddy is also a passive program with re gard to battery usage Buddy is a TSR that consumes a substantial amount of memo ry about 54K and is there fore the battery management program of choice only if you want to use its many other great features Buddy is shareware BATTMAN
99. hat s Like a City The Church That s Lukewa The Church That s Loving rm the Lord A database for speakers with room for an outline and other necessary details here shown with a sample sermon record 40 THEHPPALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 The one feature still want to find or write is a mileage tracking template for Lotus 1 2 3 Right now I am logging mileage in a Memo document The Lotus worksheet could automatically total daily mileage subtract commuting miles and store other information I m planning on purchasing a Bible program and a pocket modem The Megahertz XJ1144 is currently in use but the pocket style is pre ferred due to battery drain from the PCMCIA The HP 100 200LX has dra matically changed my work styles It has become my constant com panion and my most used comput er I am always looking for re sources to make it work better Toward that end my friend Mike who introduced me to the Palmtop gave me another invaluable gift every back issue of the HP Palmtop Paper Thanks Mike I have be come a subscriber and a con tributing author 7 Pricing and Contact Information for products mentioned in this article All prices are manufacturer s suggested relai price It may be possible to purchase the product for less at third party vendors AOL Varies America Online information service Contact See page 56 How to Contact Us HP Connectivity Pack See HP Product
100. haven t heard of the Palmtop There are several forums on CompuServe that I access HP HAND is a must for anyone with a Palmtop especially a beginner like myself The members there are very quick to respond to your questions and are most helpful Another popular forum that I and a lot of truck drivers visit is Motorsports Go Racing NAS CAR and Indy car racing is extremely popular and I can keep up with qualifying and racing as the events happen I usually just have time to check race results but if I read something that I want to comment on I do When time per mits I lurk around in a few other CompuServe Forums like the Wine forum and the Car forum 44 THEHPPALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 Staying on top of things in a changing world Trucking has changed so much through the past years and good maintenance and financial records are a must Good financial records really make it a lot easier in an IRS audit If you have your expenses printed out in a nice summary or spreadsheet it makes the audit go faster and usually puts the auditor in a very happy state of mind The HP 200LX Palmtop has definitely made my life much easi er It s provided me with much more accurate bookkeeping and a number of very useful built in applications It does everything for me that a laptop would do at a much lesser cost and without tak ing up a lot of storage space in a small truck cab It definitely would be an asset for any truc
101. he Appointment Book s response time is faster The same is true with files for PhoneBook Database and other built in applications Rich Hall Managing Editor for The HP Palmtop Paper advises to go Check your AppManager screen first and delete the icons for pro grams you no longer want Make a list of the icons you deleted and the ones you intend to keep Consult the list when your delete the application HAND forum Internet sites HP technical support personnel and most importantly subscribers to The HP Palmtop Paper Keep an entry in your NoteTaker file dedicated to fellow Palmtop through the category field of PhoneBook NoteTaker and Data base and rethink your categories Combine categories into new and comprehensive ones Eliminate cate gories you don t use This will make the Subset and Sort features work faster Rich echoes Conrad s advice on Filer He periodically reviews all files on his Palmtop If he no longer needs a file he deletes it If he thinks he ll need it in the next three months he keeps it on his Palmtop If he thinks he may need it some time in the future or is not sure wisdom ogy any files with Filer Promote increased A good idea is usually created by an individual and used by society to move forward and better mankind Look at any profession or scientific discipline any philosophy or theol created by people like you or I and shared within and beyond
102. he hand held unit provides the building inspector with instant access P atutor LJ ser Groves Those interested in participating in an HP Palmtop users group should contact the following individuals Send us contact Information formatted as below if you wish to be added as a contact for a users group in your area HP Palmtop Worldwide User Group News send material about User Group activities to Ahmet G Ozisit at the Turkish User Group see contact information _ ARGENTINA 100 200LX users in Argentina contact AMigue Angel Assen Ernai 73070 3665 compuseive com Arlington VA Washington DC USA 95L 100 200LX users in the Aringion VA I Washington DC area contact Rick Shaddock o Computer instructors Corporation 2320 South Eads Arington VA 22202 Phone 709 486 2222 Atlanta GA USA Palmtop users in the Atlanta area contact A A Arastu Phone PPO 1 1 582 Cleveland OH USA SSL 0200 uars in the Cleveland area contact Craig de Fassele cto MEM inc 4702 East 355th St Wiloughty OH Boston MA USA 95LX 100 200LX users in the Boston area contact Ana mtama Phone 677 374 9600 x 197 jwonk Fax 617 374 9620 CompuServe ID 7044441 BRAZIL 95 100 200LX users in Brazil contact Mecos L Poaza Aua Traini 647 Ap 104 8 59020 150 Natal AN BRAZIL Phone 55 84 277 6762 Charleston SC USA 95 100 200LX users in South Carolina contact Aon Rivers P O Box 31284 Charle
103. ibson Technical Editor fom_gibson amp ihaddeus com Thanks to Beverley Howard and Alexander Gutentield Create a small DOS program to exit AppMgr Many of us start our favorite DOS applications from Ap plication Manager The Letter sequence soon be comes second nature and comes close to being a hotkey for your DOS applica Hesow ESC DAP Seartlaps te pei a ES N esc com E 0100 B RCX 00B W Q i 8 Se 52 B9 1B i CD 16 B tion While APPMGR allows you to suppress the Press a key to continue message you are still left in Application Manager when the DOS application terminates A real hotkey would return you to the built in application you were in prior to hitting the hotkey Here is a way to have Application Manager auto matically terminate in such a situation by leaving an ESC character in the keyboard input buffer for Application Manager to process 1 Create ESC COM i an 11 byte size program To do this in Memo create a new file press File New Type in the following information exactly as it is shown below N esc com E 0100 B4 05 B9 1B 01 CD 16 B4 4C CD 21 RCX 000B Ww Q The second line and the last line of the file must be empty as shown in the screen dump below 2 Save the file To save the file press MENU File Save As then name the file C ESC DMP Make sure the 07210496 1 453 pH INSERTI S ASCII SLINE amp COL 9 J a STs 73 a
104. ided on the Card Trans PC Card contains Trans Processor which is fully compatible with AT Parallel Port Standard and allows for data transfer over 8 times faster than EPP 850 00 Bytes sec between two Notebook PCs with Trans PC Cards connected by Trans Cable There are three adapters for Trans Cable A for transfer using standard parallel ports B for printers C for Zip drives Trans PC Card introductory price 119 00 with User Manual and Quick Reference Trans Cable 29 00 Adapters A B and C 10 00 each For more information and dealer nearest you please call Trans Digital Corporation 39210 State Street Suite 105 Fremont CA 94538 Tel 510 745 9777 Fax 510 745 9937 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 25 WIRELESS Review A ELDATA Adviesgroep Weteringschans 129 1017 SC Amsterdam The Netherlands tel 31 20 6247284 fax 31 20 6224337 SunDisk zA Ki The price of their service was the best of all the services I tested Other services which one is right for you RadioMail a comparably priced competitor of Wynd Communi cations offers wireless messaging service over the same geographical area as Wynd SkyTel is another option Although SkyTel describes its cov erage as nationwide more major minor cities seem to be cov ered by Wynd and RadioMail than the current SkyTel roll out SkyTel has a transmitter receiver that works with the HP 200LX and pro vides lim
105. il on your desk or in your in box Lessen the incoming volume of mail by tak ing the time to get off mailing lists They also advise to clean up your desk at the end of each day throw away anything you haven t used in six months and create storage spaces for your nonessential but treasured barnacles KEEPING THE PALMTOP CLEAN Most of this advice applies to your Palmtop Make a weekly appoint ment for yourself to finish up and clean off past appointments and ToDos If you are signed up for sev eral online news groups you may have to wade through hundreds of non essential messages Look care fully at the news groups you are signed up for and eliminate the ones you don t really need read or respond to Additional advice on the subject was given by Conrad Cox leader of a Users Group in San Francisco Conrad wrote this advice in the Users Group newsletter When the new year comes peo ple who use paper appointment books and planners can throw them out the window of their high rise On my Palmtop I extract the previ ous year s activity from my Appointment Book file I review each PhoneBook entry and delete any that are no longer needed I use Filer to review the files on my Palmtop s C drive and A drive I delete files for applications that I no longer use Most of the other Palmtop users in our group extract their old appointments more fre quently This helps reduce the size of the appointment file so t
106. in report lan guage allows you to quick ly create different reports by describing them via the report specifications The formats can range from sim ple Feed files into Lotus Spreadsheets CDF format to a report that can be print ed and mailed as an invoice to a client Several report formats come with the prod uct to be used as is or mod ified to meet your needs gi PACS Bee ee 129 00 CONTACT See Contact informa tion for VOLT LX below VOLT LX Assists Batiery Users VOLT LX meets the needs of those Palmtop users who do NOT use rechargeable batteries The voltage is dis played on the label of the F1 key where normally the label Help appears with out affecting the function of the Fl key Pressing F1 will display the Help screens as before VOLT LX also dis plays the hours the battery has been used VOLT LX contains all the features needed to moni tor the status of non rechargeable batteries A 5 00 coupon is attached to upgrade to ABC LX v1 0 VOLT LX is produced by D amp A Software Inc PHONE oritta ari 9 95 CONTACT USA Shier Systems amp Software 920 Hampshire Road Suite A Westlake Village CA 91361 USA Phone 805 371 9391 Fax 805 371 9454 E mail info shier com CONTACT Europe and Asia Aundel Datentechnik Rappenstr 20 73033 Goeppingen Germany Phone 49 07161 14707 Fax 49 07161 24473 E mail 100023 2477 com pusere com Shareware Freeware F
107. in time What I d like to see in the future is a unit the size of the Tango two way pager or even smaller with the features of the Ricochet modem especially the unlimited Internet access for a flat fee Such a unit could replace my pager modem and radio modem and could clip to my belt Of course it would need coverage in most locations around the country and even around the world per haps using satellite communica tions I hope that such a device is not too many years away However now that I ve had a taste of what wireless communications can offer today I would never con sider waiting for something new While each type of technology has its limitations they all provide 18 THEHPPALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 means of staying in touch and being productive whenever and wherever the need arises and after all isn t that why we have these wonderful Palmtops in the first place Pricing and Contact Information for products mentioned in this article All prices are manufacturer s suggested relai price It may be possible to purchase the product for less at third party vendors Skytel 2 way Wireless Pager 60 month CONTACT Skviel P O Box 2469 Jackson MS 39225 2469 USA Phone 800 395 5260 Fax 601 944 1300 W W W htio www skytelcom Motorola Tango Pager Pager provided by Skytel included in monthly price see above SkyTel HP Palmtop Connectivity Cable 49 95 CONTACT Skvel F O Box 2
