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The LX-Files, Part 2: The Stuff Is In Here .•..•.•..•...... •... 7 If you ever wondered how you might use a 32 or 64 Mbyte HP 200LX here's the answer. Larry Garwood shows how he made his HP Palmtop his primary computer with the help of several dozen programs.

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I suspect that people buy a Palmtop because it looks neat and works great. The HP Palmtop Paper They keep a Palmtop when they discover how ver­ satile it can be. For many users the built-in applications are more than enough. However, they still want to make the Appointment Book, Database Engine, Lotus 1-2-3, and Volume 7/Issue 6 HP Calc do more. For the folks in this camp, the Basic November/December 1998 Tips column in this issue contains some tips that have Executive EditorIPublisher never before appeared in print. Hal Goldstein Other Palmtop users seem to have crossed a threshold. They realize that Publications Director the Palmtop could do a lot more if only there were more System Manager com­ Richard Hall Managing Editor pliant or plain MS-DOS programs available. If you count yourself as a user Ed Keefe who wants "more, more, more!" take a quick look at the software index on the Art Director last page of this issue. There are 50 files in the list: enough to fill two HP Palmtop AI Constantineau Paper ON DISKs. Yet when we started to put this issue together we saw that Technical Editor we had enough "new" software to fill about 15 disks. Fortunately, we can make Tom Gibson room for those on the 1999 PTP CD InfoBase. Department Editor Wayne Kneeskern Ninety percent of the files are the result of one person's desire for "more, Contributing Writers more, more!" Dr. Larry Garwood turned his penchant for old adventure games J. Lawrence Garwood, M.D. into a search for lost software treasures. He shares his game strategies and some Hans Hoenen, Stephan Luettjohann, Yoichi Motohashi, David Sargeant of the treasures he found in two articles that we've called The LX-Files. Advertising Hans Hoenen and Stephan Luettjohann have pushed the Palmtop into the Brian Teitzman realm of desktop publishing with the use of the TeX formatting program. Who Margaret Martin Tiffany Lisk would have believed that the HP 200LX could do Palmtop Publishing?! Yoichi Circulation Motohashi does, and offers convincing proof that it can be done. Sharon Lloyd, Marge Enright Sandy Spees For those who are involved in word crafting, we offer David Sargeant's Executive Advisor review of two great dictionary programs that work on the Palmtop. Rita Goldstein In the Through the Looking Glass column, I talk about some more software Contact any of our editors at that will keep your Palmtop's clock accurate to the split second. I also answer [email protected] the question "is the Palmtop Y2K compliant?" In short, it is: you'll be able to For orders or customer service [email protected] use the Palmtop well into the next millennium. TI,e HP Palmtop Paper (ISSN 10656189) is pub­ The question remains: what to do with all the extra software. Hal Goldstein lished by Thaddeus Computing Inc., at no North Court Street, Fairfield, IA 52556. Periodical postage gives the answer in his User to User column in which he talks about the paid at Fairfield, Iowa. Subscription rates payable in greatest CD InfoBase yet and announFes www.PalmtopPaper.com. the new U.S. dollars, checks drawn on a U.S. bank, or by credit card - one year: $39; two years: $69. Postage: Web site for Thaddeus Computing. Be sure to check it out. U.s. and U.S. possessions free; Canada, Mexico add $6 per year; other countries add $1 8 per year. Hopefully there's enough in this issue to keep you enthused until next year. Published bi-monthly. Please allow four to six weeks for receipt of first issue. Executive, Editorial, Circulation, Marketing and Advertising Offices: no North Court Street, Fairfield, IA 52556. Telephone: (515) 472-6330, FAX: (515) 472-1879. Copyright 1998, Thaddeus Computing, Inc., all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written pennission. Reasonable efforts are made to provide accurate and useful 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 here­ in. POSTMASTER: Please send any address changes to TIre HP Palmtop Paper, Attn: TIllIddeus Computing, Inc., no North Court Street, Fairfield, IA 52556.

THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1998 1 Larry Garwood and Ed Keefe have spent hundreds of hours coming up with the palmtop "software bonanza" chronicled in this issue. Their discoveries, experimentation, and documentation have brought the HP Palmtop to a whole new level of usefulness and enjoyment. The three articles in this Software Bonanza section describe these discoveries and list upgrades of already popular pieces of palmtop software. You can find all the software described in this 3-article Software Bonanza section (and MORE!) in our 1999 HP Palmtop Paper CD InfoBase and at www.palmtop.netlsuper.html. which is now sponsored by our new web site www.PalmtopPaper.com. -Hal Goldstein

The LX-Files: The Stuff Is Out There

Trust no one who tells you that "DOS is dead." Larry Garwood offers convincing proof that there is still a lot of good software available for the HP Palmtops: you just have to know where to look and what to look for.

J. Lawrence Garwood, M.D.

efore I discovered the Internet, down a trail where I learned about the asked Hal Goldstein, the publisher, if B my only source for HP software history of the Adventure International he would be interested in some "new" was The HP Palmtop Paper ON company, its bankruptcy, and finally software he could feature. He referred DISK. However, the Disks seemed to the salvation of its software. During me to Ed Keefe to whom I've been offer the same programs over and the search I found several similar sending software treasures for the over. Then with the coming of pieces of software, e.g., the Howarth past couple of months. Now I can Windows 95 and Windows CE, the Adventures. This was a real bonus. share the wealth. I began looking at other resources false rumor started that DOS and the Some reflections on a search HP 200LX were dead. Since the HP and found a wealth of software which 200LX is my main computer and since makes the HP Palmtop leave the CE During the course of my search, I my 200LX does far more than any machines, and possibly Windows 95 came across all kinds of shareware Windows CE machine, I began to machines, in the dust. that ran on the Palmtop. Much of panic. I could imagine that the end I thought it was just a matter of what I found didn't appeal to me, but was in sight. Yet I knew there were still time before The HP Palmtop Paper since my dross might be someone some good uses for the 200LX. So I would begin to feature the things I else's gold, I passed these programs started to look for MS-DOS software had found, but it didn't happen. I on to Ed. I found myself using the on my own. My quest began with a search for a classic set of text adventures by ABOUT THE AUTHOR Scott Adams (not the cartoonist). I John Larry Garwood was born and raised in Canada where he earned med­ ical degrees from the University of Western Ontario and McGill University. had enjoyed these adventures on my He is currently an ophthalmologist in Santa Monica, California. His comput­ old Atari computer and thought it ing began with an Atari 800 and has migrated through several handhelds to would be great to have them on my the HP Palmtop. Larry can be reached at [email protected]. Palmtop as well. The quest led me

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"golden oldies" every day. It was time Manager session only one DOS win­ a support book in a used book store. to pay the programmer. Not to do so dow is permitted. I have configured Agenda is not immediately intuitive, would amount to software piracy. the default memory for this window so some help is needed to get started I'm convinced that software pira­ to be 200K, which leaves very little with it. cy will eventually destroy the soft­ base memory for other applications. Abandonware sites on the Internet ware industry. My experience with One can get around this problem by come and go. They operate on the the orphaned Atari computer is a case using Software Carousel or by defin­ fringe of legality. Sometimes the soft­ in point. People stopped creating pro­ ing the amount of memory each indi­ ware on these sites is truly abandoned, grams for that machine and put the vidual DOS program gets. The real and this will be the only place to find company in limbo because of piracy. no-brainer is to have the software be the software. I'll take a look at what's As a result, I try to register all the System Manager compliant. offered on these sites, but only after I Palmtop software I use. I want my start my anti-virus program.. There HP 200LX to last me a long time. Look for DOS software that has a may be a clue in the "abandoned" compatible video mode Furthermore, since the computer I program about how to get legitimate world is being overwhelmed by A lot of DOS software will run on versions of the software. For exam­ Windows 95/98, it is important to the Palmtop. However some of it is ple, the game "Dark Designs" runs encourage Palmtop software devel­ hard to read. Programs that rely on very well on the Palmtop. In the copy opers. Give them what they ask for color-coded text just don't cut it on the I found on an abandon ware site it whether it's E-mail, a postcard or Palmtop. Unless a program is a "killer became apparent that the program money. Keep the programmers happy app", having to press the color toggle was written by John Carmack who and they'll probably write something keys (ON / and ON * ) is a nuisance. happens to be involved in developing else you can use. Ideally, DOS software should have a games such as Quake. He was kind Some programmers ask for money command line switch that forces it to enough to return my inquiries about but usually not much. My suspicion use a black and white video mode. Dark Designs. The program is still is that programmers couldn't possibly Sure you can run the TSR utility commercially available: volumes I and be making a living off the little they CGAheip to force text to appear as II are for the PC, volumes I-VI for the ask for a program. They must get black and white but, again, this is a Apple II. So I ordered the Apple II their rewards elsewhere. The money nuisance rather than a feature. versions, and now my quest continues is just a concrete way to let them Some commercial software such for an Apple II emulator that will run know that others love what they've as the Many Faces of Go, Info Select, on the Palmtop. done. Our job as users is to make sure Fritz 2 and Word Perfect look perfect they continue to love their work. on the Palmtop. Othello will never Where to look look right. Since my treasure hunting began Some goals in shareware hunting: as a supplement to The HP Palmtop Look for Palmtop specific software Abandon "AbandonwaI"e" (Almost) Paper ON DISK, it seems redundant to Because of the Palmtop Appli­ The term "abandonware" refers to list this as a resource. Still, The HP cation Library (PAL) programmers software which is more than five years Palmtop Paper ON DISK is the best can develop software with a "Palmtop old, is no longer sold, and seems to place to get started. It contains soft­ look and feel." These programs work have been forgotten. It should be ware that relates to the articles in the very well and tend to be constantly remembered that not all abandonware current issue and the software is honed with upgrades. That makes is as abandoned as it seems. Often the always the latest version. System them ideal for the Palmtop. Some of person who owns the rights to the More Menu (SMM), my favorite the programs are so good that I use software will re-release the software in replacement for Application Manager, them on my desktop with the Palrun a bundle. This is what has happened was found only through the Paper. program. with the Ultima series, the Wizardry series, and the Infocom series of The CD InfoBase Look for EXM software: All things games. All of these programs run on The CD InfoBase contains all the being equal, it's better than EXE the Palmtop, and may find new life software from past issues of The software there, but to use these programs with­ Palmtop Paper ON DISK, the Power "EXM" programs are those that out paying for them is piracy. Disks, Best Tips, and PC-Cards Disks. use the Palmtop's System Manager Lotus Agenda appears to be an If you have all these disks, you program. Such programs allow for exception to this rule. It is freely dis­ could get by without the CD ROM. task swapping and they use as little tributed by the Lotus Corporation on However, if you're prone to misplace memory as possible, leaving the rest their Web site. There is no support disks or forget what's on them then for other programs. In any System available but sometimes you can find the CD Info Base can save a lot of time

4 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER/ DECEMBER 1998 and aggravation. 89 i terns 217 KB diva i Lab le Here's a tip for using the CD InfoBase. If you're looking for a par­ I',,;;';;'m,;;;;;;! ••.... ticular program use the built-in search Flash RamDisk RomDisk Fi Ler QUiCken Sauer Remo te-.ft Remo te_c Disk engine to get a list of the software; 0100101101 go to the end of the list and work ~ backwards. That way you'll get the ~ b... _- CON t::l IflI Phone KTX Edit Icons X-WorCis Remote Trash latest release of the program. I just • Temp wish there was some way to remove older versions of the same program from the CD. Do we really need all the X-Finder older versions of the VDE editor or software provided. as they no longer need it. This is how the ZIP.COM file transfer utility? Cuel's site (spock.vector.co.jp/ I acquired Info Select and Quattro Pro CompuServe authors/VA002322/lx.htrnl, English (both of which work very well on the and Japanese version) not only offers Palmtop). The HP Handheld forum is the only most of his software, but also provides If you regard corporations as reason I maintain my subscription to links to other Japanese sites. What is friends, you will fL.'1d that they can be CompuServe. The folks on this forum interesting is that these programmers most helpful. The Word Perfect are helpful and friendly. Most Internet do not cater to the English market at Corporation (when they were still in providers charge about $20 a month. all. Many of the programs are on Utah) had the attitude that once you For an extra $5, I can participate in this Nifty-Serve and are not available had purchased Word Perfect, you group. It is well worth it. The unless you subscribe to that service. were entitled to use any previous ver­ HPHAND libraries contain most of Sometimes you'll see a reference to sions as well. They would sell you the tried and true software for the HP a program and be frustrated by its the previous versions for the cost of Palmtop, but if you're looking for more apparent unavailability. Keep brows­ the diskettes only. you'll need to look to the Internet. ing, eventually you may find it. For The Internet example, I know that Cuel has writ­ Old Bookstores Etc. ten an IPEX Clock program, but I still If you want to search the Internet I found Scrabble for DOS in a used haven't found it. for "lost software treasures," I'd sug­ book store- it works well on the gest starting with the HP Palmtop Used/Recycled Software Palmtop. From a used software store, Ring maintained by Teng-Yan Loke, at I found the SoftKey dictionary (the There are a number of sites on the www.geocities.com/SiliconValley / American Heritage) which worked World Wide Web that advertise recy­ Park/ 4335 /hpr_index.html well as a pop-up TSR with Word cled and/ or used software. Here are Perfect. I used this for a year or two From there you can branch off to a few of the ones I've found. Your until The HP Palmtop Paper offered other HP 100/200LX sites. Often there search engine may find others. is much to be learned from other the Collins dictionary. experienced users. If they love the www.siteworx.com/pds / predrivn. Palmtop enough to create a Web site, html Sharing the Treasure you can be sure they are fairly knowl­ www.microstar.com/business.html Best EXM Program: X-Finder edgeable about it. www.echosoftware.com/usedcat2. After just a couple of months of The S.u.P.E.R. site is the single most I html searching, I have accumulated comprehensive spot for palmtop soft­ enough software to fill five disks. www.completelyfreesoftware.com/ ware (www.palmtop.net/super.htrnl). I realize that's too much to dis­ Various FTP sites have a wealth of www.wdn.com/ems/ oldtools/inde tribute with The HP Palmtop Paper ON material. These include the Eddie and x.html DISK, but perhaps it will appear on Monash sites, ftp:/ / eddie.mit.edu/ The last site listed above has a the www.PalmtopPaper.com web site pub/hp95LX/hplOOLX/ and ftp:/ / lot of older Borland C and Pascal in the near future. ftp.cc.monash.edu.au/pub/palmtop/ compilers that may be of interest to In the meantime, let me share with The Vector site (www.vector.co. programmers. you what I consider the best pro­ jp/ cornmon/ dos/util/machine/hp/) grams I've found. is where you can begin to look for Friends Without a doubt, X-Finder is the Japanese software. The excitement Sometimes friends will have old most powerful application I have here is that rarely will there be any software that they no longer want or found. It works like Windows 95 English documentation, so you will use. Offer to buy it from them. Most Explorer. It can launch EXM, EXE and have to figure out if you can use the often they will give you the software COM files regardless of whether or

THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1998 5 REVIEW: The LX-Files

I' " Best runner-up EXE / COM program: Fruit95 Fruit95 is my pick of the crop. This little sleeper has been sitting around for a long time and nobody seems to know about it. It was written for the HP95LX but runs quite well on the HP 200LX. Fruit95 is a challenging puzzle game every bit as fun as

Wherels Sokoban.

fiQUWN:':Mt4*.'j.' Best DOS freeware/shareware: I My choice here is the Scott Adams adventure games. These were the II games that got me interested in com­ •• puters back when I used an Atari 800 •• computer. I was very pleased to find U_Ll_~.I I";'~ DOS versions of these games 20 years later and I am also pleased that they are available for legal use again. IconVu EDITOR: Larry Garwood has per­ not the EXM program was installed in Best runner-up EXM programs: formed a remarkable service for the MOREEXM.lNI or APNAME.LST. It WhereIs and Icon Editor Palmtop community both in starting a search for lost DOS software and sharing uses file associations as is done in I found both of these programs his discoveries with the rest of us. FILER.lNI. It treats ZIP and LZH because of X-Finder. The "finder" pro­ The accumulated files would fill at archives as subdirectories. It can dis­ gram calls these other applications play uncompressed icons directly. It and therefore I knew they existed. I least five or six high-density disks: far sends deleted files to a trash bin so kept hunting for them until I finally too many to duplicate and mail. We intend to make all of the files available in they may be easily restored. The pro­ found them. gram can even be used to browse a Wherels is especially useful for a special section on our Web site and on desktop, and backups to the desktop those who have upgraded their the 1999 CD InfoBase . See the article entitled "The LX-Files, Part 2" in this are possible. X-Finder can also launch Palmtops to 32 or 64M bytes or who other applications from a secondary have 40 Mbyte or greater flash disks. issue for an annotated list of all the soft­ menu. Both ZIP and LHA are native to On these large memory Palmtops it's ware Larry has found. X-Finder which means that you can all too easy to lose track of a file or use it to compress or decompress files two. Wherels makes it easy to find You can find all the software any way you want. In short you can them again. use X-Finder either as a menu system described in this 3-article Soft­ Icon Editor is an EXM icon editor ware Bonanza section in our or file manager or both. The program which will not consume a DOS win­ even permits long file names! dow, nor will it hog an exceptional 1999 HP Palmtop Paper CD The main problem with X-Finder amount of memory (13 K by my InfoBase and at www.palm is the lack of English documentation. count). top.net/super. html, which is Furthermore X-Finder calls two other now sponsored by our new web programs, Memo Express and Log site www.PalmtopPaper.com. Express and these two programs will Best EXE/COM program written not run without Japanese fonts. I have for the Palmtop: IconVu tried to minimize this problem by Owen Samuelson's IconVu is fast, using extensive file associations in can view icons from many predefined the FINDER.ENV file. I've substitut­ directories, shows 44 icons at once, ed Flexpad for Memo Express as the and links to two other icon programs Editor, and PNS200 for Log Express as which I use. Check out the great the viewer. "about" screen!

