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1. EIGHT ways to make your LS 12 Vectra or Portable Vectra CS more productive Transfer your suet to another PC without hassle Highly rated LapLink software offers high speed file transfer between your Vectra and another IBM PC compati ble using LapLink s special cable Versatile works with parallel and serial ports and easy to use simple manual or automatic file tagging LapLink for PV LS 12 lal1ins Retail 139 Subscriber 119 Access any Ethernet network with your Vectra Xircom Pocket Ethernet Adapter attaches to your Vectra or any PC compatible parallel printer port It lets you connect to any Ethernet LAN supporting Novell NetWare versions 2 0a and higher It s 5 oz the size of an audiocassette case Ethernet Adapter S 12 PV et11nh Retail 695 Subscriber 629 No more squinting to find your cursor Why search for a faint underline Make Vectra cursor BIG and BOLD with NoSquint and see the cursor f clearly without strain No Squint PV LS 12 no11ins Retail 39 95 Subscriber 37 95 Back up your LS 12 hard disk files to tape Tallgrass Technologies top quality tape backup unit backs up LS 12 20 or 40 Meg hard disk Connects via LS 12 floppy disk connector in back HP lab _ tested and approved LapTape Backup Unit LS 12 lalinh Retail 795 Subscriber 695 Fast numeric entry for your LS 12 The Zenith Numeric Keypad plugs into the right side of your L
2. Vol 5 No 3 The HP Portable Portable Plus Portable Vectra Users Newsletter September October 1990 Publisher s Message Letters Kermit Version 3 0 fe a SEE ee bee BO Printer HP 9114 Switch On During Travel NICAD a Registered Tradmark Don t Forget International HP 150 Users Problem with HP IL Card Reflection EXIT Command HP 110 Advances 3 4 Lines Before Printing DeskJet and The Plus 110 P Plus Accessories Off HP Price List Most Still Available Through Personalized Software Modify Keyboard for High Speed Typing New Calculators Printers From HP Norton Utility NU COM NU110 COM Portable Technology Update Two New Modems aaaea aaa Portable Computing amp Communications Expo Technical Support Notes NOOO DOS e 2 9 toning nia ne bed oe NH SO N Late Night At Personalized Software Mac Reads HP Disks With Read HP Soft PC Voltage Adapters Excellent Traveling Companions gt gt o o o 9 o gt gt o eo 6 gt gt e gt gt gt o o o o e gt gt gt gt o gt gt gt o gt o o 8 e gt 6 o gt gt 8 o gt gt gt gt 8 o a gt 8 ortable Paper News from Personalized
3. EDLIN a I got a kick out of Rich Hall s article on Making Edlin Easy in the last issue of the Paper I recognize there are plea sures to be had from arcane skills such as shoeing horses or writing with a quill pen As far as I am concerned editing with Edlin is equivalent to writing with a quill pen I will admit I am slightly skilled in using Edlin and can use it if pushed against the wall The real way to make Edlin easy is typing ED to load Personalized Software s The Editor If your job is to support a number of computers and their users there is some advantage to using Edlin since it is on everybody s computer Were this my job I would have a floppy disk with ED and a few other useful utilities such as Norton s Filefind and Undelete to take with me 34 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 It s the Mobile Ni CaD Recharger MNR 2 from S O S and it couldn t arg e be easier to use simply plug one end into your car s cigarette lighter and the other into your Portable Portable Plus your Po rtable HP9114 or ThinkJet The time it takes to charge a given and HP9114 unitis about 30 longer than with a and ThinkJet wall charger Your car does not have to be running the unit can operate over k night with no danger of running down off yo ur Cal S a normal car battery Mobile Recharger m c i tt Portable Paper subscriber price cig PRODUCT NO PR11 Also works with HP41C CV CX HP71B and l HP75C D hand helds
4. disk drive today p o 3 6ae ses ca s apan n Oe ee 79 95 S Portable Paper subscriber price 69 95 Paper is also a bit like that A lot of your readers and potential readers are like me they want to get on with number crunch ing or word crunching and they don t want to spend hours playing with the machinery and inventing new programs We like to hear of new machines and new programs but only if they are simple and practical Otherwise we want to hear about getting the most out of the mach ines we already have Whatever you do I know it will be great and you have my warmest good wishes Len Deighton Nutwood House Wormley West End EN10 7QN England Our product READHP allows users to read their HP Portable or HP 150 format ted disks on an IBM PC Other publishing houses now produce magazines on laptops I have always shied away from doing such a publica tion because of the difficulty of being all things to so many potential readers What happens is that only a little of the material of such a magazine is relavant to any one user Hal Interested in NewWave Newsletter I am very much interested in having a paper directed to NewWave For a year 40 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 and a half I have had a HP Vectra RS 20 and recently I installed NewWave I like the program very much but I do think it is rather difficult to handle sometimes I would like your support in this area I do think that
5. easy to use W List files in two directories simultaneously R Copy move and delete multiple files R Sort directories W Create protected Read Only files W Back up only those files that have changed since last backup E And much more When Hewlett Packard introduced the P A M file manager in 1983 the program was ahead of its time With P A M users could copy rename and delete files by pressing function keys instead of having to enter DOS commands Today however users are more sophisticated and so are the file management programs that have come on the IBM PC market These programs go way beyond P A M in their abilities and in the convenience they offer the user Most of these file managers won t run on the Portable Plus but we ve developed one that does It s called FilePlus and here are its benefits 1 Display two directories This is a feature that even some of the most popular IBM compatible file management programs don t have FilePlus lets you list two directories from the same or different disks simultaneously on screen This makes it especially easy to move files back and forth between the two directories 2 Point and Shoot You don t have to wade through P A M s function key menus to perform a simple operation like copying a file Instead you simply display the contents of the source and destination directories side by side tag the file you want to copy then use a simple Lotus like
6. reality The usefulness of the Portable Plus is limited only by your own determination and creativity Even if you re not a programmer you can encourage those who are simple modem utilities are just a vision Your thoughts matter This is your paper Please let me know if you have any ideas you d like to add to this loose specification As for that system configuration table it may take some time so be patient chuckled at the thought of space travel and now it s a Pll hang out in the duck blind and keep on looking for an answer Hopefully it won t take long The Remember not long ago people David is a service engineer of computer power systems at KW Control Systems of Middletown New York and a long time contributor to The Portable Paper W Letters continued from page 5 110 from HP and then the demise of machines whose equivalents are only now appearing on the market I just read an article on a new notebook size machine from National LCD screen ROMed oper ating system RAM disk HP HP why didn t you make your portables 100 IBM compatible or Apple compatible for that matter with a more readable screen and In this country it was not hard to under stand why the Portables didn t sell well The Plus s price here was three times the pared to 100 compatibles US price and not at all attractive com The big problem was also software Because it is so prohibitively expensiv
7. 4 Oakland CA 94610 W returning abruptly after a summer storm We jumped up 4 and down screamed war cries pounded each other on the 7 back The Terrible Trio had done it It was all over except Late Night for counting the dead glue sticks and taking it over to the s local Tribune Printing Company to be printed the next At Personalized Software no this morning It was 2 00 A M of the new day Later that morning I got the stuff to the Trib and they As many of you will appreciate running a small business cranked it right out as if they ate that type of thing every can require many days without rest or much sleep to morning for breakfast I went back to the office reach deadlines Our graphic designer George Foster and It was a quiet morning too quiet W I are veterans in late night marathons to produce a newsletter or advertising feat The original blue covered Portable Equipment Exchange that we send out with each Mac Reads HP Disks issue represents our latest efforts George finally saw the s wisdom of desktop publishing and did much of his work With Read HP and Soft PC on an Apple Macintosh However to no one s surprise this evolution in Reader Bill Brearly reports that he is able to put an HP George s thinking did not result in either of us getting any formatted disk into his Apple Macintosh IIci and use more Sleep What did help this time was our involving ReadHP available from Personalized Software to read from
8. Glen Frank our bookkeeper proof reader and sometimes and write to the disk graphic artist We pulled Glen in at the end of a series of He uses a Macintosh program called SoftPC to create a late nights needed to put the Portable Equipment Ex DOS environment on his Mac He installs ReadHP in that change together We thought some of you might enjoy environment specifying the floppy drive he wishes to use and relate to his comments about the experience Hal When the Mac uses the drive it can read from and write to the HP disk The disk comes up on the Mac as an icon and the Mac creates a file folder called HP He can read HP A Day in the Life of Herr von Frankwitz ASCII documents Private 1st Class ReadHP is available to subscribers of The Portable Paper for 69 It allows IBM compatibles to read HP Portable and Sometimes Glen Frank HP150 3 5 disks Call us at 515 472 6330 LA SoftPC is a product of Insignia Solutions LTD of Sunny 7 It was a quiet evening too quiet Curious George Foster Vale California and retails for 399 for the XT CGA version had said he d call at 7 45 and it was now 8 30 Something and an additional 199 for the AT EGA option For more must be wrong Big Hal s not going to like this I on Soft PC contact Insignia Solutions directly at 1 800 848 D thought Suddenly the clanging of the phone bell jarred 7677 E pa me out of my gloomy ruminations It was Curious George P n OK you can come ov
9. THE PROBLEM The charge on your HP9114 battery doesn t last long enough for you to do all you d like to For that matter in some cases it doesn t last long enough to do half of what you d like to According to Hewlett Packard you get up to 40 minutes of continuous usage before the battery dies We ve never gotten more than 20 Just format Plugging in the HP9114 doesn t help either That only recharges the battery it doesn t let you keep working WE HAVE THE SOLUTION The official HP suggestion is to buy another battery pack and keep both plugged in When one loses power replace it with the other This seems clumsy to us What if you want to do several hours of disk intensive work At Personalized Software we have a better solution the HP9114 Empoweret The Empowerer is special power supply that will allow your HP110 Portable RECOMMENDED FOR THE PORTABLE PAPER and plug The Empowerer into the open slot and into your wall outlet It s that easy To run your HP9114 to your heart s content order your HP9114 Empowerer today HP9114 Empowerer 99 95 89 95 for Portable Paper subscribers PRODUCT NO PR12NM 60 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE See order form for details TO ORDER Use enclosed postage paid order form or send check or credit card information Portable Plus o Portable Vectra mg HP150 heed IBM PC and compat HP9114 disk drive to run forever
10. Box 869 Fairfield IA 52556 515 472 6330 FAX 515 472 1879 Portable Technology Update We use the Portable Technology Update as a reference for a some of the articles we write in The Portable Paper Portable Technology Update focuses exclusively on the PV portable industry It is supported by subscription 250 for one year quarterly subscriptions and single issues also available and has no advertising Data is organized by category in a tabbed three ring binder format and updated monthly Portable Technology Update provides information on the following topics Portable Technology Update 125 Beach 12 the St Belle Harbor NY 11694 Phone 718 318 3880 FAX 718 318 0865 E Two New Modems New Product Introductions summary of new products introduced during each month Industry news events affecting the portable industry u Application case studies how specific cofnpanies are using these products In depth product reviews product comparisons reviews ratings and reports i Industry directory names addresses and phone numbers of the manufacturers u Product listings Model name description and price of portable products m Product specification sheets Vocal Technologies Ltd of Santa Clara California has introduced two compact modems that may be of interest to some HP Portable users STOWAWAY 2400 SMALL LINE POWERED MODEM The Stowaway 2400 is a small Hayes compatib
11. How to burn ROMs how to use accompany ing software how to get ROM programs to show up on your PAM screen Also includes suggestions on what to put into ROM how to avoid snags and other tips based on our years of experience in sup porting the Portable Plus e EP10NH Rombo Personalized Software ROM Burner Package for the Portable Plus ROM Burner serial cable ultraviolet eraser software two 128 Kbyte EPROMs user manual Retail 695 Subscriber 595 e Personalized Software 128 Kbyte erasable pro grammable ROMs EPROMs for the Portable Plus EP11NR Single EPROM Retail 69 Subscriber 59 EP12NX Setof4 Retail 276 Subscriber 199 e Personalized Software 128 Kbyte non erasable programmable ROMs PROMs for the Portable Plus Ideal for making multiple copies of ROMs EP18NR Single PROM Retail 64 Subscriber 54 EP19NX Setof4 Retail 256 Subscriber 179 e EP13NR 270512 12 5V 64 Kbyte EPROM Retail 25 Subscriber 22 e EP14NS ROM Burner software and manual only Useful if you wish to burn your own 64 Kbyte EPROMs for the Portable Plus using a different ROM burner Retail 250 Subscriber 195 e SW11UC Portable Plus ROM drawer Retail 195 Subscriber 99 e EP15NE Custom ROM services EPROM includes 10 minutes testing to make sure your ROM works in Portable Plus as specified Retail 150 Subscriber 135 e EPi6NE ROM consulting additional testing batch file rewriting etc 75 hour RENTAL
12. LaserJet IIP LA15UC 1495 CALL DISK DRIVES refurbished HP9114A Disk Drive DD11UC 795 199 179 HP9114B Disk Drive DD12UC 795 249 199 15 Meg Hard Drive HD11UC 2700 995 with HP IB HP IL Interface HPIB HPIL cables MEMORY SOFTWARE DRAWERS Used P Plus 1 Meg HP RAM Drawer MMI11NC 1275 995 384K HP RAM Drawer MM12UC 982 295 256K HP RAM Drawer MM19UC 709 225 199 128K HP RAM Drawer MM13UC 436 150 99 128K HP Memory Card MM14UC 273 125 99 HP ROM Software Draw SW11UR 195 99 79 ROM BURNING Portable Plus ROM Burning kit EP10NH 695 595 495 ROM burner amp eraser cable 2 128K EPROMs software manual 128K byte EPROM EP11NR 69 59 49 4 128K byte EPROMs EP12NX 276 199 179 128K PROM no erase EP18NR 64 54 4 Four 128K PROMs EP19NX 256 179 159 64K 27C512 EPROM EP13NR 25 22 19 ROM burning software EP14NS 250 195 Custom 128K burning EP15NE 150 135 Custom burning consult EP16NE 75 per hour INTERFACE CARDS refurbished HP IL Card For IBM PC IL11UC 195 119 99 New HP IL Card For PC HP17HM 195 159 P Plus Video Interface VII AUC 435 195 P Plus V Intfee Monitor VM12UM 750 275 Composite monitor VM11UG 325 150 HPIL HPIB Interface IL13UC 395 235 HPIL Serial Interface IL12UC 295 179 INPUT DEVICES Log Mouse P Plus System MSI5NM 219 179 P Plus Mouse Sftwre MS11NS 70 60 P Plus Mouse Cable MS13NM 30 20 Numeric Keypad P Plus TS11NM 139 135 THE PORTABLE PAPER Subscribers Disks Only Available With Subs
13. automatically Weighs only 6 ounces If you do data comunications with an HP Port able or Portable Plus you ve probably found the internal 300 or 1200 baud modem to be too slow Until now the only solution was to buy a bulky external modem and lug it around wher ever you go A better solution is the Worldport 2400 It measures a trim 4 x2 x1 it s rugged it weighs only 6 ounces including the battery and it sends and receives at 300 1200 and 2400 baud A MYRIAD OF FEATURES The Worldport 2400 has a wealth of features you would expect to find in a desktop modem several times its size EXTRA BONUS FOR USERS OF THE IBM PC AND NEW HP PORTABLE VECTRA included with the WorldPort 2400 at no charge is the acclaimed communications and remote control software package Carbon Copy PLUS retail value For example the WorldPort 2400 has auto dial auto answer and both pulse and tone operation It comes with a standard modular phone plug for connecting with the telephone line It offers non volatile storage of up to 20 commands And it is fully compatible with the industry standard Hayes AT Command Set and with the HP110 s Terminal software and the Portable Plus s TERM and Reflection software ba Since a modular plug is not always available the WorldPort 2400 also has a built in interface for an acoustic coupler The coupler an optional extra runs at 300 and 1200 baud The unit is compatible with
14. m sitting here waiting for Brian Teitzman to return my call so I can harass him about some equipment this seems as good a time as any i You ve got my vote for continuin a j your efforts in the publishing business There is a BIG NEED out there for infor mation particularly about Portables and 150 systems and you are the best posi tioned in the country to supply it The idea of expanding into HP printers and other peripherals strikes me as an out standing one and could include plotters digitizers scanners OCR systems and CD ROM technology Your present publications tend to focus on a very narrow field Perhaps it s time to broaden their scope as you did with the Portable Paper by including all of the HP machines Perhaps the answer is not to have a bunch of little publications but a broader publication The Portable Paper is broad enough to include all portables and everything under the sun they can connect to Even though all of my stuff is HP I d still like to hear about UltraLites and how they compare in hopes I will learn something about how to use my HP better Another thing I would urge you to consider is reprocessing some of the ore you ve already mined so to speak You ve got a potential mother lode in all of the tips and routines for Portables you ve _ sere published over the years which could be collected and published in a Best of Son of Return of series I as
15. up to 1 5 megab yles per ROM drawer No more lugging a disk drive wher ever you go No more taking up precious Edisk space with frequently used pro grams and data Now you can easily put almost any program and important data on ROM chips and store them in your Portable Plus s ROM drawer Once you ve done so your programs and data are available instantly with no danger of loss and no need for an external disk drive Burning your own ROMs is easy even for a computer novice with our Portable Plus ROM Burner All you do is connect the ROM Burner to your Plus and follow the simple instructions we pro vide for using the software that comes with the unit We even show you how to have your ROM programs automatically show up on your PAM menu ERASABLE If you make a mistake while burning in a ROM or if you later wish to change the contents of your ROMs no problem Just use the ultraviolet eraser that comes with our ROM Burner and start over Our programmable ROMs are technical ly EPROMs which stands for erasable programmable read only memory UP TO 3 MEGABYTES ON ROM The ROM drawer that fits into the bot tom of your Portable Plus has sockets for 12 ROMs Each socket can hold a 128 Kbyte ROM Even though there are more than 50 programs now available on ROM for the Portable Plus most people only use 2 6 of the 12 sockets which means part of the 1 5 megabytes of each draw er s av
16. 4 4 RR R sew ee center LapTAape send 8 Xe ESS 25 StatPower 25 PUBLISHER S MESSAGE We appreciate your ongoing comments about where Per sonalized Software should head in the future Here is our current thinking Through 1992 we will contin ue to market and support the HP Portables and the HP150 particularly the HP110 and Portable Plus for new markets that can best take advantage of all the strengths of the HP110 and Portable Plus long battery life indestructibility built in ROM software price etc etc etc and sell HP Portables and our many accessories into those markets We re open to suggestions and your help In the meantime we will establish ourselves as the support hub for a major manu facturer s microcomputer products like HP printers and microcomputers or Toshiba laptops The introspection involved while searching for new directions allowed us to understand our uniqueness in the marketplace essentially we are a for profit international computer users organization Our primary mission is to collect and disseminate practical knowledge knowledge about how to take full advantage of a computer knowledge Hal Goldstein We will look FOR HANDY REFERENCE Items directly relevant to the three as Portables are denoted in this issue as follows 110 Portable Portable Plus Portable Vectra A Vectra LS 12 When items are partly or indirectly relevant they are denoted as 119 110 Portable P
17. Editor II ED12NK 195 175 99 95 Editor Pack FM17NK 823 599 Editor II Webster FormatPlus FilePlus Editor Pack FM16NK 658 499 Editor II Webster FormatPlus MMkr TmMgr MM21UR 245 119 99 MSWord MS20UR 394 199 MultiMate MM20UR 520 295 199 WordPerfect 5 WD11NK 940 595 495 295 Word ing Utilities FormatPlus FP13NK 175 165 99 95 HPrint HP12NK 175 171 95 Webster Speller WB13NK 259 249 199 179 You must own the disk version of the product in order to use prices in the Backup Price column SOFTWARE ON DISK Communications CompuServe starter kit CM11NS 39 95 35 95 Kermit KE11NS 19 00 19 00 Relay Gold Plus RG11NS 295 00 279 00 TermPlus TE12NS 99 95 79 95 49 Term110 TE11NS 99 95 79 95 YTERM YT11UC 135 00 49 95 Data Accounting Software Condor 3 CR11NS 495 00 379 00 299 Condor Jr CR13NS 99 95 89 95 Dac Easy Accounting DC11NS 150 00 129 00 Used dBase II DB11UC 550 00 295 00 File Transfer HPDuette for P Plus DU11NS 99 95 89 95 Link110 LK12NS 90 00 85 95 Link Plus LK11NS 90 00 85 95 ReadHP RD11NS 79 95 69 95 Graphics Flowcharting II FL11NS 229 00 199 00 Log Mouse P Plus System MS15NM 219 00 179 95 PrintMaster P Plus PR11NS 79 95 69 95 Sketch SK11NS 80 00 75 95 Sketch Halftone disk SD11NS 9 50 9 50 Learning Material for HP110 P Plus How to Use the HP Portables Video Tapes VP11NM 150 00 119 00 99 Productivity Boosting Utilites Games BacTools BC11NS 49 95 39 95 DOS Tools DT11
18. HP IL port I m having trouble using my LOGITECH mouse with the Portable Plus Make sure you have used LIMOUSE not MSMOUSE and that the files are installed in the root directory What WordPerfect printer driver do I use for the HP 7 82906A printer Use the STANDARD PRINTER driver How do I read HP disks on the LS 12 See the instructions above on ReadHP and Vol 4 No 4 Pg 17 of The Portable Paper You must reboot before the computer will load the driver There are thin lines missing from my thinkjet printout A Clean the cartridge Q A My computer locks up when I try to run Sidewinder from the Run Sidewinder prompt in Sidewinder enhancer Circumvent this bug by typing N to exit Sidewinder Enhancer and then run Sidewinder from PAM RANDOM NOTES BOXES on the 1989 Portable Paper Subscriber Disk does not work with MemoMaker only with The Editor Webster s doesn t work with MS Word files Password on the 1988 Subscribers disk If you get locked out type TESTPASS all caps and the initia password unless you have changed it WordPerfect on the Plus you can delete all WP WP files except WP WP SET THE PORTABLE PAPER u LapTape won t work on an LS 12 with expansion chassis when the VGA is on e m Reflections used with a 2400 WorldPort MNP modem port configuration menu F1 then F3 CTS should be HIGH E Voodo DOS Joe Butterworth Thought you might enjoy t
19. Here s what you receive when you order the Portable Plus or HP150 version of WordPerfect published exclusively by us Note See box below to determine whether you should buy WordPerfect 4 2 or 5 0 1 Complete WordPerfect software and Users Manual The entire IBM PC version of WordPerfect on 312 disks and the standard WordPerfect users manual 2 Special utility programs Our versions of WordPerfect 4 2 and 5 0 both come with an IBM PC emulator program that allows WordPerfect to run on your HP com puter The Portable Plus version of this emulator is called PlusPerfect Our disks also include batch files that allow you to run Word Perfect automatically 3 Optional ROM Backup for Portable Plus 6 ROM chips containing PlusPerfect and a sig nificant portion of WordPerfect 5 0 You can use 4 or 6 of these ROMs depending on the amount of space available in your ROM drawer Although you ll still need to store a 300K Word Perfect file on your disk and set main memory to 376K this ROM Backup saves you up to 384K of RAM To purchase the ROM Backup you must already own or order WordPerfect 5 0 and PlusPerfect on disk 4 Instruction booklet In addition to the comprehensive WordPerfect users manual we supply our own instruction booklet It tells you step by step how to get started what to ignore in the users manual and how to use WordPerfect on your HP computer 5 Keyboard template We also includ
20. I went home booted up put the disk in my floppy drive and typed NDD I was presented with three choices Diagnose Disk Common Solutions and Exit Disk Doctor I chose to diagnose the disk and selected the hard drive NDD informed me that one of my FAT s was corrupted I never knew a disk had more that one FAT NDD politely asked me if I would like it fix the problem I typed Y and that was it Actually that wasn t the end NDD next gives you the option of doing a Data Sector Test I didn t have to do it in this case but I did anyhow This is a very long and boring test but my 4 year old son Robert loved it NDD displays a map of your hard disk a grid of boxes Then a little square cursor shaped box goes slowly through the map looking for bad sectors Robert thought it was like Pac Man Every time NDD found a bad sector it flashed a message and Robert pressed the Return button which caused NDD to move as much of the contents of the bad sector as possible to a new location before permanently marking the sector as bad so no more information will be stored there After that NDD ended and my hard disk worked When I put my son to bed later that night he wanted me to tell him a story about the Bad Sectors and the Disk Doctor So the good Disk Doctor found the Bad Sectors and took away all of their information and gave it to the Good Sectors Then he marked all of the Bad Sectors with a large X so nobody would ever
21. OCTOBER 1990 m CONNECTING_A SERIAL THINKJET PRINTER TO PORTABLE VECTRA OR LS 12 assuming COM1 is serial port 1 Place in your AUTOEXEC BAT file the following two lines mode com1 9600 n 8 1 mode Ipt1 com1 2 Connect the ThinkJet to the CS or LS 12 using the proper serial cable 3 Set all dip switches down m DESKJET Computer settings are the same when using the DeskJet as a serial printer All dips should be down on the DeskJet KODAK DIOCONIX PRINTER 1 Set the side dip switches number 3 up the rest down 2 Set the front dip switches numbers 3 and 9 up the rest down TYPES OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT CALLS Most technical support calls relate to one of the following three categories WHAT DOES THIS PRODUCT DO Often a customer wants more information about a product _ then the salesman can give him and will ask for technical support Tell him what you can about the product and if necessary look at the manual for details Example A Will sidewinder work with my printer Page 31 of the sidewinder manual answers this question HOW DO I USE THIS The manual will almost always answer the customer s question but the manuals are hard for some people to understand Follow along with the customer in the manual and also on your machine if the software and hardware are available Don t be afraid if you don t know how to do something Look in the table of contents and or index to find what you ne
22. Portable Plus Pv Portable Vectra o Vectra LS 12 about the advantages of using such a computer That knowledge takes the form of a newsletter and long copy advertisements for products that support a computer and for the computer itself Given this strategy and self knowledge we decided to publish The Portable Paper for at least one more full 6 issue year Almost all 1200 current subscribers need to renew Please help us help you and RENEW NOW Take a mo ment and fill out the enclosed renewal form or give us a call In exchange we will send you six more issues of The Portable Paper a 1986 90 5 year index to The Portable Paper and what should be the best 1991 Subscribers Disk yet We will continue to cover the HP110 and Portable Plus as in previous years We will also cover the LS 12 and Portable Vectra CS as relevant material comes our way For example see article that appears in this issue about the extended LS 12 warranty We may however not always run the Vectra Views column next year We look forward to continuing our role as the central hub for HP Portable knowledge in 1991 of products to enhance that computer and knowledge Future Direction of Personalized Software I ve taken advantage of Personalized Soft ware s new editorial policy of printing the addresses of correspondents to contact Robert Moorehouse with information about the 25 cent charger see attach ment Robert wrote in the May June