108. ing to watch the HP place the item at the bottom of the list with a check mark One additional item has been carried over from my days of using the Franklin Planner When I lis tened to a tape on using the plan ner the teacher explained the importance of listing Planning in Solitude as the first ToDo of the day This reserves a period of peace and quiet for looking over the schedule for the day and the week For my Palmtop A0 Planning in Solitude is repeated daily appear ing at the top of my list to help me preserve that time Phone ZDENO ARTE Single unified PhoneBook My address section in my Franklin Planner was quite large and con tained several separate listings The Provincial list included churches clergy and key laymen from across the Province for which I am responsible I also had a local church membership list personal list business list and an interna tional listing of our churches When I started using my HP Palmtop I discovered the Subset feature for the PhoneBook I was able to place all my numbers in one master list and when needed sep arate them by category This espe cially comes in handy for such things as comparing the Province list in my Palmtop with the master mailing list on another computer I just call up the Provincial subset in PhoneBook and print it out Newphone2 modified PhoneBook template gives additional fields for PhoneBook You can load your PhoneBook
109. ints wireless modem smaller and more portable After using the Ericsson Mobidem for about six months what had at first seemed so small and portable was looking and feeling more and more like a brick I was ready for the next smaller generation of peony in Flash wu zh Expand your HP Palmtop s memory with high quality PC Card technology at an affordable price Whether you require only a few extra mega bytes or 40 megs IBM flash cards are your solution Built in data compression provides up to 80MB RAM for your palmtop 34284 40MB 80MB Flash EduCALG 27953 Cabot Road Laguna Niguel CA 92677 Call for more info 714 582 2637 34234 SMB EMB Flash 0 0000 199 34244 SMB 10MB Flash 0 299 3425A 10MB 20MB Flash 419 3426A 20MB 40MB Flash sses 799 3427A S0MB 60MB Flash s s s 999 1239 wireless modems In February of 1996 this finally arrived in the form of a Megahertz US Robotics AllPoints wireless PC Card Allpoints is a modem and wireless transmitter receiver built into a PC Card It has an external bulge on the end that sticks out of the Palmtop s card slot This bulge holds a 9 volt battery that provides power to send and receive mes sages and a small antenna I no longer had to carry a brick around I currently use Wynd commu nications with the Allpoints Wireless PC Card and cont
110. inue to receive nightly data on stocks and mutual funds In addition changed my full time day job and now work for Hewlett Packard as a manager in their Software Infor mation and Delivery Organization SIDO in Mountain View CA The mail system we use at work is cc Mail which also lets me create a set of rules for forwarding The EduCALC Catalog FREE for One Year Cutting Edge Products to Enhance your HP Palmtop Wireless Access Experience the freedom and power of portable wireless palmtop communication You can now g reach anyone anywhere who has an email ad dress fax machine or RF messaging device wireless and from your HP Palmtop 3422 Motorola Wireless Modem 699 10020A EnBloc PalmStation 51495 Your Name in Silver Personalize your palmtop with this self adhesive nameplate it installs quickly in the recess on the back of your machine Just give us up to 24 characters and allow two weeks for delivery 2786 Nameplate 0 s ccecsssesnees 94 99 EduCALC is your place to find all the newest hottest technology for your Hewlett Packard Palmtop Call us today 800 713 6526 Check us out on the World Wide Web http www educalc com HP 100 200LX memory upgrade now available Call lor details 24 THEHPPALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 my e mail to my Palmtop s wire less service I have e mail less than 10K in size forwarded to the Palmtop A message is sent to my Palmtop alerting me
111. irectory you are in as well as any subdirecto ries under that directory You can revise your DIR display so that newest files come first subdirectories are listed at the bottom and the display pauses after each screen automatically To do this place the following line in your AUTOEXEC BAT file SET DIRCMD o g d p lo List by files in sorted order g Group directories last by using the prefix d Sort files by date and time listing the newest files first by using the prefix lip Pauses after each screen of information This command presets the DIR parameters and switches the switches are the modi fying commands like p above that modify the DIR command You can use any valid combination of DIR parameters and switches with the SET DIRCMD command including the location and name of a file You can change the DIRCMD default settings by typing the SET command at the DOS prompt with a new parameter or switch after the equal sign The new default settings are effective for all subsequent DIR com mands until you use SET DIRCMD again on the com mand line or until you restart DOS To clear all default set tings type the following com mand set dircmd To get a list of the variables you can use and the proper syntax for DOS commands simply type the command name followed by at the DOS prompt For example to get help for the MODE com mand type MODE Jom G
112. ited receive and send capability It is my understanding that SkyTel has a message size limit You may send a full message which then will be broken down to ELDATA The Mobile computing Specialists All HP Palmtops and accessories from stock Sundisk the original Flash memory cards Doublespeed and RAM upgrade for HP 200LX Radiomail Wireless E mail Visit our Intemet home page www eldata com Credit card mailorder throughout Europe E mail office eldata com tx ASK for _ in your own currency EU MOBILE DATA E NOKIA fet accommodate the message size of the pager receiving the message As with other services SkyTel s cost is a base monthly charge some amount of free messaging and then a charge for messages above the base rate SkyTel s two way coverage area may not be as com plete as the RamMobile network used by WyndMail When making a decision on what is right for you you need to take into consideration the folowing points Availability RadioMail Wynd Mail and SkyTel are available throughout most of the U S Metricom is available only in a few cities and college campuses Cost Base charges which may include a certain number of free messages per month plus a cost per message after that number has been reached check with service 26 THEHPPALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 Priority of Messaging How fast does the message have to be sent check with servi
113. ith the Palmtop I first tested an Ericsson Mobidem wireless modem along with a wireless e mail software and service from Wynd Commun ications The Mobidem is a small external wireless modem that is used primarily with laptop and desktop systems but also works with the Palmtop Wynd was developing the System Manager compliant wire less communications software for use on the HP 200LX I approached them at a conference held in San Jose California and indicated my willingness to work with them on any beta tests they had in mind I purchased the Mobidem modem and was provided beta software by Wynd Now I was wireless I normally received my e mail via Microsoft Mail on my desktop computer at work I was able to use an add in product with my desk top to re direct incoming mail to my wireless account I had my mail IRELESS COMMUNICATIONS ON YOUR HP PALMTOP forwarded to my Wynd account excluding messages with attach ments I excluded attachments since they tended to be spread sheets or Word documents These documents are very large and take a lot of time to transmit costing me more in service charges In addi tion I rarely need them on my Palmtop This setup worked quite well and provided me with access to e mail anywhere anytime In addition to my full time job my wife and I have a financial ser vices business In the financial ser vices business it is important to stay on top of market information to provid
114. k driver or small business owner i Pricing and Contact Information for products mentioned in this article All prices are manufacturer s suggested retail price It may be possible to purchase the product for less at third party vendors CompuServe Varies Contact CompuServe Information Service Phone 800 848 8199 or 614 457 0802 ask for operator 231 Lotus 1 2 3 V 5 for Windows 119 Contact Lotus Development Corpor ation U S A Phone 800 343 5414 Fax 770 698 7694 acCiS 3 1 79 Quick LX 39 Contact Shier Systems and Software Inc 920 Hampshire road Suite A Westlake Village CA 91361 USA Phone 805 371 9391 Fax 805 371 9454 E mail 74777 2477 compuserve com EXP 8MB Flash modem card 479 Contact EXP Computer Phone 800 EXP 6922 ext 641 or 714 453 1020 Fax 714 453 1319 BOW TO USE YOUR PALMTOP USER PROFILE When Palmtops Deserve a Name For many users their HP Palmtop has become an endeared family member and close companion So why not name them Compiled by Avi Meshar People develop a very personal relationship with their Palmtops A while back I discovered that some were even giving their Palmtop a name I posted a message on the Fireside section of CompuServe s HPHand Forum I received res ponses representing 10 languages including Swiss German to Farsi to Computerese Along with s
115. keep track of all repairs on the worksheet so that if I have a repair made and the same part fails again six months down the road then I can quickly check the date of the first repair for warranty purposes When I sell or trade the truck for a new one with toilet and shower I will be able to print out a nice spreadsheet of all maintenance and repairs for the new owners They will know exactly what has been done to the truck when it was done and what shop did the work Before the Palmtop I would list all of this in a small spiral notebook After three or four years the note book would fall apart A neat spreadsheet of the maintenance and repairs will be a good selling point Built in applications organize life on the road I used to have business cards scat tered throughout the truck Fortunately PhoneBook replaced that mess I keep contact informa tion on friends and co workers along with truck repair shops and dealers I do business with all in one PhoneBook file For hotels since I travel a lot I try to keep track of where I stay so I can call ahead for reservations in the future I store hotel data ina file named HOTEL PDB I use a macro to toggle between the two PDE files The only reason I keep hotels in a separate file is that THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 43 when I am looking for a hotel they are all together in one file and it makes it easier to find the one I want I use the Appointment
116. lan Schoepp 70314 1400 compuserve com PC Remote Control PCREMOTE ZIP is a tiny text based remote control utility to control one PC from another a Se THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 7 Knowledge Products From Thaddeus The HP Palmtop Paper Best Tips On Disk comes free with The HP Palmtop Paper On Disk subscription W O Rk LE e E o F HARD ERIIIAD PS Soa FETTER AY OS eS eS se HP OmniGo World Thaddeus Computing INc Subscribe today and receive e 6 issues of The HP Palmtop Paper The HP Palmt op P a Bonus issue Best Palmtop Tips has saved me countless Each Spring hours of frustration e Bonus issue PC Card Review Each Fall Steve Mitchell e Subscriber PowerDisk Middleburg Indiana Each Fall Order back issues of The HP Palmtop Paper while they last Like the HP Palmtop There s plenty of useful information already published HP 95LX users will especially benefit from thirteen 1991 93 issues and HP 100LX and HP 200LX users will appreciate the twelve 1994 95 issues Included is a Subscriber PowerDisk for each year ir aa ee ae lt o HP Palmtop Paper On Disk Get a supplemental disk conania the great freeware and shareware you read about in each The HP Palmtop Paper This supplement to The HP Palmtop es also contains detailed informa tion kom advertisers plus the full text of The HP Palmtop Paper for text search Best Tips On