6 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER/ DECEMBER 1998 The LX-Files, Part 2: The Stuff Is In Here If you ever wondered how you might use a 32 or 64 Mbyte HP 200LX here's the answer. Larry Garwood shows how he made his HP Palmtop his primary computer with the help of several dozen programs.

J. Lawrence Garwood, M.D. and Ed Keefe

he LX-Files consist of more than Comments about these programs A more detailed listing T 30 different programs. Some of These programs are provided "as Please note that some of the LX­ them are System Manager com­ is". The staff of The HP Palmtop Paper Files were created by Japanese pro­ pliant; others are MS-DOS programs. doesn't have the resources to support grammers. Larry Garwood figured out Many of them have been around for these programs over the phone. On how to make the programs work and several years. However, all of them the other hand, if you discover some­ we've included his tips and techniques. are new to the staff of Thaddeus thing more about installing or run­ Computing. If you like to play games, ning the programs, whether it's good we have some of those. If you like to or bad, please let us know. CAPUZll.ZIP 7,041 bytes enhance your Palmtop, you'll have Here then are the LX-Files. lots of chances to do that with the pro­ CAPUZ is a "screen shuffle" grams in the LX-Files. System Manager Compliant Files game. It captures a screen and lets To give you an overview of the • CAPPUZ: playa game you decide how difficult a puzzle to software, we'll begin with an abbre­ • ICONEDIT: draw some icons make. The trick is to install the game viated list and then expand the list • LFTREE: create a directory tree in MoreEXM (not System Manager). with more details, including some • LXF107/LF: enhance Filer Be sure to suppress the clear screen tips, traps, and techniques for using • TOPCARD: pick your topcard command in MoreEXM otherwise the software. • PJ2T: manage your projects you'll capture a blank screen. The syntax for installing the program in Where to get the LX-Files • X-Finder: manage your files • WHERE100: find your files MoreEXM.lNI is: All of these files are available C: \

\cappuz.exm,,l, DOS Applications either from www.palmtop.net/ . Capuz super.html or from the Internet sites APDOS.ZIP: keep your books You can use a set of PCX files to mentioned throughout this article. • SCOTADAM.ZIP: adventures create the puzzles. The documenta­ The disk symbols in the listing below DOOM.EXE: track your seconds tion is in Japanese. indicate that a file is contained on • FRUIT95: playa wicked game Nov./Dec., 1998, issue of The HP HPTREK.EXE: or an old game Palmtop Paper ON DISK. Some of the • ICNVU: view all your icons ICONEDIT02C.ZIP 10,984 bytes files didn't make it on the disks: there ICONVIEW: view all your icons are just too many of them. However, • LO.EXE: play this game ICONEDIT (Screen 1) contains a all the LX-Files along with other files OPEN.EXE: open a data file System Manager compliant icon editor that may have surfaced after this issue • RUN.EXE run EXM files somewhat like the DOS icon editor went to press will appear on the 1999 SHEZ.EXE: manage ZIPs, LZHs built into the HP 200LX. The program edition of the CD InfoBase from ST.EXE: play Star Trek was originally found at http:/ / Thaddeus Computing, Inc.. Stay • VADAS.EXE: playa game spock.vector.co.jp / tuned. ZZT.ZIP: try this tough game

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Mail/Fax Enclosed Order Form or Call 800-313-6114 or 515-412-6330 Fax: 515-412-1819 Email: orders @thaddeus.com authors/ VA003644/ . It's author, Imm~n Kikuyan, has implemented the ...... :...... : Icon Edit-or following features: 1) clipboard view­ I':' :5:5: >:::1,. :i:;:5 ~I ... ·········;·.1.:·;i i [CURSOR] = Moue cursor er-so you can see exactly what you ...... [2],[4],[6].[8] = Resize cursor ;-5 ··1:1 :I :I .-.. • al.:::_.:.. i [SPACE] = Draw Pixel are copying/ cutting/ pasting. 2) I •.•... ·····:.:·.1: .... -. :···:.:-··1 adjustable "cursor" size-handled by ~ I :. a: ... :.=::=.: •••• :••• :. -. : a.. := I FiLe=C:,ICONS,FAXGUI.ICN the [ShiftHarrow] keys. 3) different I·····::··:·· : .. :•.. :•..• :.: .•. : •.··.:11 x=oo Y=02 Width=27 Hight=11 i.;;:.: : : : : : : :-:-:.:::-.:::::&1:- i OrawMode=XOR modes- a) make the cursor squares ...... :I al::::: •• _.·.·.·.· ••• ::- :I black b) make the cursor squares white c) invert the color of the cursor squares. Screen 1: Iconedit Opening Screen Install the program in Application Manager and run it. The program is .. , ...... : fairly intuitive. c:, ~p 1-1- OAT LLRASERV tISD MAIL D REFRENCE LFTREE06.ZIP 11,817 bytes f-~ OATA D CRLENORRORUGS D FAMILY For best results install LFTree r~ TRAVEL (Screen 2) using the MoreEXM pro­ ~DD HPMILERW gram. LFTree shows a branching D CRATER directory tree. The left and right arrow keys expand and collapse the branch­ Screen----~~~-~- 2: LFTree Screen es. To move quickly through the direc­ tories, just begin typing the name of ,. ,-, . . .. .,...... 6:J: __.,_ the branch and you will be moved C:'TEMP' A:' II I a-mllil gne! BIN (OIR> 98 09 12 there. The ENTER key creates a link +TEMP2 (OIR> 80-01 -03 COLLINS (OIR> 98-08-19 +10K .ICN ?nn q", no:; < ... naTa (OIR> 98-03-27 to LX-Filer if it is installed with a hot +20MAZE .ICN . (OIR> 98-04-14 +CAPLX .OOC Input FiLename (OIR> 98-08-27 key of ALT+F4. +CAPLX103.ZIP (DIR> 98-06-20 +CAROS2 .ICN i ] (DIR> 98-08-23 There may be a limit to the size of +GRAVE .ICN (OIR> 98-04-18 the tree. There are no problems view­ +HANGMAN .ICN 200 97 06-23 FINOER .ENV 10014 98-09-11 +HAO ICN3.LZH 1414 98-09-05 LE .RES 1200 98-08-25 ing the full tree of a 32 Mbytes +HAO-ICN4.LZH 7383 98-09-05 MOREEXM .INI 0 98-09-11 +HEARTS .ICN 200 97-07-22 OFFICE .QNX 44726 98-09-10 upgraded HP 200LX, but there may 28Marked 68608 bytes Tota L: 33455104 Free: 568320, be a problem with a 64 Mbytes flash­ card with a complex tree structure. Screen 3: LXFiler Opening Screen This program is found at www.vector.co.jp/ common/ dos/ utillmachine/ hp/ and is freeware install it in MoreEXM. A= Set a file Attribute The LECFG file must be edited so C= Copy file(s) that any paths and menu items reflect D= Delete file(s) your preferences. We have provided F= Find a File LXF107.ZIP 24,796 bytes an alternative LECFG file in addition H= DOS sHell

LXFiler, version 1.07 (Screen 3) is 1 to the one supplied by the program­ K= maKe Directory a better version of the built-in Filer. mer. The alternative LECFG file sets L= Change Directory For instance, it has a configurable the sort order to alphabetical and M= Move file(s) launch menu and can pack and splits the screen in a familiar way. To P= Pack (LZH Compress) unpack LZH archives and can manip­ let LXFiler deal with *.LZH com­ Q= Quit ulate file attributes. The Rename func­ pressed files you must have LHA.EXE R= Rename tion is also easier to use than in Filer. installed somewhere in the DOS Path S= Split/unSplit This program was found at on your Palmtop. If you install T = Time Stamp www.vector.co.jp/ common/ dos/ LXFiler with the hot key as [ALT +F4] U= Unpack (LZH Decompress) utillmachine/ hp/ and is freeware. you'll be able to start it from the X= DOS eXecute (highlighted LFTree program. command) Installing LXFiler Z= Custom Commands (set up in The Command Set for LXFiler Install the program as you would CFG File) any EXM program; i.e., put it in The keys below will perform the Shift + Letter= Move cursor to Application Manager or better yet actions on the right of the equal sign. next file beginning with that letter

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translation of the documentation. Where there's a DoubleSlor: there's a way ... The archived file is available at To use 2 PC Cards at the same time - even copy files between Cards www.palmtop.net/super.html and is freeware. To run multiple PC Card products - SRAM, To install the program just unzip fax/modem, memory cards, etc. the PJT200.ZIP file into a separate To connect Type I,ll and III Cards - even a directory on the Palmtop. Install it in Type II and III at the same time Application Manager or MoreEXM. To externally power PCMCIA Cards - for Be sure to read the PROJECT. DOC those power hungry PCMCIA peripherals and JAPANESE.OOC text files. The To run ATA flash cards and hard drives - PJT2HLP.MOB file is in Japanese so like the notebooks can! unless you understand this language DoubleSlot, PCMCIA Slot Expander - just rely on the English documenta­ reaching new heights of performance for your HP Palmtop. Ition files. The program does have some limitations, e.g., 1) the Import Add the Travel FloppyTMto your Palmtop ... function doesn't work in the File World's smallest 3.5" floppy drive menu; 2) there is no text output to PCMCIA, type II compatible the clipboard; 3) databases must reside in either C: \ _OAT or A: \ _OAT; For Palmtops or other DOS/Windows 4) Find in the Search menu doesn't computers work; 5) Print is the only function to Use it to transfer files, archive, or run print out all the data in Comma programs directly from disk Separated format. Portable like your Palmtop - goes anywhere Uses inexpensive 1.44 Mb or 720K diskettes X-FINDER.ZIP 100,840 bytes -=-A ""'r rn 'r~r."® 48460 Lakeview Blvd, Fremont, CA 94538-6532 J1L-L-U.:U ,1, L (510) 668-4900 FAX: (510) 668-4905 Setting Up X-Finder T E C H N 0 LOG I E 5 INC. [email protected] http://www.accurite.com X-Finder (Screen 4) is a Palmtop version of the Windows Explorer pro­ SELlCN.ZIP 9,661 bytes TOPCARD.ZIP10,173 bytes gram. It works well, but getting it to work well may take some experi­ SELlCN lets you select an icon for To make the process of selecting or mentation. Here is what seems to insertion into Application Manager viewing a topcard easier you can use work best. from a dedicated icon directory that either of the two System Manager Begin by unzipping the archive you set up on your Palmtop. Icons applications in this archive. TOP­ into a separate directory on the hard no longer have to be in the same CARD.EXM and TOPVIEW.EXM let disk of your desktop computer. Then directory as the associated file. you select and/ or view your topcards unzip each of the .ZIP files into sep­ The SELlCN.TXT file will tell you at the press of a hot key. This archive, arate subdirectories inside the par­ how to install the program. with an English documentation file, is ent directory. Continue by configuring Then you can open Application available at www.palmtop.net/ your Palmtop for a new look and feel. Manager and highlight the icon you super.htm1. It is freeware. Also take a 1) Put the LHA.EXE and the wish to change. Launch SELlCN using look at the TPCRD.ZIP file. It does UNZIP.EXE file compression programs its hot key and a directory tree will the same thing as TOPCARO.EXM along with the PNS200 and RUN100 appear which enables you to find your using a DOS program rather than a programs somewhere on the DOS path icon directory. Highlight the new icon System Manager program. (X-Finder does not work with the you wish to use and press ENTER. shareware Pkzip / unzip programs. For some reason, this program will 2) Install MaxOOS, IconEdit, not select its own icon for itself, but it LFTree, Wherels EXM, and the P}T20012.ZIP 70,751 bytes seems to work well otherwise! The LXFiler programs. Assign the LXFiler program was originally found at This Project Management program program to the [ALT + F4] hot key. http://member.nifty.ne.jp/ -sekiya/ is also from Japan. The documenta­ 3) Move the ICON.ZIP, ICON­ download/index.htm and is freeware. tion is, of course, in Japanese. FLO. ZIP and FINOER.ENV files to However, another Palmtop user, Jeff C:\_OAT. These are a few files that MaIka, has provided the English might help get you started. You'll

10 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER/ DECEMBER 1998 I- I _ probably have to edit them to make 89 items 217 KB available them conform to your Palmtop's set up. l'iii';;';;;:':;;;;;;1 1"";;;:';;";:;;;: 1 l;ii.;;;;;;",,;;,d •• j;~ ;'''';;'''';;m l l'iii''''''''''''''''1 4) Create a C: \ TRASH directory, F~~kh RamDisk RomDisk Filer QU ieken Sauer Rernoteo----A Remote_C using Filer's MENU, File, Create Dir... command. 0100101101 -<@- S) Edit the FINDERENV file so ~ ~ CON t::l IDI Remote Appt Phone KTX ECI i t Icons X-WorCis.. Temp Trash that the paths match those on your Palmtop. 6) Flexpad is my default English Screen 4: X-Finder Opening Screen editor for FINDEREXM. My path is C: \ TEXT\FLEXPAD\FLEXPAD.EXE. Shift+c = Copy (to same directory, Change this to suit your path. Pal Edit different name) The MS-DOS LX-Files reveals the codes, and therefore is not Shift+d = Delete the best editor for FINDERENV. If Shift+e = Edit Besides the System Manager com­ you don't have Flexpad, you might try Shift+f = Filter pliant programs, Larry also found the VDE editor. Shift+h= DOS sHell several programs that work well from 7) PNS200 is my default Viewer. Shift+i= Launches ISH the "DOS side" of the Palmtop. Most Change this to suit your viewer. Shift+j= Change Path of these are games with the excep­ 8) A list of your EXM software Shift+k= GoTo Menu on Function tion of a full-fledged accounting pro­ with compatible keys can be created Keys (User Defined) gram and a couple of utility pro­ with Finder2P. The command line: Shift+l= Log Drive grams. Here is a brief description of FINDER2P >EXM.ENV Shift+m= long naMe edit each of these files. will create the text file. Both this Shift+n= reName and the (provided) PIM.ENV file can Shift+p= Pack (copy to LZH APDOS.ZIP 273,962 bytes be grafted to the correct place in the Archive) FINDERENV file. Shift+q= Quit Account Pro for DOS was origi­ 9) File transfer programs for the Shift+r= Rename & Refresh nally a commercial accounting pro­ PC are provided in a separate archive. Shift+s= Sort gram that ran on MS-DOS comput­ (XFS.ZIP and IBMXFS.ZIP) The file Shift+t= LFTree (if installed) ers. The developers have decided to transfer programs must be run from Shift+u= Unpack LZH Archive give the program away for free on DOS mode on the Pc. The [ALT] key Shift+v= View their Website, www.accsoft-ch.com/ brings up the menu. This gives you Shift+x= eXecute free.htm the ability to move files from the Shift+y= filter The INSTALL.EXE program Palmtop to the desktop in much the Shift+z= diet requires that the LHA.EXE and same way as you can with the HP Connectivity Pack. 10) I've provided my personal icon Project: Vision archives and FINDERENV as modi­ WHERE100.ZIP 16,501 bytes gives you fied and modifiable templates. WhereIs is a very handy program Planning In Your Palm for $99 to find files that may get "lost" on X-Finder commands For HP 100/200 and DOS-based pes large disk drives. The keys below will perform the Tip #l-When the program is first Features Include: • 4iUil. actions on the right of the equal sign. launched, before specifying any filter, • One Hour learnmg Curve __ ..!._._ / = UntagAll run the options key and exclude any • Uses 300K with Max file size from 80K to 1 MEG • Logic Networks, limelines, Resource IIilItograms • = Alternates All Tags virtual drives you may have from the list of drives to be searched. This pre­ • Critical Path, Milestones, Variable Zoom - = Tag all after cursor • Mouse and keyboard operated for portability vents duplicating the search on the + = Attributes • NEW! Export to Lotus 1·1·3 WKS Files . = Move cursor to view up same drive. 1-9 = Go to corresponding drive Tip #2-After completing the Inmax Publishing Ltd. letter search, specify a multiple file viewer 2673 Terrace Ave. North Vancouver FlO = DOS shell & alternate menu such as PNS200 to look at each file BC Canada V7R 1 B5 found. Shift+a = Changes attributes / Tel: 604-980-9991 date/time stamp Fax: 604-985-5597