23. RECOMMENDED F R HP110 Portable Portable Vectra 2 Portable Plus e HP150 IBM PC and compatibles g THE PORTABLE PAPER When the current worksheet is changed the changes are automatically reflected in the disk worksheets But wait there s more As Easy As has the ability to let you write your own FUNCTIONS For example I noticed that AEA does not have an XOROQ exclusive OR function So using just the information on the help screen I was able to create such a function and add it to the worksheet Given this ability I have suggested to TRIUS that they consider producing a Reduced Instruction Set spreadsheet The kernel of the worksheet could be much smaller than the 200k byte size it is now The user could import only those functions that were necessary to drive a given worksheet If you didn t need TRIG functions why keep them around as overhead The memory space saved would allow for bigger worksheets Furthermore As Easy As lets programmers create ADD INS These are somewhat like the add in programs for 1 2 3 but they are certainly different For one thing AEA add ins must be written in Turbo Pascal 5 5 or greater The add in programs also need a special TPU file from TRIUS This TPU file gives your program the ability to interact with data from the worksheet I ve tried my hand at one add in got it to work and then discovered that I could do the same thing with a small macro program I
24. ROM backup Package are as follows For program details see catalog PACK DUMP TY CYPHER RENDIR WHEREIS TEE SDL FDATE LABEL DIRS TRANSLIT CLEAN DIRALL ARCE MOVE OFF CHANGE ARC520 MOVEALL TRIM BEEP SQPC SM VDL TMA TJETA FCOPY ASK PRNCONEF WAIT FGREP XCOPY FDUMP COPYNEW Note ARC520 is shareware the author normally requests a 35 contribution However we ve already paid your user fee 2IMPORTANT All HP ROM prices given in this chart unless othewise stated are for used ROMs Used HP ROMs especially Lotus A are sometimes not in stock Call to verify availability of used HP ROMs and pricing on new HP ROMs if used ROMs unavailable OUR COMPLETE HP110 PORTABLE PL With Part Retail Sub Portable Product No Price Price Purchase Items in this column are discounted further with a purchase of an HP110 or a like new or refurbished Portable Plus HP110 PORTABLE PLUS COMPUTERS COMPUTERS Like new 512K P Plus PP36UC 2795 995 Refurbished 512K P Plus PP16UC 2795 795 Refurbished 128K P Plus PP12UC 2590 395 Refurbished HP 110 PQ11UC 3000 495 Like new German Plus PP37UC 2795 995 German localiz ROM GE31UR 150 99 50 Like new Swiss Fr Plus PP34UC 2795 995 French localiz ROM FR31UR 150 99 50 Like new Swedish Plus PP40UC 2795 995 Like new English Plus PP31UC 2795 995 Like new Italian Plus PP38UC 2795 995 Italian localiz ROM IT31UR 150 99 50 All Like new Portable Pluses come in original packaging with new batter
25. ROM burner vendor We finally discovered the main ROM part of the 128K byte ROMs we built was not the same as our proto type and slightly different from the ROM vendor s specifica tions What this meant was a six week delay in getting in and building new 128K byte ROMs Those ROMs tested fine and were shipped By the time you receive this newsletter we should be well stocked with ROMs and ROM burners to fill all orders E LA DAC EASY Accounting A Product Again DAC EASY accounting version 1 works quite nicely in the Portable Plus and the HP150 environment with slight modifications see Vol 4 No 2 Pg 16 19 DAC EASY has given us permission to reproduce their manual and ship a Portable Plus HP150 version of their product _ DAC EASY is available through Personalized Software Part No DC11NS retail price 150 subscribers price 129 Use the order form inclosed in the center spread or call 515 472 6330 E WordPlus For HP110 No More WordPlus has been an ideal spelling checker for the HP110 It works nicely on the 16 line screen and a version of the dictionary is provided that fits on the HP110 electronic disk After months and months of indecision and not returning our phone calls Russ Boelhauf the author of the program chose not to let us continue to sell the product We offered to reproduce the manual and disk support the product and pay him royalty He would have to do nothing For some unknown reason Russ finally
26. Software 1991 Subscribers Disk oaan anaa anaa aaa ROMBO Is Really Shipping DAC EASY Accounting A Product Again WordPlus For HP110 No More WorldP rt Fax xs ss a AS hee R eek Portable Vectra Views Zenith Extends SupersPort Warranty to 2 Years This Doctor Makes Housecalls 7 gt gt ee gt gt 6 gt gt o gt 4 s o gt 8 Through The Looking Glass As Easy As 4 00P 22020 000 Latest Release of the Video Display Editor ROMBO The Manual The Classical Classifier Latest Release of Stereo Shell Turbo Assembler Version 2 00 Mix Power C Version 2 00 1991 Subscribers Disk The Savvy User Waiting for ROMBO BON de ore tow ohh Sek 6 dee Lee SS ee 45 2 Webster s Spelling Checker My Soapbox In Search of the Golden Goose User Groups oo s 8 o e gt gt gt gt 3 6 s gt gt 8 o s gt gt gt s e o g s gt k g y e gt gt gt 8 8 9 8s gt gt 8 gt 8 2 o s s o 8 gt gt o 2 OMBO Portable Plus users Now you can easily put vadi Ts
27. THE EDITOR II simply can t be beat See for yourself Order your copy risk free today THE EDITOR II ondisk 99 95 Portable Paper subscriber price 79 95 PRODUCT NO EDIINS ROM BACKUP version 194 95 THE EDITOR II on ROM and disks PRODUCT NO EDIZPP For users of Version I or SuperROM RECOMMENDED FO HP110 Portable Portable Plus IBM PC and compat Available on ROM Backup for the Portable Plus EDITOR II Upgrade Kit on disk 35 00 PRODUCT NO EDIANS Upgrade Kit on ROM and disk 58 00 PRODUCT NO EDISNR PY PV users Be sure to indicate PORTABLE VECTRA on your order so we can send you proper disk format 60 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE See order form for details TO ORDER Use enclosed postage paid order form or send check or credit card information exp date signature to Personalized Software P O Box S69 Fairfield A 52556 515 472 6330 Special combined offer SAVE 30 THE EDITOR and THE FORMATTER together Only 119 95 total Portable Paper subscribers only Note The user manual itself is a challenge and no technical support is available We therefore recom mend THE FORMATTER for strong computer users or those already familiar with text formatters If you need any of the features listed above and if you re willing to spend the time it takes to learn the commands THE FORMATTER is for you Order your copy risk free today THE F
28. User s Manual and additional instructions for installing and using the ROM In the chart prices of products marked PS are for entire ROM Backup Package According to the agreements we have with the original software vendors our ROM version is considered a backup copy of the disk version Unless you already own the disk version we cannot sell you the ROM Backup by itself Please note 1 If you purchased the disk version of a program from us we have that in our records If you purchased the disk version elsewhere you will need to show us proof of purchase before we can sell you just the ROM Backup 2 Prices for ROM Backups alone are as follows As Easy AS esea aa 125 Best of DOS Tools 129 The Editor cccccees 95 GamesPlus eeeee008 105 HPDuette lt ss ss cee eevee 95 HPrint a Sete iaaa we 95 Shelp ss oe eserves wre 55 SideWinder lt ss sse sasa 55 Shelp SideWinder 95 Sketch sae RRR oo R RR 95 Squish Plus eee0e 135 SuperROM eee ere ea e 49 TermPlus s s s s s s s saa as a 95 Turbo Pascal 3 sss eee 95 Typing Whiz eeeeeee 95 Webster s Speller 179 WordPerfect ss sss sss s 295 3 It is important that you read and adhere to the licensing agreement that comes with the disk version of any soft ware you buy because the same agree ment applies to the corresponding ROM Backup In most cases this means you can use only
29. Vectra CS Peripherals EtherNet Adapter ET11NH 695 629 Logitech Mouse MS14NM 119 99 Statpower PC100 Inverter ST11NH 179 169 LS 12 PORTABLE VECTRA SOFTWARE The Editor II ED11NS 99 95 79 95 Condor 3 for IBM CR11HM 495 00 379 00 LapLink LA11NS 139 95 119 00 NoSquint NO11NS 39 95 37 95 Squish Plus SQ12NS 99 95 89 95 CALL FOR CONSULTATION AND PRICING ON OTHER IBM COMPATIBLE SOFTWARE PRODUCTS LS 12 P VECTRA ACCESSORIES Printer Supplies TJ plain paper cartridge TJ15HCG 10 95 10 95 TJ inkjet paper cartridge TJ14HC 10 95 10 95 HP92261n inkjet 2500 z TJ12HC 64 95 59 95 HP51630a inkjet 500 z TJ13HC 19 95 19 95 DeskJet ink cartridge CT11HC 19 95 19 95 Disks 10 3 5 disks and case DS11NM 44 90 29 95 10 3 5 1 44M disks case DS12NM 69 95 59 95 Cases Targus leather system TAIINM 199 95 179 00 Targus nylon system case TA12NM 99 95 89 95 Cables Standard Parallel Cable PLIINM 29 95 24 95 P Vectra 25 pin serial prn SE12HC 29 95 24 95 9 pin AT serial printer cable SE11HC 29 95 24 95 ADDITIONAL COMPUTERS CALL FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES REFURBISHED HP150 COMPUTERS DRIVES PERIPHERALS ACCESSORIES SOFTWARE E Free HP150 Catalog CAT150 0 00 0 00 TOSHIBA LAPTOPS call for prices Notebook PCs m T1000 80C88 4 77MHz 6 4 lb laptop with 512K RAM expandable to 1 2MB and a built in 720K 3 5 floppy drive CGA compatibile 80x25 LCD display with RGB monochrome monitor port 5 hour battery m T1O00SE 8008
30. both the internationally ac cepted CCITT communications standards and the Bell communications standards recognized in the U S The WorldPort 2400 uses a standard 9 volt transistor radio battery it s included with the unit A fresh battery will keep the WorldPort humming for 8 10 hours You can extend battery life by operating the unit from a wall outlet whenever possible using the optional AC adapter The WorldPort 2400 draws no power from your Portable s The 4 x2 x1 WorldPort 2400 costs less than HP s internal modems is faster and can be used with more than one computer THE PORTABLE PAPER si EER A EO A l l ote in AGS WorldPort 2400 comes with a 2 year manufac turer s warranty covering defects in materials and workmanship The WorldPort 2400 offers portablility relia bility well designed features and ease of use Order yours risk free today Retail Subscriber Price Price 359 00 319 00 PRODUCT NO WM12NM WorldPort 2400 modem WorldPort Modem 2400 MNP 499 00 425 00 WM13NH WorldPort 1200 modem 199 00 179 00 without software WM11NM Cable to connect modem to HP Portables 30 00 20 00 WM14NM Acoustic coupler 79 95 79 95 300 1200 baud WM16NM Upgrade kit WorldPort1200 WorldPort2400 199 00 179 00 includes Carbon Copy PLUS software WM13NM battery DOUBLE GUARANTEE In add
31. dismissed the voice as wind noise as the storm raged outside Computers don t talk I thought Let s see how that turned out And I rearranged the FilePlus display to view my new file CAPTIONS 90B Rats I thought My use of the asterisk wildcard to save keystrokes is now going to cost a bundle of keystrokes to fix TU have to ask FilePlus to rename 90B to CAPTIONS 90B _ So I did but all I got was an error message File already exists Now what I thought Well if Rename won t work let s delete it After all I ve got a backup on disk So I personal error message Sorry This one will not go What s going on I asked to no one in particular But wait if FilePlus won t rename or delete this rogue file I ll use MemoMaker or The Editor and handle it from within one of those programs But neither MemoMaker or The Editor would load 90B Now what do I do I said aloud I tried to warn you the voice from the computer said this time loud enough so there was no chance of it being mistaken for the wind I sat there my mouth agape my brain refusing to believe what it had clearly heard Finally I said in a quiet voice Computers don t talk Oh anyone knows that the voice replied How can they Computers are just dumb machines collections of silicon and copper But software and more to the point operating system software there s another matter entirely Allow
32. drive and path referred to in the CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT files is where the squish command ATTACH and driver SQPLUS SYS are put Once you have run the MKDISK command above you can remove MKDISK EXE from the Edisk 1 m READHP ReadHP is installed on your PC not the HP Check to see that the appropriate DEVICE com mand is in your CONFIG SYS file The following command line in your CONFIG SYS file lets you read HP 150 110 and Portable Plus single sided floppy Disks device hpsingle sys d This command line in your CONFIG SYS file lets you read HP 150 double sided floppy disks E device hp150ds sys d a This DEVICE command in your CONFIG SYS file lets you read Plus 110 double sided floppy disks device hp110ds sys d In each case d is the drive letter of your 3 5 drive If the appropriate DEVICE command is NOT in your CONFIG SYS file follow the installation instructions in the ReadHP manual to install ReadHP Each of the above DEVICE commands installs a DEVICE DRIVER when you boot up Make sure that the appropriate device driver is on the drive you boot from Type the DOS DIR command and you should see one of the following HPSINGLE SYS for 150 110 Plus single sided disks HP150DS SYS for HP 150 double sided disks HP110DS SYS for Plus 110 Double Sided If not follow the installation instructions in the ReadHP manual to install ReadHP Reboot your IBM and look for the ReadHP message noting the L
33. files on a given disk in much the same way that the CHKDSK V command does The file names are fully qualified and include the actual byte count per file along with the number of clusters the file consumes on a disk l RECOMMENDED FOR TO ORDER Use enclosed pastage pard order form HP110 Portable o Portable Vectra 7 or send cheek or credit card uiformiation Portable Plus fe HP1I5O 8 HP 150 4 exp date signature to IBM PC and compatibles PV Plus 60 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE See order form for details Personalized Software PO Bos Soo Burfietd LA 52556 ln lY 6330 Copyright 1988 Personalized Sottware A NEW AND IMPROVED LAPTOP COMPUTER I read with interest in the last issue of The Portable Paper all the requests for Personalized Software to design and build a rugged laptop computer to replace the Portable I had started a wish list but ran up against the same red 4 flags that Hal mentioned He didn t mention anything about product liability insurance government environ mental safety regulations advertising etc Even so it doesn t hurt to dream That s what wish lists are all about For myself my wish list started with the operating system for the computer DR DOS 5 This is a DOS command compatible operating system from Digital Research the company that brought forth the CP M operating system DR DOS 5 is completely ROM executable and even has a built in battery saver ca
34. issue of the Portable Paper that charging while on board a boat was one of many problems faced by the boat people I hope my advice on charging is useful to him Frankly I m surprised that no one else has expressed an interest in mobile re charging since we divulged the details of _ the 25 cent charger see Vol 4 No 5 Pg 27 Perhaps pride of creation is clouding my judgement but the concept of this charger is so simple that I find it amazing that not one word was heard from other readers about implementing one of their own Yet judging from the ads in the Portable Paper you apparently continue to sell the Mobile Recharger a device which is more costly less reliable and does less than the 25 cent charger Oh the whims of the public even high tech public But I don t need to tell you about the whims of the public Your comment that the renewal rate for subscriptions to the Portable Paper was only 67 spoke vol umes What a shock Have you consid ered polling former subscribers to find out why they didn t renew Lack of soft ware to run on the HP Battery prob lems Bought a new computer Yours is a fickle audience Hal All it takes to lose them is a glitzy new machine which runs some splashy software which may even be productive and they re gone It s called planned obsolescence and the computer industry has been built on it You asked for guidance concerning Personalized Software s future role
35. item to automatically remove the application See the documenta tion on INSTALLP in the DOS Tools manual to learn how to package a product for automatic installation on the 110 or Plus 5 vk HE a LOTUS The default printer for Lotus is the parallel or HP IL printer To print from the serial port GO WGDPI WORKSHEET GLOBAL DEFINE PRINTER INTERFACE and set the printer to 2 serial You must then set the BAUD RATE usually to 9600 Then press esc to get back on menu level and press u to update the configuration file To confirm your settings select s for STATUS you will see the interface and baud rate settings SHELP Put one of the following lines in your COMNFIG SYS file device a path shelp sys for SHELP on the Edisk b super shelp sys or b aea shelp sys or b sw_shelp shelp sys for shelp on ROM Reboot to enable SHELP press ctrl shift break To get into SHELP press ctrl shift extchar SQUISH PLUS Make sure SQPLUS SYS ATTACH EXE and MKDISK EXE are copied onto your Edisk Then put the following line in CONFIG SYS file device a path sqplus sys Put the following three lines in an AUTOEXEC BAT file cd d path attach e a path file ext cd Create a squish disk with the following command mkdisk a path file ext Reboot the system to put all this in effect What this will do will be to create a drive E in which everything will be automatically compressed in the file A PATH FILE EXT The
36. lost files alone makes THE NORTON UTILITIES well worth the price But there s even more to the package THE NORTON UTILITIES are also an excel lent disk management system Here are some examples of what you can do Let s say you want to sort directories and files physically on disk either by name extension size date time or by any combination of these Just use the ds disk sort command I use this one to sort my electronic disk files by size all the time Then when I display the direc tory the larger files come at the end of the list and I can see at a glance which ones to move elsewhere to free up any needed amount of disk space Or let s say you remember putting the phrase a penny saved is a penny earned into a text file on your floppy or hard disk but you can t remember which file it was or even which directory How to find it No problem Just type ts for text search specify the phrase and the program will display every occur rence of the phrase identifying each oc currence by directory and file Or let s say you can t remember which subdirectory you put a given file into Instead of hunting for the file manually THE NORTON UTILITIES are among the most helpful utilities ve run across I use them myself every day and in my opinion they re a must Here s why Hal Goldstein Publisher The Portable Paper just type ff find file and specify the name of the file and the
37. more I especially want to emphasize 1 THE EDITOR II s Lotus like menus make it in credibly easy to use 2 THE EDITOR II creates ASCII files which means you can send your files to and from almost any other program or computer without special formats or codes 3 THE EDITOR II will automatically back up your files to protect you against mistakes When you save a file THE EDITOR II saves not just the current version but the previous one as well CAN rar The Formatter THE FORMATTER gives you advanced formatting capabilities that even THE EDITOR I can t handle like multi line headers and footers s automatic hy phenation you can even add your own words to the built in dictionary user specified page length and line length s automatic page numbering s tables and charts table of contents generation s and more THE FORMATTER works by imbedding special for matting codes into your EDITOR IT MemoMaker or other ASCII text files You can customize THE FOR MATTER for almost any printer Now It s way beyond MemoMaker 4 THE EDITOR II takes up less than 40K of memory l 5 THE EDITOR II loads and saves files and ex ecutes commands exceptionally fast 6 THE EDITOR II comes with a well written ref erence manual and a step by step tutorial Even in the desktop market it is difficult to find a word processor with this many useful features at this low a price For the Portables
38. on my trusty old XT Turbo with my wife upstairs thumping on the floor with a broom handle reminding me that it was midnight and I should be in bed and our cat outside my window persuading the Pelton s cat that it should not expect a handout at our house without a fight My hard drive corrupted I ve always hated that nasty little DOS Abort Ignore Retry message That s what I liked about hard drives you never got that message But that night I did So I ran the DOS CHKDSK command and the screen went blank for the longest time which did not bode well Finally a message came up telling me that there was a problem with my FAT the File Allocation Table is found at the beginning of any disk and keeps track of where on the disk a file is or different parts of a file are located I went to sleep Next day I asked Hal about it He gave me a floppy disk and said Put it in and type NDD I like simple fixes NDD stands for Norton Disk Doctor one of the many fine programs that can be found on The Norton Utilities 4 5 Advanced Edition The Disk Doctor automatically diagnoses and corrects a variety of problems that can occur on both hard and floppy disks NDD runs a number of tests including tests of the integrity of all copies of the File Allocation Table a number of tests designed to probe the integrity of the boot record and a test of the entire disk directory structure Over a hundred individual tests are performed
39. one version of the software at a time on only one computer system at a time Remember the ROM is a backup copy of the software not an independent second copy HP ROMs The HP ROMs that we sell do not include or require the corresponding disk versions They are the same ROMs that HP sells except ours are used which turns out to be better than buying them new Here s why Unlike other used products you can buy there are no moving parts on a ROM and nothing that can wear out Because of this our two year guarantee against defects applies to used HP ROMs as well as to our own ROM Backups Two years is twice the guarantee against defects that Hewlett Packard offers Our used HP ROMs are also covered by our unique 60 day guarantee of sat isfaction Best of all our used HP ROMs are priced as much as 50 below retail Look at the chart at the right and com pare In the chart Retail price of HP ROMs is HP s price new Subscriber price is our price used SOFTWARE AVAILABLE ON ROM For product details see individual ads elsewhere in this issue in our catalog or refer to articles in ee issues In this chart Type refers to either HP used HP ROM or PS Personalized Software ROM Backup Package price includes both ROM and disk versions CALL FOR AVAILABILITY OF USED HP ROMS Part Retail Subscriber No of Product Number Price Price Type chips Notes WORD PROCESSORS WordPerfect 5 WDI11INK 919 59
40. public caught on to what it was and just went Zenith or more likely the market made it obsolete and Zenith is just using up its spare parts Another look at the history of this 286 might be enough to scare you out of the market When it was released two years ago it carried a list price of five thousand dollars today the list is down over one thousand dollars and sales are still slow at best Can you afford to sit on a big inven tory and cut your prices to the bone when Toshiba and Sharp undercut your price and more times than not come in with a better product to boot If you are still not convinced take a look at the enclosed specifications guide for a Zenith Minisport a OEM product made in Taiwan Ina poll of corporate satisfaction it was soundly beaten by Toshiba A final case might be Zenith s Turbosport 386 portable an eight thou sand dollar machine that died within six months and was last being sold at Damark International for around three thousand Perhaps your best bet is to offer a general Portable Paper which covers more topics of concern for all portable users as well as your current products Michael Seberg Minneapolis MN Kermit Version 3 0 Enclosed please find a disc containing MS DOS Kermit Version 3 0 for the HP 110 and the Portable Plus I have made a number of improvements to the parts of Kermit specific to these computers An overview of the latest features is enclosed In addition to the latest bina
41. said no If you would like to register your opinion please contact Russ Boelhauf Oasis Systems 6160 Lusk Blvd San Diego CA 92121 619 453 5711 Fax 619 453 5716 E WorldPort Fax A number of you have patiently waited to see if we can get the WorldPort Portable Fax to work with the HP Portable Plus and HP110 The bad news is the the WorldPort Touchbase Systems folks will not be able to rewrite the IBM PC compatible software to work on the HP Portables However there is still hope Touchbase soon will release a command line version of their software According to a Touchbase programmer the version should work on the Plus They will be sending us the software and a portable fax for us to test when they release the software I can t really promise a timeframe because it depends on when we get a unit We ll keep on it and keep you informed W SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 19 The most powerful and unique feature of your Portable Plus is that it lets you store programs on ROM Read Only Memory chips for instant access Almost all other portable com puters require a disk drive in order to function A disk drive even a portable one is a bulky piece of equipment easily break able and slow in loading pro grams By contrast a ROM chip weighs next to nothing is virtually inde structible and lets you load pro grams instantly Programs on ROM chips don t take up any space on your Edisc All of which m
42. something together on this and I think it would help you sell a lot more HP 150 s and associated products In summary it seems to me there s a ton of stuff to write about out there There s even more HP stuff on the CompuServe HP bulletin board that could be collected with their permission and published Td hell of a lot rather spend 10 pawing through a book for answers than 10 for 10 minutes to flounder around in their bulletin board For that matter you might want to consider setting up your own BBS to sell software and other products I know they are a pain in the ass I ran one for the local clubs for a couple of months but you ve got enough bucks to do it right and enough of a customer base to sup port it along with the rich trove of infor mation from back issues to plug into it Just some thoughts I d love to collab orate with you on any of the above if you re short handed Jack Swanson 12620 Manzanita Rd NE 110 Pv NICAD a Registered Tradmark Attached is a copy of a new product an nouncement in which you use the term NICAD as a descriptive term for nickel cadmium batteries I am writing to in form you that use of the term NICAD spelled in any form is a violation of a tradmark owned by SAFT America Inc SAFT owns this trademark under registra tion No 721 248 in the United States patent office originally filed by Gould Inc on September 12 1961 and renewed on September 1
43. the files on a flop py electronic or hard disk more efficient ly This reduces disk head wear and significantly reduces the time it takes to save or retrieve a file 2 Advanced NU Program Undeletes blocks of text from disks that have become corrupted unreadable by DOS Also lets you access and modify the DOS directory and F A T table 3 Format recover Restores all the files on a hard disk if you have accidentally reformatted it Note this feature does not work on the HP150 or Portable Plus Our recommendation If you have a hard disk or want to be able to mani pulate directories or need to access ASCII data from non HP formatted disks use the Advanced Edition Wrong they can THE NORTON UTILITIES won t recover the entire file of course but they can help you restore the portions of the file that still remain on the disk It s done with a powerful utility Sansi nu that lets you display change and capture to a file any information on any disk In complex cases you may need to Indispensible PC Magazine You ll bless this disk Peter McWilliams The Personal Computer Book Don t compute without it The New York Times do some detective work but nu will help you find whatever remains on the disk thereby saving you from countless hours of retyping lost data POWERFUL FILE MANAGEMENT COMMANDS In my opinion the ability to recover
44. tips without leaving WordPerfect Sort You can sort lines paragraphs even external database records from within WordPerfect You can apply logical rules to the sort It s easy for example to generate an alphabetized list of all customers in California who have purchased more than 100 worth of merchandise within the last 6 months Note You might consider purchasing a 1 Megabyte RAM drawer for your Portable Plus This would let you bring the superb WordPerfect speller module wherever you go without having to load it in from an external disk drive And with a megabyte of extra RAM you d have lots of room left over for text files HP150 To run Version 5 0 you ll need 512K of memory and a double sided disk drive To run Version 4 2 you ll need 256K of internal memory and either a double sided or single sided disk drive Note If your HP150 uses single sided disks you ll also need a hard disk drive to run Version 4 2 Neither version of WordPerfect will run on a dual floppy single Here are the main features that have been added to WordPerfect in upgrading it from Version 4 2 to 5 0 Fonts and printing WordPerfect 5 0 lets you set margins tabs etc using inches centimeters and points Fonts may be freely mixed and changed without af fecting margins tabs or column definitions Integrated text and graphics WordPerfect 5 0 lets you insert graphic images from most graphics programs directly into your te
45. with the results AS Easy As gives you almost all the features of PISE 3 Version 2 01 including a s Accommodates large worksheets 8 192 rows by 256 columns e Choice of Pull Down or Panel Menu Interface e Choice of Functions including mathematical statistical logical financial string date time and user definable e Powerful frequency distributions tables Bins e Capable of linking current worksheet with information from other worksheets and disk e Versatile powerful graphics Capabilities including support for 9 24 pin and LaserJet printers ability to create PIC files comprehensive chart generation capabilities for bar line X Y pie Stacked bar hi lo polar area charts and delta semi log and log log graphs e X Y data regression e Database operations data input forms reads writes dBASE files e Text search replace justify e Goal seeking capabilities give desired answer and As Easy As gives you the input e User configurable printer setup file e Worksheet auditing e Named range function and macro Selection lists e Multiple planes 3 D simulation e Macro programming language including over 70 powerful macros e Macro record playback capability and single stepping through macros e Full support of sub directories and path names e User configurable screen options e Able to shell to DOS Copyright 1990 Personalized Software Inc Portable Plus users At last A