117. ll force Win95 to run under its slower real mode disk drivers which can negatively affect perfor mance The solution is to lie to Windows 95 and tell it that LLRAS is indeed a safe tested driver and to run it though Win95 s protected mode disk and file access We lie to Win95 by doing the following Win95 keeps a list of safe DOS drivers in a file in the win dows directory called IOS INI Simply make a backup copy of IOS INI then open it in any text editor such as Edit or Windows Notepad and add the line LLRAS3 EXE under the section title SafeList The next time you start Win95 it will now treat LLRA as a safe driver and run under optimal performance with it loaded I have tested LLRA under Windows 95 protected mode dri vers on three machines I cannot guarantee safe results with whatev er combination of drivers you may have on your machine Remember messing with disk drivers can result in data loss I have no idea why Microsoft or HP Traveling software did not test this driver can only conclude by its absence from the UnSafe driver list that it was simply never tested as opposed to being unsafe See Microsoft Knowledge Base article 0130179 and the Microsoft Windows 95 resource kit for more information I also recommend setting the Tdle connection timeout on the HP 200LX to its maximum of 60 minutes If the HP shuts off auto matically reestablishing the con nection is not reliable If yo
118. mber things he would normally forget Jim is pictured here holding Brain in front of shelves full of HAM radio equipment Not shown in the photo are Jim s nine children al planning I have had Mon Joujou only since 7 month and it goes with me almost everywhere I go I have even used Mon Joujou at the top of the Eiffel Tower it By Dennis Terazawa 71233 436 compuserve com If I leave my briefcase at home and get to work I don t worry about that If I leave my wallet at home I won t have a fit If I forget and put on different col ored socks I certainly won t sweat But if I forget my 200LX at home I ll drive home to get Itl Brain By Jim Lasley MIS Coordinator Thaddeus Computing Why call it Brain My Palmtop remembers things I would forget I do have to enter them to begin with but then it reminds me or beeps at me when it s time for a company meeting or one of the Boy Scout meetings I m in charge of or whatever needs my attention My Brain prompts me to meet my regular Sunday night responsibili ties as a HAM radio operator I can be relaxing with my family 9 chil dren and when I get my five minute warning I get up go to the next room and send morse code messages through the national HAM radio message system Sophia By Rob Mitchell Sophia is Greek for wisdom One of my favorite places not yet visited is Istanbul which has the most beautiful church in th
119. memory NSW makes this possible at incredibly LOW Prices NSW will upgrade your HP200LX or HP1000CX from either 1MB or 2MB to 5MB or 6MB total internal memory for only 299 including installation Worried about your HP warranty Only NSW offers a warranty on both our memory module AND your HP Palmtop for up to 1 full year Call or write for details Thinking of getting a new EEEE Check out our NSW modified systems All palmtops sold by NSW are backed by a full 1 year written warranty Brand New HP 200LX with 6MB internal memory 859 00 i Brand New HP 200LX with 5MB internal memory 729 00 Brand New HP 1000CX with 5MB internal memory 629 00 Price Actual Formatted Size Part Number ATA 04MB ATA O8MB _ ATA 12MB ATA 16MB ATA 20MB Flash For Your Palmtop 4MB ATA Flash Card 8MB ATA Flash Card 12MB ATA Flash Card 16MB ATA Flash Card 20MB ATA Flash Card 349 00 419 00 _ 499 00 PALMTOP HANDBAG EXP LXM FAX MODEM MODEM When you need fast communications in your palmtop the EXP Thinfax LXM series fax modems with FLASH memory are ready to do the job with 14 4Kbps data and 28 fax coupled with either 2MB 4MB or 8MB high speed FLASH memory Installation and MiniFax software are built in ROM for maximum reliability EXP Thinfax LXM cards are Stacker 4 0 compatible The Palmtop handbag from COAST provides a portable office solution Room for your Palmtop or OmniGo paper pen
120. n read First learn how a trucker and an Archbishop use their Palmtops Then discover that many of us have grown so fond of our Palmtops that we have given them names some very creative Finally please take the time to fax back our Reader Survey page 41 We can best serve you if we know what you like and don t like about our publi cation Whether you tell us to leave The HP Palmtop Paper exactly as it is or make radical suggestions for change your input will help us do a better job meeting your Palmtop needs Hal Goldstein P S Hope to see you at the Anaheim HP Handheld conference page 7 We will be giving away autographed copies of our new book PC in Your Pocket Yak Bolle gt publication may be r The HP Palmtop Paper INCREASING YOUR PERSONAL POWER A EXPANDING YOUR PALMTOP S POTENTIAI s Volume five Issue four July August 1996 Executive Editor Publisher Hal Goldstein M ing Editor Richard Hall Associate Editors Paul Merrill Carol de Giere Technical Editor Tom Gibson Department Editors Ed Keefe Carl Merkle Wayne Kneeskern Contributing Writers Mike Fine Rick Hurtle Peter Jordan Avi Meshar Frank P Nagle Phillip Nichols David Shier Randolph W Sly Advertis keting Brian Teitzman Mam Lick Tiffany Lisk Circulation Sharon Dilmore David Brooks Sharon Lloyd Jolene Phillips Executive Advisor Rita Goldstein The HP Palmtop Paper ISSN 10656189 is published by Thaddeus Computing
121. nd Modem Bundles contact information is Desktop Card Readers Acoustic Modem Couplers HP 200LX Palmtop Systems HP Color OmniBook Software NiMH Batteries Printers and Accessories X JACK Megahertz Modem Bundles SkyTel 2 Way Paging DoubleFlash Plus PC Memory Cards HP 200LX 5MB RAM Upgrade 00 0 0 0600 cece cece ee back cover ee compullng Inc ASF Palmtop Computer Light 0ccccceeeuseewees 800 771 3600 or 800 996 3638 Fax 516 868 6897 31 Fairfield 1A 52556 U S A ConectUS Wireless Comm Wireless Messaging 00 ccccsecuccsceencsevaccuseuucteueeuessuaeessn 800 350 0373 17 airtietd 2556 U S A DataViz MacLink Plus ccccececeeceseesesessese 800 406 6504 or 203 268 0030 Fax 203 268 4345 4 Phone 515 472 6330 DTS Wireless Messaging Wireless Messaging Service pat sa IRS heii 800 967 0943 or 908 602 1144 Fax 908 602 0990 39 _ or 800 373 6114 EAB Leather Cases 0ceceuees ences 800 896 2273 Intl 916 344 5047 Fax 916 782 9306 13 Fax 515 472 1879 EduCALC HP 200LX Palmtop Upgrade Offer 20cccccccecsececcuceuueveceseeseuseuees 800 385 9376 24 Internet letters thaddeus com Eldata Palmtop Accessories ccceeseseveces MAERA IMT i PIET T ese 800 409 1701 26 CompuServe 76125 1773 Envoy Data PC Cards PC Card Products cc0008 800 368 6971 or 602 892 0954 Fax 602 892 0029 39 EXP Computer ThinFax Modem 05 B00 E
122. new Web site with useful information for con sumers to better understand how handheld computers can make their lives easier said Kheng Joo Khaw General Manager of HP s Asia Pacific Personal Computer Division Whether they currently own a handheld computer or are considering a purchase in the near future they will find our Web site useful it provides a real life look at how HP s line of electronic organizers Palmtop PCs and calculators can assist them in their daily lives whether at home in the office or any where in between In addition to obtaining detailed product information and specifica tions from the new Web site consumers can register their HP handheld products on line receive technical assistance and documentation and read customer success stories and the latest press releases Also included on the Web site are industry awards an animated on line prod uct demo a calculator shopping guide and hypertext links that take con sumers to product reviews articles and other Web sites that support HP s handheld products tion in the Utility Industry August 21 23 1996 at the Marriott Inner Harbor Balt imore MD U S A The Fourm is designed to let Utility Industry professionals share the successes failures and opportunities of field automa tion with peers and the vendor community Vendors will also have exhibit tables PIRI 5 ites chp ennai bad 995 For 2 and 1 2 days 25 off for four or more pe
123. o anyone with an address on the Internet Internet A large international communication network that connects government agencies technical universities and commercial customers The Internet is currently grow ing at more than 30 per month The Internet includes access to e mail newsgroup bulletin boards and the World Wide Web For wireless communications the most impor tant part of the Internet is electronic mail ISP Internet Service Provider A company that provides customers access to the Internet RadioMail and Wynd are examples of ISP s for wireless Internet service GSM Global System for Mobiles or sometimes Group Special Mobile The European and Asian digital cellular system standard This is the technology used by the HP OmniGo 700 communicator It is a subset of TDMA K Kilo or one thousand In data communications 1K is actually 1 024 which is an even power of 2 Specifically 2 to the 10th power Modem MOdulator DEModulator The device that converts data into tones and back again to allow transmis sion over standard phone lines The term has been expanded to include radio modems and other devices which simply allow a computer to send and receive remote data even when no actual modulation may take place SMS Short Messaging System The data transmission service used in the OmniGo 700LX to send and receive e mail and faxes SMS is an optional service provided by GSM cellular companies
124. ocols 1981 TAPR decided to use a version of the computer industries x 25 communications protocol calling it AX 25 A for amateur radio Packet radio communications started with a few people who could afford computers and to modify Bell 202 modems with the TAPR chip protocol Soon computer prices fell and Terminal Node Controller kits were becoming more available Radio networks were being set up much like a unix on off LAN and businesses constant on LAN An example of an on off LAN is an Internet web browser that is not actually con nected to the web site all the time but intermittently connects to pings the web site for information A computer bulletin board sys tem like CompuServe is an example of a constant on LAN because it is always connected to the net and to other nodes in its system the monthly QST magazine They also have a NEW HAM kit which they ll give you free of charge no membership required It s their way of introducing you to their services and getting you started in ham radio I also received an offer to receive a free Ham related book I chose Hints and Kinks from the list of titles It contained a lot of little fix it tidbits good for new Hams to know before hand like how to mount your first antenna on your car without destroying your car in the process Amateur Radio Clubs also get together monthly and have special activities for both fun as well as some that help em
125. ome very interesting names I received some stories worth sharing Some of the names have liter ary background such as Lug gage named by Martin Breid enbach for the magic traveling chest which always follows its owner from Terry Pratchett s Discworld series Others have deep cultural roots as in Geek or commercial origins as Jeff Rod riguez name Go Hewey Go which was given when HP stock reached a new level on the stock market Names are not always perma nent Depending on his mood Steven Speairs calls his Palmtop ENIAC Jr or Nag he must set many alarms Some are more impersonal like It or plainly 200LX But more often names reflect what is dear to a person s heart Rob Mitchell a physician named his LX Sophia because of his fondness for wisdom Sophia is Greek for wisdom Another Ecosse the French name for his favorite country Scotland There are the inevitable varia tions on the HP such as Hewey Baby Heuy Hou Pe the HP and Haych Pee Also LXander or LXandra Lex Mainframe Pocket Rocket Speedy Lommecomputer Obelisk and Deep Thought Other people label their Palmtops in accordance with their own perception That Thing in Your Pocket or Cute Little Computer Jesper Siig s son calls his dad s computer his puter Someone s wife is quoted as say ing Do you have to bring that Thing with you everywhere