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ACCOUNT.LZH files are available an arrow into a wall or the side or The first time you playa particu­ in the same directory. back of another arrow or into a fruit lar game there won't be a saved game The Install program asks if your the arrow will dissolve. Two arrows so you can omit that part of the com­ computer is limited to 640K lower head to head cannot be altered. mand line. memory which would be the case Collect all the fruit by walking into it. with the HP Palmtop. If you answer TIP: If you use Buddy you'll find Yes, it will modify your CONFIG.SYS that the double-click feature inter­ TPCRD.ZIP 4,078 bytes file to include a line DEVICE= feres with this game. You can disable TOPCARD.COM/TOP RAM.SYS. When you restart the Buddy by running the game after you CARD.BAT by Lord Jonin will pick a Palmtop, this line will create a have closed all applications including .PCX file at random and make it your Ramdisk file in part of the memory System Manager. Then run FRUIT95 current TOPCARD. The program is that you have available. This is super­ from the DOS prompt. not intuitive. It requires that you read fluous on the HP Palmtop since the C: ,the documentation before trying to drive is already a Ramdisk. But the install it. TPCRD.ZIP is freeware avail­ program wants to find this ram disk SCOTADAM.ZIP 359,872 bytes able as TOPCARD.ZIP from www. in order to work. The adventure games by Scott best.com/ -jonin/palmtop.html. We If you're looking for a more pow­ Adams started out as commercial renamed the file to TPCRD.ZIP to erful replacement to Pocket Quicken, software but Scott Adams is now dis­ avoid a file name conflict with the we encourage you to try this program tributing them as shareware. They Japanese TOPCARD.ZIP archive. and let us know what you think. We are a "must-have" set of games for hope to have a professional accoun­ those who enjoy "text-adventures". tant review the program. Brian Howarth also wrote some HPTREK.ZIP 45,976 bytes adventure games using the same for­ An older version of the classic CLOCKDM.ZIP bytes mat as Scott Adams. He distributes his games as copyrighted freeware. game of StarTrek with Kirk, Spok, CLOCKDM, the Clock-o-Doom The games run best if you first and Scotty, this version of HPTREK marks the time when something is run ScottFree in monochrome mode is a DOS program that was original­ going to happen or has already hap­ using Setit on the palmtop. (SETIT is ly designed for the HP 95LX. It is pened. The clever thing about this available on the 1996 Powerdisk from available in the HPHAND forum on full screen clock is that you can create Thaddeus Computing) This is most CompuServe. your own large and small fonts for the easily done using a program call display. Simply create the fonts using LXPlore which is available in the ICNVU2.ZIP 64,109 bytes Windows Paint program and then HPHand forum of CompuServe and use the BMP-DOOM program to con­ on this issue of The HP Palmtop Paper IcnVu (Screen 5) displays 44 Icons vert the Windows .BMP files to Clock­ ON DISK. We have included a menu from multiple directories. It permits o-Doom's .FNT files. file that you can use with LXPlore. Icon editing and deletion. The pro­ By the way, here's a tip for anyone gram was written by Owen Samuel­ FRUIT95.ZIP 16,889 bytes using LXPlore: don't use the son and is freeware. This version of Buffmove.com program or you'll the program will let you link to other This game program was original­ mess up LXPlore. icon programs such as IBrowse, ly written for the HP 95LX but since The SCOTADAM.ZIP archive IconSaver and Icon200. lenVu is found it is a DOS program it will run on the includes: at: www.hom.net/-owensam/ptidx. HP 200LX. The game is similar to the 1) SCOTT. ZIP- Including the Scott html Sokoban game and is diabolically dif­ Adams and Brian Howarth adven­ ficult and clever. The file may be tures with ScottFree.exe and the open­ downloaded from www.palmtop. ing logos for the games. ICNED100.ZIP 266,987 bytes net/super.html or from the original 2) ADAMS2.EXE is a self extract­ This archive contains a Windows site at ftp:/ /eddie.mit.edu/pub/ ­ ing archive of the shareware edition hp95LX/ based icon editor that lets you create with a Windows Player! HP LX icons on your desktop. The Rules for Playing Fruit95 3) LXP-MENU.ZIP contains documentation is in Japanese, but just menus for use with LXPlore. In the game, you can move your unpack the file in a separate directo­ To restore a saved game, the com­ ry and run the ICN_EDIT file under marker by using the number pad. You mand line should be something like: can push an arrow from behind or Windows. Created by N. Yamazaki. from the side (space bar). If you push SCOTT.EXE ADV .DAT .sAV This program was found originally

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10K OPEN100.ZIP 10,614 bytes :J81ZJ1llIG OPEN.EXE was one of the pro­ E(.~. grams that came with the Japanese PROVING GROUNDS book, "The HP200LX Software Bible". • It is now available as copyrighted Screen 5: The IcnVu Viewer software and may be found at www.palmtop.net/super.html at www.vector.co.jp/ common/ dos l A typical use would be to open a DOS window in System Manager by util/machine/hpl and is freeware. MAKC100.ZIP11,976 bytes Setup: You must have the Japanese pressing CTRL-123 and then typing version of the visual basic run time Here is another freeware game from OPEN MY.PDB. This would open the library (included). This usually goes Eric Wong. In Maki your challenge is to Phonebook and load the MY.PDB in the same directory as the program. remove contiguous blocks from a data file. You could do the same thing The rest of the files go into their own board. This sounds easy but it's not. It's with a keyboard stuffing routine but directory. a challenging diversion to keep you OPEN is easier to use. After loading a Windows Icon, awake during meetings. Download you will see a little picture of it in the from ftp.netcom.com/pub/eg/eg MURK.ZIP 75,650 bytes upper right window. The three toggle wongl maki_ .zip bars will titrate the amount of each Murk is yet another set of games color desired before the conversion. for the Palmtop. This one comes in The big button makes the conversion MEMVIEW.ZIP 1,917 bytes three editions: for the HP95LX, for and the ICN file will appear in the MEMVIEW is one of the smallest the HP200LX, and for Windows 95 lower right hand window. If you hexl ASCII viewers I've run across. It (not included in this archive). The file don't like it, you can manipulate the lets you peek into the working mem­ also includes a level editor as well as toggle bars and then convert again ory of the Palmtop. You could do the an icon. The file was originally found to produce the icon to suit your tastes. same thing with DEBUG, but at http://cheesy.simplenet.com/ The 112 box inverts the image. TIP: MEMVIEW is easier to use. It is free- murk.htm. Be sure to go there for the Be sure to associate the ICN exten­ sion with this program so you can view HP icons from File Manager or Explorer. New! Link-A-Printer II Smaller size & Attached cable ICONVIEW.ZIP 45,052 bytes Link-A-Printer II is a serial to parallel converter that allows direct printing from your OmniGo IconView does basically the same 100 to any parallel printer. It also works with the thing as the IcnVu program. Howevet HP 100/200LX. the icons included with this viewer are exceptional and are well worth $79 looking at. The file was originally found at www.best.com/-jonin/ Link-A-Printer II has a built-in connectivity cable that plugs into your OmniGo palmtop.html and is freeware. 100 Since it does not require batteries or extra cable Link-A-Printer II is simple and easy to use. Also Available Link-A-Printer I 11,314 bytes Requires connectivity cable and optional battery Features auto The object of the ''Lights Out" game on/off fixed 9600 baud . $59 is to turn off all of the lights on the Greenwich Instruments LTD board. This is freeware by Eric Wong. Tel: 704-875-8490 European Distributor It was found originally at ftp.net­ GRllNWleH Fax: 704-875-2801 Tel: 011-44-181-302-4931 com.coml pub I egl egwong/lo_.zip INSIIIIIINIS USA Toll Free: 800-476-4070 Fax: 011-44-181-302-4933

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Windows version. (That is if HDM is running in SysMgr and if its DOS window hasn't con­ ST010.ZIP 18,565 bytes sumed all of the memory.) ST.EXE is another version of the RUN100.ZIP 14,778 bytes This program is written by Sekiya and is found at http://member. classic StarTrek game. The text file is Runl00 is a program that will nifty.ne.jpl -sekiyal download I in Japanese, but the crew of the launch an EXM file from a command index.htm and is freeware. Enterprise all speak English. The line. It picks up where the OPEN pro­ game is freeware and is available at gram, above, leaves off. You can com­ [email protected] bine this with MoreEXM and SHEZ.ZIP 392,653 bytes FILER.INI to run any System Mana­ Shez was one of the earliest "shell ger compliant program by pointing at TYPERV.ZIP 28,734 bytes programs" for handling any of the file it in Filer and pressing ENTER. Now you can play TyperV in color The X-Finder program needs compression programs. It lets you com­ press tagged files, expand selected files bn the desktop. This version also RUN.EXE to be in your DOS path from an archive, view text files without works in mono mode on the Palmtop statement to link icons with and will create a speed graph of your ICONEDIT.EXM. extracting them, etc. It is still available as a DOS shareware program from typing efforts. It's a freeware program RUNI00 can even be used to ftp.sonic.net/ pub/ users/ jderr that is available at KFF00642@nifty­ launch EXM programs from HDM! serve.or.jp

Formerly Commercial Software VADAS102.ZIP18,064 bytes Vadas is the original number During the development of this arti­ database but you want something akin to crunching game. It was available on cle we discovered several programs the database on the Palmtop, PC-File some Casio watches as far back as 1976. that were formerly sold as commercial might suit you. PC-File was sold by In the game, numbers march across products. The original vendors are now ButtonWare Software. Since Jim Button the screen and your task is to obliter­ offering these same products for free. If has retired, he now gives away what he ate them by pressing selected alphabet you find other such programs like those once sold, as shareware. You can find a keys. The game is freeware and may be below, be sure to let us know. copy of version 5.01 of the program at found at [email protected] Lotus Agenda: This is a Personal www.halcyon.com/knopf/free.htm Information Manager (PIM) from Lotus A book, "The Complete Guide to PC­ Development Corp. Many Palmtop File", is available from the authors. Visit ZZT.ZIP 875,049 bytes users have already discovered this pro­ the site. Therein you'll find the true story gram and are grateful to have it avail­ behind shareware from Jim Knopf (a.k.a. Epic Megagames is giving away able in their pocket. The downside is Jim Button.) ZZT! These formerly commercial that there is no online instructions for Square Notes, version 3.5: If your games run in monochrome on the using the program. Books that sup­ job involves researching and keeping Palmtop and are most challenging. ported Agenda have long since gone notes on related topics, for instance They are available at www.epic out of print. But if you're willing to when writing a thesis or a product games.com/zzt_info.htm. You'll want experiment you may find that it's just report, then SquareNotes 3.5 might be to set aside some time to download what you needed. Agenda may be useful. It's a free-form database with the large compressed file and then found at powerful cross-referencing capabilities. set aside some more time to read the http://ftp.support.lotus.com/ ftp/p You could probably get the same func­ documentation and even more time to ub I desktop I Agenda/dos/2.0/miscl tionality from a custom database on the play the games. DataPerfect: This is a true relation­ Palmtop. But if you want something al database program somewhat like that will run out of the box on the dBASE III+. It was originally sold by the Palmtop then get your free copy of Where To Find This Software Word Perfect company. When the com­ Square Notes at www.sqn.com. pany was bought by Novell and then Accounting Pro: This is a full The programs including "Formerly Corel, DataPerfect was returned to the accounting package along the lines of Commercial Software" in the 3-article author who is giving it away. You can DAC Easy Accounting or Quickbooks. Software Bonanza section will be get a copy of DataPerfect from the It is one of the files described in the available as part of the 1999 CD WPUSER forum on CompuServe. DOS section of this article. Again, it's a InfoBase and at www.palmtop.net/ PC-File: If you don't need a relational commercial product that is available for super.html. the taking.

14 THEHPPALMTOPPAPER NOVEMBER/ DECEMBER 1998 Unless otherwise noted, these files are cur­ The newest version was enhanced by the Hamada, published by Softbank, Tokyo. rently available at 11nllW.palmtop.netjsuper.html author and Thaddeus Computing to make Now released as copyrighted freeware, The files will also appear on the 1999 CD it even more powerful. InfoBase from Thaddeus Computing. Freeware, WhereIs Version 1.00 by Hiroyuki Sekiya. Backgammon Magic Scorekeeper WhereIs is an EXM program that search­ Version 5.0 by Willy Chaplin. This is a Version 1.0 by Joe Baughman. This is es all directories on your disks for the backgammon game that is very hard to an LXB script to keep track of scores in the filename you specify. The results can be beat. It runs well on the 200LX. card game "Magic The Gathering". passed to a DOS program (which works Copyrighted freeware. Freeware. great with PNS200). Originally part of the software collection sold with The BIG CICfake Version 1.00 by Hiroyuki Sekiya. HP200LX Software Bible by Hiroyuki Version 1.0 by Jorgen Dybdahl. BIG con­ Sekiya and Hirotaka Hamada, published tains two different big screen clocks writ­ CICfake is a replacement for the built-in modem card driver, CIC100. It can be by Softbank, Tokyo, in April 1996 (lSBN4- ten in assembler. The source code in Turbo 89052-911-X) . Pascal is also included. unloaded from memory and only takes 560 bytes to run. Originally this was part Now released as copyrighted freeware. Freeware. of the software collection sold with the CLK HP200LX Software Bible co-authored by Dungeon Version 1.2 by Jorgen Dybdahl. CLK is Hiroyuki Sekiya and Hirotaka Hamada, Version 0.9 by Kurt Giesselman. A nifty a small TSR clock showing the time, date published by Softbank, Tokyo. dungeon and dragons game written for or a timer (stopwatch) in the top right the HP95LX but runs on the 200LX. Now released as copyrighted freeware. corner of the screen. The archive contains Copyrighted freeware , Cliplay desktop, palmtop and laptop versions. Version 1.00a by Hiroyuki Sekiya. The palmtop version also has a battery EXMBATCH 1.5 indicator. The newest version of ExmBatch lets Cliplay is a playback program for sound data, to be used in combination with the Copyrighted freeware. you run a DOS command from an EXM Database. It does for sound what MAP­ program. This will let you assign any Covey's Weekly Compass Topcards POT does for graphics data. It directly DOS command an icon and a hotkey and Version 1.0 by Patrick West. A collec­ run it from the Application Manager pro­ plays sound data copied to the clipboard, or indirectly from a file specified in the tion of topcards to help you integrate the gram. It also has support built into it to clipboard. Originally part of the software Cov~y methods with your daily palmtop work with Software Carousel. EXMBAT­ routme. c~llection sold with The HP200LX Software CH has its own home page at rwhitby. Freeware, home.ml.org/ exmbatch.html. Bible by Hiroyuki Sekiya and Hirotaka Hamada, published by Softbank, Tokyo. Copyrighted freeware, PSpice Evaluation 112 Now released as copyrighted freeware, PSpice Evaluation 212 HV DateKey Version 5.0a by MicroSim Corp. This is a Version 2.2 by D&A Software. This file 1991 evaluation copy of the PSpice circuit contains D&A's excellent freeware HTML Version 1.00 by Hiroyuki Sekiya. DateKey is a TSR program to enable usage simulation software for DOS. Runs on the viewer that now supports Japanese. of the [DATE] and [TIME] keys in DOS. 100/200LX, but is much slower than on the Copyrighted freeware. Originally part of the software collection desktop. Requires both pspice5a.zip and pspice5b.zip to install and run. MPGTracker sold with The HP200LX Software Bible by Commercial demo, Version 2.0 by Owen Samuelson. MPG Hiroyuki Sekiya and Hirotaka Hamada, published by Softbank, Tokyo. Tracker is a PAL program that tracks your ConvertLX vehicle's miles per gallon and other data Now released as copyrighted freeware. Version 1.0 by John McDonald. by inputting data at each tank fill-up. EXMEXE ConvertLX is a PAL program that con­ Many improvements in this new version. Version 1.00 by Hiroyuki Sekiya. verts between hundreds of different units Copyrighted freeware. Portions copyright The PAL Group, EXMEXE is a DOS program that works ~ the following categories: area, linear, liq­ with MoreEXM to launch an EXM pro­ Uid, speed, temperature, time, volume, HDM and weight. Version 2.4 by Harry Konstas. This Hard gram of the same name. Rename EXMEXE.EXE to HPALARM.EXE (for Copyrighted freeware. Portions copyright The PAL Group, Disk Manager can manage and organize (ThiS IS a bugflx version,) up to 200 DOS programs with control over example) and HPALARM.EXM will be zoom mode, screen, serial port, power run. Originally part of the software col­ DOCHTML le~tion sold with The HP200LX Software management, etc. Built with PAL so it has Version 1.1 by Vivek Venugopalan. Bible by Hiroyuki Sekiya and Hirotaka the look and feel of a built-in application. DOCHTML is a DOS application that will

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16 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1998 REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW

TEX on the HP Palmtop

You've undoubtedly heard of desktop publishing. This article introduces Palmtop Publishing. TEX can turn your Palmtop into a typesetting engine that will let you create "photo-ready" documents.