46. would be two separate steps display amp bR exit After returning to PAM look at the Da com Config and note that the powe option will show OFF for whichever com munications port you were using THE PORTABLE PAPER Since I like things simple I always use the Exit key because it looks after all the housekeeping for me When you do cre te a command file to automate a proce dure make sure that it is completely de bugged by going back to PAM s Datacom menu to see if the desired results have been implemented It seems program ming always has its traps and this is just one of them hackers too simplistic The bottom line is that a simple and complete set of instructions are needed for the connecting of these components One which includes all of the little seem ingly unimportant details which you assume that we numbskulls should know IS IT ALL WORTH IT INDEED Norm Lang H We find after a long struggle that the 10688 Glenwood Crescent HP 110 Advances 3 4 Lines Before Printing While the HP 110 starts printing where I set the paper the Portable Plus advances 3 4 lines Any way to work around or eliminate this default setting _ Michael Felsenstein 2366 40th Avenue San Francisco CA 94116 None that I know Hal DeskJet and The Plus Please set up a Portable Plus with Memo Maker and HPrint connected to a DeskJet for some fun and games your customers
47. 00 82866KF Opt 400 82866KZ Opt 400 MemoMaker Time Manager Lotus 123 v 2 01 ROM Executive Card Manager Reflections 1 German Executive Card Manager French Executive Card Manager Italian Executive Card Manager 82973A HP IL Interface Card 82982A 128K Software Drawer 82992A One MB Software Drawer 9114B Battery Powered Portable Disk Drive 9114B Opt 013 9114B Opt W03 Portable Disk Drive european Warranty Upgrade Modify Keyboard for High Speed Typing Ia A SS IEC TE Ee a Carefully modify the Teflon plunger of each key to increase the speed of your HP 110 and Portable Plus keyboard By Byron Rigby Your readers may be interested in a modification that can easily be made to the keyboard of the HP 110 Portable and the Portable Plus The purpose of the modification is to 6 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 make the keyboard more sensitive and suitable for fast typing and word processing I owe this tip to a colleague from France an excellent high speed typesetter Carefully lift off one of the alphanumeric keys using a penknife or other thin blade The key will resist coming off but prying first one side and then the other should pop the key off With the key removed you should see a small white Teflon plunger sitting in a black square Examine the Teflon plunger carefully see diagram below for a blown up view The plunger has a raised cross on the top that fits into the underside of the key you just removed
48. 00 and 0 300 bps Automatic fallback Extended AT command set Auto dial Tone and Pulse dialing 40 character command buffer Non volatile memory One year warranty STOWAWAY 9624 COMPACT BATTERY POWERED FAX MODEM P The 9624 combines a conventional 2400 bps data modem with a 9600 bps fax modem in a single 8 oz 2 2 x 4 2 x 0 8 package The full extended AT command set is provided with 2400 1200 and 0 300 bps capability for data modem operation The fax modem allows transmission and recep tion at 9600 4800 2400 and 300 bps Other features include the following 12 Automatic fallback Hayes compatible Auto dial auto answer Tone pulse dialing 40 character command buffer Non volatile memory GROUP III compatible FAX support software One year warranty Stowaway 2400 retail 295 and Stowaway 9624 retail 645 were developed by Vocal Technologies Ltd For more information please contact Vocal Technologies Ltd 3032 Scott Boulevard Santa Clara CA 95054 Phone 408 980 5181 FAX 408 980 8709 E m Portable Computing amp Communications G Exposition and Conference Billed as an exposition dedicated to laptop and portable products this year s Portable Computing amp Communica tions Exposition and Conference will be held at the Sheraton Centre Towers in New York September 26 27 The focus this year will be on software applications for sales amp marketing wordprocessing informati
49. 195 per month Call for details BREAKTHROUGH IN PORTABLE PLUS ROM TECHNOLOGY Our Portable Plus ROM Burner is a breakthrough for Portable Plus owners It copies programs and data onto special 128 Kbyte programmable ROMs created exclusively for us Aside from ours the largest commercially avail able programmable ROMs that fit the sockets inside the Portable Plus ROM drawer are only 64 Kbytes Our 128 Kbyte programmable ROMs give you dou ble the storage capacity Moreover unlike the procedures you have to go through with other ROM Burners ours are easy We Supply all the software you need and a user manual that even a novice can follow with ease Most impor tantly ours is the only ROM Burner that lets you burn these ROMs directly from your Portable Plus We also offer custom burning of non erasable ROMs With volume dis count this can cost significantly less than the price of blank EPROMs Call for a quotation Copyright 1990 Personalized Software Inc Let our expert technicians fix HP110 Portable Plus Th HP150 computers and disk drives and more HP Portable and HP150 users If your equipment isn t working properly or you ve outgrown throw it away Send it to us instead We ll send it back running like a charm Repairs are as low as 65 Most upgra And we guarantee our work for a full 90 d To set up an appointment for a repair o call Then send in your machine We ll look at it
50. 2 1981 and sold to SAFT on March 31 1982 I m sure you can understand the im portance of trademarks and realize that we must make every effort to protect ours Therefore I am requesting that you make arrangements to change your future copy by substituting the generic terms nickel cadmium or NiCd or by indi cating that SAFT is the owner of the trade U P Pv Ba mark If you should have any questions or comments regarding this matter please do not hesitate to contact me Thank you for your cooperation Marsha B Dukes SAFT AMERICA INC 711 Industrial Boulevard Valdosta GA 31603 1886 SAFT manufactures nickel cadmium bat teries for a wide range of applications Thanks for keeping us accurate Rich Glad Help Available for HP s Portables Thank you for letting me know that some where on the globe there is help for HP s out of date portables When I sent my request to Personalized Software PS last year I got the address from an old copy of HP Communicator I had little hope of any response But alas out of the blue a copy of a magazine devoted entirely to the machines I was considering an obsolete buy The local HP distributor could not would not help when I requested soft ware for the Portables two 110 s and a Plus Enough of that I m only glad there is still software and help available I am still trying to come to grips with all the things I always wanted to know abou
51. 5 PS 6 384K of files includes PlusPerfect main WP program ae files printer drivers etc Does not include required 300K wp fil file spelling checker or thesaurus The Editor II ED12NK 195 175 PS 1 The Editor version 1 is available as part of our SuperROM chip see Combined ROMs below MemoMaker HP Comes on same chip as Time Manager see Combined ROMs below MSWord MS20UR 394 199 HP 1 MultiMate MM20UR 520 295 HP 1 WORD PROCESSING UTILITIES x P Format110 g PS Comes as part of SuperROM see Combined ROMs FormatPlus FP13NK 175 165 PS 1 HPrint HP12NK 175 171 PS 1 Mini PrinterTalk PS Comes as part of SuperROM see Combined ROMs Webster Speller WB13NK 259 249 PS 2 SPREADSHEETS AND UTILITIES Lotus 123 1A LT12UR 495 249 HP 2 Lotus 123 2 01 LT15UR 625 3952 HP 3 3rd ROM containing help doesn t have to be installed New Lotus 123 2 01 LT11HR 625 4992 HP 3 Pricing of NEW HP ROM if used ROM not available As Easy As AS11NK 215 195 HP 2 SideWinder SW12NK 135 125 PS 1 Also available on a ROM with Shelp and on our SuperROM chip see Combined ROMs below DATABASE PROGRAMS Exec Card Manager EC11UR 395 225 HP 1 Lotus 1 2 3 can also be used as a database COMMUNICATIONS PC2622 PC13UR 395 239 HP 1 VT100 and HP Terminal emulator Reflection RF11UR 525 295 HP 1 Minor upgrade of PC2622 TermPlus TE13NK 195 175 PS 1 Includes FormIBM Jetctrl and other great utilities PRODUCTIVITY BOOSTERS GAMES B
52. 515 472 1879 c Copy right 1990 Personalized Software all rights reserved No part of this publi cation may be reproduced without written permission Reasonable efforts are made to provide accurate and use ful information but the reader must make his or her own investigations and decisions the Publisher and Editorial Staff cannot assume any responsibility or liability for the use of information contained herein POSTMASTER Please send address changes to Personalized Software The Portable Paper P O Box 869 Fairfield IA 52556 is also interesting to read the history of the Portables the suggestions from users speculation about HP s future actions Letters continued on page 36 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 S P THE PORTABLE PAPER Portable Plus Accessories Off HP Price List Most Still Available Through Personalized Software It s official HP has removed all Portable Plus accessories from its Price List However in most cases Personalized Software has like new and refurbished HP Portable equipment available Here is the official HP notice The Portable Plus was discontinued by HP in September 1989 and entered a five year support life Effective Septem ber 1 1990 the following accessories will be removed from the Corporate Price list REMOVED AS OF SEPTEMBER 1ST 1990 Product Number Description 45504K Opt 400 45539K Opt 400 45555K Opt 400 82863K Opt 400 82863KD Opt 4
53. 6 9 54MHz 5 9 lb laptop with 1MB RAM expandable to 3MB a built in 1 44MB floppy drive 80x25 LCD display CGA compatible 2 hour removable battery m T1O0OXE 80C86 9 54MHz 6 2 lb laptop with 1MB or RAM expandable to 3MB internal 20MB hard drive external disk drive optional 80x25 LCD display CGA compatible 2 hour removable battery pack m T1200XE 800286 12MHz 7 2 lb laptop with 1MB RAM expandable to 5MB 20MB internal hard drive built in 1 44MB 3 5 disk drive 80x25 LCD display CGA compatible with CGA RGB monitor port Battery Powered PCs m T1200HB 80C86 9 54MHz 11 4 lb portable with 1MB RAM 20MB internal hard drive built in 720K 3 5 disk drive 80x25 LCD display CGA compatible with RGB and monochrome monitor ports m T1600 80C286 6 12MHz 12 9 Ib portable with 1MB RAM expandable to 5MB 20MB or 40MB internal hard drives built in 1 44MB 3 5 disk drive EGA quality LCD display with EGA color monitor port w T3100SX 80C386 16MHz 14 9 Ib portable with 1MB RAM expandable to 13MB 4OMB 80MB hard drive built in 1 44MB 3 5 disk drive high res display VGA compatible display system with VGA monitor port Up to 3 hours battery life AC Powered PCs m T3100e 80286 6 12MHz 13 2 lb portable with 1MB RAM expandable to 5MB 40MB hard drive 1 44MB 3 5 disk drive high res display and a CGA RGB color monitor port m T3200 80286 6 12MHz 19 1b portable with 1MB RAM expandable to 4MB 40MB hard d
54. A great easy to use productivity booster If there s one program every Portable Plus owner Should have it s Shelp Hal Goldstein Publisher The Portable Paper Shelp Recommended by Hewlett Packard and used by more than 1 000 of their employees ls a program called Shelp shell help and it runs on the Portable Plus from within any norl graphics pro gram Here s all you do Press Ctrl Shift Extend char and up pops the Shelp menu right in the middle of your application Lotus in this example SideKick and SuperKey are registered trademarks of Borland International Inc The menu gives you 4 choices Calculator Notepad Key Macros and Off Choose Calculator and get a 4 function calculator that works just like a pocket calculator with memory You can B save results in ten B paste results at the different storage cursor location in registers and retrieve whatever application you them again with two were using when you quick keystrokes invoked Shelp Choose Notepad and a scratch pad pops up on your screen Type whatever you want into it exit to your appli cation and then recall the notepad whenever you want No more having to scribble notes on paper to remind you of phone numbers things to do or bright ideas Choose Key Macros and you can assign strips of up to 31 typewriter characters to any of the 26 letters in the alphabet This saves you having to type the same phr
55. At each end of the plunger there is a small rectangular tab that slides up and down in the grooves on the left and right side of the black square the plunger sits in You will also see a narrow projection on the plunger pointing towards the screen and contacting the brass spring electrode that makes the final electrical contact on depressing the key An identical functionless projection is found on the user side of the plunger You will see that the screen side projection and the identical functionless projection is sloped in such a way that when you depress the key the brass spring electrode is allowed to come nearer to and finally contact the other brass electrode thus OSE the circuit and completing the keystroke If this projection on the Teflon plunger can be made to slope more the brass spring electrode will make contact with the other brass electrode sooner when the key is depressed only a little way This improves the keyboard considerably for those who do a lot of word processing and who have a light keyboard touch STEPS OF MODIFICATION You will have to follow these steps for each key on the keyboard You may not want to modify some of the less frequently used keys like the function keys Esc Del etc 1 LIFT THE TEFLON PLUNGER OUT Use a fine pair of needle nosed pliers Be careful and don t let the small spring under the plunger fly out You ll have a Hard time finding it on the floor 2 PARE DOWN PR
56. Condor Jr WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY If you want a database you can use immediately without even opening the manual Condor 3 is the DBMS to buy ee dim Morgan Data Base Advisor a textbook example of what a database ment system shouldbe dJames Perotti PC Magazine for a straight database l Il take Condor derry Pournelle InfoWorld and other files not created by Condor Over 150 000 Condor programs are cur rently in use We think the Condor peo ple have done a fabulous job of packing an enormous amount of database power into an incredibly easy to use system We urge you to try Condor 3 or Condor Jr at our risk today Condor 3 04 495 00 379 00 for Portable Paper subscribers PRODUCT NO CRIINS Condor Jr 0 eee 99 00 89 95 for Portable Paper subscribers PRODUCT NO CR13NS MEMORY REQUIREMENTS Condor 3 requires only 128K of memory to run The entire program including the report writer eri fits in less than 360K Since each command is in its own file you can save memory space by deleting any commands you don t need PRODUCT NO DUIINS HPDuette is a registered trademark of Platte River Associates Inc Condor Jr is even more memory efficient the main program is only 25K and you add in dividual 10K programs for each function you wish to use H Pdue f C comes with a serial cable and two disks you load one disk in
57. ER To use Squish Plus you simply add a new drive letter to your system for example e If you wish the new drive can be password protected Then whenever you save files to the new drive Squish Plus compresses them auto matically When you retrieve a compressed file Squish Plus automatically expands it to its normal size The saving in disk space is enormous Squish Plus compresses data files spreadsheets text documents databases by 30 70 and compresses program files by 5 25 On the average you will increase the amount of data you can store on a disk by 50 or more Note All your other software can use the com pressed data as is There are no new cover compressed files that have been deleted Initial set up is easy too There is no need to reformat or repartition your present disk All you do is install Squish Plus as a device driver You don t even have to know what that means The manual one of the best we ve seen walks you through the procedure in 5 minutes ANY DRAWBACKS Other file compression programs impose a speed penalty But Squish Plus is so efficient there s vir tually no loss of speed especially on the Portable Plus except perhaps for a slight additional wait with some of your program files and largest data files Other file compression programs also set aside a significant amount of internal memory space for file decompression But Squish Plus uses only 36K o
58. HP82143 and HP82162 ig er a printer plotters HP82161 cassette drive and rechargeable reserve battery packs for all these devices Copyright 1989 Personalized Software Installing ED on everybody s computer and making it easy for the users to edit their own batch files and other text files would be even better WEBSTER S SPELLING CHECKER Recently I received a CompuServe message from a person using my SPELL COM loader for Webster s Spelling Checker WSP He was having difficulty updating the auxiliary dictionary SPELL designed to work with the ROM version of WSP saves a little disk space by keeping the auxiliary dictionary in a ZIP file named A BIN WSP WSZ In addition Spell allows multiple auxiliary dictionaries Spell s defaul auxiliary dictionary should be in named N AUS When Spell is executed the N AUX or other requested auxiliary dictionary is extracted to the current directory and when spell is exited updated auxiliary dictionaries are returned to WSP WSZ New auxiliary dictionaries can be created or modified with an editor such as MemoMaker or Ed If WSP does not suggest the word you wanted when it finds a spelling error try the Prev and Next keys This is a very useful feature of WSP that can be easily overlooked If you think WSP is a little too klutzy try loading it with SPELL COM SPELL COM is available from the Portable Library of the HP Forum on Cserve The file is named SPELL ZIP An earlier pure b
59. Here are some thoughts We may never see another product like the Portable Plus computer but it seems to me that the strengths of Personalized Software lie in supporting such computer systems as they evolve You might expand on this sup port base by branching out to other mod els besides HP and NEC Continue to sell portable systems possibly advertising in other publications such as RV and boat magazines Both RV and boat markets seem to be largely untapped My long overdue article for Trailer Life magazine about our own experiences would help Sell accessories to the RVers and boat people which are geared for their special needs For example navigation software for boaters as Robert Moorhouse sug gests trip and maintenance log spread sheets for both covers supports and nonskid shelving for the hardware Ex ploit the potential of the 25 cent charger with a do it yourself kit which yields a charger consisting of a piece of wire and two connectors that fits in a shirt pocket Develop a universal mobile charger appli cable to several different portables I would be pleased to expand on these latter items at your convenience People who commute great distances are likely to be users of portable comput ers My wife suggests a Commuter Com puter magazine for them Their needs are Obviously different business software schedulers word processing with consid erable graphics output Many of these SEPTEMBER OCTOBE
60. Just re move the battery pack ting disks transferring files or running disk intensive software and getting it to work can be a major triumph exp date signature to Personalized Software P O Box 869 Fairfield A 52556 515 472 6330 How many times have you wished you had a second external disk drive The Portable Equipment Exchange a division of Personalized Software is selling HP9114A units including power supply at a substantial discount See enclosed four page brochure for details be able to figure out how to bake a loaf of bread The authors of the Users Manual for the ROMBO Kit a group effort involving Hal Goldstein Rich Hall Larry Baldosier and Ron Chase with proofing help from Glen Frank have presented us with a Cook Book for baking EPROMS That in itself is no small feat Beyond this they have done it in style pictures diagrams suggestions what to try and what not to try Sad to say there have been several delays on the part of Personalized Software s suppliers Hence the actual ROMBO Kit remains a promise rather than a reality But take my advice don t wait for kit let alone the movie Get ROMBO the Book today It s a fast reading and explosive manual Editors Note ROMBO started shipping on August 15 THE CLASSICAL CLASSIFIER ima By the way I drafted this article using an outliner program called the Classical Classifier So if the writing style seems stilted
61. L KH does not appear to work at all The outliner comes with an installation program that supposedly will let you redefine the function keys to suit SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 29 THE PORTABLE PAPER your own tastes Trying to do so is an exercise in futility I tried to define CTRL LEFTARROW to do the same thing as CTRL A skip one word left and was told that this was the same command to delete a character to the left and that I should redefine the latter to something else It took almost an hour of playing around before I could get half of the keys re assigned After that I reached a point of diminishing returns Almost every new definition was declared invalid because it was part of another definition Part of the problem is due to the fact that the Classical Classifier was written in Turbo Pascal 3 1 which in its MS DOS version does not do well at handling the key board The other part of the problem is that David Toliver tried to make the program too flexible for the user Rather than learn a new set of commands the user must learn how to teach the program what each set of keystrokes means The program does not like to be taught David Toliver claims that he has a more recent version of the program written in Turbo Pascal 5 5 All of the shortcomings have been overcome except for one The latest version of the program does not work on the Portable Plus I am now waiting on David Toliver to see if he will be able to modify t
62. Maximizing screen readability R Maximizing battery life B Making full use of the HP Portable keyboard R The back of the HP Portables inter facing with other devices m PAM the home screen Managing files and starting programs Using PAM s System Config to yi Partitioning RAM into main memory and Edisc storage Part 3 Using ROM based software R Tutorials on DOS MemoMaker Lotus 1 2 3 as a spreadsheet Lotus 1 2 3 as a database and data communica tions using the Terminal or TERM program These tutorials get you started and give you most of what you need to know about using these programs Part 4 Connecting the HP Portables to Peripherals R Connecting to ThinkJet printer HP9114 disk drive R Connecting to IBM compatible com puters with HPLink E Connecting to HP DeskJet and other serial printers That Enhance the HP Portables B SideWinder prints speadsheets sideways W Shelp pop up notepad calculator etc R Webster s Spelling Checker R The Editor word processor R The Norton Utilities quick unerase disk sort R Portable modems All this and more in an information packed 5 hour presentation by Hal Goldstein president of Personalized Software and leading expert on the HP Portables Hal has packed these tapes with useful information You ll save hours of poring over manuals and trying to figure things out for yourself you may have to press the System key f
63. NS 44 95 39 95 FilePlus FE12NS 69 95 59 95 49 GamesPlus GA11NS 99 95 69 95 49 Norton Uitilities Adv NU12NS 150 00 129 00 99 Norton Utilities NU11NS 99 95 89 95 79 US PRICE LIST Private File PF11INS 39 95 Shelp SH11NS_ 55 00 Squish Plus P Plus SQ11NS 129 00 Tiger Fox TF11NS 32 95 Time Manager HP110 SB11NS 9 50 Typing Whiz TW11NS 49 95 Programming Compiled BASIC USED MS13UC 425 00 FORTRAN USED FO12U1 395 00 MS BASIC USED MS11UC 325 00 MS GW BASIC USED GW11UC 425 00 Programmer s Tools U PT11UC 325 00 Turbo Pascal 5 5 P Plus TP52NX 219 00 Upgrade for Plus HP150 TP15NS 69 00 must own IBM PC Turbo 5 5 honor license T Pascal 3 0 Optimizer TP17NS 125 00 Project Management Milestone ML11NS 99 95 PertMaster for HP110 PR11NS 695 00 PertMaster for P Plus PR12NS 695 00 SpreadSheet and Statistics 101 Macros MC11NS 69 95 As Easy As AC11NS 99 95 Lotus 123 v2 01 Symphony P Plus Software Driver LT14NS 69 95 SideWinder and Utilities SW13NS 79 95 SideWinder SW11NS_ 69 95 Statistix 2 0 ST11NS 169 00 Word Processors The Editor II ED11NS 99 95 Editor Pack FM16NX 259 00 Editor II FormatPlus Webster Speller Editor II Formatter ED13NX 119 95 PlusPerfect WD14NS 150 00 VI Unix like editor VI11NS 195 00 WordPerfect 4 2 P Plus WD18NS 435 00 WordPerfect 5 0 P Plus WD17NS 645 00 Includes PlusPerfect Word ing Utilities Format110 FM12NS 39 95 FormatPlus FP11NS 79 95 Formatter FM11NS 59 95 HP
64. OJECTION ON THE PLUNGER Use a sharp knife Xacto or straight razor work fine to pare down the projection so that it slopes more steeply on the top see diagram below This should be done so that in the undepressed position of the key the brass spring electrode is still held away from contacting the other brass electrode The cutting or paring increases the angle of the projection so that the moment the Teflon plunger is depressed the brass spring electrode more rapidly approaches and makes contact with the other electrode 0 more file space for as little as 89 95 e Easy to use if you can save a file you already know how to use SQUISH PLUS e A must for every HP Portable owner ROM l Backup version especially valuable if you use a K YOUR DISK BEFORE SQUISH PLUS YOUR DISK AFTER SQUISH PLUS SQUISH PLUS compresses your files so they take up less disk space Portable Plus Sorry SQUISH PLUS doesn t run on the HP110 It isn t often we find a program that s a must for every portable user but Squish Plus is just such a program Squish Plus lets you increase your disk storage space by 50 or more for as little as 89 95 without having to install any hardware or learn any new commands Squish Plus compresses files saving them much more efficiently than DOS For example a word processing file of 50K might only take 30K using Squish Plus COULDN T BE EASI
65. ORMATTER 59 95 Portable Paper Subscriber price 49 95 PV users Be sure to indicate PORTABLE VECTRA on your order so we can send you the proper disk format available on ROM Backup for the Portable Plus for an additional 95 See Software on ROM ad in this issue R o ck Portable Vectra T o o Search and replace Just tell THE EDITOR H what word or phrase to look for and it will display each occurrence and or replace the occurences either selectively or globally Edit two files at once THE EDITOR II will display two separate portions of text at the same time one above the other You can view and edit two parts of the same file or even two different files simultaneously Backspace delete You can erase the last character with a single keystroke Block and line centering THE EDITOR II lets you center blocks and lines of text with a few simple keystrokes Powerful macros Store any sequence of keystrokes and play it back at the touch of a single key Macros can be edited deleted stored in files even autoloaded on startup THE EDITOR II comes with over two dozen macros to get you started No limit on file size If you re an HP110 Portable user you re no longer confined by MemoMaker s 819 line limit You can have as large a file as inter nal memory allows File merge You can merge two or more files together with ease Compressed an
66. Portable Plus Portable Vectra and HP150 Its smaller cousin Condor Jr runs on the HP110 and Portable Vectra only Both versions let you set up a database in a single step simply by typing a picture of the in put form right on your screen You enter and modify data or even revise the database structure simply by typing right on the same form Unlike other database systems you simply tell Condor what to do not how to do it and you tell it using simple English like statements such as LIST CUSTOMER BY NUMBER NAME STATE CONDOR JR Database management made easy AND COMPUTE TOT SALES TO DATE As a result it takes only one fifth the time to compute display sort search or report on your data using Condor as com pared with other database systems such as dBASE III Most users find they can create and begin to use their first database within minutes after opening the package Condor 3 but not Condor Jr is a fully relational DBMS That means you can use Condor 3 to compare select and combine data from two or more files Condor 3 also lets you create your own custom report formats Condor Jr in cludes a LIST com mand for limited re RECOMMENDED FOR port writing HP110 Portable You can transfer Portable Plus data back and forth from Condor 3 to Lotus 1 2 3 print files IBM PC and compat HPduette It transfers files both ways between your Portable Plus and your desktop comput
67. R 1990 New Calculators Printers From HP The Corvallis Oregon division of Hewlett Packard gave birth to a great laptop the Portable Plus Unfortunately they are no longer occupied with laptops However they are still producing great equipment including The Business Consultant II HP 19BII retail price 175 and the Therma Strip Printer HP 82240B retail price 135 gt 3 The Buisness Consultant II is HP s top of the line financial calculator The calculator uses HP Solve instead of key stroke programming to customize its operation It stores and sorts names phone numbers and addresses Menus and prompts are available in six built in languages The calculator operates in reverse Polish notation RPN or algebraic entry mode The Consultant II has graphic capabilities a time management feature that includes an appointment menu with clock and alarms cash flow analysis capability and list based statistics and forecasting The Consultant II offers a four line 23 character dot matrix LCD 128K ROM 6 5K RAM and uses three replace able N cell batteries a The HP Thermal Strip Printer links to the Business Consultant II by an infrared interface The printer can Operate up to 18 inches away from the calculator by reading a flashing infrared LED at a 940 nM wavelength The unit features an 8 dot print head that can provide 24 columns of characters with space between them A 200 byte print buffer holds eig