126. op This Palmtop user hauls cars to testing grounds motion picture film sights and car races while tracking trip details in Lotus 1 2 3 on his 200LX By Rick Hurtle am a cross country ens driver and have owned my own truck since 1980 I work in association with a company that transports show cars test cars and proto types throughout the United States If there is an auto show in your town I have probably been there This year s work in cludes transporting test cars up to the Northwest Territories of Canada for cold weather testing working a photo shoot in Hilton Head South Carolina and delivering to a deal er s show in San Diego California This job is definitely not boring It s fun and allows me to go to some great places where I couldn t afford to travel for vacation From shoe boxes to Palmtop 1 2 3 files When I first got into trucking com puters were not in many house holds and certainly not in mine I didn t know anything about them and I didn t want to know I kept all of my receipts in a shoe box and at the end of the year I would sit down with the adding machine and hope Rick Hurtle with his 1996 Freightliner equipped with custom stereo system sink microwave refrigerator and 18 DSS satellite dish and HP 200LX Palmtop that wouldn t forget or lose any thing Then I started keeping a ledger in the truck and entering expenses at the end of each day It was a better
127. ople with the same affiliation CONTACT World Market Strategies LTD PDA Inc 4309 17th St San Francisco CA 94114 USA Phone 415 252 8008 Fax 415 252 8055 E mail jlohrmann wmsitd com Free copy of Software Carousel with 4MB Upgrade Notebook Supply Ware house NSW is offering a free copy of Software Carousel with every 4 MB upgrade for the HP 200LX Software Carousel is a pow erful multi task software package which eliminates the need for EMM drivers POON kerede iaa 299 Includes memory upgrade Software Carousel and installation by NSW Salftiatall 230 0505 hA niai i 249 Including 1 connector only recommend ed for those with high technical skill CONTACT Notebook Supply Warehouse 13700 Alton Parkway 154 281 Irvine CA 92718 USA Phone 800 566 6832 or 714 753 8810 Fax 714 753 8812 Websters Not Available The Websters Spell Checker sold by Thaddeus Com puting has been sold out and is no longer available THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 9 IRELESS COMMUNICATIONS ON YOUR HP PALMTOP User to User E mail is the next killer app Why the HP 700LX The HP Palmtop Paper looks at the World Wide Web By Hal Goldstein and attending Palmtop related conferences First to London to attend an OmniGo 700LX commu nicator developer s conference Then to Chicago to attend the American Booksellers Convention and promote our book PC in your Pocket Finally I traveled to New
128. or extra convenience And most of all you need the flexibility to use all your upgrade features together or independently without inserting and removing separate fax modem and memory cards Now you can have it all with ThinFax 1414LXM ALL THE ADVANCED UPGRADE FEATURES YOU NEED ON 1 CONVENIENT PCMCIA CARD EXP s award winning MiniFax software High speed fax modem 2 or 4 MB Flash memory They re all built into the ThinFax 1414LXM card That s why ThinFax 1414LXM is the one upgrade that s a must for your HP palmtop So call the toll free number today for complete ThinFax 1414LXM specifications and the name of an EXP dealer near you Call 714 453 1020 or Fax 714453 1319 bitp www expnet com EZP ih Mosite computing EXPERTISE IS BUILT INTO OUR NAME Publisher s Message Whether you travel across town or around the world keeping in touch is a challenge Away from the office you may need to quote prices to a customer exchange information with a colleague communicate with your husband or wife about picking up the kids Enter the HP Palmtop Add a special communications device and a wireless service and you can be almost anywhere and stay in touch without the hassles of trying to find a phone to make a modem connection We have devoted this issue to wireless technology and the HP Palmtop In it you ll find background information as well as concrete solu tions As you read you will discover that each solution ha
129. ormation synchronized with your PDA PC Week April 17 1995 IntelliLink Corp One Tara Blvd Suite 210 Nashua NH 03002 Runs on Windows 95 Tel 603 IntelliLink w HP serial cable 124 95 Fax 603 888 9817 http www ilink corp com All company and product names are trudemurks of their respective companies Featires listed here are correct at time of press but subject to change without notice 36 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 JOW TO USE YOUR PALMTOP Keeping Pastoral Peace with the HP Palmtop This Archbishop schedules business meetings and prayer meetings on his HP 200LX By Randolph W Sly Just take it for a week and try it Mike urged handing me a black padded case no bigger than a Tom Clancy novel Mike and I both use computers heavily in our work and I could always count on him to keep me up to date on the latest developments in technology I was somewhat familiar with PDA s but had rejected them in favor of keeping my old faithful Franklin Day Planner It seemed to me that PDAs were just cute little gadgets that were more trouble than they were worth and provid ed only limited flexibility in the planning and scheduling environ ment As it was I fairly lived with my paper based organizer I am an Archbishop in the Charismatic Episcopal Church As such I travel a great deal covering a region that stretches from Kansas eastward to Virginia and north ward into New England
130. ost on the Palmtop working in separate spreadsheets for expenses loads gas mileage and truck main tenance On one spreadsheet I keep track of my meals hotels repairs tolls insurance and all truck relat ed expenses I record totals each month and at the end of the year I can enter all of them on another spreadsheet to give to my accoun tant I keep the titles and columns in a file called START WK1 and then each month 1 just copy it to the spreadsheet for the currant month like JUN96 WK1 Wherever I am I try to take time each night to enter travel data When I get home I transfer all of the data over to Lotus 1 2 3 on my desktop using the HP Connectivity Pack Then with all of my expenses already entered my wife can add the business expenses that she pays from home and we ll have a com plete record The Quick LX typing aid pro gram which I purchased from Shier Systems and Software has been a big help with 1 2 3 work sheets often stop at the same truck stops motels and restaurants on a weekly basis Quick LX remembers words you frequent ly type Enter a few characters and the program finishes typing out the word This saves a great deal of time when entering receipts also keep track of the loads have hauled and incoming revenue T F2 TCHBI D i i Meals p f A 3 f i Pars ETC RES Additives 7 71 96 ute Showers D16 W6 B16 B15 C16 5 16 96 45 20 96 SAVKUOOOL
131. other countries service providers Make a list of countries you are likely to visit on business and ask about those specifically Also ask about support for GSM fax data and SMS roaming in these countries ABOUT THE AUTHOR Gilles Kohl is a native of Luxembourg living in Karlsruhe Germany He works as a software developer and project engi neer for PROCAD GmbH amp Co KG a izing in CAD CAM and electronic database management sys tems for technical applications As a TeamHP member Gilles other Palmtop owners in the German and French section of the HPHAND forum on CompuServe Gilles can be reached under CIS5 100114 3146 German company special THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 33 WIRELESS HP OmniGo 700 Marbles hp TECHNICAL SUPPORT Errr fiert pT IES lpr are peel fa ne mes pein eta Thea EET nehi ame cr niig HE Phils a Perr ipe errs gat 13 fer al and I still don t get a dial tone OmniGo 700LX tips and tricks Getting Short Message service center numbers To be able to send short messages you will need to store the phone number of the service center either in your phone or in the Phone settings dialog of the SMS application Ask your local provider for this number and make sure that you enter it as an international number that is with the sign and your country and network prefix Accessing CompuServe from your 700LX Some ope
132. ou insert a standardized block of text into a document and then personalize it you are taking advantage of this time saving technique For example let s say you are a tax consultant and you keep getting the same question about capital gains tax over and over again If you re smart you answer it once and save the answer as a Memo document Whenever you get the question again you open a new document in Memo type in Dear John thanks for the question on capital gains tax Then press File Insert select the document that has the answer and press ENTER Go through the finished document once and adjust the stock answer if needed to fit the letter you are writing Then all you have to do is print out the new doc ument or save it and give it to your assistant to print out and send off ON THE HP PALMTOP There are a number of Palmtop approaches to boilerplating The example above shows how you might save boilerplate as Memo documents You could also create a custom Database or use the Note Taker application to save boiler plate Going back to our tax consul tant example he or she might open NoteTaker press F2 to add an item and enter Capital Gains in the Title field and the answer to the question in the Note field Whenever the con sultant needed specific boilerplate he or she would open NoteTaker highlight the question or topic in the All Notes field press F3 to go to the Notes
133. ould an e mail but replace the e mail address with a fax num ber Send it and it s forwarded to the fax number you list 20 THEHPPALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 Pricing and Contact Information for products mentioned in this article All prices are manufacturer s suggested relai price It may be possible to purchase the product for less at third party vendors Megahertz AllPoints Wireless PC Card 499 Contact U S Aobotics Mobile Communi cations Corporation 605 N 5600 W P O Box 16020 Salt Lake City UT 84776 USA Phone 800 527 8677 or 601 320 7000 Fax 807 320 6022 RAM Mobile Data Service Varies Contact AAM Mobile Data 10 Woodbridge Genter Dr Woodbridge NJ 07095 USA Phone 800 726 3210 or 908 602 5500 Fax 908 602 5495 E mail raminfo ram com Web hitio www ram wireless com RadioMail s Custom Fax Mess aging feature lets you add your own custom fax cover sheet head ers and pre set fax specifications This allows you to personalize your faxes and create a more pro fessional image Dispatch Service If you are one of those people who is never near a phone friends or colleagues can call important messages into the RadioMail Message Center The information is typed into text by operators and immediately sent to you This is an excellent solution for contacts who don t have e mail or are away from the office and need to get a critical message sent to you qui
134. owing command in your AUTOEX EC BAT file MODE CON rate 32 delay 1 Mode Mode configures system devices such as the parallel and serial ports code pages and the display In this instance we have changed the typematic rate the rate at which DOS repeats a char acter when the key for that character is held down The typematic rate has two com ponents rate and delay The syntax for the MODE command to set the typemat ic rate is MODE CONT RATE r DELAY d CON Refers to the key board RATE r Specifies the rate at which a character is repeated on the screen when you hold down a key Valid values are from 1 to 32 and equal approximately 2 to 30 characters per second re spectively The default value on your Palmtop is 20 If you set the rate you must also set the delay DELAY d Specifies the amount of time that must elapse after you press and hold down a key before DOS starts to repeat the character Valid values for d are 1 2 3 and 4 representing 0 25 0 50 0 75 and 1 second respectively The default value is 2 If you set the delay you must also set the rate By placing the above exam ple command in your AUTO EXEC BAT file you set the repeat rate to 30 characters per second and tell DOS to pause for 1 4 second before repeating the character Revise your DIR command to display newest files first When you type DIR at the DOS prompt you get a dis play of the d