Stephan Luettjohann, Hans Hoenen and Yoichi Motohashi

almtop publishing with TeX is raw file that is saved on their Psomewhat like creating a doc­ disk. If they did, it wouldn't do ument for the World Wide much good. All the embedded Web. When you look at a Web page code is in machine readable you see text in different font sizes and (binary) format. colors. Most often the text is orga­ With modern word pro­ nized for eye-appeal and readability. cessors and desktop publish­ If you're curious about how the ing programs, the only way to author created the Web page, you can "format" a document is to let select the "View source" command the program embed the code on your Web browser and you'll see for you. However, in the early plain text with a lot of embedded days of desktop publishing, HTML code. It certainly doesn't look that was not the case. like the finished product presented In the" good, old days", by your Web browser. you typed both the text and the commands to format the The HTML code might seem mys­ This technique of embedding code text. There were commands to select terious and intimidating until you inside a text document is the basis different fonts and commands to tell realize that the author probably used not only for Web pages but for all where to place the text on a printed a program like Microsoft Front Page word processing and desktop pub­ page. Once you typed in the text and or Adobe Page Mill. The author mere­ lishing. Most poeple are not aware of the code you passed the document ly typed the text and then clicked on, this. They see a Windows Word doc­ to a compiler that prepared the doc­ tool-bar icons to change the format of ument and they seldom look at the the text. In the background, Front ument. Only then could you view or Page added the HTML code that changed the format. ABOUT THE AUTHORS On the other hand, some people Stephan Luettjohann and Hans Hoenen live next like to create Web pages by hand. to the Dutch border in Emmerich, Germany. Hans They use a text editor and type both teaches physics at Willibrord Grammar School. He the text and the HTML commands. A has been using TeX for the past ten years for all his Web viewer, such as Netscape printed material. Stephan Luet~ohann, a former stu­ Communicator or Hypertext Viewer dent of Hans has been using TeX to prepare documents (HV) interprets the commands and for his advanced math courses in graduate school.. displays a Web page that is truly Hans Hoenen Yoichi Motohashi, is a professor of math. He may Stephan Luettjohann unique. It doesn't look like another be reached at Honkomagome 5-67-1-901, Tokyo 113-0021. His email address is ymoto@ Microsoft FrontPage clone. math.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp

THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1998 17 Your palmtop can be up to ... in I ... with Windows-like flexibility• !

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Order Online: www.PalmtopPaper.com or Call: 800-373-8114/515-472-8330 Fax: 515-472-1879 Just like Built-In Apps!

Like fast task-switching? Like the Built-In Apps? Applications: Ready to go immediately! How About 40 More! Easy To Learn, Easy To Use! Games: Years of challenging fun! Pre-configured with the very best freeware and shareware Games, Utilities and Applications available for your Palmtopl Applications Here's a briefpreview of what SUPER HV (Hypertext Viewer) LHA HTML browser to view Web down­ File archiver/compressor. Software Carousel does for your palmtop! loads. LXPIC PE (PaIEdit) Lets you view GIF, JPG, BMP, PLX A MEMO-like editor with many graphics files. ~S9.,~relnc. enhancements including spellchecker. - hes bullt - In s pelling c hecke r Andrew3 ~ - ~ - E§] - ~ - . - hendles t i l e s 01' unll.1 : !! :~r!~n?1~e~ ~21t~e b':' ooen VR (Vertical Reader) - u s es the Sys"gr c llQboerd More readable palmtop font. - us es l ts own c I Ipbol!rd l t ~1~1~ l lill:1ffi1l l5b oIl I O~Soitw artl n CJI~ - s uoports ell z oo ••ode s o t Lets you read doc files and electronic - c en ealt b l nery tlle s CloseFlr ~LAte s tUo da tt: A Ilf I1 27. 1 998 - s UQOorts Inc rementel s eerc hes books, vertically on the palmtop. - suoports seerch enr::! replece Close Filer to save memory. - suooorts ke yboerd OIecros DBV (DataBase Viewer) New WWW/UI. n us - lJ!IIlI:IDfor Oet aiisl 1 - c en s he l L to 005 Fast phone, appt and database file Buddy viewer. Zillion utilities in one. Use HV and LXPIC to view web documents graphics. Advanced editing with MEMO-like PalEd~ with spell checker. View fastdb Lets you view files from a variety of Speeds up database programs (e.g. Phone). word processing formats. This ~ simpB ample I Tune MoreEXM Metronome and musical tuner. Breaks system limitation of 7 EXM files . ~ D Enable software like ZOOM. ZIP Fast PC to palmtop serial transfer pro­ Typing Tutor gram. Type faster on the palmtop. Paint, Flowcharts and maps with Draw Read literature or documentation on palmtop sideways. Draw Zoom Palmtop drawing/paint program. Wonderful Magnify-like program that I tunc (u:m ' c loc k enlarges and makes more readable any PC Outline section of the screen In built-in apps. ':::11 ':::11 Enter thoughts, plans, ideas, and orga­ For example, can blow-up datacard for nize them into a hierarchical structure. more readable phone numbers. :::::::::: :::::::::: Stereo Shell Subst DOS File Manager. DOS 5 utility superior to ASSIGN. garlic Vclock LXPIC can view PCX, BMP, JPG, GIF files on your palmtop. Visible Clock: Full screen clock, timer, stopwatch. Fixes corrupt database files. Whole screen clock and timer. PKZIP File archiver compressor. Nelllc B Thaddeus Computlng: Tc hO D "lc hee l: Ncwt!) " Bonus applications and utilities Inc/uded on CD ready for easy installation. .,Tcck We'" 515 472 1867 H: 800 373 6114 II' Telber . E ll 3 II' Te ltz lllln. Br l ~n '" Fax: 515 472 1879 IlITe l e g r oup - GI!)bel A B IrTe lllc k Pat1y " Te n - Ten Ch i nese " .,TereD . EIJ I B Emall: [email protected] Games II' Te resekl . Kez uhls u 0 II' Terry . S teve 4 www.thaddeus.com ""M _HiI,,,O ~ ~ """, ~ Dominoes Golf Mine Sweep Solitaire .... Blackjack Reversi (Othello) (many kinds) FreeCell Zoom blows up any phone book, apPOintment book, or database item. Above is a before and after view. Yahtzee Bridge Sokabin Therapist 42LX Hearts Boggle Play Music Cribbage Backgammon Chess 3-0 Tic Tac Toe Tiles (Mah Checkers Go Worm Jhong) Tetris 777 Klondike MasterMind Go-Moku Here's how to order: Super Software Carousel comes on a CD with complete. easy-te-follow installa­ tion instructions and a concise electronic User's Guide. If you have Thaddeus Computing install it while your palmtop is with us (free installation) you'll still receive the CD. (You can even send your palmtop just for the free Software Carousel installation.) If you are upgrading from a previous version of Software Carousel, see How Do I Upgrade? on previous page to save $60. Super Software Carousel (New) $139.95 # SSCN Super Software Carousel (Upgrade) $79.95 # SSCU Here's how Backgammon, FreeCell, Chess, and a Go tutorial look on the palmtop. Other games include Tetris, Checkers, a music selection, and a palmtop therapist. Svstem Requirements Includes the complete version of Software Carousel, plus lots of additional software. Runs on HP IOOLX, 200LX, or IOOOCX on flash di sk or in system RAM (C drive). Full package requires 5 meg: a little over 2 meg for applications, 2 meg for games, and I meg for Software Carousel sessions. Even more applications than listed are included on CD. REVIEW: reX on the HP Palmtop

lmegnen weruen sou. Ule l'UnKUOn J nat; auerumgs Del pC: La; uJ eine Polstelle, ist folglich bei x = p nicht definiert. Fur die Losung des Problems setzt man dann folgendermaBen an: AT RIGHT .. b f(x)dx = lim lk f(x)dx + lim lb f(x)dx Printed example 01 la k-+p-O a k-+p+O k Sind beide Grenzwerte endlich, so ist das Integral sinnvoll; die TeX output and input.

Screen 1: Equations in TeX Section 1 (Physics)­ example of formatted equations.

,Section 2 (Chemistry and 0., 011 Plots) - sample drawings with B 'N-C-e:f TeX. B~ I B Section 3 (How the Beginning ... ) - shows sample formatting com­

\_'III>-..... r_ •.. .,.,.t__ .." - _~,.lo.l_I{.a"""'~ mands along with text. 855 1. : 1. Formatting commands

Screen 2: TeX Presents Graphs are like HTML code.

Ig:.;€\!IC,€'i·i LXTeX on your Palmtop Taking into consideration the lim­ TEX - Ma. 1. nmenu ited disk space on the HP Palmtop, we document: zeeman.tex have tried to keep the size of our ver­ sion of TeX as small as possible. It still consumes 3.7 Mbyes of disk space. We chose as our compiler the TEX.EXE program from EMTeX ver­ sion 3.0 and for our screen preview­ Screen 3: Main Screen of LXTeX er we use DVISCRS.EXE version 1.6b taken from another EMTeX version. For printing we have installed DVIH­ PLJ.EXE version 1.6d which allows print your document. learning how to make use of almost you to print on both LaserJets as well If you wanted to prepare a techni­ all the TeX formatting commands. as on DeskJets. Most of the fonts that cal document full of equations and In general, here's how you use are needed are placed in the file graphs, this was the only way to do it. TeX. DLBASE.FLI. We created some addi­ The alternative was to write your equa­ 1. Type your document using an tional fonts using the Metafont pro­ tions on paper and hope that a human editor of your choice. While typing gram also developed by Donald E. typesetter would get them right. your text, specify with TeX commands Knuth. The most efficient compiling pro­ where chapters begin, where quotes We chose PalEdit as the text edi­ gram for producing high quality sci­ and paragraphs are to be placed, tor to use on the Palmtop. Finally to entific-technical documents was cre­ where formulas and enumerations make the process of editing, compil­ ated by Donald E. Knuth more than 20 begin and end. ing, previewing and printing a docu­ years ago. He called the program TeX. 2. Compile your document with a ment almost seamless, we created an LaTeX, Leslie Lamport's TeX; and TeX compiler. LXBatch program that lets you use EMTeX, Eberhard Mattes' TeX. are 3. After that you can preview the the function keys to access the various versions of the original TeX compiler. document on your screen and send it parts of the package. They will let you produce "photo­ to a printer. ready" documents after a few days

20 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER/ DECEMBER 1998 1 Physics

Thp. Dutch physicist Pieter Zeeman discovered in 1896 that frequencies of atomic spectrailines can be influenced by a magnetic field. This splitting of enerw levels is effected by the interaction of the magnetic moment iI of the electron with the magnetic induction B. This energie is given by the Zeeman-Energie

EZE = -iI· E. (1) The quantum theory points out that every single term is splitted by a weak magnetic field into (2J + 1) equidistant levels:

EJLMJ = EJL + gl'BBMJ with 'Y = gl';, (2)

24 where I'B = 2e~m. = 9.3 ·10- JT-l is the Bohr magneton and 9 is the Lande-factor with 3J(J + 1) + S(S + 1) - L(L + 1) 9 = 2J(J + 1) . (3)

2 Chemistry and Plots

8 7 6 A plot created by gnuplot O~C/,OH 5 H" I N-C-H 4 HI" I 3 R 2 1 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 3 How the beginning of this sample was typeset

\documentstyle [chemstruc ,picins] {article} \begin{document} \section{Physics} The Dutch physicist \it Pieter Zeeman \rm discovered in 1896 that frequencies of atomic spectral lines can be influenced by a magnetic field.

This splitting of energy levels is effected by the interaction of the magnetic moment $\vec{\mu}$ of the electron with the magnetic induction $\vec{B}$. This energie is given by the \it Zeeman--Energie \rm \begin{eqnarray} E_{ZE}=-\vec{\mu}\cdot\vec{B}. \end{eqnarray} The quantum theory points out that every single term is splitted by a weak magnetic field into $(2J+l)$ equidistant levels: \begin{eqnarray} E_{JLH_J}=E_{JL}+g\mu_BBH_J \quad \mbox{with} \quad \gamma=g\frac{\mu_B}{\hbar}, \end{eqnarray} where $\mu_B=\frac{e\hbar}{2m_e}=9.3\cdotl0-{-24}JT-{-1}$ is the Bohr magnet on and $g$ is the \it Land\'e--factor \rm with \begin{eqnarray} g=\frac{3JCJ+l)+SCS+l)-LCL+l)}{2JCJ+l)}. \end{eqnarray} REVIEW: reX on the HP Palmtop