68. R 1990 3 Pv THE PORTABLE PAPER people travel by train e g Connecticut to New York but van pools are increasingly being used and even mandated by govern ment air pollution agencies all over the U S In LA commuters often sit in a van for over two hours each day You speak of continuing a close associ ation with HP because they re a great company The HP that I knew was such a company I hope today s HP is too but their decision to discontinue the Portable Plus computer and apparently abandon any future involvement in such a signifi cant region of the computing spectrum has frankly left me wondering My advice is to be loyal to them only if it s clearly in the best interests of the Personalized Software to do so In my career I ve read dozens of tech nical publications from Physical Review and IEEE Proceedings through Trailer Life and automotive shop manuals None have consistently had as much good useful information per page as the Porta ble Paper Somehow you ve got to find a way to keep up the good work Rosemary sends her love to you and Rita Our travels have taken us north possibly into Canada around Lake Huron Because of extensive involvement with the relative in Indiana we have postponed our return visit to Fairfield until next Fall or Spring We ll be looking forward to seeing you both again Joe Butterworth 987 Vermont 4 Oakland Ca 94610 Unwise to Manufacture Your Own Port
69. S 12 Calculator style numeric keypad simp lifies spreadsheet and database numer ic entry tasks Numeric Keypad LS 12 nu1linh Retail 129 Subscriber 115 12V DC IN Recharge your Vectra while driving Plug your Vectra recharger into the 4 5 x 3 5 x 1 3 1 lb PC100 StatPower Pocket Power In verter Recharge your Vectra battery by connecting the PC100 to your car s cigarette lighter The PC100 provides instant 115V power from any 12V source StatPower PC100 PV LS 12 stlinh Retail 179 Subscriber 169 115 AC OUT Fax your files anywhere anytime Now you can have both a 9600 bps Group III facsimile and a full featured 2400 bps modem in one completely portable pocket sized unit Share the WorldPort 2496 among different PC s or use it just for your work and travels Connects to Vectra serial port and can operate from its own battery or from AC power WorldPort 2496 PV LS 12 wfl1nh Retail 699 Subscriber 599 Access files from 5 25 he i ak using your LS 12 Weltech 5 25 disk drive plugs right into the LS 12 external drive port in back of LS 12 Can read from and write to 360K and 1 2M floppy disks S Weltech 5 25 driveLS 12 wel inh Retail 349 Subscriber 299 THE PORTABLE PAPER NEW VERSION OF NORTON UTILITIES Recently Norton announced that version 5 0 is shipping so the product has gotten even better Norton Utilities 5 0 retails for 179 Subscribers to T
70. a then use an ordinary screw driver to remove the two outside screws on the drawer You won t be able to use your Portable Plus without the software drawer so we recommend you Call us first to make sure the ROMs you want are in stock and to set an appointment for installation That way we can install and test your new ROMs the day we receive your soft ware drawer then ship your drawer back that same evening Return shipping with in the Continental U S via UPS Second Day Air is free for all orders over 200 Please add 15 to your order if you want overnight return shipping In most cases if you set an appoint ment in advance and use overnight ship ping both ways you ll only be without your software drawer for less than two business days We ll ship the manuals and other materials in advance by sur face carrier so you ll have them by the time you receive back your software drawer To order use the postage paid order form in the center of this issue For even faster service or if you have questions about any of our ROMs give us a call _ ABOUTOURROMS We offer two kinds of ROM chips One kind we produce ourselves these are offered as part of our ROM Backup Packages see below The other kind are manufactured by Hewlett Packard we Call these simply HP ROMs ROM Backup Packages A ROM Backup Package includes both the disk version of a program and the ROM version plus the standard
71. a CS and 15 12 Monochrome Monitor VI12HC 129 119 CGA Monitor MO12HC 399 299 EGA Monitor MO13HC 599 479 THE PORTABLE PAPER Subscribers Disks Only Available With Subscriptions 1991 Subscription amp Disk PPN1PS 55 00 For Vectra CS 1988 91 issues disks VE11PK 109 00 For Vectra CS 1988 90 issues disks PP15PB 79 00 For LS 12 1989 91 issues disks LS11PK 89 00 For LS 12 1989 90 issues disk PP12PK 59 00 Individual back issue PP9O9OPB 9 20 PP Binder Vol 3 PB13NM 7 00 PP Binder Vol 4 PB14NM 7 00 PP Binder Vol 5 PB16NM 7 00 Refurbished LS 12 P VECTRA CS PRINTERS New Diconix parallel DT11NH 519 399 New Diconix serial DT12NH 539 415 Serial HP2225D ThinkJet TJ14UC 495 295 Parallel HP2225C ThinkJet TJ11U1 495 295 DeskJet Printer cable DJ11UC 795 425 DeskJet Plus DJ12UC 995 CALL PaintJet PA12UC 1395 CALL LaserJet 500 Plus LA13UC 4200 CALL LaserJet IID LA12UC 3795 CALL Rugged Writer RU11UC 1695 CALL LS 12 P VECTRA CS PERIPHERALS Portable Modems FAX WorldPort FAX Modem 2496 WF11NH 699 599 WorldPort Modem 1200 WM11NH 199 179 WorldPort Modem 2400 WM12NH 359 319 WorldPort M 2400 MNP WM13NH 499 425 WorldPort serial cable WM14NM 30 20 WP 1200 Upgrade kit WM13NG 199 179 WP Acoustic coupler WM16NH 79 79 External hard drive tape backup Weltec Serial 20 MB Hard Disk WE12NH 1099 899 Valitek Serial and Parallel Port Tape backup units 60 Meg Valitek VA11NH 1695 1495 160 Meg Valitek VA12NH 2395 1995 Other LS 12 P
72. able In regard to your publisher s message in the July August Portable Paper While I am not certain which direction you should take your company I think it would be most unwise for you to manu facture your own portable First look at the established laptop manufacturer s I can name off the top of my head Let see there s Apple Com paq Dell Epson IBM Leading Edge Mitsubishi NEC Olivetti Packard Bell Panasonic Sharp Tandy Texas Instru ments Toshiba and Zenith There are probably at least twenty more I can t think of off the top of my head My point is with all due respect you would be a no name in the market Second if you can find all the parts through OEMs you would not be a hard ware manufacturer just a component assembler Since your hypothetical porta ble is built with other companies parts you will have to add some real value to the final product This could be a sup port nightmare alone Third where do you plan to get your market share IF every Portable Paper 4 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 zt subscriber purchases one of these ma chines I doubt very much you would make a dent in your startup loans A very good point against making your own portable is the LS 12 Who made it Zenith Data Systems I ve taken a good look at the LS 12 and as far as I m con cerned its a Zenith with the Hewlett Packard name on it Zenith still makes it and the reason HP dropped it was either the
73. able Vectra few are being utilized in ways that will help to reshape our business Many sit idle and more keep track of departmental vacation schedules An internal PC sup port staff was organized and operated for several years primarily for Lotus training and assistance but was discontinued by IS management This effort failed to pro duce users with any real creative poten tial and we now have a handful of whiz zes who seem unable to apply the tools unless led to the trough and landlords who use their PC s as office sculpture We re at the dawn of the information age and under utilizing the available resources as people were probably slow to embrace the opportunities of the Industrial Revolu tion It s not hardware oriented or specific but there is a huge void and if you could apply your proven Personalized approach we may yet be spared learning German or Japanese S E Foli 6855 W 65th Street Chicago IL 60638 Observations and Suggestions A few quick observations following your PV Publisher s Message in May June FastPlus upgrade for Portable Plus 199 PRODUCT NO FAILING Be sure to call first to schedule an appointment Overnight return shipping 35 I am phasing out my HP equipment and have no intention of going back to them again except for Laser printers This is mostly because HP formats their 3 5 disks in some crazy way so that I can t use
74. ad NU11NH 129 115 HPD1057A Battery NB11HL 299 269 HPD1058A Recharger BC11HL 109 109 HP Carrying Case CC11HL 99 80 80287 math coprocessor MA11HL 649 575 PORTABLE VECTRA CS SPECIFIC PRODUCTS PORTABLE VECTRA CS COMPUTERS New Portable Vectra CS 20 VE13HC 3595 1795 Used Portable Vectra CS 20 VE17UC Call for pricing avail Used Portable Vectra CS VE12UC Call for pricing avail Internal Modems HPD1003A 2400 Baud VE16UC Call for pricing avail HPD1002A 1200 Baud MO11UCCall for pricing avail Serial card and EMS Memory Dual serial EMS Card AD11HC Call for pricing avail 1 Meg EMS memory EM11HC 595 295 External Hard Disk TravelDisks hard disk P Vectra CS bus extender card cable TD 10 10 Meg new TD11NH 995 945 TD 10 10 Meg refurbished TD12NH 650 595 TD 20 20 Meg new TD13NH 1095 995 TD 20 20 Meg refurbished TD14NH 775 725 TD 30 30 Meg new TD15NH 1195 1095 TD 30 30 Meg refurbished TD16NH 900 835 TD 40 40 Meg new TD17NH 1295 1195 TD 40 40 Meg refurbished TD18NH 1100 995 TD 100 100 Meg new TD19NH 1895 1795 TD 100 100 Meg refurbished TD20NH 1500 1395 TD 250 250 Meg new TD21NH 3495 3195 TD 250 250 Meg refurbished TD22NH CALL CALL Extra P Vectra Bus Extender TD23NH 80 75 Extra cable l TD24NH 110 99 Extra IBM Bus Extender card TD25NH 50 47 Other Vectra CS Products HP IL Adapter Card HP16NM 245 00 235 00 HPD1007A Soft Case CS12HC Call for pricing avail HP69009 Battery BA11HC 250 00 225 00 Monitors for Vectr
75. aid 90B OK I finally responded You win Which file do you want It doesn t matter You choose Outside the storm howled with renewed fury as I copied an old text file and renamed the copy BONEHEAD 90B OK Here s your sacrificial file DOS Good Now just lay your hands on the keyboard and relax Hum BONEHEAD That s good Appropriate too Maybe it was the electricity in the air caused by the strange rainless lightning or maybe it was something unexplainable by mere science but some force guided my trembling hands as they typed ERASE 90B Lightning as bright as day lit up my room and a tremen dous clap of thunder shook me as I hit the RETURN key And from within the computer Ah Good Thank you accompanied by an eerie smacking of lips After a moment or two to collect my shattered nerves I sat there for a while as the storm abated wondering how or if I would ever tell anyone of this strange occurrence No one would believe me But I did learn one thing no short cuts when communicating with DOS And listen to your computer SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 17 THE PORTABLE PAPER Joe is a retired Hughes Aircraft engineer He and his smoke began to rise from the glue stick its cylinder wife are traveling full time in their 23 foot travel trailer glowing red from the friction exploring the U S and Canada Joe s permanent address Suddenly it was over like a clear soundless sky is 987 Vermont
76. ailable ROM capacity is going to waste ONE YEAR GUARANTEE lt 60 DAY TRIAL See order form for details ROONEY Our Portable Plus ROM Burner lets you fill that unused ROM space with fixed data and with almost any Portable Plus program you wish including pro grams that are not commercially available on ROM This eliminates the need for an external drive and frees up valuable space on your electronic disk Regardless of your needs we invite you to take advantage of this Portable Plus break through Put your programs and fixed data on ROM and experience the ultimate in portable computing conve nience Order our ROM Burner for the Portable Plus today HERE S WHAT YOU GET A must for every Portable Plus user ROMBO our ROM Burner package includes 1 Personalized Software ROM Burner for Portable Plus with serial cable Burns com mercially available 64 Kbyte ROMs or special Personalized Software 128 Kbyte ROMs 2 Ultraviolet eraser Erases 64K or 128K ROMs for reburn Lets you correct mistakes or change programs or data Also useful for testing to make sure your newly burned ROMs work properly 3 All necessary software including two compression programs that shrink COM and EXE files so you can fit more programs on ROM 4 Two Personalized Software 128 Kbyte EPROMs erasable programmable ROMs 5 Complete user manual Clear step by step tutorial written for novice and experienced users alike
77. also like playing with the built in Goal Seeking function in As Easy As Using the Goal Seeker function lets me work a spreadsheet in reverse It reminds me of the ability of the HP41 calculator to perform interchangeable solutions The current version of AsEasy features a single screen text editor It lets you make changes to a spreadsheet that would ordinarily have to be done using the F2 Edit command This feature has more promise than polish but it does work Be careful however when editing lines that begin with or any such command that causes As Easy As to repeat characters in a cell The editor lops off the single quote and you wind up with a cell full of signs And speaking of promises of things to come As Easy As has most of the code needed to allow your spreadsheet to reach the outside world via the Serial port of the Plus hook into test equipment and directly pull real time data into the spreadsheet I have not been able to test this out However if Hal can call in a few markers we may be able to get HP Corvallis to lend us an HP 48SX Calculator I m eager to make the Plus communicate with the 48SX If that can be done then As Easy As could use the 48SX as a math coprocessor However if some industrious engi neer beats me to the punch on this one I won t object wall outlet Can t plug your Portable ThinkJet HP9114 and HP hand held into the same wall outlet because the recharger cubes a
78. and awkward blame the medium not the author What s an outliner you ask An outliner is a text editor with special commands that let you organize your writing in an outline format All the indentation and paragraph numbering is done automatical ly for you Some other programs that do outlining are Brown Bag Software s PC OUTLINE Think Tank and GrandView WordPerfect also contains an outliner but it is rather limited in what it can do What is unique about The Classical Classifier is that it runs on the Portable Plus well sort of The Classical Classifier was written by David Toliver in 1986 He apparently wanted an outliner that would work on computers that were not 100 PC compatible Thanks to the hacking of Joe Jesson the program now works on the Portable Plus I used version 1 2 of the Classical Classifier program The program needs PCRUN or PPINT16 the PC emulator programs to work on the Portable Plus The program is still slow on screen updating and is confusing to use The program is completely command driven There are no pull down menus nor any pop up help screens The commands are similar to those in WordStar like editors but some of the commands behave differently For example CTRL KB and CTRL KK mark the beginning and end of a block of text However if the block overlaps an indented paragraph it is declared an ill formed block and the ordinary block commands won t work Trying to turn the block off CTR
79. ase over and over again Example If you type United States a lot you could assign the entire phrase to the U key Just move the Shelp cursor to U in the Keyboard Macros menu and type United States To recall United States simply press Ctrl Extend char then U Presto United States appears at the cursor location in your application Choose Off and your Portable Plus turns off without having to return to PA M and without having to save your application file When you turn your computer back on you ll be in the same place in the same application with no data lost All the capabilities of IBM PC programs like Borland s SideKick and SuperKey Certainly not but Shelp s the only such program for the Portable Plus It s a clean easy to use and highly useful helper you ll want at your fingertips always Shelp runs on the Portable Plus only It works with Time Manager MemoMaker Reflection 1 Lotus and any other non graphics program Shelp does not run with MS Word Shelp was written by Randy Salo the former HP engineer who authored MemoMaker on the original HP Portable PRODUCT NO SHIINS wee ee aes ee 955 49 95 for Portable Paper subscribers 60 day no risk trial if after 60 days you are dissatisfied with this product for any reason you may return it for a full refund To order use the postage paid form at the back of this issue or send check or credit card num
80. atch version of Spell is available in SPELL ARC If you really want to smooth the operation of WSP also download EDBAT ZIP which contains a loader for ED which links ED SPELL and PKZIP to assist with file management Yes I wrote these programs but I would not use them if they were not useful Hf THE PORTABLE PAPER By David Hughes In Search of the Golden Goose _ LESSON NUMBER ONE One fundamental principle of searching for geese is that in order to find geese you must go where they congregate You normally don t find them strolling down midtown Manhattan carrying the Wall Street Journal nor do you find i 9 them frequenting garage sales Try a quiet pond away from the road or a large field with low grass If you re fortu nate you may even spot a pintail swimming in a shady marsh Sometimes you just need to find the right spot and wait patiently for their arrival Waiting has some benefits it gives us an Opportunity to wade in the water and relax There is a lot to be learned from our short lesson in bird watching We can apply the same lesson to writing software There are many man years of technical brilliance buried deep within the soul of your HP Portable computer just awaiting discovery Our goal is to learn how to find the right information that will help us solve the challenge at hand CHASING THE WILD GOOSE Since the last edition of the Portable Paper I ve been thinking a
81. ber to Personalized Software PO Box 869 Fairfield IA 52556 515 472 6330 Copyright 1987 Personalized Software Don t Forget International HP 150 Users It was a great announcement that MS WORD 5 0 could be soon made avail able for the HP 150 May I however point out that HP mar keted its 150 in many more countries than just in the USA and that there is a crucial need for those of us configured with a French Azerty or any other customized keyboard to get the product working properly on our machines I hope that someone will realize it and will seize the chance to make MS WORD 5 0 fully versatile I mentioned this because I experi enced that such kind of service could not be made available by the people who developed WordPerfect 4 2 for the HP150 which I found disappointing bility to put MS Word on the HP 150 or Sorry to have raised Portable Plus hopes I appreciate the points you make about customizing non U S versions of products Our problem is that we do not have the resources to customize our prod ucts for different languages and key boards especially since we are almost always talking about between O to 3 units sold per product per language I don t like having to think this way but practically I see no other alternative Sorry Hal Expand Your Field of Influence 110 Responding in your Publisher s Message in which this is being written and two Vectra CS machines In addi
82. bout writing a small utility that would allow users to view or change the System Config parameters directly from the command line These parameters are normally accessible only through PAM It s miserable to have to return to PAM depress F6 change the configura tion depress F8 and then wait for the computer to reboot Wouldn t it be more convenient to type something like HPSYS SLEEP 5 to adjust the sleep interval to five minutes The first step in developing this utility was to learn how to read the system defaults stored in the configuration EPROM This was relatively easy since the Portable Plus Technical Reference gives a detailed listing of the US configuration EPROM This information is read into memory through the microprocessor port with the inpQ function C or Port arrays Turbo Pascal In fact the safest and most reliable way to check for the presence of a Portable Plus is to read the product number from the configuration EPROM No other MS DOS machine has the same product number stored in this unique location The goose chase began when I started looking for a data table which contained the state of the hardware I m Operating under the assumption that PAM reads the state of each device and sets it according to the user s wishes every time the computer is rebooted Therefore PAM must create and maintain this table somewhere in main memory My search began by looking through main memory with the DEBUG utilit
83. ce it MemoMaker is an adequate word processor but it has its limits No search and replace No simple way to merge files No destructive backspace key To delete the last character you have to use the left arrow key and the deletion key s No compressed or expand ed printing No but why go on If you use MemoMaker you probably have your own list of things you wish it could do Well we have good news Now there s an easy to use text editor that runs on the Portable and Portable Plus that will satisfy almost every item on your wish list And the program comes with a built in bonus It also runs on the HP 150 IBM PC and HP Vectra which means that now you can use the same program and files on your desktop that you use on your Portable The program is called THE EDITOR II It does everything MemoMaker does plus a heck of a lot more And you don t have to go to the expense of buying WordStar for the Portable or MS Word for the Plus to go beyond MemoMaker s capabilities THE EDITOR II s most valuable features are listed on the chart to the right It s quite a list isn t it To me THE EDITOR II is a real blessing I use it daily instead of MemoMaker and I ve silently given thanks to its author Ed Gilbert many many times Just afew minutes with THE EDITOR II that s all it takes to be up and run ning and I think you ll be a fan of his too In addition to the great features listed to the right there are six
84. charger PR11NM_ 69 95 Power Cube PR13NM_ 89 95 PRINTER DISK SUPPLIES 3 5 disks 10 case DS11NM 44 90 DeskJet ink cartridge CT11HC 19 95 HP92261n inkjet 2500 z TJ12HC 64 95 HP51630a inkjet 500z TJ13HC 19 95 TJ inkjet paper cart TJ plain paper cartridge TJ14HC 10 95 TJ15HC 10 95 UPGRADES REPAIRS 256K to 512K Plus Upgr 256KNG 1100 128K to 512K Plus Upgr 128KNG 1100 FastPlus CPU upgrade FA11NG 250 HP110 keyboard repl KE11UC 225 HP110 screen replace LC11UC 435 P Plus screen upg repl GO1ING 350 P Plus keyboard repl KE12UCG 320 Repairs CALL 42 00 42 00 8 00 6 00 10 00 20 00 27 95 29 00 49 00 59 95 179 00 89 95 20 00 25 00 89 95 59 95 79 95 29 95 19 95 59 95 19 95 10 95 10 95 395 395 199 195 195 195 250 49 79 59 49 49 99 299 49 49 LS 12 PORTABLE VECTRA PRICE LIST Part Retail Sub Product Num Price Price 9 LS 12 SPECIFIC PRODUCTS LS 12 COMPUTERS Used LS 12 20 Meg Drive Used LS 12 40 Meg Drive LS11UM Call for pricing avail LS12UM Call for pricing avail LS 12 Memory 1 Meg EMS Memory EM11NH 295 285 4 Meg EMS Memory EM12NH 1195 1095 LS 12 Internal Modems HPD1502a 2400 Modem IM11HL 449 369 Datastar 5 2400 MNP DA11HL 599 539 LS 12 Drives Weltec 5 25 Drive WE11NH 349 299 LapTape tape backup LA11NH 795 695 Additional LS 12 Specific Products Expansion Chassis EX11NH 499 449 Numeric Keyp
85. column intervals is now adjustable to 4 8 or 16 The Print command KP now has a new S option to suppress page numbers or headers on the first page of output All in all for its small size its cost still free for personal usage and its advanced features VDE continues to blow the competitors out of the water The latest release of VDE will be sure to appear on the 1991 Subscribers Disk for the Plus But more of that later LATEST RELEASE PV OF THE VIDEO DISPLAY EDITOR ROMBO THE MANUAL VDE my favorite text editor word processor for the HP Like some of you I have received my copy of the Users W Portable Plus continues to improve with age The most Manual for the ROMBO ROM burning kit As of this recent release is version 1 53 Some enhancements include writing I have not yet received the ROMBO kit I ve read the following the manual front to back and I tip my hat to the folks at Personalized Software for a job well done 7 All the information for burning ROMs for the Plus has been around for many years But that s like saying Here s a sack of flour If you sift through it long enough you may Line graphics characters and foreign language characters 28 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 THE HP9114 EMPOWERER If you ve been frustrated trying to use your HP9114 external disk drive only to have the battery quit before you ve finished your work then you know the problem Now you need the solution
86. criptions 1991 Subscript amp Disk PPN1PS 55 00 Free All 1986 91 issues disks PL11PK 159 00 All 1986 90 issues disks PL14PB 119 00 Individual back issue PP99PB 9 20 PP Binder Vol 5 PB16NM 7 00 PP Binder Vol 1 5 PB15NM 29 00 SOFTWARE ON ROM PORTABLE PLUS If the product number ends with UR it is a refurbished HP ROM If it ends with NK it is a new Personalized Software disk plus ROM backup Part Retail Sub W PinBackup Product No Price Price Purchase Price Combined ROMs Shelp SdWndr SH13NK 235 215 139 95 SuperROM SU11NK 474 299 199 49 Editor I Format110 PrinterTalk Shelp SideWinder Communications Advanced Mail AD12UR 295 150 99 PC2622 PC13UR 395 239 99 Reflection RF11UR 525 295 139 TermPlus TE13NK 195 175 99 95 Graphics Sketch SK12NK 175 171 95 Productivity Boosters Games DOS Tools DT12NK 179 169 129 FilePlus FE14NK 165 155 99 95 GamesPlus GA11NK 205 175 159 105 HP Calculator CL11NK 95 95 HP Duette DU13NK 195 185 139 95 Shelp SH12NK 110 105 55 Squish Plus SQ11NK 264 235 199 135 Typing Whiz TW12NK 145 135 99 95 ing Lan MSBasic MS21UR 331 165 99 Turbo Pascal3 TP13NK No longer published 95 Spreadsheets and Database As Easy As AS11NK 215 195 159 115 Exec Card Mgr EC11UR 395 225 199 Lotus 123 1A LT14UR 495 249 199 Lotus 123 2 01 LT15UR 625 395 New Lotus 2 01 LT11HR 625 499 SideWinder SW12NK 135 125 99 Word Processors
87. d expanded You can imbed control characters in your text to tell your printer to print all or part of your text compressed expanded bold underlined or whatever else you printer can handle Unlimited line length Your files are no longer limited to 80 characters per line This means for ex ample you can print 132 character lines on your ThinkJet in compressed mode Lines per page You can specify the number of lines per page using the control codes required by your printer Easy in easy out You can exit from THE EDITOR II run another program then type a one word command and be back in THE EDITOR II exactly where you left off This includes exiting DOS which means you can delete copy and rename files while run ning THE EDITOR II Right justification and automatic paragraph indent A simple command right justifies your text and automatically indents your paragraphs however many spaces you wish Undelete A simple command will undelete the last line or block of text deleted Upper lower case conversion Another simple command lets you change between upper case and lower case without having to retype anything In terms of useful features per dollar THE EDITOR I is a truly exceptional buy I urge you to try it Order yours today Copyright 1988 Personalized Software THE PORTABLE PAPER original bytes are shown below on the line above the replacement bytes When using NU110 or NU to c
88. directories to search through The program does the rest Other useful features include the fa command which lets you change file at tributes for example to convert HP150 read only files into erasable files and the fs command which tells you the total file size of a group of files I often use it to find out the total disk space oc cupied by my Lotus worksheet WKS files or by all my text files from a given project CUSTOMIZED TO YOUR COMPUTER Because of their great helpfulness and ease of use THE NORTON UTILITIES are a best seller in the IBM PC market Personalized Software is authorized to distribute them on 3 disk for users of the HP150 HP110 and Portable Plus All it takes is a few keystrokes to customize THE NORTON UTILITIES to your ma chine just follow the simple customiza tion instructions included on the disk Also included in our package are the standard 5 disk sold by Peter Norton for IBM PCs THE NORTON UTILITIES are a time saver for you and a life saver for your data Use them just once and you ll wonder how you ever did without them Order your copy at no risk today NORTON UTILITIES DATA RECOVERY _ DISK MANAGEMENT Be ee Ny THE NORTON UTILITIES 4 0 99 95 Portable Paper Subscriber Price 89 95 PRODUCT NO NUIINS THE NORTON UTILITIES ADVANCED EDITION 150 00 includes Version 4 0 Portable Paper Subscriber Price 129 00 PRODUCT NO NU12NS
89. e a convenient 4 color keyboard template that we ve designed specifically for the unique keyboard layout of your Portable Plus or HP150 The template shows you at a glance which keys to press to execute each of Word Perfect s functions 60 DAY MONEY BACK GUARAN TEE See order form for details TO ORDER Use enclosed postage paid order form or send check or credit card information exp date signature aS Personalized Softwar P O Box 869 Fairfield A 52556 515 5472 6330 If you have additional questions don t hesitate to call us Q Are the Portable Plus and HP150 versions of WordPerfect identical to the IBM PC version A WordPerfect 5 0 and 4 2 are identical on all three machines except a the on line tutorial does not run on the Portable Plus or HP150 However the learning section of the users manual covers the same material as the tutorial b the Preview Document feature which shows special fonts and graphics as they will appear on printing functions in a limited way c Some extra unessential utilities that come with WordPerfect do not run on the HP150 or Portable Plus With both 5 0 and 4 2 if you already know how to use WordPerfect on an IBM PC you can use the HP version right out of the box Q Can transfer WordPerfect files back and forth between different versions of Word Perfect and between my HP computer and an IBM PC A Yes