135. ows 95 PC HPHAND 9 Share YAHTZEE ZIP Game Yahtzee Internet Free Internet address for games http members aol com freewh144 index html On Line Support offered by these bul letin board services a COMPUSERVE GO HPHAND FORUM Call 800 848 8199 or 614 457 0802 For FREE membership state 231 2 AMERICA ON LINE Keyword PALM TOP Call 800 827 6364 or 703 893 6288 for membership information Q INTERNET comp sys palmtops or comp sys handhelds How to Submit an Article The richness of The HP Palmtop Paper comes from the contributions of Palm op PC users We and your fellow users wel come your submissions We do not offer payment for articles your reward is know ing that you ve helped others you have a good idea and want to go for it send it in via CompuServe e mail 75300 2443 Internet hal_goldstein thad eus com or send disk or hard copy to Hal Goldstein or Rich Hall at the above address Alternatively you can send an outline of your idea We will try to guide ou as to when and whether we would use he article and contact you if we need clari fication or have any suggestions please include your phone number We may want to use an article but for a variety of reasons you may not see it for many months Please understand that we cannot promise to run any parti article at any particular time gt If yu can especially if you write a Palmtop Profile send us a pioto of your self
136. page 29 However I will briefly compare the 700LX to the other wireless technologies The SMS service pro vides much of the same features of the radio modems plus the advan tage of cellular voice service According the Gilles Kohl incom ing SMS messages are first stored on the Nokia phone and then transferred on the push of a but ton to the Palmtop This allows you to receive messages even when the Palmtop is off The number of messages that your phone can store is limited but only if you don t retrieve them using the Palmtop On the Palmtop messages are stored in a database You can also export to file making archiving of old messages easy As soon as you retrieve SMS to the Palmtop they get deleted in the phone making room for more incoming messages A nice feature of the OmniGo 700LX is the ability to automatical ly dial a phone number selected from the Palmtop s PhoneBook application Since GSM and SMS services are not currently available in the USA it s difficult to compare the cost of using the 700LX to the radio modem services available from Ardis and RAM Mobile Data There are a few cities in the nation where GSM service is becoming available specifically Washington DiskDock Low cost Backup or Auxiliary Storage System using PCMCIA Technology e Backup your Notebook or Laptop with a high speed low cost 2 1 2 Hard Drive e Great for systems requiring security Removable portable compa
137. pted by MC VISA AE Discover COD Cash and ASF PCL 300 palmtop ligt rere Pabroge r i a N anne cord Visit us online at 7a neupply com 850mAH NiCd FREE UPS SHIPMENT 1200mAH NiMH 15 pair On orders over 200 shipped within continental USA ABC LX Advanced Battery Charging Prices and tvalablity subject to change without notice WIRELESS HP OmniGo 700 remote connection can be estab lished Connect and transfer files in the same manner as described in step four above Note on security Some users keep the Server mode disabled and enable it only when ready to use it as a server It is rather unlikely for an unwanted connection to happen though For this to happen your machine would need to be on and Filer running at the moment the intruder calls The OmniGo 700LX does not wake up when a mobile phone call is coming in This would require powering the datac ard all the time The same precau tion can be applied to your office or home machine Then when you want to connect to it remotely call someone to switch on your modem or launch Filer just before you attempt to connect Travel Floppy PCMCIA Floppy Drive No less indispensable than your HP 100 200LX Unparalleled performance from the Travel Hic rgi te makes file transfer and archiving simple and inexpensive Includes 3 5 1 44 Mb floppy drive PCMCIA Type II compatible Small and portable take or use it anywhere Versatile plugs into the PCMCIA slot
138. puter with enough RAM to run Quicken or ExpensAble for u indows Windows 3 1 or higher Quicken aor higher 750K of hard disk space and one COM port on your computer 1995 Intuit Inc Pocket Quicken Pocket Quicken Connect the Pocket Quicken Connect Logo and ExpensAble are trademarks of Intuit Inc Quicken is a registered trademark of Intuit Inc Beyond limitations The AllPoints the HP 200LX and either RadioMail or WyndMail are an excellent combination but these wireless solutions have their limita tions The most obvious issue is the limited amount of available HP Palmtop memory Since the AllPoints card does not have any memory storage space of its own and it uses the HP Palmtop s only available Type IJ PC Card slot there is no place for that handy SRAM card you are restricted to using the built in memory on the HP Palmtop Editor s note Some companies offer upgrades that will increase the 200LX s internal memory to 4MB but these upgrades are not supported by HP For more information see Vol 5 No 2 March April 1996 pages 18 and 22 To help overcome this limita tion the RadioMail and WyndMail software can be set to keep mes sages to a minimum size and mes sages can also be forwarded auto matically to another destination as mentioned earlier Your HP Palm top can comfortably handle a mes sage 25K in size about two and a half typed pages Another issue is the insertion and removal of the ca
139. rators have installed net work wide CompuServe access numbers This is true for the German operators for example For D1 the number is 22202 for Paul Merrill er D2 it is 22111 and for E 123123 Maybe your operator has such a number too It is usually much less 4 expensive to call than an access number in the regular public switched network beige Calling your home computer or another 100 Z200LX or OmniGo 700LX using Filer on the 7OOLX ae It s possible to connect the 700LX to another Palmtop or PC run ning HP Connectivity Pack software and transfer files back and forth via the File application Note that this capability is an undocumented fea ture of the 700LX and not supported by Hewlett Packard In addition it may not work on all cellular networks Here s how it works TRANSFERRING FILES TO A PC These instructions assume that you have a PC connected to a phone line via a modem They also assume that you have the HP Connectivity Pack software installed on your PC Step 1 Open the Connectivity Pack ver sion of Filer on your PC press Communications Remote Settings and configure the com munications settings for 9600 Baud no parity one stop bit Set the interface to the COM port number your modem is connected to Step 2 Instruct your modem on your PC to answer the phone Do this by sending it the command 34 THEHPPALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 AT S0 1 RETURN
140. rd The Palmtop is not designed for quick swapping of PC Cards Insertion of the AllPoints card needs to be performed while the unit is off We re not quite at the level of the Startrek Communications badge but we re getting close The RadioMail WyndMail features along with the Megahertz AllPoints card turns your HP 200LX into a rather large but still portable communications badge It s a little big yet to stick on your Starfleet uniform but it will slip in your pocket and let you send a fax I ve never seen anyone on the Startrek send a fax THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 21 IRELESS COMMUNICATIONS ON YOUR HP PALMTOP AllPoints Card WyndMAIL Service Wireless messaging solution for the HP Palmtop By Rich Hall P just announced that as of Hieeremee 1 1996 a test program will be run through selected HP dealers that will offer an integrated wireless messaging solution for the HP Palmtop The system includes the HP 200LX a Megahertz AllPoints Wireless PC Card and WyndMail messaging service operating over the RAM Mobile Data Mobitex net work The WyndMail messaging software will be configured for the HP Palmtop and the system will allow Palmtop users to easily send and receive e mail faxes and pag ing wirelessly The previous article by Mike Fine describes the AllPoints Wireless PC Card and its use with the RadioMail and WyndMail wireless messaging services The WyndMail AllPoints system offers
141. re Rugged I read Steven Leibson s let ter about attaching grip strips in the Vol 5 No 2 1996 issue of The HP Palmtop Paper I had exactly the same experience as he did when I opened the box but the Palmtop did fall on the floor Since then it has also survived a 3 foot drop onto solid concrete with no ill effects so far My last Palmtop was a 95LX which survived 2 glasses of water and 1 cup of coffee being accidentally and not at the same time poured over the keyboard When this happened I immediately turned the Palmtop upside down and put tissue paper between the lid and keyboard to soak up the liquid My 95LX gave up the ghost about 3 months after the coffee treatment may just have been the caf feine However my experi ence is that the Palmtop seems to be more rugged than it looks William Martin Hong Kong New Products This section lists new products of interest to users of the HP Palmtop PCs New Products includes descriptions of hard ware software books videos training and service offerings Prices listed in this section are suggested retail You may be able to get the products for less if you shop around Editorial Staff HP Palmtop Paper HARDWARE W IRELESS C OMMUNICATIONS RF PalmStation Plus Slip your Palmtop into the R F PalmStation Plus dock ing station to get an instant wireless connection from virtually anywhere The PalmStation Plus includes a wireless modem an
142. re are dozens of wireless communications options available for your Palmtop we can easily separate them into five categories One way pagers two way pagers cellular compatible modems digi tal cellular systems and finally radio modems Within these five major cate gories you will find numerous vendors each offering unique ser vices and pricing options However by first choosing which of the five basic categories is right for you it will be much easier to 12 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 ing sales director in the electronics industry now President of Shier Systems amp Software Inc and a principal in D amp A Software Inc Together these compa nies develop and market products and applications for the Palmtop computer market David can be reached at Phone 805 371 9391 Fax 805 371 9454 E mail david shier com Web site http www shier com make a decision among the ven dors in that category One way pagers By far the simplest of the wireless devices are alpha numeric pagers which come in models that can be connected to the Palmtop via the serial port or as PC Cards Pagers that can connect to the Palmtop all support receiving text messages These messages can be sent using software you install on an office PC via e mail or by calling the ser vice provider and dictating the message to an operator Hewlett Packard s Starlink card is an example of this type of device Pagers are inexpensive
143. reeware Games The following games were written specifically for the HP 100LX and 200LX Palm tops or have been adapted for it with specific Palmtop instructions and so their graphics and strategies are Palmtop appropriate Blackjack B ZIP sim ulates Vegas style blackjack where you play against a dealer Dominoes DOMINOES ZIP is version 1 5 of the classic game of Dominoes Since it was designed just for the Palmtop the graph ics are scaled right and easy to see The simple interface lets you point at the domino you want to play using the F keys With practice you should be able to beat the computer at least one third of the time New to this ver sion is the choice of Beginner Mode or Expert Mode The program can evaluate your game and offers tips for improvement Yahtzee YAHTZEE ZIP is version 1 1 of the pop ular Yahtzee game The game is easy to see as well as to use on the Palmtop The size of the EXE file is less than 10K New to this version is the one hundred point bonus for all Yahtzees after the first one In this vercion only one person plays trying to score as high as possible FreeCell Solitaire FREE CELL ZIP H version 1 2 lets you arrange stacks of cards in descending order and alternating color while try ing to build up suit founda tions using the four cells as temporary storage The game features smart auto play and a 200 move memo ry allowing