In particular A Real World Example I am back to my home or office. I have We have made our LXTeX package Yoichi Motoashi is a math profes­ never tried to use DVIOUT as a print­ available to readers of The HP Palmtop sor who teaches in Japan but also er interface device. Printing can be Paper. It takes about 2 Mbytes in its travels around the world. He has used done far better with the Mac and its compressed form. When you get a TeX on his HP Palmtop to write arti­ laser printer. copy of the LXTeX package, the easi­ cles and even a book. The following I use the editor TED.COM made est way to install it is to uncompress is what Yoichi has to say about the by a Japanese professor of computer the files on the hard disk of your desk­ value of TeX on the Palmtop. science, which works beautifully and top computer. This part alone requires The TeX I use on my Palmtop is very quickly on both Japanese and Windows. Once you have the files SBTeX, which is available as English texts. decompressed, you'll find the files in SB40TEX.ZIP at various sites on the I write a TeX file (say 2-3 pages) a directory tree called EMTEX. Internet for free DOS software. I use with TED, TeX it with SBTeX, view Simply transfer all the files in all the DVIOUT as the TeX viewer. The ver­ the dvi-file with DVIOUT, think about subdirectories below EMTEX to the A: sion of DVIOUT I use has been mod­ what I've written, correct the original drive of your Palmtop. LXTeX is ified for the HP Palmtop and needs or add something, TeX it again, and designed to run from the A: drive, EMS. In my case the main system is send it to Finland, for instance. On however, we have included instruc­ Japanese which automatically enables the other side of the world my friend tions telling you how to modify the EMS, otherwise the system would receives the TeX file and immediately various files so that the program will not work. This TeX viewer may be prints it out at his office or home and run from the C: or F: drive. We also found by searching for T24202HP. returns his comments which I receive show how to install text editors other LZH. However, these files are not on a street in Tokyo or Oberwolfach in than PalEdit. If you decide to make enough; you also need font files. I the Black Forest... and continue to any changes to the default configu­ gathered those CM fonts and corre­ improve the original idea. Eventually ration, you will also need a copy of sponding TFMs from various sites the result is published as a joint work. LXBatch 3.0 to re-create the which I cannot remember well. I now To get a better idea of what can be MENU.EXE program. have a complete set of fonts and met­ done with TeX on the HP Palmtop, let To run the LXTeX program use rics covering those designed by me advertise my book which I wrote the More Menu Applications Donald Knuth and the American using TeX on my Palmtop. Most of the Terminate command to quit all appli­ Mathematical Society. I usually pre­ writing was done while flying over cations. When you're at the DOS A: \ pare my TeX files in the 'Plane TeX' Siberia, the Pacific and Atlantic prompt, you can type LXTeX and the format. (I call this 'Plane TeX' rather oceans, walking along the Danube in main menu will appear. than 'plain TeX', to indicate my fre­ Budapest, enjoying Botticelli at Uffizi, We have included several sam­ quent use of it in a plane over Siberia watching snow falling in Turku, ple files that you can use to test the or Italy, etc.) Finland or wherever. compiler, viewer and printing pro­ I haven't tried LaTeX, since I do Please find the book at Www.ama­ grams to see how they work and get not like it very much because of its zon.com by searching for the author, some idea of how much time it will heavy specifications. For a mathe­ Motohashi. You should find an adver­ take to compile a document on the matician Plane TeX is more than tisement for 'Spectral Theory of the Palmtop. Further instructions for enough. Some of my friends claim Riemann Zeta-Function', which is using the main menu and for navi­ that JTeX a Japanese version of LaTeX published by Cambridge Univ. Press. gating the viewer program are con­ works well on their HP Palmtops, but tained in a README. DOC file in the I suspect the speed hampers its usabil­ Shareware/Freeware EMTEX directory on the Palmtop. ity, even on a double speed. (My 2 mentioned in this article You may also want to take a look HP Palmtops are both double speed at one or more of the *.TEX files to see and 6 MB). LXTeX (freeware) - consists of two files: what TeX formatting code looks like. I use my HP combined with my TEX.EXE, 1.36 Mbytes: and TEX2.ZIP, As with HTML coding, it is fairly MAC Power Book 1400C on which I 608 Kbytes. The first file is a self-extract­ straightforward for simple docu­ have a far more advanced TeX system ing, compressed file that contains a Windows program to decompress the ments. But for documents with a lot by BlueSky Co. (Textures 1.8). So on second file. The ZIPped file contains font of graphics, equations and tables, it trips, and during those boring facul­ and style sheets used by the LXTeX for­ can become complicated. If you make ty sessions as well, I carry my little HP matter. Both files will be available on the a mistake in the coding, the compiler and work with my mathematical 1999 CD InfoBase from Thaddeus will display an error message but it ideas using SBTeX. I prepare math Computing, Inc. They will also be avail­ won't stop the compiling process. articles divided into smaller pieces able for downloading from www. palm and combine them on my Mac when top.net / super.html

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Great Palmtop Dictionaries!

The Collins Electronic English Dictionary & Thesaurus and the Collins Series 100 Multilingual Dictionary surpass all other dictionaries for the HP Palmtop.

By David Sargeant

few weeks ago on the HPLX ities. The dictionary can be passed a the first place is to find out how to A mailing list, there was a ques­ word to look up from the DOS com­ spell the word. So how does the pro­ tion posed, "Is there a dic­ mand line. (e.g .. , typing COLE1 ELE­ gram react if your word is misspelled? tionary for the palmtop that can give PHANT and pressing ENTER will If your word is totally nonsensical me meanings of words, or are they all display the definition of the word (i.e. "xxxxxxxx") it almost instantly just spell-checkers?" "elephant.") The dictionary handled takes you to a list of suggestions. For The shareware / freeware world is most every word I threw at it, includ­ slightly more varied words, like "djd­ surprisingly lacking in such a piece of ing "defenestration," a word that not jfk," it takes under 1.5 seconds to software. The only decent shareware many dictionaries seem to have. And, return a list of suggested spellings. DOS dictionary that I'm aware of is of course, the Collins dictionary For words very close to the correct Jorj, which, while a nice program, has includes a complete list of definitions spelling, such as "elefunt," it takes a somewhat limited feature set and a for all of the "naughty" words. Lest about 2.5 seconds to return a list of limited number of words. So those you become confused and acciden­ words. In fact, the longest it ever took of us who would otherwise have to tally use one of these words in place to search out and return a list of sug­ tote around a large paperback dictio­ of a less offensive euphemism, the gestions was 3.5 seconds. Not bad at nary have been searching for a good Collins dictionary thoughtfully all! (These trials were performed on dictionary for a long time. informs you that they are "taboo" my double-speed machine, running One solution has been the and "offensive slang." the dictionary from a flash card.) American Heritage Dictionary. The The program finds definitions for The thesaurus is quite complete electronic version of this dictionary is correctly spelled words extremely and returns the most complete list of a very nice program. Unfortunately it quickly, under 1.5 seconds for any synonyms I've seen on a dictionary is extremely difficult to find. ' word in the dictionary. This compares for the palmtop. It's just as quick as Enter the Collins Electronic quite well to other commercial dic­ the dictionary, if not more so. I typed English Dictionary and Thesaurus tionary programs like the American in the word "mad" and got 2.5 pages from Harper-Collins. This program Heritage Dictionary. Of course, that's of synonyms in under 3 seconds. is a really handy one. It has so many nothing special; often the reason The dictionary also has a useful features I hardly know where you're looking in the dictionary in "Wildcard" feature, useful for cross- to start. In the first place there's the dictionary itself. Running COLE1.EXE ABOUT THE AUTHOR brings up the control panel quite quickly (it takes less than a second David Sargeant lives in Boulder City, Nevada with his wife to pop up the control panel window and two little girls. He is a computer engineering student at the itself). The nice little window that University of Nevada at Las Vegas and computer system admin­ comes up includes all of the com­ istrator for a local company. In his spare time he maintains the mands you will need, including the www.hplx.net Web site that is devoted to things "LX". David can be reached at [email protected] dictionary, thesaurus, and search facil-

THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER/ DECEMBER 1998 23 REVIEWS: Great Palmtop Dictionaries! word puzzles, and an "anagram" fea­ 14MB). However, the Collins dictio­ it- from common words such as ture, useful for ... well, any situation nary's size is increased by the option­ "run," "eat," "blue," "chair," and you need to figure out what a word's al modules. The Thesaurus adds "speedy" to less common terms like letters can be rearranged to spell, I another 1.1MB, the pronunciation data "laser printer" and "computer pro­ suppose. These features, though not is another 550K, and the etymology gram" and "bludgeon." The 27-page lightning-fast, were surprisingly quick data (or word history adds another manual that comes with the software on the palmtop. I typed in "F?S??N" 860K. The total size of the package (which, unfortunately, seems mostly in an attempt to see how long it would comes to about 9.6MB, but again, a concerned with the Windows ver­ take the dictionary to find "fusion" couple of Megs can be shaved off if sion) says that each bilingual dictio­ in the wildcard search screen. Five you don't mind losing the thesaurus, nary includes 75,000 references and seconds later, I had a list of five words, pronunciation, and etymology. 110,000 translations, which seems to including "fusion." The program dis­ All in all, this is a great product be plenty for what I could think of. played the matching words on the that thrills me no end. I plan to replace the speed of lookup was quite screen as it searched the dictionary, my American Heritage Dictionary impressive on my double-speed unit, which I thought was a nice touch. Of with this version, since the searching the program was fairly quick to load course, the speed will vary depending is so much faster. If you want to have initially from my flash card, and it on how many wildcard-characters a dictionary with you, this is the one found words extremely quickly when you have in your word. to get. But hurry- once Thaddeus I typed them in. It took about 1.5 sec­ The anagram feature was nice. It runs out of these packages, they're onds from the press of the ENTER returned all anagrams for "STOP" in gone for good. key to the display of the information. just under ten seconds. Unfortunately, The interface is quite nice. To it has its limitations: it can't anagram Collins Series 100 install the program, you insert the sentences, for one. It will not return Multilingual Dictionary CD-ROM into your desktop comput­ multi-word anagrams; as the manu­ One thing the palmtop has been er and run the Windows al says, "maori hen" will not produce missing for a long time is a decent INSTALL.EXE program. You must "I ran home." multiple-language dictionary. If I need tell it to install the MS-DOS / PC­ The dictionary also includes a to know the meaning of an English DOS version during the install. Once "reverse index" of sorts, whereby you word, there's always the Collins or it is done, you can copy the files over can input words that might appear in American Heritage Dictionary, com­ to your 200LX from your desktop. the definition of a word and then have plete with pronunciation and syn­ The program itself, COLLINS.EXE, it search to see if it can find your onyms. But while I was in a Spanish takes about five seconds to load from word. However, this feature is prob­ class, or trying to translate a compa­ the DOS prompt. IMPORTANT ably a little too CPU-intensive for the ny memo for the boss, I'd have to rely NOTE: on the 200LX, be sure you run palmtop. I tried it on my desktop, a on a paperback dictionary for the it with the -m switch for mono­ Pentium 200 working from a large tough words, or (even worse) a $150 chrome. That makes the screen much RAM drive, and it still took five or six Windows translator program. No more readable. seconds to do most searches. That longer. Once the program is loaded, a would be a long time on the 200LX. The Collins Series 100 Multilingual menu comes up from which you Even so, such a feature might come in Dictionary does quite a job. It comes select the dictionary you want: handy for a person desperately with four bilingual dictionaries- it English-French, French-English, searching for the right word. can match English words to and from English-German, German-English, The Collins Electronic English French, German, Italian, and Spanish. English-Spanish, English-Italian, Dictionary and Thesaurus is fairly I loaded it on my 200LX and started Spanish-English, or Italian-English. easy to install; it comes on both CD­ trying out the Spanish dictionary. As From that point it is another one or ROM and 3.5" floppy. Thaddeus everybody knows, the ultimate test of two seconds until the dictionary loads Computing, Inc., the sole distributor a multilingual dictionary is whether and you can begin looking up words. for the dictionary, includes excellent it can teach you to swear in a differ­ Of course, you can switch dictionar­ instructions and tips for installation ent language. The Collins dictionary ies whenever you like. and use on the palmtop. is certainly complete in this regard, If Typing in a word produces the The dictionary itself takes up a lit­ the need ever arises for me to curse at translation in a windows beneath the tle over 7.5MB, which puts it above the somebody while in Spain (or Italy, entry line, or a list of close guesses if American Heritage Dictionary, Germany, or France), I'll be ready. your word was not found. If your word Standard Edition, but far below the Next up I tried some less colorful was found, it will display the various American Heritage Dictionary, Deluxe verbs and nouns. The dictionary meanings of the word you typed and Edition (which weighs in at a hefty seemed to handle anything I threw at the translation for that particular mean-

24 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER/ DECEMBER 1998 won't pop up in graphics mode, so it ictionaryLJ~~~~~~~~JW~~~~~m£~~itt-______~~ ~~-I 1 implement n . ( ' lmpllmUnt) may not be worth it. Ideally, you 1 . a piece of equipment: tool or utensil : gardening implements . should dedicate a Software Carousel 2 . something used to ach ieve a purpose: agent. vh. ( ' lmpll ' ment) (tr.) work area to running this program 3. to carry out: put into action: perforM: to implement a plan . 4. Rare. to supply with tools . full-time, so you would always have 5. Archaic . to complete, satisfy, or fulfil . an instant translation at your re1? : frOM Late Latin implementuM, literally: a filling up, frOM Lat i n implere to fill up, satisfy, fulfil] fingertips. Der i ved words Of course, the dictionary is not --·imple.mental , adj . --· implemen.tation ,no perfect. Its most glaring deficiency is x that there are no additional languages 190,000 definitions with 16,000 encyclopedic entries. You'll find pronunciation, etymology, hyphenation pOints, antonyms, examples of available- if you need Portuguese words in use, in-depth information on how to use words appropriately. Dictionary entries include cities in Japan, rivers in Germany, busi­ or Japanese or Russian, for example, ness words, government terms, names, places, dates. this will be of no use. Also, there are

onl~ -Bii eight separate dictionary files, one T'- -- ~earill . wo_ ~ ..: ~ '7f,i;i:t ~ID_ each for English-French, French­ • Definitions I English, English-German, etc. And (alge ra I the dictionaries are fairly large, from ...."ly. .. 581K to 827K apiece. You can, of appli_ APU course, delete any files you like, and lU'i ~!c bJ.,.u.!_t.(q COLLINS.EXE won't care- it will ~ simply not show those in the dictio­ ~1~~_ nary me options. Even so, a full install ,.IjJiI ••JIt _. _ all4 . l!tISs for definition is 5.6MB. Expect to allocate about 1.5MB per language you want to Definitions let us search the dictionary for all occurences of a word in the dictionary, in this case "mathematics". Although a bit slow on the translate. palmtop, you can also do boolean searches such as (french AND composer). Wildcard lets you search for the word. For example: I??a (you remember the "I" and "a" is four letter word for Italian currency), *ntr* (all Also, this program is set up as a words containing "ntn. dictionary, not a translation utility. Scrabble players and word puzzlers will appreciate the anagram feature. In addition, a history of words looked up in a session is easily accessible for backtracking. There is no provision for translating sentences or anything more than words or small phrases. ing. Additionally, any common phras­ quedarse dormido But these small problems aside, es involving the word you looked up to have a good night's sleep: this is an excellent product that will will be displayed and translated as dormir toda la noche greatly benefit palmtop-toting stu­ well. Arrowing down into the defini­ to put to sleep: dents, businesspeople, and travelers­ tion window will highlight each word (patient) and even people who just have an in the window, and pressing ENTER dormir occasional need to say something in will look up that word. If the word is (animal: euphamism kill) another language. If you foresee the in a different language, the dictionar­ sacrificar need for this product now or in the ies will automatically be switched and to sleep lightly: future, get it now. Once Thaddeus runs you will then look that word up and tener el sueOo ligero out of the Mulitlingual dictionary see its English translation. to sleep with: packages, they're gone for good . • For example: in the English-I (euphemism) <- Hmm, what Spanish dictionary, typing "sleep" could this be a euphemism for? :) Commercial products will bring up a large list of word and acostarse con uno mentioned in this article phrases. It is difficult to translate to SUBENTRY: pure text, but this is basically what sleep in: Collins English Dictionary/Thesaurus you get: (oversleep) -$59.95 noun: dormir tarde Collins 100 Multilingual Dictionaries suefio Quite impressive! And nearly -$59.95 verb: every word in there can be selected Harper Collins; Distributed by dormir with the arrow keys and looked up. Thaddeus Computing; 110 North we can sleep: The dictionary requires about Court, Fairfield IA 52556; Phone: podemos alojar a 130K of memory to run in, and can be 800-373-6114 or 515-472-6330; Fax: tenemos cabida para loaded as a TSR if you like. The TSR 515-472-1879; Web: www.Palmtop to go to sleep: takes up a full 130K, however, and Paper.com

THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER/ DECEMBER 1998 25 REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW User To User: The 1999 CD InfoBase and New Website PamtopPaper.com

This year marks the seventh year of publishing The Hf Palmtop Paper - 42 issues plus 7 bonus issues. Who would have thought it possible?