90. e it to format documents in a fraction of the time it took you before Use it to track down spelling errors and typos in a flash Use it for footnotes mail merging data base sorting or any of its other advanced features Use it for your daily correspondence or for generating the most complex reports you can think of complete with numerical tabulations and text in columns If within 60 days you feel that Word Perfect isn t everything we say it is or if you are dissatisfied with WordPerfect for any other reason simply return it and we ll send you a full refund Product Retail Subscriber Numb Pri Pri WordPerfect 5 0 forthe E CRE RE Portable Plus includes PlusPerfect WDI7NS 645 395 PlusPerfect WDI4NS 150 129 WordPerfect 5 0 for the Portable Plus with ROM Backup includes Word Perfect PlusPerfect Backup ROMs WDIINK 940 595 WordPerfect ROM Backup WDI2NR 295 295 Wordperfect 4 2 for the Portable Plus WDI4NS 435 339 _ WordPerfect 5 0 for the 7 HP150 WD13NS 495 395 WordPerfect 4 2 single sided for HP150 WD12NS 435 339 WordPerfect 4 2 double sided for the HP150 WDIINS 435 339 WordPerfect Upgrade Kit Upgrades Personalized Software Portable Plus or HP150 version 4 2 to 5 0 deed eigen aes Call us for pricing and other details Requires proof of purchase of WordPerfect 5 0 and PlusPerfect and written confirmation that you will honor the WordPerfect license agreement
91. e more than one contact person and some major areas have none If you are in a missing area and would like to organize a group contact us If your groups combine also tell us We will publish this column each issue keeping it up to date Write Local Users Groups Box 869 Fairfield IA 52556 515 472 6330 California Southern California We meet 2nd Thur 7 9 at HP sales office 5161 Lankershim Blvd North Hollywood Request PORTOVEC Notes Newsletter Dave Mark 818 794 4969 San Diego Steven L Eyre 619 452 8530 Dan Butterfield 619 470 3551 San Mateo Santa Clara Counties San Francisco Bay Area BAYCHHU HP Laptops amp Handhelds meet 2nd Sat of the month Contact Michael Felsenstein 415 564 8279 eve Sunnyvale Interex Int Hewlett Packard Users Group 640 Almanor Ave 408 738 4848 Colorado Colorado Springs Dan Ritt 303 528 8080 Denver call Bob Pressey 303 777 0326 Hawaii Honolulu Rodney Y Fukuya if interested 808 945 3111 Indiana Indianapolis Bob Glass 317 638 2326 Iowa Mid Iowa Ed Keefe D 515 964 6644 E 515 964 7064 SouthEast Iowa Hal Goldstein 515 472 6330 Minnesota Minneapolis St Paul John Ferman 612 822 1372 Maine Yarmouth Every last Tues 6 30 US route One Yarmouth ME 04096 846 5497 North Carolina Charlotte and Surrounding Area John Jacob 704 334 3468 Texas Houston Thomas R Page D 713 759 4259 E 713 528 7138 Washington Eastern Washington Northern Idaho Western Montana and possibly Western Wash
92. e to stay a sub scriber to all the newsletters and maga zines in the USA the SA Portable commu nity was largely unaware of the private developments going on over there I bought my first 110 in 1985 it was then fast becoming an extinct species in this country MemoMaker was a pain no spell checking no find replace no proper backspace key no Typing and editing MBA papers on the 110 was a real cliffhanger But portability was of prime importance and the 20 hour battery life made me hang on to the machine I finished my degree and then decided I d had enough of struggling and started advertising to sell the 110 and buy a proper laptop with lots of relatively cheap software However I found that I was stuck with the machine One enquir er told me that the modem in my 110 was not at all compatible with our phone system another one saw me accidently drop the machine about 80cm onto a solid concrete floor and suddenly be 36 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 Came disinterested how can a machine still work after that HP designed the 110 and Portable Plus to be able to with stand 90cm drops Then I decided to try a very last time to get some soft ware help from somewhere This led me to the HP Communicator not much about the Portables in them though and eventually PS and all the good news about real life software available from PS Considering the size of the market you and the developers are addre
93. eans that your 9 pound Portable Plus is the fast est most portable and most re liable computer you can own provided of course you take full advantage of its ROM technology YOUR SOFTWARE DRAWER WAS MEANT TO BE FULL The engineers at Hewlett Packard designed the Portable Plus so it could accommodate an optional software drawer con taining 12 ROM sockets Clearly their intention was that those sockets be filled with useful programs But if you re like most Portable Plus users you probably are using Easy to use lightning fast LN ROM chips save valuable Portable Plus memory X just a few of the sockets for ROM based programs like Lotus 1 2 3 or MemoMaker That s fine as far as it goes but if you aren t using all the ROM sockets or if you have to carry around an HP9114 disk drive wherever you go then you are not using your Portable Plus to full advantage To start using the full potential of your Portable Plus look over the chart at the far right It con tains more than 50 programs and utilities available on ROM chips from Personalized Software Taken together these ROMs cover every application you re likely to need from word pro cessing to spreadsheets to data 60 DAY GUARANTEE OF SATISFACTION If within 60 days you are dissatisfied with a ROM product for any reason you may return it for a full refund 2 YEAR GUARANTEE AGAINST DEFECTS If a ROM proves defective at any
94. ease your enjoyment of your Portable Plus Once you try FilePlus you won t want to be without it Order FilePlus at our risk today PHB PIUS co ek ane a a ea awn e AIE d 3 69 95 Portable Paper Subscriber s Price 0 00eeeee 59 95 ORDER NO FELINS Use enclosed postage paid order form RECOMMENDED FOR P ar send check or credit card information exp date signature to HP110 Portable Portable Vectra pe rabnalived Soltiare Portable Plus P150 s PO Box S69 Fairfield 1A 52556 515 172 6330 IBM PC and compatibles o SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 60 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE See order form for details 33 THE PORTABLE PAPER WAITING FOR ROMBO I am excited about creating my own custom ROMs for my Plus but I am still waiting I may even be the cause the Paper is late this month as I delayed starting this column because I wanted to report my experiences burning ROMs I did get the software and instruction manual I thought the manual was well written and organized but of course I can t say for sure until I try to burn a ROM I am glad Hal sent this out early since it give me an opportunity to think about how I want to organize my ROMs Except for a few batch files that are subject to modification from time to time I intend to clear all programs from my E disk This may be an opportunity to upgrade to later versions pro grams There are several programs of which I do not use the late
95. ed and you ll learn it along with the customer Example A I can t get ReadHP to work Following the directions in the ReadHP manual you find the customer s PC desktop boots from drive C and the PC s B drive is a 3 5 floppy drive The customer uses a double sided HP Portable floppy drive with his HP Portable You instruct the user to put the ReadHP disk in the B drive and issue the following command from DOS install c p b After you have installed the software reboot the system and observe the driver installation message that says physical drive B has been installed as logical drive D format is HP double sided Now the customer should b able to read from and write to an HP Portable or HP 15 disk inserted in his 3 5 drive as long as he addresses that drive as the D drive THE PORTABLE PAPER THIS PRODUCT DOESN T WORK This category is rare Mostly the customer isn t following the instructions Lead them through and the problem will disappear On occasion the physical product is defective Apologize for the mistake and let the customer talk to Vicki about a replacement or refund PRODUCT INSTALLATION Most products have an automatic installation on the 110 Plus and 150 On the 110 and Plus put the installation disk in drive C press f to reread disks and then select the installation program from PAM First select what disk to install the program then specify whether you want a PAM
96. ed on Hal s more than five years of ex perience using the HP Portables and publishing The Portable Paper FOR EVERY TYPE OF USER This 5 hour set of three VHS video tapes gives all the fundamentals of using both the HP 110 Portable and the Portable Plus HOW TO USE THE HP PORTABLES will save you countless hours of learning on your own It will also save time and effort in training an employee spouse child or friend HOW TO USE THE HP PORTABLES is not just for beginners however Intermediate HP Portable users will find many new topics and many important tips and tricks for us _ ing the HP Portables to full advantage Part 1 Overview E Cuts training time for new users employees spouse children friends E Teaches you how to get the most out of your HP110 or Portable Plus Even experienced computer users who are new to the HP Portables will find the tapes to be of immense value in learning to use the many special features of these unique machines LEARNING MADE EASY In this set of videotapes Hal doesn t just tell you how to use the HP Portables He actually shows you step by step what keys to press while the camera shows you what appears on the computer display Watching Hal demonstrate everything in a logical sequence right on your TV screen is a far better way to learn than wading through the HP Portable user s manuals especially since the tapes in clude many important details that are either obscure or
97. ed that way printed from the same memo The large figure right is as planned The center figure is the result of selecting NLQ ON from the HPrint menu Turn NLQ back off and a third left drawing results Playing with 12 10 pitch on the HPrint menu will shift the _ drawings left right by a couple columns _ Things continue to get worse until it is discovered that only a printer reset will unlock the glitch In the search for a solution 4100 other settings have been scrambled HPrint must be set up as follows Press the Enter key then 2 to select printer type then 2 QuietJet closest thing to DeskJet Press Enter then 3 to select printer connector then 6 Com 1 The HPrint menu NLQ toggle must be in the off position And remember HPrint pitch selection will also shift graphics left right Mike Mooney B amp M Distributors Highway 59 South P O Box 667 Heavener OK 74939 Thanks for Your Help Thank you all very much for your un equaled support in providing me with the great deal and technical support With the great Lotus software I was able to buy my first house Thanks everyone Bodhi Rovner 304 N Main Fairfield IA 52556 Thanks to so many of you who are willing to help organize local users groups Users groups give an opportunity to share tips answer questions discuss other products trade free software and Lotus templates and meet other professionals As you will notice some areas hav
98. ee ee ee eee eee ARAR ARAR ARAR ARAR eee re RR RRR ee ARAR ARAR AR AR RATA ee ee ARAR AR ARAR ARAR AR ARAR AR ARAH ARAR ARAR ARAR ARAR 55 LLL LLL LLL LLLE N PATT hehehe Defe ad i at a a aa a a a i a a aa a aaa a a a a aha ea Taala fee e fee eee ia a aha a aa a a a EEE aaea ala laaa a I I eI I OB hn ha hh sratetetetetetaetetetet tetera eenserere NNNHNNN LLL LLL A a R A R R C EREEREER E OERE R RRR LLL LLL LLL S LLL KEELELE EREEREER AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA a he he aaa aa ha a a ee ee ee ee best spell checker we ve seen in a long spell Henry Kisor of the Chicago Sun Times has called WEBSTER S the best proofreading software on the market We agree with them both and we think you will too Order your copy at no risk today Webster s Spelling Checker on 342 disk customized for the Portable Plus and 69 95 for Portable Paper subscribers PRODUCT NO WBIINS Webster s is available on ROM backup G for an additional 179 See ROM ad 7 in this issue for important details kina WEBSTER S SPELLING CHECKER works with any file produced by the Editor WordStar and MemoMaker it also works with ASCII files produced by MS Word and Word Perfect Our version of WEBSTER S includes a custom ized 3 5 disk and simple instructions for run ning the program on the Portable Plus and HP150 A special utility allowing WEBSTER S to run on the HP150 is included on the disk 60 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE See order form fo
99. enjoy An Entry Level write up is needed in the PORTABLE PAPER with Hal and Paul involved An update of the HPrint manual is also sorely needed Information in the HP manual is in complete Information in the Southern Software HPrint manual is incomplete Information supplied with the Deskjet from Personalized Software is 180 out of phase with the DeskJet manual and a bit DeskJet is a superb printer which produc E Surrey BC V3R OB4 Canada es print shop quality By using raw com mand code data sans word processor precise positioning is possible anywhere on the page Hewlett Packard in the DeskJet manu al suggests that the dip switches in the Printer be set A 4 up all others down When B 5 is up the 19 200 baud rate provides faster printing When A 4 amp B 3 are up line draw from optional font cartridges is enabled From the PAM screen select system con fig then datacom interface Be sure that the datacom interface in system config is directed away from the serial port select modem or HP82164A Back to PAM select datacom config to set up serial port Settings should be 19 200 g q none Key in a page of text run it through HPrint and get a very professional page from the DeskJet Murphy is oh so pa tient On another page key in a few lines of text and insert a small sketch at about column 31 THE PLOT THICKENS I have sent you three figures it wasn t plann
100. er stand the problem If the software and hardware is available on your desk follow along with the customer on your machine Some crucial information to obtain is Name of computer CPU type a Software being used including version number and where it is located hard disk floppies ROM a Hardware configuration relevant to the problem print er disk drives Try to get a feel for the customer s level of computer literacy as you talk with him and aim your instructions to that level You should be familiar with DOS The following DOS commands and topics are particularly important in techni cal support a DIR a COPY a COPY CON TYPE a CHKDSK a EDLIN FILE NAMES BATCH FILES ma AUTOEXEC BAT a CONFIG SYS SUBDIRECTORIES CD MD RMDIR PROCESSORS Familiarity with typical hardware setups is also important We support six types of processors HP 110 Portable Plus HP 150 Vectra LS 12 Vectra CS NEC UltraLite AVR WN L PV users Please subtract 10 from subscriber price since we don t have to send you additional customized disks or extra documentation Be sure to indicate PORTABLE VECTRA on your order If you have customer files sales records inventory or lots of anything that you need to keep track of you need a database management system DBMS If you want a sophisticated DBMS that even a beginner can use try Condor 3 or Condor Jr Condor 3 runs on the
101. er now we re ready to start 7 George mumbled sleepily into the mouthpiece Foreign Voltag e Adapters Are I hung up quickly and jumped for my briefcase already D stuffed with the materials I had painstakingly gathered Excellent Traveling Companions together under Big Hal s instructions earlier in the day I was out the door and down the street into the wispy 110 Radio Shack produces a couple of well recommended P i hak f Ce tail B voltage converters to use with your Portable Plus 110 pis oes dak Se any Kn Sz to be a snap I Z 9114 Drive ThinkJet LS 12 or Portable Vectra AC when remember thinking optimistically and unrealistically you re on the road abroad a it l ted d read ee G eae a half and it ll be all pas up and ready a CO RTER ADAPTER part no 910 5255 type 273 The first indication that things weren t going to go my 1402 a converter allows the use of VAC way was when I got to George s office and he said Well devices wit ANA fa equirements S Feats there s nothing printed out yet for you to paste onto Just pads etc oar Atiy M SAUS a ad ae H about then Big Hal arrived and wheels really started o WALU PISYCNIS A a ANG OVYSHOAG turning fast Artwork that had been ostensibly the right s vay P size just a few hours ago suddenly needed reducing or 7 Rese polar Diese ee x15 x enlarging New artwork needs appeared out of thin air ao Some of the old artwork just vanished vaporized fr
102. er without an HP IL card An HP IL card inside your IBM PC or com patible computer lets you transfer files to and from your Portable Plus It s a good solution to the data transfer problem provided you only use one desktop computer But if you ever need to transfer data between your Portable Plus and some one else s desktop computer you re stuck or at least you were until now Because now there s a way to do it with software It s a program called HPDuette Together with a special serial connecting cable that it comes with HPDuette is all you need to transfer files at high speed both ways be tween your Portable Plus and any IBM PC compatible desktop RECOMMENDED FOR HP110 Portable T Portable Vectra Portable Pus HPiSO IBM PC and compatibles se HPDuette performs complete error check ing during the transfer process to ensure data integrity It handles multiple file transfers subdirectory transfers and DOS wild card usage It lets you use DOS com mands such as type list rename and erase without having to exit the program And it transfers data faster than you can with an HP IL card HPDuette is easy to use too Simple menus and easy to understand help screens are available at all times For true convenience in file transfer to and from your Portable Plus order HPDuette today HPDuette with cable for Portable Plus 99 95 89 95 for Portable Paper subscribers Condor 3
103. est of DOS Tools DT12NK 179 169 PS 2 Selected utilities from DOS Tools FilePlus FE14NK 165 155 PS 1 GamesPlus GA11NK 205 175 PS 2 Chess Go Moku TigerFox FastMind Othello Yhatzee HP Calculator CLIINK 95 95 PS 1 From our 1987 Subscriber Disk HP Duette DU13NK 195 185 PS 1 Contains Portable Plus half of software Shelp SH12NK 110 105 PS 1 Includes note extraction program Shelp also available on a ROM with SideWinder and as part of SuperROM chip see Combined ROMs below Time Manager HP Comes on same ROM as MemoMaker see combined ROMs below Typing Whiz TW12NK 145 135 PS Squish Plus SQ11NK 264 235 PS 2 GRAPHICS Sketch SK12NK 175 171 PS 1 Lotus 1 2 3 can also be used for graphics PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES MSBasic MS21UR 331 165 HP 1 This is not GWBASIC COMBINED ROMs MemoMaker TimeMgr MM21UR 245 119 HP 1 Shelp SideWinder SH13NK 235 215 PS 1 Also includes SideWinder enhancement utility SuperROM SU11NK 474 299 PS 1 Mini PrinterTalk is the abbreviated version included 5 programs on one on the PrinterTalk disk it is functionally equivalent chip The Editor to Printertalk for most applications Shelp and Format110 Mini SideWinder are the same versions as on the PrinterTalk Shelp Sidewinder individual ROMs described above BUNDLES Editor Pack FM17NK 823 599 PS 5 Editor II Webster FormatPlus FilePlus Editor Pack FM16NK 658 499 PS 4 Editor II Webster FormatPlus 1Utilities included in the Best of DOS Tools
104. ey But making it really work was a challenge Effectively using any tool is a challenge that will demand dedication of an amount of time for education I can remember a time when it was suggested using the wrong computer could setback one s capability to use a computer These people could not see that MS DOS 1 2 3 Editing and Communications are the most important core pro grams of a personal computer and that learning these would create basic knowledge applicable to all computer systems A computer network is just another computer tool and there are savvy ways to use it There is no reward for ineffective use but if used properly a network can be a very effective tool Don t expect a network to make computers easier to use It simply creates more options The most difficult part of computing is putting available options together in a manner that allows accomplishment ofa goal This takes some work on the part of the user but it is far better than the alternative which is learning a procedure to do a job and then being forever a slave to that proce dure This is an unfortunate dark side of computing which we must always guard against After all these machine should work for us It is just a matter of remembering who is boss The real purpose of my last suggestion is to get people who know and care more about networks than I to a think about how they can be best used FilePlus The Portable Plus file manager Fast sophisticated
105. f memory for everything Portable Plus users may need to increase inter nal main memory by as much as 36K On the Portable Vectra and LS 12 Laptop Squish Plus simply borrows 36K from the 640K of memory that s built in WHAT ABOUT DISK SPACE FOR THE PROGRAM ITSELF The files on the Squish Plus disk total 139K including several Squish commands to learn You set up direc RECOMMENDED FOR Plus utilities tories and perform all file opera HP110Portable Portable Plus users can get by with tions save retrieve copy rename Portable Pus just 54K by eliminating all but two backup etc the same way you al Portable Vecta el essential Squish Plus program files ways do File backup takes up fewer HP150 T el You can even reduce your Edisk disks of course and is significantly IBM PC and compat space requirement to zero if you re faster You can even use the Norton Utilities Undelete program to re Available on ROM Backup for the Portable Plus willing to disable PAM and load Squish Plus from an HP9114 each CALL NOW 915 472 6330 time you reboot A better alternative and the one we recom mend is to purchase Squish Plus on ROM Backup see box below Whatever computer you use there is no other way to expand your file storage space that is as easy or economical as Squish Plus Order your copy at no risk today Retail Subscriber Price Price Squish Plus for IBM PC c
106. fi dence I haven t tried FORMIBM as an alterna tive approach and I am wondering some what about ReadHP however every thing I read leads me to believe that HP IL should work Please H E L P Roy G Michell Jr Trustee Michell Char Fdn amp Trust 722 Oakbrook Ridge _ Rochester MI 48307 The HP IL card does not work with some PC compatibles Also every once in a while an HP IL cable goes bad Be sure to type bplink from DOS or PAM from the HP 110 or Portable Plus If you call us for technical support we might be able to help out Hal Reflection EXIT Command If you haven t already researched this one here is an answer to the letter ROM for Reflection on page 43 of the May June 90 Portable Paper When using the Reflection terminal emulator program manually that is when you interact with the keyboard and decide on the fly what and when to do things then the safest way to exit the program is to press f8 the Exit key Note that de pending on where you are in the menus _ SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 41 THE PORTABLE PAPER NEW ON VIDEOTAPE How to Use the HP Portables E For new and intermediate users Now you can learn how to use the full potential of your HP Portable computer directly from Hal Goldstein president of Personalized Software and leading HP Port able expert Even HP engineers call him for advice on using their Portables HOW TO USE THE HP PORTABLES is bas
107. for just 25 then give you a firm price on parts and labor If you decide to go ahead the 25 will be applied to the cost of our work Here are some typical charges e HP110 or Portable Plus screen replacement or upgrade 195 e HP110 or Portable Plus keyboard replacement 250 Why pay 500 or more for Lotus 2 01 when you can have a fully compatible program 79 95 for disk version 195 for disk version plus b for just 79 95 Until now if you wanted the advantages and compatibility of Lotus 1 2 3 Version 2 01 for your Portable Plus you had to pay 625 retail for a ROM Now you can have a pro gram that acts similar to Lotus 2 01 for just 195 disk and ROM or only 79 if all you need is the disk version You can t get that much spreadsheet power for your Portable Plus for less The program is called As Easy As because it s as easy as 1 2 3 get it and it fully lives up to its name As Easy As does almost everything Lotus 2 01 MEMORY REQUIREMENTS As Easy As requires 272K of Portable Plus main memory plus 120K of electronic or floppy disk space plus another 50K of disk space if you want to use the Help files NEW your HP equipment inkJet HP9114 its capacity don t Save money on by a and upgrades _ 90 day guarantee on all repairs and upgrades e HP110 or Portable Plus case replacement 175 s HP110 or Portable Plus internal modem replacement 195 s FastPl
108. ftware drawer On a two chip package the chips must be in adjacent sockets The chip marked H must be in a socket marked H and the chips marked L must be in an L socket Make sure the chips are installed with the notch on the chip matching the notch in the outline of the chip on the circuit board and the chip is properly seated How can I put a volume ID on a disk SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 PO Pm gt O Ff A Q A N Q When you format a disk on the 110 Plus or 150 you will be prompted to give a volume ID There is a program in Norton Utilities called VL which will let you _ change the volume ID EV How can I get a DOS ASCII file into WordPerfect or save a WordPerfect file as a DOS ASCII file Wordperfect s Text In Out function is accessed by pressing ctrl f5 while in WordPerfect You can save or retrieve in DOS ASCII format On a retrieve you are given two options for what to do with the carriage returns and linefeeds see WP manual Text In Out for details Can I use WordPerfect 5 0 on my HP 150 WP 5 0 requires at least 512K to run on the 150 Use the DOS command CHKDSK to see how many bytes total memory the machine has How can I alter the protection on a file Use the CHANGE command from Personalized Soft ware s DOS Tools See the DOS Tools manual for details S Can I run two devices from the Portable Plus serial port No run one of them from the
109. great spelling chec available on ROM Webster s web stars n The spelling checker rated Editor s Choice by PC Magazine Dec 24 1985 and now available from Personalized Software for the Portable Plus and HP150 Customized on 31 2 disk by special arrangement with Simon amp Schuster Inc PC Magazine rated eight leading spell ing checkers for ease of use flexibility speed overall program size thoroughness and accuracy WEBSTER S NEW WORLD SPELLING CHECKER came out on top for a number of good reasons First there s sheer size WEBSTER S contains over 110 000 words in its dictionary five times the number in Hayden s Speller 2 times as many as in The Word Plus yet WEBSTER S dic tionary and main program take up only 207K of disk memory Second WEBSTER S isn t just easy to use it s positively a pleasure It reads your files at high speed then displays every questionable word in context highlighted At the same time in a window off to the side it gives you a list of possible correct spellings A simple menu gives you the following options B Accept the word as is B Replace the word with one of the sug gested spellings Enter the correct spelling manually RECOMMENDED FOR HP110 Portable Portable Vecta Portable Plus HP150 IBM PC and compatibles Ss B Add the word to an auxiliary diction ary of frequently used wo
110. hange a file remember that the sectors may not be stored in order in adjacent disk space In this patch this will not cause a problem as all changes are in the first sector DEBUG 0100 0101 0102 0103 0104 0105 0106 0107 0108 0109 010A 010B NU110 0000 0001 0002 0003 0004 0005 0006 0007 0008 0009 000A 000B NU old EB 3E 20 43 6F 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 NU new FC BE 3A 01 BF 80 00 B9 05 00 F3 A4 DEBUG 010C 010D 010E 010F 0110 0111 0112 0113 0114 0115 0116 0117 NU110 000C 000D 000E OO00F 0010 0011 0012 0013 0014 0015 0016 0017 NU old 20 31 39 38 34 2C 20 31 39 38 35 2C NU new BA 2A 01 B4 09 CD 21 EB 2B OE 1F BA DEBUG 0118 0119 011A 011B 011C 011D 011E 011F 0120 0121 0122 0123 NU110 0018 0019 001A 001B 001C 001D 001E 001F 0020 0021 0022 0023 NU old 20 31 39 38 36 2C 20 50 6 74 65 72 NU new 30 01 B4 09 CD 21 CD 20 5B 4E 55 2D DEBUG 0124 0125 0126 0127 0128 0129 012A 012B 012C 012D 012E 012F NU110 0024 0025 0026 0027 0028 0029 002A 002B 002C 002D 002E 002F NU old 20 4E 6F 72 74 6F 6E 20 41 6C 6C 20 NU new 48 50 31 31 30 5D 1B 26 6B 31 5C 24 DEBUG 0130 0131 0132 0133 0134 0135 0136 0137 0138 0139 013A 013B NU110 0030 0031 0032 0033 0034 0035 0036 0037 0038 0039 003A 003B NU old 72 69 67 68 74 73 20 72 65 73 65 72 NU new 1B 5B 30 6D 1B 26 6B 30 5C 24 03 2P DEBUG 013C 013D 013E 01F7 01F9 O01FA 01FB 01FC 01FD 023A 023B PORTABLE POWERHOUSE original h retail Hewlett Packard s HP110 Portable only S495 795 with portable printer and d
111. he Portable Paper can purchase it through Personalized Software for 159 Be sure to specify Norton Utilities 5 0 for the Vectra E Portable Vectra CS Screen Problems PV Keep watching this column for news of the Portable Vectra SBR Through the CS screer A number of customers have complained about vertical or horizantal lines appearing on the screen HP is reportedly investigating the problem for a possible fix W By Ed Keefe This article is a collection of reflections on the following products for the HP Portable Plus and PC Compatibles As Easy As version 4 00P VDE version 1 53 ROMBO EPROM Burning Kit The Classical Classifier an outliner Stereo Shell version 3 00 N Turbo Assembler version 2 00 MIX C Version 2 00 The 1991 Subscribers Disk for the Plus ST ya T AS EASY AS 4 00P WHAT A DIFFERENCE A SINGLE LETTER MAKES I read Tom Page s remarks about As Easy As in the last issue of the Portable Paper I found some of Tom s comments about the shortcomings of the program to be puzzling Then it dawned on me that he was probably working with version 4 00 N of As Easy As Both Tom and I beta tested As Easy As 4 00 N for Personalized Software to make sure it worked properly on the Portable Plus 26 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 My current experience has been with version 4 00P The change from N to P represents a change for the better Version 4 00 P of this amazing program is slightly