144. ress Done after entering information for each individual entry This is the case whether the file you are working off of is on the A or C drive However in 1 2 3 Memo and System Macros a stored file is not changed until you manually save the changes by pressing File Save you will need to supply a file name if it is a new file and press ENTER This is good to know since it is frus trating to spend a lot of time writing up is k a E e E Eps HP Calc s Time Value of Money screen showing values entered to determine monthly payments figure includes principle and interest on house purchase example above 52 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 the world s coolest macro in System Macros only to quit the application for getting to save the macro first Seven battery saving tips Probably the largest ongoing expense you will ever occur for your HP 100 200LX is the cost of batteries Here are some ways that you can extend your battery life both the AA main batteries and the coin or Backup battery and save a little money in the process O Quit DataComm and the Filer when you re not using them These appli cations use the serial port and there fore require slightly more power than the other applications CJ When you see a low battery warning message replace or recharge your batteries as soon as possible This will keep your Palmtop from having to fall back on the backup battery which will have
145. rmath of the Earthquake in LA in January 1994 The Northridge Quake I suddenly had to deal with a huge number of details from relatives and friends in and out of the area to insurance FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency to sorting out the extent of the damages to my property helping some friends and neigh bors with similar types of activities I probably kept the machine run ning over 15 hours per day using it to record names phone numbers and addresses I added approxi mately 200 entries in the first month after the earthquake The NoteTaker application came in handy to write down EVERY THING The trauma affects your memory and the ability to memo rize and recall So writing every thing in the computer saved me from more losses and bad moves I began calling the Palmtop My Brain 2 because it contained a branch of my brain as one of my friends said Friends also called it the Annex to signify that it was a part of my own brain Then came the time to deal with the insurance companies I won t share all the gory details just one anecdote I was given a huge form with something like 5 or 6 pages Fill this out in detail sub stantiate all dates and amounts with records of purchase prices dates yeah right I had pepper corns and other assorted herbs from my kitchen hiding in the liv ing room carpet and 5 0 aftershocks to deal with and they wanted sales slips I quickl
146. s ENTER then it presses again 54 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 Line 2 Runs Range Name Create Enters the word Graph presses and waits for you to supply the range for Graph and press ENTER then it presses again Line 3 Runs MENU Graph Group using the Graph Columnwise then runs View to view the graph Jesper E Siig CompuServe ID 100660 3503 Change margins when printing to a file often need to print a Memo document to a file so that can use it as a fax document When you print to a file in Memo Memo inserts a car riage return at the end of each line after the number of characters you have specified on some systems a carriage return counts as a character You can set your margins at Left 1 and Right 79 for a final 80 character output This way you won t have a lot of lines with only 1 or 2 characters in them when you send your fax Aon Viecell CompuServe ID 73310 3663 To Hot Swap or not to Hot Swap When you remove or insert a PC Card into your Palmtop turn off your Palmtop first If your Palmtop is on you are hot swapping the card The HP100 200LX is not de signed for hotswapping PC Cards There have been reports of hardware problems caused by hot swapping and indeed my Palmtop wiped out its internal RAM disk when inserted a modem card stu pid me knew better while it was on Alexander Guifelot CompuServe ID 100527 24
147. s You Need Fast and Easy Locate subjects fast Numerous examples and illustrations MicroRef Quick Reference Far superior to any other guide cheat sheet or original documentation an excel Lotus 123 and Dos 5 Guides lent guide for all users Highly recommended John Dvorak PC Magazine HP 100 200LX Developer s Guide Attention Palmtop Developers and Enthusiasts The Developer s Package includes everything you need to write software design hardware or simply understand the inner workings of the HP Palmtop The Package includes 1 Printed copy of 586 page Developer s Guide HP 100 200LX Developer s Guide 2 Disk containing HP created source code and utilities for developers 3 Complete set of kits for marketing your Palmtop product Cuaddeus 4 CompuServe starter kit CompuServe s where Palmtop eo granite han ot jute eS ING l 5 PAL a C source code library for developing software with the look and fee E Pa as ny n aa of the HP Palmtop built in applications 800 373 6114 515 472 6330 continued from page 8 Fax 515 472 1879 E Mail orders thaddeus com Making LLRA a Windows 95 com pliant driver You will receive the following error message when starting Windows 95 with LLRA loaded Windows 95 has detected a new real mode driver LLRA3 that may affect system performance would you like more information LLRA3 is not considered a safe protected mode driver under Windows 95 and wi
148. s its strengths and limitations however you will be better equipped to find a solution that will work for you Frankly for some time the whole field of wireless technology sounded like gobbledy gook to me Since wireless technology is pretty much outside our reach in the small rural home of Thaddeus Computing I haven t put much attention in this area However my trip to an HP OmniGo 700LX con ference in London opened my eyes see my User to User column While I was there I was unable to make a modem connection at my hotel and I needed to receive some crucial information from the home office During a break outside the meeting hall someone loaned me their PCMCIA cellular modem card and cellular phone With a few keystrokes I was able to get my e mail There are basically five elements to setting up a wireless system hard ware platform Palmtop software communications device service provider and wireless network Service providers attempt to create pack ages so consumers don t have to sort through all the options However a basic understanding of the possibilities is still necessary for you to make the best choice To that end read David Shier s wireless overview page 12 and Frank Nagle s hands on discussion page 23 to get a sense of the whole Then read about the AllPoints WyndMail and RadioMail combinations the latest about the HP 700LX communicator and about Ham Radio and the Palmtop Our How to Use section is a fu
149. s or subject areas do we already cover that you would like us to emphasize or de emphasize in the future c How would a change in physical appearance affect your interest 5 Are you using the Internet CompuServe AOL to find Palmtop information __ Yes __ No Would you be willing to pay for an additional weekly e mail HP Palmtop newslet ter if the price seemed fair __ Yes___ No 6 From our advertisers Have you been inspired to buy a product from an advertisement in our paper or our mailings __ Yes___ No For how many computers are you involved in purchasing products 7 Do you prefer to read a magazine dedicated to the 100 200LX only or would you prefer to read articles on a range of handheld computers including the OmniGo 100 organizer _ 100 200LX only __ Broader range Please comment 8 Would you like to see us continue to offer additional knowl edge products such as our CD InfoBase the book PC in Your Pocket and The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK ___Yes___ No Do you have suggestions for future products 9 Do you intend to renew your HP Palmtop Paper subscrip tion Yes___ No Please explain Please attach any additional comments or recommendations you may have Thank you for taking your time to fill out and send this sur vey We look forward to receiving your responses HP Palmtop Paper Staff THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 41 BOW TO USE YOUR PALMTOP USER PROFILE On the Road with the HP Palmt
150. sir 20 73033 Goeppingen Germany Phone 49 O7 161 14707 Fax 49 07161 24473 E mail 100023 2477 compusere com BATTMAN 39 Monitors battery usage Contact ACE Technologies Me USA Phone 800 825 9977 or 408 7 94 OF00 Fax 408 734 3344 Magnify 19 Enlarges section of 100 200LX s screen for easier reading Contact ACE Technologies INC USA Phone 800 825 9977 or 408 734 0100 Fax 408 734 3344 Shareware freeware mentioned in this section BATT100 igi Reads battery voltage Last available ON DISK on Best Tips 96 Available on CompuServe s HP HAND forum Lib 11 BCC E PAL application for charging batteries in your Palmtop you specify how long your batteries charge at what voltage the charging should stop etc New this issue Available from Compu Serve s HP HAND forum Lib 11 BUDDY ZIP igi Adds a variety of short cut procedures and extras to use your Palmtop Last available ON DISK on Best Tips 96 Available from CompuServe s HP HAND forum Lib 11 ESC COM i Quits Application Manager so you can run a DOS program then returns you to original built in appli cation New this issue Available from CompuServe s HP HAND forum Lib 11 ZIP ZIP fi File transfer utility Last available on ON DISK on Best Tips 96 Available from CompuServe s HP HAND ing to think about HP Product index Please find the price and contact information for commercial prod
151. so contains settings that affect 1 2 3 Printer HP LaserJet DOS On i aline single use Cancel 34 F Card battery OK EE a ay ay a ae aD N A Setup s 1 2 3 Sort Order screen showing optional ways to sort 1 2 3 databases including 1 2 3 Sort Order which sets the order 1 2 3 sorts its databases A few of the settings appear in both the Palmtop s Setup and 1 2 3 such as date format time format punctuation curren cy and printing interface and baud Here are some things to remember Setup s time and date formats do not affect 1 2 3 cells LJ Setup supplies default or initial val ues to 1 2 3 for punctuation and cur rency as well as for the printer inter face baud and name If you make a printer punctuation or currency setting in 1 2 3 it overrides the setting in Setup For a MENU Worksheet Global Default setting command to remain in effect after the current session you must preserve it with the Update command Otherwise the settings for the next session will take default values from Setup again Ges Don t rename your C _ DAT directory The built in Palmtop applications follow standard MS DOS conventions for file and path names You can if you choose remove or rename all files and directo ries on your Palmtop in Filer However you should not rename the _DAT direc tory on your C drive This directory is used by several of the built in applica
152. ssential elements I had in my Franklin notebook plan ner but with greater flexibility I could separate events from regular appointments permanently sched ule repeating appointments view my activities on a daily weekly or monthly display track my do list and even write extensive memo s or take notes and attach them to any of these entries The appointment event option is a very important function of the Appointment Book In addition to listing birthdays holidays special activities etc the Events option date but not time related activi ties helps me keep track of such things as holy days special activi ties theme days and lectionary ref erences For example on the sec ond Sunday after Pentecost I would mark the day in the events area abbreviated as 2P along with an abbreviation of the readings to be used Having the repeat func tion makes it easy to schedule longer events such as Holy Week with only one entry ABOUT THE AUTHOR Randy Sly is Archbishop of the Eastern and Central Province of the International Communion of the Charismatic Episcopal Church He leads the parish at the Cathedral Church of the King in the Kansas City area and serves as a teacher for the National Center for Fathering He and his wife Sandy have three children Dena Debbie and David They live in Olathe Kansas a suburb of Kansas City THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 37 To keep my Appointment Book APB data fil
153. ston SC 29417 1284 Phone 800 864 8444 CompuServe ID 75023 44 Denver CO USA 95LX 100 200LX users in the Denver area contact Ail Hoeltgen 5944 5 Kipling Suite 300 Littleton CO 80127 Phone 303 SSR0023 Fax 303 977 0347 Group meets quarterly Detrolt MI USA 95LX 100 200LX users in the Detroit area contact Ja om 29317 Ara nel Farmington Hills Ml 48334 2875 Phone 377 489 1855 ar Louis Peeples St Clair Shores Mi 48080 Phone 313 777 9300 FRANCE HP Palmtop users in France contact Olivier Delle Valle 178 sue du Marechal Leclerc 94410 Saint Maunice FRANCE Phone 1 49 5395 67 CompuServe ID 101533 160 GERMANY HP Paimtop Omnibook users in Germany contact erat Friz Obere Minit 56a H4297 Darnstaot GERMANY Phone Fac 49 6757 376065 GERMANY LUXEMBOURG Not an official user group but this individual is willing to help HP Palmtop users with questions or technical problems contact Gilles Anh CompuServe iD 1001 14 3146 Phone 49 721 69 36 55 fatter 6 p m Central GREECE HP Palmtop users in Greece contact Staves D Zacharakos Sofoclsous 33 Athans 157 26 GREECE Phone 3 07 8050041 Mobile Phone iy 093 254 717 2drs Fax 3 01 8050041 OR John Tatsiramos ao TAFARM 70 Anohisenis Street 1771 46 Galis GREECE Phone 01 28 17 401 Fax 01 2928 174 HOLLAND BELGIUM HP 95LX 100 200LX users in the low countries contact PROMPT HP GC Mister G
154. tc Then at the end of the month or year you can print out a nice summary of all your expense categories with the totals It s neat and really quite easy Staying in touch with acCIS and CompuServe Last but not least I use acCIS and CompuServe to communicate with family members and friends while I m on the road I started out with a Zoom PK14 4 external pocket modem with acCIS on a 2MB SRAM card but it didn t take long before I needed much more storage capacity I just purchased from Shier Software Systems an EXP 8MB flash modem card This card has modem capabili ties and flash memory built into one PC Card It works great I now have plenty of memory and don t have any extra equipment to carry into the truck stops when I want to log on to CompuServe Most truck stop restaurants have phones at the tables so I can usually just unplug them and plug in my modem Where phones are permanently mounted to the table I use an acoustic coupler though I don t always have the best luck logging on with it Eventually I would like to get a wireless modem so I don t have to bother going into a truck stop but that is on my wish list When I am in a truck stop it is amazing how many people will come up and say What s that or Is that a computer I have yet to see another truck driver with an HP 200LX They seem to be a well kept secret Laptops are getting fairly popular with a lot of drivers probably because they
155. teur Radio Relay League ARRL Call 1 800 326 3942 for information on becoming a Ham operator as well as joining ARRL Membership includes Light for Handheld Computing Ultimate Palmtop Computer Light Ends Non backlit Screen Visibility Problems Allows productive use of time in dim planes trains autos hotels amp mtg rooms Evenly illuminates display keyboard and work area without disturbing others Top quality patented design for any PDA Pocket Organizer handheld video game Sleek compact lightweight Essential tool for mobile professionals Includes soft travel case 6 x 2 3 16 x 1 DC Vehicle Adapter w hi lo dimmer four spare bulbs clear amp red for night use Uses AA batteries not included 30 day money back guarantee Only 29 95 for PCL 300 24 95 for PCL 200 w o DC Vehicle Adapter 3 USA shipping handling To Order Call 800 771 3600 http world std com asfl Amex MC Visa 7 s DES W he FAG 7 Aare Lit nin She ties Wernick hy 5 qy IU e ya 71 6 86 te j Phan BOO S56 S60H 476 468 3694 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 31 WIRELESS Ham Radio Packet radio networks Ham operators designed their own Network of computers back in the late 70s The Canadian Department of Commerce legalized Packet Radio by ham operators in 1978 Then the TAPR 80 Tucson Amateur Packet Radio corporation began developing radio communication prot
156. tion know what I mean HP is quite aware of the poten tial of the wireless modem HP Palmtop combination Almost since the HP 95LX was introduced in 1991 HP encouraged such solu tions as RadioMail and a wireless serial modem by offering a special connecting cradle on its price list That combination helped cus tomers from airports to ballparks However relatively high monthly charges and coverage prob lems have impeded the proliferation of various wireless Palmtop combi nations As prices fall coverage improves and e mail becomes more universal sales will increase Wireless solutions The London conference on the OmniGo 700LX communicator woke me up to the importance of wireless technologies and the con vergence of phones and computers The OmniGo 700LX depends on the digital cellular GSM network available in Europe and parts of Asia but not in the U S The OmniGo 700LX is actually a fusion of the HP 200LX and a Nokia cellu lar phone with fax software and additional hardware Given different modem stan dards anyone who has tried to get e mail traveling in Europe might view the advance of wireless tech nology as a minor miracle Europe is well covered with cellular net works Prices of service have come down such that you see teenagers walking London streets with cellu lar phones All these forces are con verging to make the OmniGo 700LX the right product at the right time and place One of the reasons
157. tions and if removed or renamed will render the applications useless Using HP Calc to calculate payments on a new house The time value of money TVM applica tion enables you to do compound inter est amortization and interest rate con version calculations You can use TVM to solve virtually any financial problem involving a series of cash flows money received or money paid that meets the following criteria THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 51 0 The dollar amount is the same for each payment The payments occur at regular inter vals Payment periods coincide with the compounding periods For an example suppose you are buying a house The terms for the purchase are as follows Total price 27 000 Down payment 8 000 Mortgage the sellers will hold a con tract for 4 years at 8 5 interest per year You can use HP Calc s TVM application to figure out your monthly payments To do this follow the steps below 1 In HP Calc press Applications TVM to bring up the Time Value of Money application 2 Press Clear Data to bring up a blank TVM template 3 Enter the pertinent data a Since you are paying the contract over 4 years press 4 12 to get 48 months the length of the loan then press F to enter 48 as the number of periods b Enter 8 5 then press F7 to enter the annual interest rate in the Annual interest field c Enter 27 000 subtract 8 000 total price
158. to take over when the main batteries fall below the mini mum power threshold Always install fresh high quality bat teries of the same brand since dif ferent brands of batteries have differ ent performance characteristics rates of voltage drop etc LJ Remove high current plug in cards when you re not using them this does not include memory cards For example plug in modem cards are notorious for draining batteries quickly even when you re not using the modem Therefore be sure to take out a modem card when you re not using it and when you are using it use the AC adapter if possible 0 Use rechargeable batteries as described in appendix B of the 200LX owners manual Get into a routine of regularly recharging or topping off the rechargeable batter ies 0 Use the AC adapter HP F1011A whenever possible When the 100 200LX is plugged into the AC adapter the batteries are not being used at all and therefore the life of the batteries is extended Make an appointment at least yearly to change your backup battery If you normally run the main batteries below 2 3 volts or receive a lot of Main Battery Low messages you will want to change your backup bat tery more often maybe every six months Speed up your keyboard s response time and repeat rate You can dramatically speed up the keyboard response and increase the repeat rate when you hold down a key To do this insert the foll
159. to the doctor aybe it was a vacation since it was gone for almost two months My computing was done solely on my HP 200LX It so hap pens that at about the same time I received my FCC license for Amateur Ham Radio I had the urge to try Ham Radio studied from scratch aced the test and waited around for the license All right My license came in KC8DQF Now I could boldly go where no one has gone before or at least where I d never gone I immediately wondered if I could tie my Palmtop into the radio for wireless work I read about some thing called Packet Radio a way of connecting computer sys tems and networks by means of Ham radio Then I saw an ad fora packet modem that plugs into a computer to convert it toa TNC A Terminal Node Controller is what Ham operators connect to their radio for the digital analog conversion of the computer data as well as for providing error correc tion protocol called AX 25 You need the right stuff The packet modem was the BP modem by Tigertronics 1 800 8 BAYPAC It comes with special communications software and the modem a small 2 inch square cus tom analog digital modem based on the old Bell 202 standard The BP draws 9ma of power directly from the serial port of the comput er No external power supply for the modem is needed with a stan dard PC The general advice with a Palmtop is to use an AC adapter when connected to a modem Howe
160. u shut off the connection by hitting F8 or shutting down LapLink on the HP getting the connection back is pret ty reliable Mapping Drives OK so now you can use LapLink from Win95 but all those nasty drive mappings from the HP screw up your network drive mappings By default LLRA and your HP 200LX map the HP s A C D and E drives to your Win95 machine If your normal Novell or NT drive mappings start at F LapLink will conflict with them and cause all sorts of trouble For instance if your Win95 machine has one hard drive and two CDROM drives it has already used up the available drives to drive E LapLink comes along and maps four more drives up to drive I Then your network administrator me has set all the default login scripts to start at F and we now have problems Using the LLRA control panel from Windows allows us to fix that by specifying what drives to map and where However remember the whole reason for this how to file is that the LapLink Control panel does not run under Win95 So here are the following two suggestions One I found myself and the other I owe to Alexander Gutfeldt a user here on the HPhandheld forum Map only the drives on the HP that you need to see I only need to see the C drive on the HP 200LX so that I can transfer data open files and do backups To turn off all other drives from mapping edit the TSLINI file on your HP 200LX The TSLINI file can be found in C _dat Ilraserv No
161. u to communicate from one radio modem to another Also both offer optional services that provide you an Internet address and news stock quotes or even access to text from World Wide Web sites These added services are from RadioMail or WyndMail Radio modems are available as external units affectionately known as bricks or as PC Cards from Motorola and MegaHertz The Motorola Personal Messenger 100D is used with the Ardis network while the Mega Hertz AllPoints Modem works with RAM Mobile Data The two networks have slightly different coverage areas so it s a good idea to check the service availability in the areas you most often visit A great advantage of these radio modems is their ease of use There s no logging in roaming no access numbers simply plug the modem into the Palmtop and run the RadioMail software If you are within range of the network regardless of where you are in the country your e mail will be sent to you automatically and you can send your own No other system is easier If you are out of the service area or if the modem is off the net work will save your messages and send them to you when you turn the modem back on Thus you never lose your e mail A new feature of the RadioMail service is a text based Web server By sending the Web page address known as the URL to the Radio Web e mail address you will get an e mail message in return that contains the text from the Web P