112. he desired BBS or information service In batch mode you could then send or receive text or binary files with an XModem command Once completed your batch file would log you off For interactive communica tions the simple TERM program could be used Your batch file might look something like this MODEM pulse DIAL 1 515 472 6330 MESSAGE personalized software MESSAGE L MESSAGE 1 MESSAGE D XFER R stuff arc MESSAGE U XFER S foo arc MESSAGE bye MODEM hangup SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 35 THE PORTABLE PAPER The utility MODEM would allow us to send various commands to the internal modem The DIAL command would dial the number MESSAGE is a general utility to send a carriage return terminated text string out the modem In this case our hypothetical bulletin board uses the mnemonics L for LIBRARIES 1 for NEW FILES and D for DOWNLOAD These of course would be different for different bulletin boards The XFER utility would receive R a file called STUFF ARC We would then send another message to upload a file with the U command and send a file called FOO ARC Now that we re complete we send the message bye and then use our handy MODEM utility to turn off the internal modem This batch file could be called by the PAM ALM file so you can have unattended file transfers You could even use the XFER command interactive with TERM if you exit without severing the connection and send the file YOUR TURN
113. he program for use on the Plus Until then let me conclude by saying that version 1 2 of the Classical Classifier is not quite ready for prime time use on the Portable Plus It is barely usable on a desk top PC compatible computer LATEST RELEASE OF STEREO SHELL Stereo Shell is a file manager program very much in the mold of Personalized Software s own FILEPLUS Stereo Shell StS will let you work with two different disks or directories at the same time You can watch the program copy files from one disk to another Files may be tagged for deletion copying compression decompression using PKZIP or LHARC etc You may point at a text file and push a function key to either view the file or to edit it If the file is an executable file the StS program is smart enough to know that you don t want to view the file It will execute it instead Stereo Shell is now available as version 3 00 This is a Vertical wrap around in file windows is now an option If enabled the file windows will wrap from top to bottom or bottom to top when the first last file is moved past m The tab key is now active The Tab key will now move the cursor between windows File date and time are now changeable with Stereo Shell The file attribute editor has been enhanced and will now allow the user to change the file date and time as well as its attributes There are many other enhancements making Stereo Shell one of the best file manager program
114. he right side of the display just save the setting in the Configuration file By the bye if you want the menu to pop up in the middle of the screen there is even a way to make this happen Another visual nuisance is the fact that the letters designating the columns are right justified rather than centered Also the column header divider is a rather than a blank Both of these visual nuisances may be eliminated during startup by using command line switches Type aseasy ctr dv This will center the letters in the column and extinguish the column dividers Once you have the worksheet looking the way you want it save the settings in the ASEASY CFG file and keep this file in the same directory as ASEASY EXE The next time you execute ASEASY you won t need to use the same command line switches This is a very handy feature I think Having said that let me add that the CTR command can t be saved in the ASEASY CFG file Instead use a simple batch file AEA BAT containing the following single line aseasy ctr auto 1 Now instead of using ASEASY to startup use the simpler AEA command Furthermore if you put the filename of a worksheet following AEA the AUTO 1 switch will automatically load the file into As Easy As Isn t that better than 1 2 3 s AUTO123 WKS Some of the advanced features in As Easy As caught my attention and have made me a devoted fan of the program For instance AEA has the ability to have several
115. he spooky little story I ve enclosed titled Voodoo DOS I must emphasize that everything I ve described in the story actually happened except for the talking Portable Plus computer and the dark and stormy night But here s the really spooky part Since writing the story I ve been absolutely unable to duplicate Now that s spooky So if you repeat the little experiment described in the story and find that DOS works fine don t be surprised On the other hand if you too find that DOS requires a sacrifice before it will delete a file welcome to the twilight zone THE NIGHT WAS DARK AND FORBIDDING The night was dark and forbidding as I sat before my PV Portable Plus computer wrapping up some file management tasks I had put off doing Lightning cracked and thunder roared through the dank atmosphere But I was warm and dry and the computer was operating on its internal battery to protect it from electrical transients so despite the storm I felt secure But was I Running Personalized Software s FilePlus I turned to the my first task Rename a file called CAPTIONS 90A to CAPTIONS 90B Since the basic file name was to be retained while renaming only the extension I thought I could save keystrokes by typing only 90B when FilePlus asked me for the new name How clever I thought to myself Tsk tsk an almost inaudible voice murmured from somewhere within my Portable Plus computer Momentari ly stunned I quickly
116. ht full 24 character lines and the unit features unidirectional printing The HP 82240B weighs one pound with full paper roll and four AA batteries AC adapter optional It measures 3 6 x 7 3 x 2 5 inches E Norton Utility NU COM NU110 COM By Thomas M Morgan NU110 COM is a version of NU COM that works on the HP 110 It comes with Norton Utilities when you purchase it from Personalized Software editor NU110 COM when run in its original form requires the switch D2 in the command line to avoid displaying a mess It also requires changing to the ALT mode to allow selec tion of files by pointing When exiting NU110 COM HP mode needs to be reset and inverse video turned off These functions can be handled by calling NU110 COM from a batch file that contains the necessary Escape Sequences before and after the call to NU110 COM and the switch can be included To avoid the need for the batch file which slows down loading and uses space the following patch to NU110 COM performs all of the required functions internally To patch NU110 COM copy it to NU COM then either with DEBUG or NU110 make the following changes To be sure that the correct bytes are being changed the The Editor You won t believe all the word processing features this 129 program contains and it takes up less than 40K of memory E only 99 95 for Portable Paper subscribers By Hal Goldstein Let s fa
117. ications programs we ve ever seen Terml10 was developed by Cliff Looyenga who writes the Wizardry column for The Portable Paper It runs on the HP110 TermPlus was developed by Portable Paper contributer David Hughes from an earlier A discussion on other possible equipment modification such as the expansion chassis and its uses should find much interest This can include chassis from both the laptop manufacturers and third party suppliers I have mentioned these ideas not because I need or want them but only as examples for discussion Setting up a facility to handle different makes of computers would be prohibitive ly expensive necessitating that some of the ideas and suggestions come from the users Assignment of a particular machine type or program to one person or group may also be necessary One last thought due to the unusual names of programs it would be informa tive for us to know when we don t need that program because whatever it may do it can be aecomip ou by something we own There is no interest for me in a news letter on HP printers or on the NewWave _ News Thank you for the fine inte and for the free disk P A Romanelli 22 Nob Rd Utica NY 13501 U problem with HP IL Card P In late February I purchased a used HP IL Card for an IBM PC AT clone from PS I intend to transfer my Lotus 123 files generated on my HP 110 to the C drive through the HP IL Card fro
118. ince it requires every One to periodically evaluate how they are doing their job An appropriate response to this request is to suggest buying some bigger computers so the existing staff can meet increasing demands of the job We all know adding a computer increases the demands of any job but it is the only way we can survive the job we have There are few problems a bigger computer won t solve We must balance this idea with the knowledge that any computer can create problems it can t solve Computers thrive when used effectively but when they are not used effectively they can become a liability A plan to use existing computers even more efficiently is an appropriate secondary response Make a few sugges tions to improve current operations but ideally new jobs should be proposed for existing machines We all know portable computers really need a companion desktop machine and of course a powerful 286 laptop demands a 386 rather than a 8088 for its companion This is an Opportunity to start a bulletin board or even send a computer home with an employee This might help avoid expenses associated with overtime travel to the office to solving a problem and is an effective use of an old machine that has very little value See how the game is played The game is negotiation Having a big slick computer is great but having another computer too is even better There is no reason to give up anything you have today but we must find a way to use e
119. ington Bob Sandberg 509 466 4999 Eastern Washington Stephen S Warner D 509 534 1588 E 509 535 3322 Western Washington Portable Plus 150 and Vectra users meet first Thurs 7 9 pm HP sales office Bellevue Pete Ross 206 342 8875 Portable 40 amp 50 Series 7 9pm second Wed U Wash computer center Seattle Bob Moore 206 543 7879 Washington D C Greater Washington D C area 8 00 pm Third Monday of each month Ballston Tower 1 800 N Quincy St Room 519 Call to confirm and say Hi William F Cross D 202 696 4112 E 703 845 9508 Australia 8 Avoca St S Yarra Victoria Australia Nigel S Ball 03 267 8344 Central America I would be happy to form a users group either Spanish or English Apartado Postal 1587 Tegucigalpa Honduras d HP Computer Users Association LTD Cunningham House Bessborough Road Harrow HA1 3DX United Kingdom 01 423 3313 Japan I would like to help start a users group Michael Lazarin 26 26 502 Moto Ujina Minami ku Hiroshima 734 Netherlands Mr R M Franquiner Menthenbergseweg 13 NL 6816 PR Arnhem The Netherlands Spain Club de usarios HP 110 Pont Reyes S A A la atencion de D Enrique Serra Ronda Universidad 15 08007 Espana Sweden Stokholm first Thurs each month 6 30 pm call to confirm Jens Pettersson 08 713 1710 Telex 149 70 gentel S SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 43 WordPerfect 5 0 fo You don t need an IBM PC to run the world s best selling word processor Now you ca
120. irst This will both power down the com munications port for you and terminate Reflection automatically This is all that is required and is completely fail safe You could issue the EXIT command from the Command Line as mentioned in the reader s letter to get exactly the re sults described that is the power to the communications port is left untouched In this instance you would be operating 42 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 in the grey area of somewhere in between manual and programming mode and the onus would be upon the user to execute the right commands in the proper se quence Normally the EXIT command would be used inside a command file or program Since Reflection cannot antici pate whether the user wishes to remain connected to the remote computer or not separate power down instructions are required To power down the port from See the latest Portable Equipment Exchange brochure for current prices on used Portables Or call 515 472 6330 We ll help you select a used HP Portable system that best meets your needs 60 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE See order form for details TO ORDER Use enclosed postage paid order form or send check or credit card information exp date signature to Personalized Software P O Box 869 Fairfield IA 52556 515 472 6330 the Command Line or issue any terminal escape sequence use the DISPLAY com mand The correct sequence then
121. is often enough to start the function For example moving the sliding light bar to a text file and pressing E will invoke your Editor and automatically load the file Other enhancements to the Stereo Shell program include the following a Files can now be moved between drives rather than just between directories on the same disk Exit stage right The program now allows the user to exit to the left window path the right window path or back to the sub directory from which it was invoked a EXIT right now A new ExtChar Q command will dump you immediately back to the operating system in the original load directory 30 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 that you would like to see on the Subscribers Disk If you have any programs interesting batch files 1 2 3 or As Easy As worksheets that you have found useful put them on a disk and send them along to the folks at Personalized Software For myself I will undoubtedly include the latest version of VDE and Stereo Shell Along with these shareware programs I will include several programs that I have written for my own use These include GBK WKS a 15K byte macro program for use with As Easy As GBK imple ments a completely automated grade book It will be of direct interest to anyone who teaches It may also provide some examples of how to get As Easy As to display a user created menu in the middle of the screen how to generate_ a pick list of worksheet files and load and save worksheets
122. is what HP became in this country at one stage exclusive quality is shrinking by the day Even the fully DOS LS 12 was prohibitively expensive here Keep up the good work and try to ge Mr Grimmer to finish that pop up my sincere sympathies with him I know what it takes to try and raise four chil dren and hang on to Cliff Looyenga Ed Keefe etc and get more ex HP engi neers programmers to contribute I thought I knew something about program ming in Pascal until I read some of Cliff s articles all about Inline AX BX etc and realize how little I really know I wish I could attend some of Ed s classes His article about the debugger V4N2 was enough to whet my appetite Has he pub lished a book about these basics telling you in simple language what to do and how After 20 years with computers you would expect me to know all these things but remember the four kids I ve already managed to raise some eyebrows here even long time HP deal ers believe it or not when I tell people about your company and show them the software available even for the 150 Maybe in the future you can expect some more interest from this part of the globe Leslie Van Rooyen PO Box 146 1752 Paardekraal THE PORTABLE PAPER Now available on ROM Backup for the Portable Plus See Software on as ad Instant Access POp UpS tortne Portable pus X 77 Calculator notepad s macros s and more T
123. isk drive Includes word processor Lotus 1A built in modem communications software and a ONE YEAR GUARANTEE Hewlett Packard s HP110 Portable was way ahead of its time An MS DOS machine version 2 11 the HP110 stores programs and data on ROM chips The rugged unit weighs only 8 pounds has a 16 line screen and has enough available memory for more than 80 pages of word process ing text With up to 20 hours of continuous use per battery charge the HP110 is ideal for business travel At only 495 used our HP110s make puters used means worn out But there s little that can wear out in an HP110 because there are no moving parts except for the keys Every HP110 we sell is fully tested and is guaranteed against malfunction for one full year All units come with a 30 day no risk trial and free technical support For details or to order call 800 373 6114 Call now offer good only while supply lasts LSO ee fl NU110 003C 003D 003E 00F7 00F9 00FA 00FB 00FC 00FD 013A 013B great gifts for students friends and Like new Portable Plus only 1295 NU old 76 65 64 74 C6 06 Al 00 2F CD 20 spouse Note With most other com TS Ai ETN NU new 64 32 OD EB E9 19 FF 90 90 EB BD l We also publish the HP Port am e E able newsletter and offer I Personalized more than 100 software pro N f re INC grams that make the HP110 Software and Portable Plus even more powerful The worldwide HP Portable experts PO
124. it looks like an impossi SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 37 a THE PORTABLE PAPER At least 60 faster with our low cost FastPlus upgrade By installing a faster processor and increasing the clock speed of your Portable Plus you can run Lotus 1 2 3 and other applications at least 60 faster than before The upgrade is straightforward but requires skill and experience returning your computer to you via UPS surface If you prefer overnight return shipping add 35 In most cases we ll perform the upgrade and ship your computer back the same day we receive it In all cases we guarantee our work for Speed up your Portable Plus To save time running your spreadsheets editing your documents loading programs saving files and almost anything else you use a computer for order the FastPlus upgrade today You ll appreciate the difference it makes working inside a Portable Plus If you want to try it yourself see our instructions in The Portable Paper Vol 3 No 1 pp 12 14 If you want ovr trained technicians to do it for you call to schedule an appointment then send us your Portable Plus and 250 This covers the cost of de soldering the Harris 80C86 processor and replacing it with the faster NEC V30 increasing the clock speed from 5 33 MHz to 8 MHz and User Support Void Needs Personalized Software Touch You ve done a remarkable job making and keeping m
125. ition to our standard 60 day mon ey back guarantee the 195 The program also comes free with the World Port1200 WorldPort2400 Upgrade Kit Carbon Copy PLUS will not run on the HP110 or Portable Plus but both WorldPort modems will run with HP s communi Cations software namely the Terminal program for the HP110 and TERM and Reflection for the Portable Plus WorldPort 2400 and WorldPort 1200 are trademarks of Touchbase Systems Inc Hayes is a trademark of Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc Carbon Copy PLUS is a trademark of Meridian Technology Inc ROMSIZ EXE a small utility program for use with the ROMBO eprom burning kit ROMSIZ will let you list all the files that you might want to put on a 64K or 128K eprom It will then check the size of the files convert the actual file size to the number of 1K byte clusters and total up the clusters This should take much of the guesswork out of deciding which programs will fit on an eprom NEWFILES EXE another utility program which gathers up the names of all the files on disk which have their archive bit set The list of names may be redirected to a text file for editing The names of the files appear as fully qualified names the drive letter and subdirectory path precede the name With a small amount of editing the list could be made into a batch file and could serve as a part of a backup routine ALLFILES EXE yet another utility program This one lists all the
126. k space SQUISH is almost invisible PKZIP has a simple DOS command line interface and can save telephone charges if files are compressed before being transmitted to another computer _ Ideas two and three create opportunities for users to learn about the organization and logical structure of their machines This creates more savvy users who will produce better on their computers This is a result more profitable than the disk that is saved 4 Ever a proponent of freedom of computing and having heard horror stories of down time resulting from network failure I suggested key programs be installed on the user s disk to permit operation independent of the network I also suggested that disconnecting from the network except when network services are truly needed could release for productive use vast amounts of memory sacrificed to network overhead Network overhead is those TSRs than must be executing to drive the network connection Some of these programs make continuing demands on the CPU and significantly reduce the computers speed If I talk too much about networks I will be talking out of school since I have absolutely no experience working on a network For six years my Portable has been my primary computer My iconoclastic approach to computers proba bly stems from this awful handicap I actually had to think to make it work New out of the box the 110 must be the easiest computer to start ever built Open it up and hit a k
127. le line powered modem that connects to the serial port of your portable It gets the power it needs from the computer and telephone it is attached to Batteries or an internal AC adapter is never needed The Stowaway is a little bigger but weighs less than a standard 25 pin adapter It uses the industry standard AT command set including the latest extension Stowaway 2400 also has an internal non volatile memory for saving the modem configuration and up to four phone number Other features include the following see page 12 Subscribers to Portable Technology Update also receive free telephone support complimentary passes to shows and conferences invitations to participate in laptop seminars opportunities to beta test new products invitations to participate in focus groups For further information contact 10 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 USED HP PORTABLES AND PERIPHERALS We buy them We sell them We guarantee them No longer using your HP Buying used HP Any used item you buy from us can Portable or peripherals equipment makes sense be returned within 30 days for a full Turn them into cash You know HP quality refund In addition e through The Portable Even used HP machines Equipment Exchange can serve you well for Prices fluctuate so years Call for current call us for current prices figures ONE YEAR GUARANTEE parts and labor on all used equipment SY E 515 472 6330 For good buys on u
128. m an E om a bm e 66 RR R em 6m oe RR ee we FS L R On LKR KR IER E EK ae ARN R K R fm B ee R EE C te ft TuE 7 i Fann Pe feces raft f H 7 i it ta Mey Ui u faa Kd di te li ie n dey IN lE 4 SIDEWINDER SideWinder is published by Southern Software Ss inti RECOMMENDED FOR OPTIONAL EXTRAS Southern Software of At last S i deways p ri nti n 8 HP110 Portable New Orleans creators of SideWinder eN er created two companion utilities that work only on for the HP Po rtable The HP Portables SideChar lets you create your own sideways characters Po rtab I e P LU S and Available on ROM Backup mana 34 46 nna 9949840 for the Portable Plus sana ThinkJet and the HP150 vectra 1BM PC MS DOS computers and most HP graphics printers Sta Duit te Print L te teste S te Same Select te tessia Blech Its called SideWinder and it s perfect for Lotus 1 2 3 print BHD DDD HDBSSS5 oe files MemoMaker files or any other text ASCII file that s too Simply fill in a grid on your Portable to modify SideWinder s built wide for a normal page in characters create italics Hebrew letters integral signs whatever sideways characters you wish Just type in the file name and SideWinder does the rest printing up to 53 rows sideways for as long as your paper supply lasts You ll never need to cut and paste again SideWinder s high quality graphics characters are S Sketch amp Print lets yo
129. m the HP91 14A Disk Drive to the IBM clone B Drive 3 5 The HP 110 has too small a memo Both programs have on line help and use around 25K of electronic disk space Most importantly both programs make efficient logical use of function keys and menus to make the job of transferring files and programs easy You won t appreciate how easy until you try Term110 or TermPlus for yourself We invite you to do so today at our risk Term110 for HP110 or TermPlus for Portable Plus 99 95 Specify which program when you order prototype It runs on the Portable Plus Both programs allow you to e Send and capture ASCII information e Quickly send programs Lotus a worksheets and archive files viathe XMODEM protocol e Log onto electronic bulletin boards and remote computers automatically e Store and access directories of phone numbers e Run other programs without severing the phone connection ry to fully sort my library entries which exceed 2100 books with related entries Depending upon the Lotus file with As Easy As which is in my AT I should be able to process further through Sorts etc The 110 is ideal for the library work since our bookcases are on the main floor as well as in the basement Instead of enter ing the data on a note pad then keying into a computer the entries are made directly from the physical location of the book However upon attempting to load the HP di
130. me to introduce myself My name is DOS I don t believe it I murmured But before it could Say anything more I went directly to DOS Voices or not I knew a good tip when I heard one If all else fails go to DOS I asked for a directory listing of 90B and lo and eeneeevesn CAPTIONS 90B but before I could hit the RETURN key DOS said that s right said to me It won t work Naturally DOS was right It didn t work I think the But I was in such a rattled state I can t be sure Anyhow I finally managed to get my hands calm enough to type rary home so I could kill it You don t give up easily do you DOS said as he she or it displayed the same error message Now cut that out I shouted thinking maybe if I was Ha ha DOS chortled You fool Of course this too failed Why me I cried All I did was try to be clever and save a few lousy keystrokes and now you ve stuck me with 8K of E disk space which is unreachable in any way shape or form What do you want of me A sacrifice DOS boomed from my Portable Plus A sacrifice I lamented Now wait a minute Comput ers are great and all that But a sacrifice That s going too far Surely there s a file you could spare DOS intoned You have many and if it s backed up you ve lost nothing And unless I get my file you re stuck with my little pet It took me a moment to respond I was still trying to figure out how DOS s
131. menu to enter the Copy command with a single keystroke You use the same Point and Shoot method to run programs and to move delete view etc any files you wish 3 Tag multiple files You can tag any number of files in a directory then perform the same action copy rename delete protect etc on all of them in a single step 4 Sort files FilePlus can list the files in a directory by name extension size or date An alphabetical listing by name helps you locate files in a hurry A listing by size is useful in determining which files to erase in order to free up any needed amount of disk space 5 Single step Move command To move a file from one directory to another you no longer have to copy the file first then delete the original FilePlus lets you do it with a single Move command and you enter the command with one keystroke 6 Protect your files You can protect your files make them Read Only to guard against accidental deletion FilePlus even lets you do this with entire directories You can unprotect the files whenever you wish 7 Show attributes Read Only Hidden Archive FilePlus displays the attributes of all the files in a directory so you can view them at a glance or change them in a flash 8 Backup only if changed FilePlus allows you back up just those files that have been changed since the last backup FilePlus will save you time and effort boost your productivity and incr
132. modem or serial port from the HP Portables to another PC A host of new games for the Portable Plus including Poker and a war strategy game The latest version of Ed s favorite word processor VDE Popular PC Magazine columnist John Dvorak in his April 24 1990 Inside Track agrees with Ed when he says VDE 1 5 may be the finest piece of word processing code ever written A number of quite useful DOS utilities and Lotus worksheets that work on the HP110 Portable Plus LS 12 and Portable Vectra If you have contributions or suggestions please send them our way soon addressed to me Hal Goldstein The 1991 Subscribers Disk is only available with a 1991 subscription to the Portable Paper It will be shipped with the January 1991 issue of The Portable Paper along with an index to the 1986 1990 issues W ROMBO Is Really Shipping I apologize for stating last issue that ROMBO was shipping It actually began shipping in mid August Our 128K byte chip manufacturer had promised to send the final chips to us a couple of days after The Portable Paper went to the printer We tested the final prototype chips a week before P THE PORTABLE PAPER and everything seemed fine The chips came in on sched ule and we were prepared to ship We started testing the chips in final QA and we Started experiencing intermittent problems with the chips We thought the problem was with the firmware of the ROM burner Days were spent working with the
133. more powerful than the previous version All known bugs have been eliminated and it now works flawlessly on the Plus I have been an As Easy As fan since its initial release Version 4 00P of As Easy As is undoubtedly the best of the 1 2 3 clones around It gives more bang per buck than either Quattro or VP Planner I have even gone so far as to retire 1 2 3 in favor of As Easy As it s that much better in my estimation Here are a few instances of where the program has been improved As Easy As still presents its menus in a column rather than in a row across the top of the screen This is proba bly done to avoid being hassled by Lotus Corporation s staff of lawyers If you want the menus to appear across the top of the screen just start As Easy As with the command aseasy p The P stands for Panel Menu The worksheet still will not look like 1 2 3 However you won t have to retrain your eyes to look for the menu in a different spot There are hints in the Users Manual on how to make As Easy As look more like 1 2 3 I followed the hints and designed a macro program that does exactly that but don t tell Lotus Corp If you prefer a pull down menu be aware that the menu will appear on the left of the worksheet Losing sight of the data in column A may be frustrating However if you press the period key the pull down menu will hop to the right side of the display If you want the pull down menu to appear always on t