162. ucts mentioned in the articles at the end of the article in which the product is mentioned HP Products contact information Authorized HP computer dealers worldwide i e the same place you can purchase an HP LaserJet To locate an authorized dealer in the USA call 800 443 1254 You can also purchase the 95LX amp 100 200LX and its accessories from ACE Technologies at 800 825 9977 or 408 734 0100 Fax 408 734 3344 EduCALC at 800 677 7001 Fax 714 582 1445 Global Connections at 800 709 9494 or 608 752 1537 Fax 608 752 9548 HP OMNIGO 100 PRODUCTS HP OmniGo 100 HP F1310A 349 HP OmniGo Connectivity Pack HP F1311A 99 95 CLIP amp GO HP F13124 64 95 HP OmniGo 100 Connectivity Cable HP F1015A 24 95 Same as HP 100 200LX PC Connectivity Cable HP OmniGo 100 Strategy Games HP F1313A 49 95 HP OmniGo 100 Accessory Pens HP F1314A Includes three pens 9 99 HP PALMTOP PRODUCTS HP 200LX 2MB HP F1061A 679 HP 200LX 1MB HP F1060A 499 HP 1000CX Palmtop PC HP F1203A 399 HP OmniGo 700LX NA Combination HP 200LX fax software and Nokia GSM cellular phone HP StarLink Service Varies Wireless messaging service for one stop communications solution Contact 800 917 LINK 1 8MB 12v Flash Card HP F10244 199 5MB 12v Flash Card HP F1012A with Stacker 365 10MB 12V Flash Card HP F1013A with Stacker 579 Dictionary Thesaurus Card HP F10054 129 95
163. uxe Pen amp Stylus Mont Blanc like 24 95 Unlimited access plans starting as low as 6 50 GEN PENS3 ACE Deluxe Pen Pencil amp Stylus Tri pen 34 95 per month ENE ea ee Sera atl ae v Nation wide toll free 800 access plan includes mnie seria abie TETTE E 75 minutes for 19 95 er month GEN SPDIR Serial to Parallel DIRECTcable Convarlers eres Than P Uses your Palmtop s built in cc Mail software PCMCIA SRAM Storage Cards New Prices no installation require ATOOS SIKB ACE cite nnn n annsan N y Fully supports sending and receiving al binary flas ATOS TME AE Er e Ae AEE EESTE 129 through the Internet A1006 2MB ACEcard Nl N e A A T Y Supports for MIME UUENCODE and Mac binary w Unique domain names available for company use Introductory Plan 19 50 for 3 months Call 1 800 825 9977 or visit our website at http www ace tech com g nify version1 1 HP 100 200LX Software Magnifying Lens l Adjustable sizes 1X 2X 3X and 4X Move lens with aes cursor keys eet 800 825 9977 i v Pop Up magnification from 1X to 4X v Hotkey activation in any Built in Application Auto alignment with lines and columns in Phone Book Remembers and returns to last position in each application v Move Lens with Quick Keys and Arrow Keys NCE ACE Technologies Inc 592 Weddell Drive 6 Sunnyvale CA 94089 U S A Tel 408 734
164. ver I find that the BP modem does not significantly reduce bat tery life and don t bother with the adapter The final piece of hardware in this setup is the actual radio trans mitter receiver a RadioShack HTX 202 Transceiver I prefer this radio because it does not allow Wide receive 108 174Mhz What this means is that it is less bothered by what is called Intermod or interference from ghost signals mixing with Ham signals This is important in choice of radios for this type of work Now the ques tion was Can I hook all this up to my HP Palmtop ABOUT THE AUTHOR IRELESS COMMUNICATIONS ON YOUR HP PALMTOP Getting it all to work with the Palmtop Sure enough I fiddled around and got it all to work and then discov ered that someone on the web has done the same thing with the exact same equipment minus the anten na So now there were at least two of us using the same Palm top packet radio combination Now I could really send and receive airmail Although I use this system mostly at home from a desktop PC the fact that it works with the Palmtop means that I can logon anywhere Even from inside a shopping mall or at work I physically connect my Palmtop to my wireless transceiver using my packet modem Pre viously I have loaded the necessary software drivers on the Palmtop so that it can communicate with the modem I start the Packet radio communications software on my Palmtop and type
165. ware to over 10MB y Price includes installation by ACE PANAsPhic amp Dou hla naarn os A OE QC f f SME HP QOOEK a aratna raap aa anida s 889 SMB MP DON aa an a aa a aE 749 E 5MB RAM Plus Memory Upgrade Made in Jagah eE 449 IAN Q 5MB TechRAM Memory Upgrade Madetin U S A 249 ACE Technologies Inc DoubleSpeed Upgrade cccscecssesscseverses Mean sescectoesiseanoninanes 89 a DoubleSpeed Upgrade purchased with Memory Upgrade 50 See our complete catalog at http www ace tech com ACE Technologies Inc 592 Weddell Drive 6 Sunnyvale California 94089 U S A Tel 408 734 0100 or 800 825 9977 Fax 408 734 3344 DoubteFlash BoubleRash Pis ond RAM Pius are rodamas of ACE Technologies Inc Tech AM i a trademark of Times Tech
166. way of doing things but receipts would still go into the shoe box never to be seen again Eventually my father volun teered to keep track of my expens es on his PC using Lotus 1 2 3 This led to my wife and I getting a PC at home The only problem was that I still didn t know how to run it So my wife entered my expenses but we were back to figuring it all out at the end of the year was glad she had plenty of shoe boxes I received my HP Palmtop as a birthday present from my father two years ago Although I certainly appreciated the thought I wasn t too crazy about the gift I didn t know the first thing about DOS or Lotus Finally after two months of looking at my 200LX laying on the floor of my truck I decided it was time to learn something about it I saw an infomercial on TV for video tapes about DOS and several computer programs I ordered them viewed them and found they were a great help Between the tapes my father and the great guys in the HPHAND Forum on CompuServe I finally entered the computer age ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rick Hurtle owner of Hurtle Trucking Inc has been an independent cross country truck driver for the past 18 years Born and raised in Elkhart Indiana he now resides in Mishawaka Indiana with his wife Ellen his daughter Erin and his son Guy als 42 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 Spreadsheet works well on the road Lotus 1 2 3 is the program I use the m
167. when you want to connect to the RAM network and conveniently stores flat when the unit is not in use Since the card uses a standard SMB connection the industry standard for antenna connectors you can remove the antenna and replace it with a more sensitive antenna if you are in an area with less than perfect coverage Low Power Consumption You don t have to worry about AllPoints draining your HP Palmtop batteries It comes with its own 9 volt NiCd rechargeable bat tery which almost eliminates any draw on your AA batteries the draw is only 12mA milli Amps The NiCd battery gives the AllPoints up to 30 hours of opera tion and you can get up to 40 hours on a non rechargeable alka line battery This allows a generous amount of sending and receiving messages before you need to recharge or replace the AllPoints battery And since the card uses the PCMCIA PC Card design a rechargeable battery can be charged while AllPoints is in a Palmtop that is connected to an AC power adapter Designed small for your HP Palmtop The AllPoints design works well with the HP 200LX Installed the card adds 2 25 inches to the length and half an inch to the height of your HP Palmtop see photo on previous page The width of the card is less than the width of the Palmtop The card works well in your palm or on a desktop with the antenna extended vertically Running RadioMail amp WyndMail software on your HP 200LX Once the R
168. y 88 a month Everything you need to go wireless RadioMail nation wide service software and modem No start up costs Plus 30 days of unlimited Internet messaging free faxing paging and stock quotes Call today for a free video or 30 day trial subscription 1 800 597 MAIL Dept NT3 RadioMait info radiomail net http www radiomail net YOUR TOTAL PALMTOP UPGRADE SOLUTION DoubleFlashePlus DoubleFlash s i New Lower Prices Rugged No Moving Parts No Batteries Required Plug amp Play Installation Built in Data Compression Built in Battery Management Supports NiCd NiMH Alkaline amp Lithium batteries HP Palmtop Optimized Driver Optional ROM Installation Card DoubleFlash Flus Solid State Storage Three power modes DoubleFlash M UD to GMB ssesssverees 199 eats a DoubleFlash 10M Up to TOMB sssr 269 Aaii DoubleFlash 20M up to 20MB sss 399 300 000 hours MTBF DoubleFlash 40M up to 40MB sss 669 Shock resistant to 1 000 G DoubleFlash 80M up to BOMB 1 099 One Year Warranty Features 6MB HP 200LX with C drive over 5 3MB Ultra low power static RAM design for excellent battery life Included software allows memory to be used as EMS memory Pertect for use with FAX modem cards you can now receive and store your faxes on your HP 200LX Use with Software Carousel tm to run multiple DOS programs simultaneously with System Manager Compressible with ACE DoubleRAM soft
169. y duplicated the form as a Lotus spreadsheet including all the crazy formulas the original form specified It took no time to walk through the inside the house then around the perimeter and 46 THEHPPALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1996 recorded everything After much haggling they agreed to accept my statements The agent wanted me to bring it all in I offered to fax it I opened it in Lotus and printed the spread sheet to a file Then I edited it and saved it I used DOSCIM to fax it from my Palmtop to the agent Ten minutes later a call comes in How did you do all this so fast asked the agent Do you have two brains I confirmed his supposi tion Mon Joujou By Marc Steingrand 100607 2125 compuserve com The name Mon Joujou for my Palmtop was given by my col leagues in December last year I had just bought the HP and spent all my free time at my work in Paris France discovering all the things I could do with it Since my co workers had seen me often working with it they asked me one day where I had mon Joujou French slang for my toy as in a child s favored plaything and so the name was born Mon Joujou is my favorite toy I use it for all my work and person Mark Steingrand and Mon Joujou share an upbeat moment Mark has even taken Mon Joujou to the top of the Eiffel Tower not shown Thaddeus Computing s own Jim Lasley named his Palmtop Brain because it helps him reme
170. y pro jects are Al and the lowest are A5 Then the Palmtop automatically places items in alphanumeric order Also these major category headings are set to repeat daily so Hppt Book UENO AUB uesday June i148 e e e Projects Plan Ordination Service Deacon s Training ermon FOIA mi Fr ohn S Chicago eee2e 7 _etters treas Visitors House ur iehoge ue update Youth ge id A sc epea EA We Ge O ec A A A A A A B B B C C C C D D m Phone Calls ee ee Warehouse Clean up sched Re ee ee ee ToDo List e7 89 96 16716 am 1 12 if Schedule Newcomers Fgllawahin 5 Long Rango Pla Next Appointment Rora ntownts Sean Dau age aa HE go fuga itty Apre f lf your natural propensity is to complete all your phone calls first then go on to your letters etc a labeled ToDo system works well Here Alphanumeric codes entered in priority fields keep ToDos organized by type The numbers represent priorities The letters represent categories A for projects B for calls C for letters and D for miscellaneous The Palmtop automatically sorts them making it easier to accomplish similar tasks at once they show up on future dates when I want to schedule a ToDo ahead Every time I enter something to do I set it to carry forward so my ToDos haunt me until they are done When I do finish I high light the ToDo and press the space bar It s a great feel

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