134. n evaluating the latest product and improve ments there is very little effort supporting those with laptops or portables While PCResource does a creditable job with its PC TECHNIQUES column there should be some medium to exclusively assist the portable user in all fields Many users whose only equipment is the laptop would avail themselves of such a service Perhaps the Portable Paper could help in the portable and laptop computer do main The keystroke by keystroke articles in some of your past editions were very enlightening This is similar to the Cobb Group s The Workshop which is devoted to the intricacies of Microsoft Works I am sure this approach will find great ac ceptance Along with new programs the laptop user also needs information on how to improve or modify his equipment While the desktop computer has expansion slots to facilitate changing the equipment in the laptop as we have seen with the Portable Plus modification is difficult if not impossible One simple example the laptop user may want to consider an external floppy or hard drive as an addi tion to meet his growing needs THE PORTABLE PAPER At last COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE for the HP110 and Portable Plus HP110 users Tired of struggling with the built in Terminal program Portable Plus users Is PC2622 an Reflection too complex for your needs In either case we have good news two of the easiest to use commun
135. n use industry standard WordPerfect on your HP150 or Portable Plus P S We even have a Portable Plus version that s partly on ROM WordPerfect It s the world s best selling word processor for the IBM PC Most re viewers feel it s the best word processor on the market WordPerfect not only performs all the usual functions you would expect from a full featured word processor such as e search and replace e cut and paste e automatic page numbering e headers and footers s bold underline compressed expanded italic e superscripts and subscripts e automatic hyphenation e right justification e undeleting of deleted text e and more but it also offers a carload of advanced fea tures such as e Text in Columns s Footnotes Tables of Contents and Indexes e 115 000 word Speller e Thesaurus e Mail Merging e And built in Math functions for creating a mini spreadsheet anywhere in your document Best of all you can run the complete WordPerfect on your Portable Plus or HP 150 Touchscreen Depending on the kind of Portable Plus or HP150 you have you can use either WordPerfect 4 2 or the new 5 0 To learn more about the world s most ad vanced word processor and how to use it on your HP computer read the informa tion on these two pages Better still try our Portable Plus or HP150 version of Word Perfect for yourself at our risk Order WordPerfect today and put it through its paces Us
136. nd on However the guiding principle for building such a computer would be that it should be modifiable If a newer version of the Operating system comes along the computer should be able to switch to it Newer displays should be part of the upgrade path Ed Keefe is an author programmer and computer science instructor He is the president of the Fast Aid Company 314 SW Logan Ankeny IA 50021 Ed s CompuServe ID is 73277 1064 B SA By Thomas R Page Z S Occasionally each of us must apply a little self analysis and adjustment or some external regulatory mechanism will apply its abrupt and precipitous damping forces Literally PY this translates to Count your money before you spend it My company s management looked at the income statement and exclaimed We have got to save money It is a perfectly normal and expected reflex of good management If income is down the reason is obvious If income is up they say Income has not increased as rapidly as anticipat ed All good businesses have a VP programmed to pop up and gripe about costs every seventeen months As long as it keeps its reasons synchronized with indicators anybody can read nobody ever guesses this VP android does not know what he is doing 32 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 The android did not say We have to cut cost It under stands that a dollar earned is a dollar saved Although totally preprogrammed this is an effective management tool s
137. nosed pliers to reseat the plunger into the black box you removed it from Make sure that the projection you pared down is pointing towards the screen when you reinsert the plunger P 4 PRESS THE KEY BACK ON THE TEFLON PLUNGER pA TOP VIEW OF TEFLON PLUNGER 5N CUT SHADED AREA WITH RAZOR KNIFF SIDE VIEW OF TEFLON PLUNGER CUT SHADED AREA WITH RAZOR KNIFE IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE The good part about this procedure is that if you don t like the results you can undo the deed The functionless projection on the other side of the plunger is sloped as the other projection was before you pared it down You need only remove the Teflon plunger rotate it 180 degrees and reinsert it in the black plastic square The functionless projection on the user s side will then become the active projection moving the brass spring while the projection you have just modified will become the functionless element on the user s side Replace the key and it should feel as it did originally A WARRNING The Teflon plunger cannot be bought individually If you modify both projections on a plunger and don t like the results you re stuck with it unless you buy a new keyboard or manage to salavage a plunger from a discarded keyboard W Byron Rigby is an Australian subscriber to The Portable Paper Byron is also the Governor General of the Transcendental Meditation and TM Sidhis Program in Australia Hal 8 SEPTEMBER OCTOBE
138. o load WordPerfect from the HP9114 Once you load WordPerfect you no longer need the HP9114 to run WordPerfect To comfortably run Version 4 2 you ll need a machine with 640K of RAM You can run either version of WordPerfect with just 512K of RAM if you re willing to do a lot of disk access from your HP9114 Columns E WordPerfect s Columns feature is ideal for writing a newsletter glossary script or any text that requires columnar format Up to 24 col umns can formatted in either newspaper style snaking or parallel style side by side The columns appear on the screen exactly as they will print on the page Footnotes and endnotes WordPerfect streamlines the task of creating and editing footnotes and endnotes Just enter information at the appropriate spot and Word Perfect takes care of numbering and format ting including allowing just the right amount of space at the bottom of the page If you later add or delete a note WordPerfect will automat ically renumber the others Table of contents Mark portions of your text specify a format and WordPerfect will automatically generate a Table of Contents and an Index for your document Math WordPerfect lets you use 4 function math for calculations across columns and for subtotals totals and grand totals down columns any where in your document Whenever you change a number WordPerfect updates the totals It s like having a mini spreadsheet at your finger
139. ogical Drive ReadHP is using see page 7 of the ReadHP manual for more on this It will be the next drive letter available usually drive D The rest of this article will assume ReadHP is using drive D DOS commands can access HP disks using the logical drive assigned by ReadHP drive D in our example not the physical drive your PC usually reads Make sure you use the ReadHP logical drive when reading HP disks Try formatting a new HP Portable disk copy some files to it then transfer to the IBM and test ReadHP Some problems may be because of worn disks You can get READ ERROR BAD DISK and NON DOS DISK error messages because of a worn disk Note that some files don t work on PC compatibles Copying a file to the IBM with SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 15 THE PORTABLE PAPER ReadHP will not make it usable The best test of success is to transfer an ASCII file and use the TYPE command to display it on the IBM screen 6 If you get a disk error which asks Abort Retry Ignore try typing i and see if the command will execute 7 There may be some PC s on which ReadHP cannot read some or all HP disk formats ReadHP does not work on an external 3 5 IBM drive one that plugs into an external port If you have the resources try using ReadHP on a different PC or for a different format of HP disk COMMON QUESTIONS AND THEIR ANSWERS no Q When I start my Portable a command in CONFIG SYS PO locks up the compu
140. om our 7 STEP DOWN eee part no ide type consciousness and tossed into the circular file Big Hal was 273 1401 Provides safe operation of low wattage on Dae devices such as electric razors radios calculators etc The next five hours are still a bit blurred in my memory Buried slander see rated at 40 ce ee Back and forth back and forth between Hal s office and e Step Down Transformer weighs 9 5 oz is 1 6 x0 George s studio I careened till I couldn t tell whether I was 2 6 x 1 25 and retails for 14 95 at Radio Shack W coming or going usually it was both Shrink Enlarge Cut Center Paste Over and over and over again till 18 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 Personalized ea Software INC Products that make HP Portables smarter PO Box 869 Fairfield lowa 52556 515 472 6330 EERE By Hal Goldstein 1991 Subscribers Disk Ed Keefe recently went through a number of programs I have been collecting this past year and coupled with his own collection sent me back two 700K disks crammed with software One or two more iterations are required before we nail down the 1991 Portable Paper Subscribers disk Leading candidates for the disk include s LZEXE and SCRNCH the EXE and COM file compression utilities that can reduce the size of a program file as much as 70 KERMIT 3 0 for the HP110 Portable Plus and Vectras KERMIT is a popular communications protocol that can be used when transfering files via
141. ompatibles 99 95 89 95 PRODUCT NO SQ12NS Squish Plus for Portable Plus 129 00 99 95 PRODUCT NO SQLINS Rom Backup Package includes Squish Plus for Portable Plus on disk and two 64K Backup ROMs Squish ROMs Must own Squish Plus for Portable Plus for each ROM set purchased 264 00 234 95 PRODUCT NO SQ11NK 135 00 135 00 PRODUCT NO SQ12NR 60 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE See order form for details d TO ORDER Use enclosed postage paid order form or send check or credit card information exp date signature to Personalized Software P O Box 869 Fairfield IA 52556 515 472 6330 IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR PORTABLE PLUS USERS Special Portable Plus version The authors of Squish Plus have worked with Personalized Software to create a customized ver sion that runs on the Portable Plus This version is available only from us Be sure you specify PORTABLE PLUS VERSION when you order Buy Squish Plus on ROM With disk space at a premium in the Portable Plus the best way to buy Squish Plus is on ROM Backup Our exclusive ROM Backup package includes the Squish Plus disk and two ROMs 128K total that contain all the Squish Plus files except for one that you ll never need With Squish Plus on ROM all the useful Squish Plus utilities will always be available and you won t have to give up any disk space at all THE PORTABLE PAPER 3 REINSERT THE TEFLON PLUNGER CAREFULLY Use the needle
142. on manage ment connectivity spreadsheets graphics etc The exposition will also focus on the communication of port ables specifically on modem facsimile and cellular phones Keynote speaker will be Randy Fields chairman of the board of Mrs Fields Inc Mr Fields will discuss how the changing emphasis on time management organizational 12 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 patterns and applications development are making portable computers the business for the 90 s surpassing the impact of desktop computers PC amp C estimates an attendance of 3 000 For registra _ T tion information call 1 800 545 3976 Hi Technical Support Notes By Hal Goldstein and Stephen Kelley I This past year Steve has been finishing up his PhD in Physics and consciousness at our local Maharishi Interna tional University and working at Personalized Software part time doing technical support Steve recently finished his Doctorate and is soon to begin work at the Texas Accelera tor Center I asked Steve to put together some notes for the next technical support person These notes are interesting and I thought many readers would find some value in them I have edited out most of the HP150 material BASICS OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT Attitude constitutes 90 of technical support Being friendly and understanding makes the customer feel good To help you must first listen and understand the cus tomer s problem Keep asking questions until you und
143. ordPerfect 5 0 Like new 512K Portable Plus Only 995 a Used 795 PROD NO PP16UC Each like new Portable Plus comes in its original packaging with new battery new manuals and our one year guarantee PRODUCT NO BUILUX SAVE eee Substitute a refurbished 512K Portable Plus and subtract 200 from any of these 5 2K systems Same 60 day trial Same 1 year guarantee RAM SPECIAL with used 512K Plus PROD NO BUI2UX 1095 ROM SPECIAL with used 512K Plus PROD NO BUI4UX 1395 TERMINAL SPECIAL with used 512K Plus PROD NO BUI6UX 1195 Special 128K Portable Plus PROD NO PP12UC only 395 Free technical support on every product we sell Personalized Software BULK RATE P O Box 869 U S POSTAGE Fairfield lowa 52556 PAID FAIRFIELD IOWA PERMIT NO 218
144. pability Pd also want a computer that used a full 80386 micro processor Skip the interim kludges of the 80286 and 386SX By the time the computer came to market the cost of 80386 chips should be low Again by the time the computer was a reality EPROMs should be replaced by EEPROMs also known as flash EPROMs or electrically erasable PROMs The ideal laptop should be able to support up to 4 meg of these user installable EEPROMs CMOS RAM should start with 1 megabyte on board and be expandable to 16 megabytes SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 31 THE PORTABLE PAPER An excellent keyboard would be mandatory this computer might become my main computer If the size of the machine ruled out the use of a full size keyboard then it should have the ability to use an external keyboard The ability to use an external VGA or better monitor would also be tops on my wish list And while dreaming I could also wish for an active matrix LCD color display The ideal laptop should also be ruggedly built and be able to withstand all the punishment that the HP Portable and Plus handle Battery life should exceed eight hours and in emergen cies the batteries should be replaceable with an external battery pack stuffed with off the shelf batteries that you could buy at any store That way if you forgot your battery charger you could kludge together a power supply from a local Radio Shack or electronic supply store The wish list could go on a
145. r details TO ORDER Use enclosed postage paid order form or send check or credit card information exp date signature to Personalized Software P O Box 869 Fairfield LA 52556 515 472 6330 1991 Subscribers Disk 19 30 Like New Plus back cover Stero Shell E As Easy AS 1 1 eee eee 1 26 Mobile Recharger 34 Stowaway Modem Fax 10 12 Classical Classifer 29 Norton Utilities 8 27 Term110 Plus Condor seco ee whet ee a 13 No Squint ices wee e ew eas 25 Used Computers Products DAC EASY 00005 19 Numeric Keypad 25 Video x e Editor II The ve sss saes 9 Portable Powerhouse 10 Voltage Adapters Adve rtised or Empowerer 29 Power Cube 28 Webster s Speller D r d e Ethernet Adapter 25 ReadHP iis ide Saas gees 18 40 Weltech S Diye crases US FastPlus 66 55 R N a Sareea 38 Repairs a a ner 1 WoOrdPeriect xS coh 6 R eee tSc se un FilePlus 265s ea eae ee 33 ROM Backup 20 21 WordPlus This Issue Formatter 0 8 9 ROMBO ROM WorldPort Fax 19 25 HPduette 00 13 Burner inside front 28 34 WorldPort Modem 3 HP Professional 39 SHEID 6 4 ci eee os eae 3 37 Zenith SupersPort Kermit 3 0 esas bee ee 4 Sidewinder 414 44 o e3 sags 11 La pLink lt S RR Heese na 25 SquishPlus 7 PRICE LIST 4
146. rds B Replace all other occurrences of the word B Look up the spelling of any other word at any time WEBSTER S also lets you mark in your text any spelling corrections that change length of a word this lets you quickly locate portions of text that may need refor matting WEBSTER S will automatically locate double repetitions like and and It can correct transpositions itme becomes item missing apostrophes dont becomes don t and typos of all kinds spellling becomes spelling etc If you re not sure of a word you can even spell it the way sounds and chances are WEBSTER S will supply the correct spelling Fenomenon gets corrected to phenomenon for example In addition WEBSTER S will let you preview a list of all questionable words before displaying them in context this saves you time because it lets you eliminate words from the questionable list or add them to your auxiliary dictionary before you begin the editing pass John Dvorak writing in the San Fran cisco Examiner called WEBSTER S the NI PV users Please subtract 10 from subscriber price since we don t have to send you additional customized disks or extra documentation Be sure to indicate PORTABLE VECTRA on your order RERRERARAA LR 8 RAR AR ARAR ARAR ERR LR ARAR AR ARAR ARAR AR eee ee ee ee ARAR ARAR ARAR ARAR ARAR R eee e
147. rdware software trends and developments Start your free subscription today Send us the coupon below You ll receive a subscription application in the mail Fill out and mail the application to qualify for your free subscription Profess ona SUBSCRIPTION APPLICATION REQUEST YES I d like a FREE subscription to HP Professional Send a subscription application to Nane ee itl Company Address aad ees ee lt nen A 6 Telephone Mail to HP Professional P O Box 616 Horsham PA 19044 0616 Or call Lori Ulbrich at 215 957 1500 or FAX 215 957 1050 THE PORTABLE PAPER Even though your HP Portable HP150 and the new IBM compatible computers both use 3 disks the disks are incompatible HP disks can t be used in IBM machines ReadHP a device driver program developed by Personalized Software solves the problem ReadHP installs in an IBM PC or compatible in min utes and is a cinch to use You simply place a 34 HP disk single or double sided in the PC s disk drive and press a few keys Voila The PC can read and write to the disk directly without losing the ability to read and write to IBM disks Want to share your WordPerfect Lotus or other files between your HP Portable HP150 and an IBM compat ible with a 3 disk drive It s simple Order ReadHP Now you can use HP Portable or HP150 disks single or double sided in a 3 IBM compatible SHAE
148. re too big Here s the solution The Power Cube Recharger from Personal ized Software The Power Cube has four power cords Three are HP cords that plug into your HP Portable ThinkJet HP9114 disk drive s or Power your Portable ThinkJet and HP9114 from a H To HP Portabl single H Pani _ N To ThinkJet To wall outlet The fourth is a conventional AC cord that plugs into the wall and powers the other three Get rid of that tangle of extension cords power strips or whatever else you ve been putting up with Order a Power Cube Recharger today Power Cube Recharger 89 95 HP hand held HP41 71 75 series 80 etc 79 95 for Portable Paper subscribers C Copyright 1987 Personalized Software may be directly entered into the editor using the ExtChar and numeric key pad On the Plus you can do this if you remember to invoke the imbedded key pad first You can still use the ExtChar G command to pick from an abbreviated list of characters There is a new print control PG causes an immedi ate pause during printing This allows you to align the platen for printing on various kinds of forms There is a new filemode M which supports the disk fil format of Microsoft Word 5 0 In addition the P modecan now handle files created by WordPerfect 5 The X switch allows importing and exporting files using the XYwrite file format The display of fixed hard tabs previously set at 8
149. rint HP11NS 80 00 MemoMaker Pack FM14NX 159 90 Format Plus Webster Spelling Checker PrinterTalk PT11NS 49 95 PrinterTalk Format110 PT12NS 89 90 RightWords Dict Ext RW12NS_ 29 95 RightWriter RW11NS 95 00 Webster s Speller WB11NS_ 79 95 ACCESSORIES SUPPLIES BATTERIES HP110 Battery BT12HC 39 00 HP9114 Battery BT13HC 65 00 Portable Plus Battery BT11HC 59 95 Refurbish a 9114 Battery BT11NG 35 00 ThinkJet Battery BT14HC 55 00 34 95 49 95 99 95 29 95 9 50 39 95 225 00 250 00 165 00 250 00 175 00 175 00 69 00 119 00 89 95 499 00 499 00 62 95 79 95 59 95 69 95 59 95 159 00 79 95 195 00 99 95 129 00 169 00 339 00 395 00 35 95 69 95 49 95 75 95 125 00 44 95 59 95 29 95 89 00 69 95 39 00 65 00 59 95 35 00 55 00 5 Includes instructions torx screwdriver nut driver CABLES 92221M ser modm 110 CA13HC 42 00 HP92221P ser prn 110 SC13HC 42 00 HP IL Cable 1 Meter HC11UM 8 00 HP IL Cable 1 2 Meter HC12UM_ 6 00 HP IL Cable 5 Meters HP11UM 10 00 Serial modem 110 Plus WM14NM 42 00 Serial printer 110 Plus SC13NM 42 00 CARRYING CASES HP vinyl 110 NEW BV11HC 29 00 HP leather 110 USED CS11UC 89 00 HP fabric system USED SC11UC 110 00 Targus leather system TA11NM 199 95 Targus nylon system case TA12NM 99 95 POWER SUPPLIES RECHARGERS 110 9114 TJ charger RC16UC 20 00 110 European charger ER11HC 25 00 HP9114 Empowerer PR12NM 99 95 Mobile Re
150. rive 1 44MB 3 5 floppy drive high res display EGA CGA color monitor port m IT3200SX 80386SC 16MHz 17 lb portable with 1MB RAM expandable to 13MB 40 120MB hard drive 1 44MB 3 5 floppy drive high res display VGA monitor port m T5100 80386 16MHz 14 6 lb portable with 2MB RAM expandable to 4MB 100 MB hard drive 1 44MB 3 5 floppy drive high res display EGA CGA monitor port m T5200 80386 20MHz 18 7 lb portable with 2MB RAM expandable to 14MB 40MB or 100MB hard drives 1 44MB 3 5 floppy drive high res display VGA monitor port T8500 desktop 80386 25MHz 22 Ib with 2MB RAM expandable to 14MB 100MB 200MB hard drive 1 44MB 3 5 floppy drive VGA display adapter THE PORTABLE PAPER Vectra Views contains information which specifically pertains to the Portable Vectra CS and Vectra LS 12 Laptop PC In this column we note the latest developments in Portable Vectra and LS 12 products from Hewlett Packard Personalized Software and other third parties and include specific tips for Vectra and LS 12 users Please feel free to contribute on disk or letter to Personalized Soft ware P O Box 869 Fairfield IA 52556 call 515 472 6330 or Fax 515 472 1879 Zenith Extends SupersPort 286 Warranty to 2 Years Zenith s normal one year warranty on the SupersPort 286 has been extended to two years to deal with a loose chip problem that may have affected all units manufactured in 1988 89 He
151. ry code the encolsed disc contains the documenta tion for MS DOS Kermit 2 32 This should suffice for the 110 Plus version of 3 0 Documentation for the IBM version of Kermit 3 0 is in a book from Digital Press I ve also included source code for system dependent modules I have submitted a slightly earlier version of this program to Columbia University which holds the copyright I hope you and other users of the 110 and Plus fint Kermit 3 0 useful Jobn Nyenbuis North Chauncey West Lafayette IN 47906 We will make Kermit 3 0 available probably on the 1991 Subscribers Disk Hal P N Printer Disk Drive Accidently Switched On During Travel Just a quick note to see if any of you readers have a suggestion to solve a small problem I m having while traveling with my Portable Plus printer and disk drive It seems that while transporting my computer in and out of airplanes the printer or disk drive sometimes are switched on due to either jarring or side to side movement I ve tried various solutions from chewing gum to adhesive tape with no luck The switch design lends itself to easy on off action Perhaps one of your readers has experineced this problem and has deter mined a good solution Bob Margevicius Service Cycle 23879 Madison St Torrance CA 90505 Expand the Scope of the Portable Paper I ve been intending to respond for weeks to your request for advice column Now that I
152. s on the shareware market Stereo Shell will probably appear on the 1991 Subscriber s Disk TURBO ASSEMBLER VERSION 2 00 For those of you who may want to try your hand at Assembler programming you may be interested to know that Turbo Assembler 2 00 now works on the Portable Plus Turbo Assembler 1 00 had some difficulty in running on the Plus It would not work from the DOS command line Interestingly it would work some of the time from the PAM shell The TASM 2 00 bug if that s what it was has been fixed MIX POWER C VERSION 2 00 If you re not up to Assembler programming but you re looking for a cheap way to learn C programming then how about spending 20 for a full fledged C compiler MIXx Software Inc 1132 Commerce Dr Richardson TX 75081 has recently upgraded their top selling Power C compiler The compiler is relatively fast performs some optimization of code and produces EXE files which are on a par with those produced by Turbo C I just received my copy of the upgrade and have barely had time to check that it works on the Portable Plus I would be interested in hearing from anyone who uses this product regularly 1991 SUBSCRIBERS DISK major upgrade More than fixing a few bugs Emry Wooten 110 It s that time of year again to call for any and all programs has added a lot of new features You are no longer restricted to using the function keys to start a command The first letter of the command
153. sed and new HP The Portable Equipment Exchange equipment see our 4 page brochure a division of Personalized Software enclosed with this issue P O Box 869 Fairfield IA 52556 Copyright 1987 Personalized Software No more cutting and pasting Now print it sideways Now available on HYWVHEDEHHHEE GPE YHEUEHRPHEE 2 BEE NEHRU EE RUB ROM Backup ae Se 55 EEE So Se E ES mme SE SE SE Se SE Se Ss oe So E SE ora tte Be Se De Se oo I7 Te K Soe goir Ir se Te Te ge Se FE i for the Portable Plus HEBER RRP EERE HER BHR RENEE ENE RB BRRE RRR ERE PRN BEE UE See Software on ROM ad E i GE irg 12 ME TEE GEE TE TE TEE SE ECE EE EE TEE GE HE ES ESE GE TE EE TEESE EE TS HE HE GE Ee in this issue ZEI ii iiig i ESF ARP ii i SN dE di SMA se Dl Te G2 oae Ta ele Sa to is ue ir 3e ce L tS BZ SESC at AS RE EZEZ BE KE RE ras ET FT EE RE ST RS ee KS ES se gr RE cag EZ RT SE RE ZT RE Re EZEZ BE EL RE PE gz Rt St RE BK ZERE Sin Gn de 2 72 32 22 ts 3 i2 TE Er bs x ar fe te TE 9S 22 ts 32 in GR ces BS CE SE WE TS TE BE if TS SEP EF LEE grr IT e Se SF FS 1 1 P AA S 7 4 i e lma we wer Ka TR x N L ole e Y n gt te ee 0 le po 9 T E a kan CH e K aE f N 76 Te z fa i 7 k Y ET D 7 tiy 7 bea te T e e e sz ak V Te a K t So E E Aap Polte Ui 5 wee 22 Ss Ib se 2 Se se fe ae Se se Bo Ser s LE eS ae Iz se ZE ZZ ZE ZZ Z aa Z 2 gt 22 SS 28 Be SESS ae ape ag Melag 25 me AR RA oe pe sm Pm om Om R O
154. simply not covered in the manuals Once you ve seen the tapes you ll find that the user s manuals make excellent reference sources Part 5 Demonstrations of Products HOW TO USE THE HP PORTABLES is a highly cost effective way to learn how to use an HP Portable to full advantage It saves time and effort in getting up to speed and it saves time and effort in training others Order HOW TO USE THE HP PORTABLES at our risk today HOW TO USE THE HP PORTABLES videotape 150 Portable Paper subscriber price 119 SPECIAL DISCOUNT The regular price of HOW TO USE THE HP PORTABLES is 150 or 119 if you subscribe to The Portable Paper However HOW TO USE THE HP PORTABLES is only 45 if purchased along with any used HP110 or Portable Plus system from The Port able Equipment Exchange a division of Per sonalized Software Used HP Portables make great gifts HOW TO USE THE HP PORTABLES makes them even greater because the tapes eliminate much of the strug gle and time spent in learning how to use the machines R Brief demonstration of what an HP Portable can do word processing spreadsheet database management communications time management Part 2 Fundamentals of Using the HP110 and Portable Plus W Understanding the value of the HP Portables RAM and ROM teshnology Includes demonstration of how to install ROM chips in the Portable Plus R
155. sk into my config system at bootup I get Non system disk or disk error Retries do not work If I bypass the disk to proceed my next message is Bad or missing HPIL SYS Running the TEST on the disk I get the following 1 Test 700 Return Looking for card at address 700 Card Found 2 Test 1700 Looking for card at address 1700 Card Found 3 Test Looking for card at address 1700 Card Found If I change the config sys to Device HPIL SYS a1700 all of the above repeats and I cannot run the program either In reading all issues of The Portable Paper relating to the HP IL card I find that this is not uncommon _ Ever since your first issue I have been most thankful for your existence not only for your challenging expertise with the RECOMMENDED FOR HP110 Portable C3 T L ES o Portable Plus SERON TermPlus Portable Vectra IBM PC and compat Available on ROM Backup for u L Box 864 the Portable Plus Portable Paper subscriber price 79 95 TO ORDER Use enclosed postage paid order form or send check or credit card information 4 exp date signature to Personalized Software P O Box 869 Fairfield A 52556 515 472 6330 Portables but for my introduction to computerese I ve learned much throughout your pages and have felt good about buying your recommenda tions even to the point of experimenting in areas where I felt absolutely no con
156. ssing you must be doing all this for the love of it the portables or maybe HP Interesting to see how some readers complain about the advertising a sure sign of the ever present economics factor and the eventual demise of The Portable Paper replaced by the NEC newsletter My one 110 is about 5 years old still with the original battery and going strong About a year ago I noticed that the Low Battery warning appeared when the indicator still showed 60 odd percent charge left but no problems so far I just have to keep going You in various editorials dwelled on the question of what HP did wrong And I suppose so has everyone who really cared about their products All I can say from personal experience over more than 20 years with HP equipment in this coun try is that there are still a lot of people who would love to own HP equipment IF ONLY THEY COULD AFFORD IT I know some people got tired of com puters who only talk to themselves I think we can all salute Apple for staying Apple keeping their own operating sys tem and own brand of machine even though they lost both the founding mem bers of the company 7 So why not HP Their earlier one _Aggressive marketing line display machines were capable of things not found in many systems even today The catch of course is how to maintain the high standards of quality when lowering prices Volume sales The market for exclusivity this
157. st version since they are bigger than an almost equivalently effective early version In anticipation of ROMBO I installed Version 1 10 of PKZIP on my Plus just to verify that it would work with mysystem It is larger than the program that it replaces but it is much faster and this may even be worth the extra E disk it is occupying Before installing any software I always directory the distribution disks to see what files are there and if there are any batch files I will take a look to see what they are doing There are several batch files on the ROMBO disk I printed copies of these so I can analyze them at my convenience Reading code is often one of the best ways to learn how a product works At least it s cheap LEARNING TO USE A COMPUTER The first step in learning to use a computer is to learn an application such as 1 2 3 or word processing This should be obvious since there is no reason to use a computer unless it is doing something useful The second step is PV learning DOS and some file management techniques There is no reason to know about file management unless you have some files to manage My early experience with personal computers was using VisaCalc on an HP125 File management was never a problem on this machine since it did not have a fixed disk If we ran out of disk space we just inserted a new floppy Without a doubt file manage ment is the key to using a computer but it makes no sense unless there are files to manage
158. stomer support and you can call them toll free Q Will the HP version of WordPerfect work with my printer A Our instruction booklet tells you how to run WordPerfect with all printers that work with your Portable Plus or HP150 including serial parallel Centronix HP IB and HP IL Here are some of the advanced features that have made WordPerfect the world s number one selling word processor These features are common to WordPerfect 4 2 and 5 0 Speller WordPerfect s built in spell checker is fast thorough and easy to use The main dictionary contains 115 000 words and you can add words of your own to one or more auxiliary diction aries The Speller also counts the number of words in a document or in any block of text File merging and mail merging With WordPerfect it s easy to produce per sonalized form letters mail merging and to assemble reports proposals and contracts from pre written components Thesaurus WordPerfect s Thesaurus helps you find the right word when you need it Synonyms are grouped by noun verb and adjective and at the touch of a key you can look at second and third levels of alternatives machine with at least 896K of RAM e g a 512K Portable Plus with a 384K RAM drawer or a 128K Portable Plus with two 384K RAM drawers With an 896K machine and our ROM version you can run WordPerfect without an HP9114 disk drive Otherwise with an 896K Portable Plus you need t
159. sume of course you were planning to do this all along and that s why you saved all of your old Portable Paper copy on disks right The annual index is great as far as t goes but it s a hassle to dig back years to find V3 2 14 16 when I need to know something Here are some specific titles you might consider w Portable Plus Tips and Routines Portable Program Storehouse collect ing all of the Through the Looking Glass features The Portable Connec tion HPIL HPIB and Serial connec tions to other devices Portable Products Catalog extended descriptions of programs for Portables and their capabilities and lists of other products by category that will work with Portables The HP 150 System What You Need to Set One Up There s a crying need out there for a booklet of this type I don t mean an operating manual I mean a guide to what an HP 150 is and does and what the basic components are that make up such a system What kinds of disk drives are out there How do you tell a HP 150A from a B C D etc and what difference that makes the different DOS versions available and how the 150 differs from the IBM PC standard The final offering obviously is a pet peeve of mine Hundreds of companies around the country are sending out sur plus 150 systems without manuals or instructions of any kind and people are buying them and not knowing what to do with them I would be happy to help you guys put
160. t the Portables This is while trying to read all 26 copies of the Portable Paper at once I was trying to read them all in just under two days marking all the rele vant articles I want to come back to But when I started again with VIN1 I began Bainbridge Isl WA 98110 to realize why you only publish the PP every second month in addition to all your explanations about economics and other real life hurdles most of us try not to think about there is just too much information hidden in the articles It was THE PORTABLE PAPER THE PORTABLE PAPER Volume five Number five September October 1990 Editor Publisher Hal Goldstein Managing Editor Richard Hall Department Editors Tom Page David Hughes Ed Keefe Contributing Editors Joe Butterworth Stephen Kelley Thomas M Morgan Byron Rigby Copy Editor Glen Frank Art Consultant George Foster Circulation Vicki Randolph Barbara Gianino Deb Quade Executive Advisor Rita Goldstein The Portable Paper ISSN 0886 9138 is published bimonthly by Personalized Software at 57 East Broadway Avenue Fairfield IA 52556 Subscription rates one year U S and U S possessions 55 Canada Mexico add 3 surface mail 6 air other countries add 6 surface mail 18 air Please allow four to six weeks for receipt of first issue Executive Editorial Circulation and Advertising Offices P O Box 869 Fair field IA 52556 Telephone 515 472 6330 FAX
161. ter How can I remove this com mand First turn off the machine by holding down the contrast key until the machine turns off Then press ctr shft ext char and tap the contrast key The machine will boot into DOS from the B ROM drive and you can take the offending line out of CONFIG SYS If the bad line is in AUTOEXEC BAT it is easier to just hold down ctr c to abort AUTOEXEC BAT How do I turn on a locked up Portable Try these techniques in sequence each more drastic than the next until one works 1 Make sure it is off by holding down the contrast key for about 20 seconds Then tap the contrast key to turn it on Turn off the computer as above then boot from the B drive by holding down the following keys ctr shift ext char contrast Do a hard reset by removing the battery cover and Pv y pressing the black button You will loose the RAM memory 4 Replace the battery if none of the above work Q Can I send ASCII control characters to my printer with Q 16 Use the setup string option in Lotus Check in the Lotus WGDD will let you choose a new drive to save your Lotus U Manual s index under ASCII You will also need your printer manual My drive went down while using Lotus and I can t save PV the spreadsheet in my computer He spreadsheet on I ve just installed a ROM product in my Plus and it doesn t show up on the PAM screen Backup your Edisk before opening the so
162. them on my Compaq 286e desktop and my Compaq 286 Laptop Also I have found HP to be getting worse and worse in respect to customer service Having someone tell you to take your machine back to your retailer when you are six thousand miles from where you bought it can be tedious But back to you Laptops are here to stay and you are the man who has been saying so for a long time Why not a laptop magazine for all laptop us ers You could put a slim copy of Laptop User in the with Portable Paper or with UltraLite Connection Then slim those two as Laptop User gets fatter and takes over You have a mailing list and you may want to stick with a subscription style magazine independent of advertisers Or you could go the whole way and take ads and go into the shops A couple of observations The trouble with most computer magazines and Pho tography magazines is that they act li their readers collect apparatus rather thar use apparatus Dare I say The Portable SUBSCRIPTION OFFER If you re a Hewlett Packard computer user and buyer of HP related hardware software or peripherals HP Professional the monthly magazine for Hewlett Packard commercial and technical computing is for you It s a free source of valuable information that will help you do your job It s Informative It s Monthly It s Read by over 35 000 Professionals Like You It s FREE Read HP Professional for information and insights on the latest ha
163. there might be interest in general information for the Vectra se ries Ideas of new programs bat files and so on the same way we have had informa tion for the Portables Does the offer of combining programs on ROM also include Lotus 123 and other software that you did not produce yourself Ingemar Odenbrand Chemical Technology Center P O Box 124 S 221 00 Lund SWEDEN We cannot legally make copies of any HP ROMmed software Sorry Hal Expand Portable Paper to Include Other Laptops The goal of a publication such as yours would be to help a person set up his equ ipment to meet his present and future needs I believe you can do this by con tinuing to publish the Portable Paper but consider including ideas for all laptop and portable computers There are many procedures techniques and programs that laptop users need that you can describe to them This is a simple extension of 60 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE See order form for details TO ORDER Use enclosed postage paid order form orsend check or credit card information exp date signature to Personalized Software BO Box 869 Fairfield A 52556 515 472 6330 PRODUCT NO RDIINS RECOMMENDED FOR HP110 Portable Portable Plus o o Portable Vectra o o HP150 BM PC and compat what you are now doing since you suggest programs for both the Portable Plus and the Vectra Most of the popular computer magazines spend a great deal of effort i
164. time within 2 years we will replace it at no charge and eliminate the need for a disk drive communications graphics pro gramming languages and more Which means once you install these ROMs you ll have every thing you need right inside your Portable Plus You ll never have to carry a disk drive again We invite you to browse through the chart read the information at the right and then order one or more ROMs today You ll find them to be fast reliable and an incredible boost to your produc tivity Whatever your reason to free up valuable memory space to eliminate the need for an exter nal disk drive or just for the convenience of lightning fast pro gram loading fill your software drawer with ROMs and you ll turn your Portable Plus into the powerhouse its designers intend ed it to be With our exclusive Double Guarantee the risk is all ours Why not order right now P S If you have questions about any of the ROMs give us a call Brian or David will be happy to make some recommendations as to which ROMs might best meet your needs for word processing spreadsheets or whatever ap plications you re interested in UT We supply clear instructions and diagrams with every ROM order If you prefer send us your software drawer and we will install your ROMs for you and test them at no charge To remove your software drawer first back up your A drive so you won t lose your dat
165. tion this wili be printed on a LaserJet II I certainly admire what you have done for the HP user and I would hate to see all that work go down the drain although I personally don t see much need myself for portable information in the future I would therefore endorse your idea of a catalog newsletter on HP printers Also the New Wave News idea sounds intrigu ing although probably not as something which I would use so much as just read for interest Of course if you should find it worth while to enter into a publication for users of other HP equipment such as what I am using and or to start something for Compaq users I would definitely want to subscribe I hope that these thoughts may be useful to you as you plan the future of Personalized Software and I look forward to news of your decisions David G Flinn W2CFP 866 Ridge Road Lansing NY 14882 I shall appreciate if you could mention P Vol 5 No 3 I do agree that you will this to whom it may concern to the bene Mi need to expand your field of influence fit of all of us not belonging to the USA PV somewhat due to the unfortunate demise community of the HP Portables Many thanks beforehand I must confess that I have been one of Ph Ronsse Elsdonkiaan those who have deserted the HP Por 14 2610 Wilrijk Belgium table and now have a Compaq LTE 286 I have by no means deserted HP altogeth er however as I have a Vectra LS 12 on Unfortunately
166. to both WordPerfect 5 0 has a built in transfer utility that makes sharing files between versions of 4 2 and 5 0 easy Moreover WordPerfect produces identical files on an IBM PC Portable Plus and HP150 The only difficulty that may arise in transferring files between these machines is that HP and IBM computers use different formats If you don t already have the ability to accomplish the transfer you can either use our Disk Conversion Service or a variety of hardware or software solutions depending on your system For details see File Transfer Made Easy in our product listings in this issue buy 4 2 or the new 5 0 follow these steps Step 1 Assess your needs Version at top right to learn about the fea tures that are unique to Version 5 0 If you need these features then 5 0 is the version for you provided your machine can run it see below Step 2 Check your memory size Portable Plus To comfortably run Version 5 0 you ll need a To determine which version of WordPerfect to Please see the column WordPerfect s Newest he Portable Plus and HP150 Q Where can get assistance in using Word Perfect on my HP150 or Portable Plus A If you have a problem related to the HP150 or Portable Plus or if you re not sure where the problem lies call us If you have a question about how to use a WordPerfect feature call WordPerfect Corporation They are famous for the calibre of their cu
167. to your Portable Plus and the other into the desktop HPDuette transfers data at 57 600 baud To use HPDuette you connect the 9 pin serial port on your Portable Plus to the serial port on your desktop com puter using the serial cable that comes with the program 60 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE See order form for details TO ORDER Use enclosed postage paid order form or send check or credit card information exp date signature to Personalized Software P O Box 869 Fairfield A 52556 515 472 6330 Copyright 1988 Personalized Software THE PORTABLE PAPER Questions concerning the Portable Plus and the HP 150 make up the majority of technical support calls The Portable Plus and the HP 110 are very similar computers The Plus has RAM and ROM drawers which give it more capability than the 110 The 110 comes with four ROM applications MemoMaker Lotus 1 2 3 Terminal Commands and DOS Commands All these applications are documented in the 110 manual except Lotus which is documented in the HP 110 Portable Computer Lotus 1 2 3 User s Manual In addition Personalized Software sells software on disk for the 110 See our Sales Book Setting up printers and disk drives is almost identical and products are installed in PAM the same way Personalized Software s video tapes and the HP 110 and Portable Plus Owner s Documentation cover most aspects of these two computers INSTALLING AN APPLICATION ON PAM The follo
168. u make line drawings on your screen skeen Pal using the cursor and function keys indistinguishable from ordinary characters and SideWinder Age prints just as fast as your ThinkJet can wet l l It s a lot like those Etch Sketch toys you played with as a child In addition a built in mini text editor lets you get inside your Actually it s even better because you can draw not just horizontal j i L and vertical lines but also diagonals with a single key Sketch amp ee ae oe doub le wi dth Print also lets you print and save anything you draw on the screen 10 for both utilities when purchased with SideWinder dio7 JuauIdojaaag SOT jo syewapen parasia ase Z pue sno SideWinder See tah as ah ee E S 69 G 5 C9 For a complete graphics software program see ad for Sketch pl eon ae in this issue 59 9 5 fi or P or table P aper subscribers Order form and guarantee are on inside back cover or send PRODUCT NO SW11NS check or credit card number to Personalized Software PO Box SideWinder 1 01 owners may upgrade to current version 2 01 which supports 8 chars inch by sending 869 Fairfield IA 52556 515 472 6330 105 fi ietJet Print Personalized Software 7 50 or by mailing a self addressed 39 stamped envelope and the SideWinder master disk ee Copyright 1987 Personalized Software THE PORTABLE PAPER Operates on all telephone lines Line powered no batteries or AC adapter 2400 12
169. us upgrade faster processor for Portable Plus 250 des are 250 or less ays r upgrade give us a e 256K to 512K upgrade for Portable Plus 395 s 128K to 512K upgrade for Portable Plus 495 e HP9114 repair 65 135 e HP ThinkJet repair 65 135 HP150 computers and peripherals ROM Backup subscriber prices does see list at right It even does some things Lotus can t do like matrix operations If you re new to spreadsheets you ll find As Easy As to be power ful yet easy to learn and use If you already use Lotus you have nothing new to learn As Easy As works in much the same way and it reads and writes Lotus 2 01 WK files and Lotus 1A WKS files so you don t have to change your data To gain the advantages of Lotus 2 01 at a fraction of the price order As Easy As at our risk today Retail Subscriber Price Price 99 95 79 95 PRODUCT NO AS11NS As Easy As ROM Backup disk ROM 215 00 195 00 PRODUCT NO AS11NK Lotus 1 2 3 is a registered trademark of Lotus Development Corporation As Easy As on disk L G 2 B Bi C B As Easy As does virtually everything Lotus 2 01 does Portable Plus version is available only from us Other repairs depend on our cost of parts and a 42 hour labor charge You can expect a range of 75 250 for repairing most HP Portable and To extend the life of your HP equipment call our repair service today 800 373 6114 We guarantee you ll be pleased
170. verything we have I believe this so much that I loaned G my faithful old HP 110 to a friend He now knows much more about computers than he did before an OK invest ment in my opinion Someone suggested the ideal product costs a penny sells for a nickel and is habit forming The object of negotiation is to identify the little products we have and then trade for something the other guy has We may not be able to produce a product that is habit forming or costs only a penny but we should always be looking for prod ucts to trade We should always look for Opportunities and a problem is nothing more than an opportunity in disguise Computers are rather expensive but they can sure be habit forming Here are ideas I submitted to make our machines more effective 1 Audit old disks and recycle those that are no longer needed This is an opportunity to identify and pre serve key files for history or quickly and painlessly deal with a pile of totally disorganized disks before manage ment realizes what a valuable resource they could be if properly indexed 2 Save disk space via intelligent software installation There is no reason to keep files on a disk that are not used Software vendors could give us some help with this Figuring out what files that came with a progra are useful is a very educational hacking opportunity THE PORTABLE PAPER 3 Compress files with PKZIP or SQUISH PLUS Obviously saves dis
171. wing applies to either the 110 or the Portable Plus Create a PAM MNU file on the drive where the application files are located Use COPY CON or EDLIN U Py The Editor or another ASCII text editor to do so PAM MNU consists of a set of two lines for each PAM application on the disk The first line appears as a title on the PAM screen and the second specifies the startup command for the COM EXE or BAT file you wish to run Sample Contents of C PAM MNU where BASIC COM and EDITPLUS BAT are the files which start the two applica tions on drive C Basic basic The Editor editplus PRINTERS Printers may be classified according to their interface with the CPU Most common interfaces are HP IL HP IB serial and parallel Thinkjet Printer HP IB 2225A HP IL 2225B Parallel 2225C Serial 2225D The first step to setting up a printer is to get it to print from DOS 4 g u CONNECTING THE HP IL THINKJET PRINTER TO THE 110 OR PORTABLE PLUS first hook the printer up in the HP IL loop Then modify system configuration set printer interface to HP IL CONNECTING A SERIAL THINKJET PRINTER TO PORTABLE PLUS HP 110 1 Connect serial cable 9 to 25 pin HP HP92221P or Personalized Software SC13NM serial cable 2 Set all dip switches down 3 In datacom configuration f5 menu set Serial to 9600 8 1 none on ignore ignore ignore 4 In system configuration f6 menu set printer inter face to serial i 14 SEPTEMBER
172. wlett Packard OEM d the SupersPort 286 from Zenith and called it the LS 12 It seems that chips installed in sockets on the motherboard of the SupersPort 286 can vibrate loose or lose their protective coating and corrode A number of problems have been reported by users that seem linked to this condition They include shaky screen display blank bright blue screen fuzzy characters missing rows or columns in the display hard drive failures preventing booting Zenith dealers have reported that the model has been brought in for service more often than other Zenith machines Because the loose chips cause such a wide variety of problems Zenith will replace the motherboard of any malfunctioning SupersPort 286 If you have an LS 12 and are experiencing any of the above symptoms contact your HP dealer to arrange for repairs HP will cover the cost of the repair and return postage to you You will have to pay for shipping your LS 12 to the appropriate HP Service Center If replacement assemblies in addition to the original manufacturing problems are needed the extra cost will be charged to the customer or the customer s service contract W Pv This Doctor wi Makes Housecalls By Richard Hall An unfortunate event that has probably never happened to 24 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 anyone else in the whole world happened to me at the worst possible time two weeks ago while I was trying to finish a work related document at home
173. worksheets in memory at the same time It also has the ability to link one worksheet in memory with other worksheets on disk Erased your files Get them back with The Norton Utilities HOW TO RESTORE DELETED FILES It happens to the best of us One slip of a finger and a whole week s worth of text or data is past history But not if you have THE NORTON UTILITIES Just type qu for quick unerase give the first letter of the name of the file you erased and the file gets restored Mi raculous as it sounds in many cases that s all there is to it HERE S HOW IT WORKS How can a deleted file get unerased Simple The file isn t really deleted in the first place When you delete a file all that actually gets erased is part of the file s directory entry That s why it only takes an instant to delete an entire file Without a directory entry DOS can t find the file but THE NORTON UTILITIES can Now what about those cases where you can t possibly recover a file because you ve already partially overwritten it with other files Surely THE NORTON UTILITIES can t help you then VERSION 4 0 OR ADVANCED EDITION WHICH ONE SHOULD YOU BUY If you have an HP110 The Advanced Edition does not work If you have a Port able Plus or HP150 The Advanced Edi tion of The Norton Utilities includes all of Version 4 0 plus many additional fea tures Among these are 1 Speed Disk Packs
174. xt You can enlarge reduce move and rotate most images to your specifications Styles You can combine text and codes to create a specific style or format that you can then use over and over again for chapter headings subheadings etc Document compare WordPerfect 5 0 will compare the on screen document to an existing document on disk Text that has been added will be red lined marked with a vertical bar in the left margin and text that has been deleted will be shown in strike out Keyboard redefinition and macros WordPerfect 5 0 lets you store any sequence of keystrokes so that those keystrokes will be ex ecuted upon the press of a single key This macro feature allows easy entry of repeated text and commands One way to use macros is to change the key assignments for Word Perfect s features There is no limit to the number of different keyboard layouts you can thus define sided HP150 system Our recommendations In general Choose WordPerfect 4 2 if a your machine demands it or b you re already us ing 4 2 on other machines and don t intend to upgrade or c you wish to save some money and don t need the new features in WordPerfect 5 0 On the other hand if you want those new fea tures and your machine can handle it WordPer fect 5 0 is the one you should get If you use a Portable Plus you ll tie up the least amount of RAM if you purchase our ROM Backup version of W
175. y new manual and our 1 year guarantee SPECIAL HP110 PORTABLE PLUS BUNDLES HP110 ThinkJet HP9114 PP40UX 4300 795 Like new RAM Special BU11UX 3816 1295 Refurbished RAM Special BU12UX 3816 1095 Like new ROM Special BU13UX 4450 1595 Refurbished ROM Special BU14UX 4450 1395 Like new Terminal Spec BU15UX 4360 1395 Used Terminal Special BU16UX 4360 1195 256K Terminal Special BU17UX 4591 845 RAM SPECIAL 512K Port Plus 128K RAM drawer Shelp Editor II Websters FormatPlus FilePlus As Easy As GamesPlus ROM SPECIAL 512K Portable Plus 128K RAM drawer ROM drawer GamesPlus and ROMs Editor II Websters FormatPlus FilePlus Shelp As Easy As TERMINAL SPECIAL 256K or 512K Portable Plus 1200B int modem Reflection or PC2622 MemoMaker Time Manager PERIPHERALS MODEMS Used 1200 baud Internal BM11UC 600 250 167 WorldPort Modem 1200 WM11NH 199 179 WorldPort Modem 2400 WM12NH 359 319 295 WorldPort M 2400 MNP WM13NH 499 425 WorldPort serial cable WM14NM 30 20 WP 1200 Upgrade kit WM13NG 199 179 WP Acoustic coupler WM16NH 79 79 HP92205D Acoust cpler AC11NC 195 135 PRINTERS PLOTTER Refurbished HP IL ThinkJet Printer TJ11UC 495 199 179 Serial ThinkJet Printer TJ14UC 495 295 DeskJet Printer cable DJ11UC 837 425 399 HP IL 7470A Plotter PL11UM 1095 595 DeskJet Plus DJ12UC 995 CALL PaintJet PA12UC 1395 CALL LaserJet 500 Plus LA13UC 4200 CALL LaserJet II LA14UC 2495 CALL LaserJet IID LA12UC 3795 CALL
176. y Portable Plus a powerful tool and I owe you and your staff a fair sum of gratitude The features which made it the premier machine when introduced are now for the most part either common place or obsolete but your insight that user support would be needed is what has made my initial investment seem like the bargain of the century Without your help this machine would not be on my lap now So what s next There is great need for your style of hands on user sup port Lotus 123 support was part of your original plan but was set aside due to there being other sources for help and other things needing your attention We know of no user support that has the right focus it s either too close in or too broad and now only the Lotus Whizzes read that stuff These folks have not had a significant impact on how people do their jobs how companies do business or how new products are created We have dozens of PC s here and they ve been in place for years but the Information Systems people tell me that 38 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1990 60 days Please note This upgrade will void your HP warranty and HP will be under no obligation to service your Portable Plus in the Suture However we will continue to service upgraded machines and HP repair centers may in fact do the same This FastPlus upgrade will make your Portable Plus more than twice as fast as the original IBM PC that s even faster than the HP Port
177. y found in the B BIN ETC subdirectory perhaps you didn t know your HP Portable PLUS had DEBUG COM By setting the Plus to a default condition I thought it would be possible to search main memory for a byte pattern that matched the defaults found in the configuration EPROM The goose kept slipping further away DEBUG didn t produce the results I sought after The chase continued as I began to search deep into PAM with a more robust debugging tool to find the answers to my questions Learning takes time and great learning takes even longer I ve learned a lot about PAM but I haven t found the location of the system configura tion parameters yet Our lesson reminds us that we need to be patient and keep searching And so I continue the search Ah time to kick off my shoes and wade for awhile If you happen to know where the System Config parameter table is located drop me a note through Personalized Software I can tread water for only so long WHILE WE WADE There are many ways to bide our time while looking for a solution to this interesting problem There has been some interest in developing a set of simple batch utilities that would work in conjunction with the TERM program built into the Portable Plus The general idea is to be able to write a little batch file that would dial a number through the internal modem Once connected the batch file would send the logon and other necessary strings to get to the right menu on t

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