By Hal Goldstein

t the beginning of the year I Based on this continued enthusi­ site www.PalmtopPaper.com. The A was quite pessimistic about asm for the HP 200LX, I felt that losing Web site's secure shopping cart sys­ the future of The HP Palmtop income from fewer subscribers and tem will handle your Palmtop prod­ Paper. EduCALC, ACE, and other HP few advertisers for The HP Palmtop uct needs online. Our goal is for the Palmtop vendors had gone out of Paper might be offset by selling prod­ site to drive both The HP Palmtop business. The number of new sub­ ucts and services themselves, espe­ Paper and our Ultimate Palmtop scribers to the Paper had dropped cially as other vendors dropped out of Catalog. In other words Palmtop tips, significantly and advertising support the Palmtop market. Some skepticism new product announcements, some had evaporated. We have always had within Thaddeus Computing greeted articles, and news will be found at a small but select readership for a my concept of The Ultimate Palmtop PalmtopPaper.com and in our new computer magazine. However, with­ Catalog. It meant changing the opera­ HP Palmtop free email newsletter. out advertising and with fewer sub­ tions of the Palmtop side of our busi­ (See sidebar for more details). Specials scribers, the alternative of becoming ness significantly. A refurbished base­ not in the catalog and new palmtop a very expensive newsletter did not ment became our upgrade and repair products will be available in our seem realistic. center. Our order entry people had to shopping cart system before they At the same time I continued to be become more Palmtop savvy to appear in the catalog. an avid and enthusiastic HP 200LX answer customers' questions. Tying In short, PalmtopPaper. com and user even though I could have had up cash in inventory became an issue. our free email newsletter will provide my pick of any WinCE product avail­ The whole logistics of shipping prod­ you with timely information and able: one of the "perks" of publishing ucts in a timely fashion had to be instant ordering. At the same time a Windows CE magazine. developed. most of us grew up enjoying the plea­ Based on your email and on my Thanks to a great internal staff and sure of print media. In bed, in the participation in online palmtop com­ strong HP Palmtop user support, the bathtub, or at the beach you will still munities, I knew I was in good com­ catalog has proved quite successful. be able to enjoy a carefully edited and pany. Furthermore, D&A Software Furthermore, we have been for­ in-depth paper catalog and The (Avi Meshar and Andreas Garzotto), tunate enough to acquire the services Palmtop Paper. A magazine and catalog Times2 Tech (Mack Baggette), Shier of long-time contributor, Ed Keefe, gives a kind of flexibility and enjoy­ Systems (David Shier), the One Stop as editor. This issue is the first that he ment that the electronic media simply Palmtop Shop (Arild Mellembakken), edited from start to finish. In 1999 cannot provide. So don't throwaway a myriad of freeware and shareware The HP Palmtop Paper should be the your highlighting markers yet. authors, www.palmtop.net (Mitch best yet. What a change a year makes. The 1999 CD InfoBase Hamm), www.hplx.net (David Enter www.PalmtopPaper.com Sargeant), the HPLX mailing list (AI Our new 1999 CD InfoBase will Kind), and others were doing a great Things should get even better. Our be worth the upgrade. I feel that it job keeping the HP 200LX alive and eighth year of The HP Palmtop Paper will be a "must-have" product for thriving. will be tied closely to our new web anyone who uses the HP Palmtop on

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To sign up, go to www.PalmtopPaper.com and click We offer the fuJI range of : HP Palmtop PC 200LX, l000CX ( opt. 8132MB, DS ) on "newsletter". HP OmniGo 700LX Communicator Plus I NOKIA 211 Oi HP Palmtop PC 360LX, 620LX, 660LX ( WinCE) Cabling, Memory Cards, Modem/Fax Cards, Adaptors, Leather-Cases, Micro AC, Intertace Card ( TransPC Card, a regular basis. uments. Again, you can print these Double-Slot ), TravelFloppy and all HP accessories Software: Special palmtop software DOSIPAL & WinCE In the 1999 edition of the CD documents, use your desktop brows­ Services: Customized solutions, Mobile InterCom Bundles InfoBase we will continue our tradi­ er, or carry these documents with you Germany : 02202 951780 ~ International : +492202 951781 tion of integrating all the 1991-1998 in your Palmtop. ~VI..}.:J,5 .Di' Germany : 02202 951782 ~R~.' Palmtop Papers along with the HP First, we will include Ed Keefe's ~ International: +49 2202 9557760 OlTo G.L Germany : Kunden @easy-use.de User Manual, HP Technical Reference book, PC In Your Pocket: How The ~ International: customers @easy-use.com Manual, and Lotus and DOS refer­ Organizing Power of the Hewlett-Packard PLEASE VISIT hUp:llwww.easy-use.de German OUR WEBSITES htlp:llwww.easy-use.com English ence manuals. That means that vir­ Palmtop PC Will Make You More EASY USE' Aug.-Kierspel·Slr.18120 * 0·51469 Berg.Gladbach tually any Palmtop question you have Effective as an HTML document. That can be answered by typing in a few means you can read the book at your search words. Alternatively, you can desktop or load chapters onto your just browse going through tips and Palmtop to read at your leisure. Trans PC Card articles that interest you. We are looking into providing Universal Parallel Port We will also update our other relevant or topical HTML doc­ Gutenburg collection with more etext uments. For example, a lot of work is - from great literature to historical being done to convert the HP documents. There is so much mater­ Technical Reference Manual into ial that we once again will devote a HTML so it can be accessed from the separate CD to it. For those who like Palmtop. We expect this second copy to read on their Palmtop or desktop of the manual designed with the and who like having documents and palmtop in mind, to be done in time great literature available for research, to make the CD. PC Card with Parallel Port and Instant File Transfer this second CD is invaluable in and of Finally, last and probably most, itself. It would be hard to place a retail we are packing the CD with more Trans PC Card adds the Parallel Port making your Palmtop 100% real PC, so now you can connect parallel devices like 100 value on this product. Whether you, freeware and shareware. This edition MB Zip, etc, and fast print to standard parallel printers, want to read Dickens or Lincoln or is devoted to many of the new pieces Programs for Instant (no installation or setup) transfer - Lao Tsu you can print out the text, of software that have come to our synchronization and management of files between PCs are on the Card flash to save system memory. The Card (Type I, with read it on your desktop, or carry it attention, including new software very low power draw) upon insertion becomes drive A: . with you on your Palmtop. from Japan, great DOS finds, and new Programs on Card run under DOS 5.0 and Windows using familiar XCOPY syntax or point and shoot interface, Included With up to 64 Meg palmtops and PAL software. In addition many of cable (used also for connection to peripherals) allows for trans· less expensive memory cards there is the great Palmtop classics that we fer between the Card in Palmtop and PC standard parallel port at 30 KB/sec - 60X faster than Puma's IntelliSync. now more room to carry references. have put on previous CDs have been Further, Hypertext Viewer (HV) updated. We are continually looking Trans PC Card with Trans Flex Cable, Manual, designed for the Palmtop, makes for the most recent versions of these Quick Reference and backup disk is $179,00 reading web-based documents on the classics. Also, some very powerful For more information and dealer nearest you please call: Palmtop a snap. This year we are and useful DOS commercial software Trans Digital Corporation expanding the readable material on has been released to the public domain 3517 Marconi Ave, Suite 203 Sacramento, CA 95821 the CD by providing a number of and will go on the CD. Tel: (916) 482·5599' Fax: (916) 482·5598 HTML (web-browser readable) doc- We are planning to release the CD Email: [email protected]

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Through the Looking Glass

Are the HP Palmtops "Year 2000" compliant? How can you ensure that the Palmtop's on-board clock is "on time?" by Ed Keefe

he year 2000 is little more than Microsoft's Response only the last two digits of the year. For T twelve months away and by On Microsoft's Web page there's a instance, if you set the date using any now most computer users are hyperlink to their "Year 2000" page. of the digits from 00 to 79, you'll get aware of the "Y2K" (Year 2000) From that page you can click on the an error message "Invalid Date". problem. "Products" hyperlink to get a scroll­ If you set the date using the digits Depending on which Y2K articles list of Microsoft products. The list 80 through 99, the operating system you've read you might expect that includes the entry for "MS-DOS 5.0 will interpret this as 1980 through 1999. on Jan. 1,2000, the economies of the (ROM) for HP200LX." To make the MS-DOS DATE com­ world will collapse, planes will fall In short, Microsoft claims that the mand behave properly, you will have out of the sky, patients hooked to life­ HP 200LX is "compliant with minor to set the date using all four digits of support systems will expire. Or else issues." the year. you might suspect that the only thing Here is a more detailed explana­ The only other command that uses that will happen is that a few old tion of the "minor issues." dates, according to Microsoft, is the computer programs will stop DIR command. The DIR command working. Of Clocks and Calendars will only display the last two digits of The HP 200LX has a hardware the year. However, if you use the com­ An Age-Old Bug clock and calendar. It also has a mand DIR 10D to force a directory The Y2K problem began almost firmware "clock" that knows how to list to be Ordered by Date, the list fifty years ago when computer mem­ interpret the hardware clock. This will be sorted correctly. Files with a 00 ory was expensive. Programmers firmware is part of the MS-DOS oper­ in the year field will come after those saved precious computer memory by ating system. with a 99 in the year field. using two digits instead of four to Microsoft makes no claims about There are no patches available at represent the year. The century part of the Y2K compliancy of the hardware this time and no plans to develop any. the year was always "19". It was such clock I calendar. It does state that ''MS­ So far so good a clever way to cut costs that the prac­ DOS is aware of dates beyond the tice was passed on until it permeated year 2000. MS-DOS does not display Microsoft's response only address­ the entire data processing world from the full year, but will sort files es the MS-DOS operating system and main-frames to PCs to digital clocks. correctly." would be the definitive answer for When January 1, 2000 rolls around, Microsoft further states that after users of the HP 1000CX Palmtop. computers will ignore the "20" in the Dec. 31, 1999, the DATE command in However, most Palmtop users run year field and use the default of "19". DOS will fail if you set the date using System Manager on HP 10(}200LX's. As a result, date-sensitive programs that are not Y2K-compliant will fail. ABOUT THE AUTHOR How About the lIP Palmtops? Ed Keefe is an author and editor of The HP Palmtop Paper and The question "will the Y2K bug the book PC In Your Pocket: Information When You Need It. kill the Palmtop?" has been asked Ed is also a former college instructor of logic and computer sci­ often enough to warrant a definitive ence and a consultant in the computer industry. Ed can be answer. reached at [email protected]

28 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1998 So the question should be, "Is the Appointment Book Detect/Plot Radioactivity System Manager program and the If you start the Appointment Book, On Your HP 100/200LX other built-in Palmtop applications and press F5 and F4 to "Goto Today" Complete RM 60 System: $149.50 Y2K compliant?" And the answer is you'll see that the first line in the dis­ "almost" . play shows the date with a two-digit Check It Out In Setup year. However, the second line of the display will show the year as 2000. In The most critical Palmtop appli­ other words, the Appointment Book cation that works with dates and time is Y2K compliant with the "minor is the Setup program. To determine its issue" that the four digit year number Y2K compliancy, start Setup by press­ is not always displayed. ing CTRL+ Filer. Then press MENU Options Date to open the Date/ Time Summing Up VISA/Me / EURO dialog window. Note that all of the Til order or tor 1110re ill/ormatioll call: In short, all of the other System (800) 729-5397 - 45 day $ hack. Date Formats indicate a two-digit Manager applications are equally Y2K year number. Select the DD-MMM­ compliant. They handle date opera­ AWARE = YY Date Format and press ENTER. Electronics tions correctly but they don't always P.O. Box 4299, Wilmington DE 19807 We want to set the date to 2000 show a four-digit year. For example, Phone/Fax: 0(2) (l55-3800 temporarily, so press the Arrow keys E-mail: [email protected] if you use the DATE key to enter the Visit us at: http://www.aw-cl.com and the DEL key to delete the 98 from date in any application, you'll get a the date field. two-digit year. dars or time tracking. You might think that you'd have In particular, if the program you to type in 2000 but actually you can Lotus 1-2-3 want to use is a full-fledged System simply type 00, press ENTER and As was mentioned in the Manager program or was written Setup will correctly interpret this as Sept/Oct, 1998, Basic Tips, Lotus 1-2- using the PAL library of functions, 2000. In other words, Setup's Date/ 3 is also Y2K compliant due to the then it should be Y2K compliant. Time function overcomes one of the way in which 1-2-3 handles dates. You'll need to test plain MS-DOS minor issues of the MS-DOS DATE programs to see if they can handle command. The other minor issue of cc:Mail dates beyond 2000 correctly. Be care­ displaying the four digits of the year On the other hand, cc:Mail, is not ful using database programs, project still persists. Y2K compliant and Lotus is not inter­ management programs, calendars ested in fixing the program on the and Personal Information Managers. How About the Other Apps? Palmtop. Lotus is giving away a Y2K They all work with dates and may Filer is Y2K compliant in that it compliant version of cc:Mail for the try to access the hardware clock/ cal­ will let you create files with a four­ desktop, which is of little help to endar rather than the operating sys­ digit year. However the Filer program Palmtop users. tems time and date routines. This is itself will only show the last two digits. where they may fail. To check this out open Filer and Third Party Software look at the top line on the screen. One of the great features of the Read More About It You'll see that the year is shown as 00. HP Palmtops is their ability to run If you're interested in reading Select MENU Options DOS and type many older DOS programs. more about the Y2K problem take a REM> TESTFILE.TXT (all on one' However in the light of the Y2K look at the extensive document at line) and press ENTER. Type EXIT problem that feature may turn into a www.rightime.com The document and press ENTER to return to Filer. queen-bug (i.e., one that begets lots of explains the Y2K problem in all its Make sure that you have a Full screen other bugs). gory details. The article also contains view of the files in the current direc­ We have not attempted to test all references to dozens of Web sites that tory. (Press F7 if necessary.) You the software that is available in the deal with all aspects of the Y2K prob­ should see TESTFILE.TXT with 0 CD InfoBase or on the World Wide lem from testing to patching to (zero) bytes and a date whose year is Web so we cannot say which pro­ upgrading. 00. Select Menu Options Sort Date grams will go on ticking and which and press ENTER. The TESTFILE. will take a licking and quit working Cleaning Up TXT entry will move to the bottom of in the next century. To clean up from testing, use Filer the list. This shows that even though If you're planning to use addi­ to delete TESTFILE.TXT and use only two digits appear for the year tional software on the Palmtop you Setup to reset the date to the current field, Filer does indeed work with a 4- need to be especially concerned with date and select your preferred Date digit year internally. those programs that deal with calen- Format.

THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1998 29 REVIEW: Through The Looking Glass - Y2K

Time and Time Again page is at www.bldrdoc.gov I time­ desktop's clock. It's almost too slick. freql javaclck.htm Since my Palmtop is a far better From this last Web site you can time-keeper than my desktop, I occa­ ... nor did Alice download one or two programs that sionally refresh the desktop's clock think it so very you can use on your desktop com­ with the Palmtop's clock. much out of the puter. The NISTIMEW program will I might lose a split second but the access the atomic clock using your results are good enough for me. way to hear the Internet connection while the WIN­ Rabbit say to itself, ACTS program will contact the atom­ A DOS Only Solution 'Oh dear! Oh dear! ic clock via a long-distance telephone If you want a program that does I shall be late!' call. Both programs will report the the same thing but runs on the time. They then give you the option Palmtop, I'd suggest the PCCLOCK Most clocks that are built into PCs of synchronizing your computer's program, version 4.5. experience some "drift." For exam­ clock with the atomic clock. This program requires that you ple, the clock on my desktop com­ Sad to say both these programs only have a modem connected to, or puter loses about 87 seconds a day. work on Windows-based computers. installed in, your Palmtop. It will then Who knows why! In the past the NIST page had a call NIST, the United States Naval Gratefully the clock on my DOS version of the program called Observatory, or the Canadian atomic Palmtop is much more accurate. It PC_TIME. That program is no longer clock to get the exact time. It also lets loses about 1 or 2 seconds a month. (I supported by NIST. However, on the you call CompuServe to get the time just learned that the clocks on board 1999 CD InfoBase and the Nov IDec accurate to the minute. The program GPS satellites lose a second every 300 '98 issue of The HP Palmtop Paper ON takes up about 160K of disk space million years.) DISK, we have provided a copy of and works best when it is run from Losing a few seconds might not be the PC_TIME program with the the DOS prompt after you've termi­ as nerve-wracking as losing a com­ understanding that it is no longer nated System Manager and all other puter due to a Y2K bug in the com­ supported by NIST. programs. The program can also be puter's firmware. However, if the You can use this program along used as a full-screen digital clock. • clock in your PC or Palmtop triggers with a modem to connect your Palmtop to either the U.s. or Shareware/Freeware an alarm or starts an external piece of mentioned in this article test equipment then accuracy could Canadian "Atomic Clock". be critical. The NISTIMEW Program ZIP.COM version 2.12 - shareware ($30 registration fee) from Eric Meyers and is Atomic Clock My method of synchronizing the available in the HPHAND forum of If the clock on your Palmtop is clocks on both my desktop and CompuServe as well as on the CD not becoming accurate enough for Palmtop is slightly unusual but the InfoBase. you then it should be coming to the method is free and does not require PC_TIME.ZlP, NISTIMEW.ZIP and WINACTS.ZlP National Institute of Standards and any new software on my Palmtop. - copyrighted freeware programs avail­ Technology (NIST). We old-timers With the NISTIMEW program able from NIST and / or on this issue's The still call NIST the NBS (the National installed and running on my desk­ HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK and the 1999 Bureau of Standards.) top computer, I can contact the NIST CD InfoBase. NIST and agencies like it in other clock using my CompuServe con­ PCCLCK45 - a shareware program (reg­ countries maintain the most accurate nection to the Internet. Once the time istration fee: $20) available in the clocks in the world. The clocks are appears on the screen, I simply click HPHAND forum and on this issue's The based on the "vibration" of atoms the [OK] button to synchronize the HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK and the 1999 rather than pendulums or springs. PC's clock with the atomic clock. CD InfoBase. Rightime.htm - the HTML version of the Ham radio operators have long Synch'ing the Palmtop's Clock been able to tune in to the beat of the Y2K copyrighted document found at atomic clock and get the accuracy With my Palmtop connected to www.righttime.com they needed. the desktop, I open a DOS window on The Palmtop Toting March Hare - The small NIST also maintains several Web the desktop and run Eric Meyer's graphic in this article was adapted from sites that will let you access an atom­ ZIP.COM program. On the Palmtop I a picture on the 1998 CD InfoBase's Bonus ic clock and read the time on your also run ZIP.COM in server mode. disk. The file is labelled ALICE 02A.GIF. computer screen. When I press "T" on the desktop's I took the editorial liberty of updating the March Hare by removing his pocket The home page for NIST is keyboard the ZIP program synchro­ watch and giving him a Palmtop. www.nist.gov. The NIST time Web nizes the Palmtop's clock with the

30 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER/ DECEMBER 1998 • •• BASIC TIPS •••

Unless otherwise noted, the Basic Tips are by Ed Keefe. ge 8 Range C Range D LOlli Close Open 18.0 21.9 18 . 0 22.0 22.1 23.5 21.9 22.1 22.5 22.0 22.0 22.0 18.8 22.8 22.5 22.0 26.1 22.0 Appointment Book Too Large As your Appointment Book and ToDo files grow larger you may begin to notice Screen 1: 1-2-3 HLCO Worksheet "crazy" characters appearing in the appointments and ToDo's. You won't be 30 29 able to delete these characters. 28 28.0 This seems to happen with Appoint­ 27 26 ment Book files that have grown to 200 25 24 Kbytes or larger. This anomalous behav­ 23 ior may also depend on the number of 22 1.9 L 1 21 1 repeating appointments and carry-forward 20 19 To Do's you have. 18 18. 17 One way to get around this is to reduce 16-Sep 1a-Sep 20-Sep 22- Sep 24- Sep 26- Sep the size of the file by using the command MENU File Remove and specifying that Screen 2: HLCO Chart you want to remove all appointments before today's date. You can check the some of the data may be saved but other type of graph. Set the following ranges by "Save Removed Items in Archive" check errors may creep in. It's best to apply pressing the F2 (Edit) key and pressing box by pressing the ALT +S key in the Garlic to a copy of the corrupted file to see the TAB key until the X: range is high­ "Remove Item" dialog box. The program if it will fix the problem or make it worse. lighted. At this point you'll be able to key will prompt you for the name of the archive One other method that sometimes in the X range, A4 .. A9. Then press the file before it removes the information. This works is to use a translation utility such as TAB key and enter the B: range, B4 .. B9. will reduce the size of the current file and Intellilink to merge the bad Appointment Fill in the C:, 0:, and E: ranges with still let you load the archived file in Book with a blank one. The translation C4 .. C9, 04. .09, E4 .. E9 respectively. Press Appointment Book if you ever need to program may simply ignore the bad data TAB to get to the Orientation line and access that information. and translate only the clean data. As press the space bar when the Vertical If you do get a corrupted appointment always, before attempting any of these label is highlighted. Select the Options file try the following things to fix it. things, backup all your data! Data-label from the menu and fill in the 1. Open a new, Appointment Book Data labels as A: [B4 .. B4], B:[C4 .. C4], (Menu, File, New) and see if you can Jim Westley - 74124, 1451 C:[D4 .. D4], D:[E4 .. E4] and set the merge the corrupted file into it with the Alignment to A: Above, B: Left, C: Right, MENU, File, Merge command. 0: Left. Now press F10 (Graph) to see 2. If that doesn't work try to remove what you have created. My graph looks sections of the Appointment Book to see like the one in Screen 2. if you can isolate the corrupted entries., HLeo Graphs in 1·2·3 In the graph, the end pOints of the ver­ The Appointment Book "Remove" com­ tical lines represent the High and Low mand allows you to remove to an archive If you press MENU and select the pOints for the data. The small horizontal by dates. Just keep removing the data Graph Type option in Lotus 1-2-3 you'll see lines that branch off the vertical lines stand one half at a time. That is, if you have six a type of graph labeled HLCO. for the Close and Open price of a stock or months of appointments, try removing the HLCO stands for High Low Close Open commodity. Note that in the above chart first three months and then the second and is the type of graph favored by peo­ the Low and Open prices are the same for three months. If one of these operations ple in the stocks and bonds and com­ the first day. fails try removing the first one and a half modity-trading business. With this type of chart you can track months then the last one and a half If you look for help for this type of graph how a certain stock performs over a cou­ months from the bad section. If one of you won't find it in the built-in help files. ple of weeks. these operations fails, divide the time peri­ Here is a simple example to show you how If you're clever, you'll be able to make od in half and so on. Hopefully this will nar­ to use a HLCO graph. the HLCO chart serve as a rudimentary row down the trouble spots. In Lotus 1-2-3, construct a worksheet Gantt Chart as part of a Project You can also try the Garlic repair utili­ like the one in Figure 1. Management package. ty. However there is one caution. If your Then press MENU and select the Appointment Book is severely corrupted Graph Type option and select the HLCO Avi Meshar -75561,633

THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER/ DECEMBER 1998 31 Linking Lotus sheets A1: [10114] Excel and other Windows-based spreadsheets use workbooks made up of several worksheets. To access the dif­ is the main worksheet ferent worksheets in a workbook you have to click a mouse on a "tab" button usual­ ly located at the bottom of the screen. Even though this feature is not available ,S 'N /fsptp- r /fsptp-r in the version of 1-2-3 on the HP Palmtops /frptpsept- /frptpnov- you can simulate something like this by hooking several worksheets together with Screen 3: Main File Holds the Links Lotus macros. The simulated "workbook" will consist of a main worksheet and sev­ eral more worksheets that are hooked to ing the L key and then press the F8 (PV) piamonds, clubs and spades, etc .. this main sheet (Screen 3). key to reset the Present value. Press 0 If you want to change all instances of the and F10 (FV) to set the Future value back CTRL-B character to , the "Search to zero. Solve for N and you'll find that for" field won't let you enter CTRL-B. It there are indeed 350 payments to be just beeps at you. Here's the way to make made. To find the accumulated interest for this work. Press ESC to cancel the this loan, with N=350.00 in the display, "Replace" dialog window and highlight one Amortization Problem press M (RCL) F9 (PMT) and then press of the CTRL-B characters in the docu­ Revisited the * key to multiply these two numbers. ment by putting the cursor on a character Suppose you have a $100,000 mort­ You'll get 297,201 .07. Press M (RCL) (PV) and holding down the Shift key while press­ gage with a 40-year term. You've already and press the + key to find that the total ing the right arrow key. Now press CTRL­ made 130 payments and you have 350 payments minus the present value leaves C to copy the character to the clip board. payments to go. 200,884.30 in accumulated interest. Press the F5 key to start the "Replace" dia­ The first thing you do is calculate the Now press N (STO) 0 to put this log window and press CTRL-V to paste the monthly payments by starting HP Calc amount in Register O. Press M (RCL) PV character in the "Search for" field. Put and pressing CTRL+T to open the TVM and press the right or left arrow key to in the "Replace" field and press application. You enter 480 months as the open the CASE 2 window in TVM. Press the F6 (Replace All) key. This will replace Number of periods and you key in 10 as N (STO) PV to set the present value. Set all the Control-B characters from this point the Annual interest. To key in the Present 1% YR= 10; set PMT = 1,000 and if need­ forward in the document. You may have to value press 1 and L to change the sign. ed, set FV = 0 and solve for N. You'll find repeat the operation starting at the top of . Then press E 5 and press Enter to get - that you've reduced the payments to the document to replace all the previous 100,000.00. TVM uses a minus quantity 195.54 periods. To find the accumulated CTRL+B characters since there's no here since you're subtracting that amount interest multiply the number of payments "search backward" option. from the lender. Make sure Begin/End is by 1,000 and subtract the present value. If you want to try this out but you don't set to End and the Payments per year The answer is 99,218.93. Finally press M have a document containing smiley faces field is set to 12. Then press F9 (PMT) to (RCL) 0 and then press C to swap the two you can create one by opening a new see 849.15. So far this is a straight-forward values and then press the minus key. The MEMO document and pressing CTRL-B use of TVM. solution is 101 ,665.37: the interest you've as many times as you want. Now, you wonder how many more pay­ "saved." Note: you could have solved the You can enter most of the other control ments you'd have to make, and how much problem without switching to the Case 2 characters, CTRL-A through CTRL-Z by interest you wouldn't have to pay, if you window in TVM but the second case is a holding down the CTRL key and typing the increased the payments from $849.15 to handy feature and worth remembering. letters. You may have to press MENU V $1,000.00 per month. C to see some of the control characters. To solve this problem, you need to A few CTRL keystrokes will perform an know how much of the principal you still operation rather than display something on have to pay back at the end of 130 peri­ the screen. For example CTRL-H back­ ods. Then you can set up two new prob­ Control Characters in MEMO spaces rather than displays a character. lems. One problem will have payments of To enter an ESC character, press the 849.15 and the other will have payments The HP User's Manual says that to CTRL-ESC key. You'll see a bold arrow of 1,000.00. Then you can find how many search for and replace characters in a pointing to the left. payments are required for each problem MEMO document you can press the F5 and how much interest you'll save. Here's function key and fill in the "Search for" Hermann Ke//inghaus 100561,2623 how to do this. and "Replace with" fields and then press To find how much of the principal any of the function keys F4, F5, or F6. This remains, set N =130 and solve for FV. works fine until you import a text document You should get FV =96,316.41. that is full of little "smiley face" characters This is the "new" mortgage amount. (the CTRL-B character) along with other Change the sign of this number by press- characters such as the symbols for hearts,

32 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER/ DECEMBER 1998 ••• QUICK TIPS •••

All Quick Tips are by Ed Keefe unless otherwise noted. Any shareware or freeware mentioned in the tips will be available on The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK, The CD InfoBase from Thaddeus Computing, Inc. or at www.palmtop.net/super.html. If there is a particular site for the software, it will be noted in the tip.

rename the new file as MYPHONE.PDB done one field at a time in a large database (or whatever name you prefer.) You'll have file would be an exercise in frustration tol­ Finding and Replacing with to put up with the error message, "Cannot erance. However, you can reduce the frus­ XLATE Open File," the next time you start Phone tration by installing the FASTDB.TSR pro­ Book. When this happens, just use the gram in your AUTOEXEC.BAT program The database applications (i.e. Phone, MENU File Open command to open the and resetting the Palmtop. FASTDB will let World Time, NoteTaker, Custom databas­ MYPHONE.PDB file. you make a number of changes without es, and Appointment Book) have a "slow CAUTION: XLATE is very indiscrimi­ pausing to update the whole file after every but sure" Find function. What they lack is nate in how it replaces things. For exam­ single change. the ability to find-and-replace anything. ple, if a note field contained something like You can use a System Macro to auto­ Suppose you want to update your $29500.00, it will be changed to mate the "replace". We'll show you one Phonebook to reflect an area code change $34500.00. Likewise, a street address such macro designed for the case where from 295 to 345. How could you do it? may be changed from "295 East Grand" we want to replace 295 with 345 only. For Let's compound the problem by saying to "345 East Grand." another search and replace operation, you that your phone book has over 500 entries There are other utility programs that would need to create a different macro. and each entry has the usual four phone will let you do pretty much the same thing To start the System Macro application, fields, namely: Business, Home, Alternate as XLATE does. For example, some hex press [CTRL][Morej and select an empty and Fax. Each of these fields could con­ editors will let you search and replace macro record, for example Fn+F7. Press tain a number with the area code 295. globally throughout a binary file. But all of ENTER to open the macro edit screen Trying to find and replace 2,000 or the other utilities I've looked at are equal­ and put "S&R" in the description field and more numbers manually would be time ly indiscriminate in their search and the following code in the Contents field. consuming to say the least. replace operations. {HOME}{DEL}{DEL}{DEL}345{F4}{F4} In this particular case, we're in luck Then press the F7 (Chain) key and select since the replacement value "345" has Finding and Replacing in Fn+F7 as the macro to which to chain. the same number of characters as the Databases with a System This will create a macro that calls itself original value "295". We can use a utility Macro thereby creating an infinite loop. The fin­ program called XLATE.EXE to perform ished macro looks like this: the operation. XLATE is available on the The previous tip took advantage of the {HOME}{DEL}{DEL}{DEL}345{F4}{F4}{ Sept/Oct issue of The HP Palmtop Paper fact that the replacement value (345) had Fn+F7} ON DISK. Don't confuse this program the same number of characters as the with the XLATE utility that comes with the original value (295). This one-for-one Open the Phone Book, and put the HP Connectivity Pack. exchange of bytes in a binary file should cursor on the topmost entry. Be sure you Here's how to use XLATE. Put a copy not damage the structure of the file in any have all entries displayed. Do not try this of XLATE.EXE in the same directory as way. However, binary files are not the operation using a subset of the full data­ your Phone Book's data file. same as text files. They contain a lot of base. Press enter to show the details of Be sure to close your Phone Book and strange looking "binary characters" which the first entry. Start the process manual­ open Filer. Go to the DOS prompt by mean something to the program that uses ly by typing F4 (Find) to open up the pressing MENU 0 D and at the DOS' the file. If you overwrite any of these bina­ search dialog window. Then fill in the prompt type ry characters the file will no longer work. search string 295. To avoid searching XLATE 295 345 MYPHONE.PDB NEW­ In short, if you use XLATE to replace "Ed" through the Notes field, press TAB and PHONE.PDB ( All of this goes on one with "Edward" in a binary database file SPACE to deselect the Include Notes line.) Press Enter and in a few seconds the you'll mangle the file so badly that you'll check box. Press the F4(Next) key to con­ DOS prompt will reappear. Type DIR *.PDB probably lock up your computer when you tinue with the set up. and compare the number of bytes in next try to use the file. At this point, the first field that contains MYPHONE.PDB and NEWPHONE.PDB. When you want to replace a string, 295 should be highlighted. Now invoke the If the number of bytes is the same then such as "Ed" with another string like macro by pressing:Fn+F7. The macro will nothing surprising has happened. To see "Edward" in which the number of charac­ run through the entire Phone file search­ if the NEWPHONE.PDB file is valid, start ters is different you need to run the data­ ing in each field for "295" deleting it and the Phone Book application and use the base program, e.g. Phone Book. You will entering 345 in its place. MENU File, Open command. If the NEW­ have to perform the replacements field Depending on the size of the data file PHONE.PDB file appears, then you're by field. This is the only way to maintain the process may take some time. When ready to close the Phone Book, use Filer the integrity of the data file. it runs out of data, the macro will contin­ to archive the original Phone Book file and Such a search and replace operation ue to call itself causing the Palmtop to

THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1998 33 beep continuously_ Just press the CTRL+ directory name as its first parameter indi­ MENU (Break) keys to stop the macro_ cating that all files in the specified directory STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP. At the end of the operation the error should be copied, REPLACE demands a MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION message "Text not found" will appear. complete file specification. For example, (Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685) press OK (F10). instead of COPY C:\NEW C:\OLD, you'd Note: The macro works for this exam­ use REPLCOPY C:\NEW \*.* C:\OLD 1. ntle of Publication: The HP Palmtop Paper 2. Publication no.: 1065-6189 ple only in which 295 and 345 represent HP probably chose to omit the 3. Date of filing : October 1, 1998 the telephone area codes which are REPLACE_EXE program from its ROM 4. Issue frequency: Bi-monthly assumed to appear as the first three char­ version of DOS 5.0 since the Backup com­ 5. No. of issues published annually: 6 acters in a field. If you want to change mand in Filer does much of what Replace 6. Annual subscription price: $39.00 other parts of a field, you'll need to add does. However, if you want to perform a 7. Complete mailing address of known office of publication: {RIGHT} andfor {LEFT} keys to the macro "backup" by using a batch file then 110 North Court, Fairfield, Iowa 52556-2811 8. Complete mailing address of the headquarters of gener­ to put the cursor at the exact spot where REPLACE may do exactly what you want. al business office of the publisher: 110 North Court, the deletions should begin. You will also It is also an important utility program for Fairfield, Iowa 52556-2811 need to adjust the number of {DEL} keys IUsers of the HP 1000CX Palmtops since 9. Full names and complete mailing addresses of publish­ in the macro depending on the number of there is no equivalent Filer application in er, editor and managing editor: Publisher, Hal characters you want to delete_ these "DOS-only" computers. Goldstein, 110 North Court, Fairfield, Iowa 52556- As with any operation that destroys 2811 . Editor, Hal Goldstein, 110 North Court, Fairfield, Iowa 52556-2811 Managing Editor, Edward Keefe, 110 data, your safest course of action is to TheDraw back up the original data file and work North Court, Fairfield, Iowa 52556-2811 An oldie but goodie drawing program 1O.Owner: Thaddeus Computing Inc, 110 North Court, with a copy of it. that works on the HP200LX is TheDraw. Fairfield, Iowa 52556-2801; Hal Goldstein, P.O. Box Chris Lott -rc/[email protected] 869, Fairfield, Iowa 52556; Rita Goldstein, P.O. Box Here are some of the advantages of 869, Fairfield, Iowa 52556 using this drawing program. 13. Publication name: The HP Palmtop Paper 1. You can draw easily using the cursor 14. Issue Date for Circulation Data Below: keys and insert the final picture in a MEMO September/October 1998. document. Average No. ActuaJNurriler REPLACE.EXE from DOS 5.0 Copies Each Copies of Single 2. TheDraw is great for schemes and Issue During IssuePlbfished If you use the DOS COPY *.* or XCOPY lecture notes, or whatever your imagina- Preceding 12 NeerestTo Months R5ngDate *. * command to copy a group of files from 15. Extent and Nature of Circulation the C: drive to the A: drive, the command a. Total No. Copies will fail if a read-only file with the same (Net Press Run) 10400 8500 name is encountered on the A: drive_ b. Paid AndiOr Requested Circulation The REPLACE command in MS-DOS (1 )Sales through dealers and carriers, 5_0 performs a special kind of copy. It street vendors and counter sales copies files from a source directory to a (not mailed) 1650 1550 (2)Paid and or requested Mail Subscriptions target directory overwriting files with the (includes Advertisers'Proof Copies/ same name in the target directory. Adding Exchange Copies) 7925 6300 an fA switch on the command line caus­ c. Total Paid And/Or Requested Circulation (Sum of es REPLACE to perform almost the oppo­ Screen 1: TheOraw's Space Shuttle 15b(1) and 15b(2) 9575 7850 site task-it Adds (copies) only those d. Free Distribution By Mail (Samples, Complimentary source files that are NOT already present And Other Free Copies) 125 125 tion desires. e. Free Distribution Outside the Mail (Carriers or in the target directory. Thus two calls to 3. It's relatively easy to use. Other Means) 0 0 REPLACE, one with the fA switch and 4. Electronic Bulletin Boards used to be f. Total Free Distribution one without, accomplish the same thing as rife with TheDraw art in the days before (Sum of 15d and 15e) 125 125 one call to COpy as is seen in the fol­ .GIF and .JPG files. If you know a BBS g. Total Distribution lowing batch file. (Sum of 15c and 15f) 9700 7975 operator, he or she may be able to dig up h. Copies Not Distributed some of the better examples of TheDraw (1)Office use, Leftovers, REM REPLCOPYBAT -copies files artwork. It's amazing what people did with Spoiled 700 525 matching first parameter simple, DOS based computers 10 years (2)Return From REM to directory specified by second ago. News Agents 0 parameter, even when 5. TheDraw is one of the few programs i. Total (Sum of 15g, REM a read-only file of the same name 15h(1), and 15h(2) 10400 8500 that actually looks good using the four Percent Paid andlor Requested Circulation exists in the target directory. gray scale screen of the HP Palmtop_ (15 c115g x 100) 99 98 REPLACE % 1 %2 fR REPLACE %1 %2 fA Kent Illeman 16. This Statement of Ownership will be printed in the We tracked down version 4.63 of November/December issue of this publication. The fR switch allows REPLACE to copy TheDraw. Reportedly this is the latest ver­ over files in the target directory even if sion. trs available on the Internet via ftp.tele­ 17. Signed, Hal Goldstein, Publisher. Date, October 1, 1998. they're read-only! And the replaced files port_com and on this issue of The HP retain their read-only status. Palmtop Paper ON DISK. TheDraw is one Note that where COPY will accept a of many such programs that produce "art"

34 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1998 using older CGA monitors as well as black To run Figlet, you simply issue a com- fonts if you're so inclined. and white monitors. The drawings created mand at the DOS prompt: with TheDraw can be viewed simply by figlet The HP Palmtop Paper entering the command "TYPE SHUT­ The output will look like the following, TLE.ANS" at the DOS prompt. However, only larger. this trick requires the use of the ANSI.SYS Figlet comes with about twenty differ­ screen driver to work. Since ANSI.SYS is ent font files. You can design your own not available on the HP Palmtops, we rec­ ommend the ANSI.COM program. /t's a TSR program which may be loaded and removed from memory as needed without the need to reboot the computer. rgency fhysician Information Database The world's first "living" medical textbook! FIGLETS ·Continuou.y updates available over the If you're interested in TheDraw as a internet or by mail NEW1999 PRODUCTENHANCEMENTS! way to play with your Palmtop, it might be Sp ecifically designed for the HP 2 0 0 LX. Also available f or desktop & laptop comp uters and worth looking at a program that will let windows CE p almtops with a lV pb browser. • 1,000+ drugs updated & over 100 new drugs added you design "Figlets", another type of line­ • All medical topics reviewed [1,100+] w ith over art drawing tool that doesn't require a .I Portable reference for all emergent, urgent 200 additions or complete rewrites and routine patient encounters • An expanded index for fast navigation screen driver. The FIGDOS22.lIP archive .lHelpful for any physician at any level of is available via training or practice in any medical field Complete database ftp://ftp.internexus.netJpub/figletJpro­ .I Field tested by over 4 years of actual E.D. gram/ms-dosl use encountering tens of thousands of [ready to download to patients your palmtop*] .I Used by several residency programs and ONLY $295.00 many military vessels °3 MB memory required To receive more information: Call : (888) 32 I-STAT (7828) Visit our web site: www.pepid.com for a free demo & in fo. pack Screen 2: A Figlet Phrase for an online demo

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Those interested in partiCipating in an HP Palmtop users group INDONESIA - Chris Wibisono: E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 0181 8473777; Fax: 01815682402. Farnborough, Hampshire: David should contact the following individuals. Send us contact infonnation Dirk H. Eversbert, c/o P.T. Austindo Mitratama, Mr. Elman Sunarlio, JI. Hodges; E-mail: [email protected] fonnatted as below ifyou wish to be added as a contact for a users Gunung Sahari 216E, Jakarta 10610, INDONESIA. WEST INDIES - Ian Melville, c/o Frontline Marketing Agencies; Phone: 868- group in your area. Some of the individuals listed offer Palmtop ITALY - Mr. Andrea Valdre; Tel: 39-6-87295.205; Fax: 39-6-87295-215; E­ 642-5492; Fax:868-642-2021; E-mail: [email protected] advice but may not be organizing an official users group. mail: [email protected];AlsoSalvatoreFiorenza; Tel: 39-933-8120; Fax: 39-665-7295 United States HP Palmtop Worldwide User Group News JAPAN - Georg O. P. Eschert; Chuo 2-13-19-401, Ota-Ku, Tokyo, Japan AZ- Phoenix and Tuscon - Cory L. Curtis; Tel: 602-930-9661; Fax 602- Send material about User Group activities to Conrad Cox; E-mail: 143-0024; TeVFax: 03-3772-1802; E·Mail: epog @alles.or.jp(Languages: 930-8554; E-mail: 102010.632 @compuselVe.comorpalmlops @stanink.com 76164.467 @compuserve.com; Website: www.ccnet.coml-cdcox German, English and Japanese) CA- Los Angeles - David Shier; Tel: 805-371-9391; Fax: 805-371-9391; E­ KOREA - Song, Taejin, M.D.; Tel: 82-2-501-4288; E-mail: placebo@chol­ mail: [email protected];Websile: hltpllwww.shier.com ARGENTINA - Buenos Aires: Miguel Angel Misseri; E-mail: lian.net; address: 12-603 Samho Apt., Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, SEOUL, CA- San Dlego - Dcn Williams; Tel: 619-452·6267 or 619-546-8166; E­ 73070.3665 @compuserve.com/MartinSebastian; Capital Federal; E-mail: KOREA mail: [email protected] marseb @giga.com.ar; Cordoba: Paul Nani; Tel: 54-51-715649; E-mail: MEXICO - Francisco Bricio; Tel: (3) 6841317; E-mail: 74174.1442@com­ pnani @sLcordoba.com.ar CA- San Francisco - Conrad Cox; E-mail76164.467 @compuserve.com puserve.com ; Guadalajara: Juan Pablo De la Monja; Tel: (523) 601-0358 CO-Denver - Bill Hoeltgen; Tel: 303-933-0023; Fax: 303-971-0347. AUSTRALIA - Dr. Barry Collins; c/o Forensic Science Cenler; Tel: 08-8226- (office); Fax: (523) 601-0865; E-mail: aaz @vianel.com.mx 7700; E-mail: cOllib @atom.forensic.sa.gov.au , GA-A1Ian1a - AKAvastti,TeI:770471-1389. NEW ZEALAND - Royal Oak, Auckland: David Lawrence; Tel: 64-9-634- IL-Chicago - Ahmet G. Ozisik; E-mail: [email protected] AUSTRIA - Ulrich Hoesch; [email protected] 2089; E-mail: katana @clear.nel.nz KS-Manha1tan - Marietha Wilson; Tel: 913-532-9775. BRAZIL - Marcos L Pedroza; Tel: 55 84 2116162; E-mail: mpedroza @sum­ PANAMA/ LATIN AMERICA - Aviran Yani" Tel: 5074410442; Fax: 507- mer .com.br 441-0473; E-mail: aViran @palmlop.com MA- Boston - Bryan Kraulhamer; Tel: 617-374-9600 x 197 (work); Fax: 617-374-9620; CompuServe 10: (70444,411. DENMARK - Jesper E. Siig; Tel: 45 4915 60 42; Fax: 45 491610 01; E­ PHILIPPINES - Carlos Caliwara; Tel: (632) 8906229 to 36, exlensions 120 & mail: [email protected]; Web: 121; Fax: (632) 9285635;E-mail: lawl @mail.ph.net MI-Oelroil - Jeff Zom; Tel: 313-489-1855 hftp:l/ourwond.compuserve.comihomepageslSiiglhpug.htm PORTUGAL - PPTUG; TeVFax: 351-1-2597216; E-mail: sulplano @individual. ME-Orono - Universi1y Palmtop User's Group; E-mail: palmtop @lree.net; EGYPT - Mohamed Farag Ahmed; Tel: 20-2-344-9680; Fax: 20-2-344-9680; eunet.pt Websile: www.lree.neVpalmtop E-mail: mfahmed @asme.org SINGAPORE - Chaikin Kocn; 334-B King George's Avenue, SINGAPORE MN-Minneapolis - Beth Silverwaler; Tel: 612-541-5631; Fax: 612-541- 5636; E-mail: 73502.3645 @compuserve.com FRANCE - Olivier Della Valle; Tel: (1) 43 53 95 67; E-mail: 208571; E-mail: chai~n @ pacif i c.net.sg 101533.160@compuselVe. com SOUTH AFRICA - Don Hoggan; 19 Somers Road, Clarendon 3201 NJINY-New York - Sianley Dcbrows~; Tel: 201-807-5857 (work); E-mail: GERMANY - Eckart Prinz; Phone/Fax: +49 6151376065. Pietermaritzburg; Fax 27331 943238; E-mail hoggan @mweb.co.za [email protected] GERMANY / LUXEMBOURG - Gilles Kohl; E-mail: lOOl14.3146 @com­ SPAIN - Barcelona: Julio Lazaro Crespo; Email: lazaro-mata @sumi.es OH-Cleveland - Craig de Fasselle, c/o MEM, Inc., 4702 East 355th St., puserve. com; Tel: +49 721 693655 (after 6 p.m. Central European time). Willoughby, OH 44094. SWEDEN - Kenl l11emann; TelephonelFax: 08- 61148 85; E-mail: GREECE - Athens: Stavros D. Zacharakos; Tel: (+301) 8050041; Mobile Kent.lllemann @eca.ericsson.se; or lOO775.2027@compuserve. com; Also OK-Oklahoma City - Richard B. Meek; Tel: 405-842-1267. Tel: (+3) 093 254 717 24hrs.; Fax: (+3 01) 8050041...Galatsi: John Thomas H., Tel: 46 (70) 5308970 or Phone/Fax: 46 (8) 7733740; E-mail: PA-Hershey - GayleJ. Leininger, E-mel: gleining@cathlab. car Talsiramos, c/o TAFARM, Tel: (01) 29.17.401; Fax: (01) 29.28.174. Thomas. Hulc [email protected](Thisisa2ooLXgroup) dio.hmc.psu.edu ; Gary L WIZBr; E-mail: gwizar @cathlab. cardio.hmc .psu.edu HOLLANDIBELGIUM - Misler G. Dongs; Tel: +31 756704205; E-mail: SWITZERLAND - Alexander Gutleldl; Landollslrasse 28, CH-3007, Beme, SC-Charleslon - Ron Aivers, P.O. Box 31284, Chaneston, SC 29417- [email protected] SWITZERLAND; E-mail: loo527.2461 @compuserve .com; or 1284; Tel: 800-864-8444; E-mail: 75023.44 @compuselVe.com HONG KONG - Rm 8, 201F, Blk B, Wah Kai Ind Cenler, 221 Texaco Rd., gutleldt@msmail .advd.unibe.ch TX-Houslon - Houslon Area Palmlop Users Group; Tel: 713-777-0868; E­ Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong; Tel: 2409 0969; Fax: 2407 0782; E-mail: TURKEY - AIml1G.Ozisik; E-mail: ago @ibm.net mail: horacek @iapc.net encom @asiaonline.net. UKRAINE - Unelskvy V. Oleg; Tel: (051) 36 73 51367313; Fax: (051) 24 Washington, DC - Aick Shaddock, c/o Computer Instructors Corporation, HUNGARY - Zoltan Matok, ORbilRADE Hungary Ltd.; E-mail: 41 25. Tel: 703-486-2222; E-mail: rici<@cicorp.com zmatok @orbitrade·aiJa.huTeI:3622"!lJ687;Fax:3622"!lJ784. UNITED KINGDOM - Isleworth, Middlesex: Michael A. Brown, MBA Group, WA-Bellevue - Suzanne Ow; E-mail: [email protected]

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DATEKEY.ZIP DOS: Date and Time keys work in DOS REPLACE-ZIP DOS: utility from DOS 5,0 UCONN.EDU In the message body, put: DOUBLE-9.lIP DOS: Dominoes game RUN100,ZIP dynamically add an EXM program SUBSCRIBE HPLX-L or www.sp.uconn. edu/ - mcheml / HPLX.shtml DUNGEON.ZIP DOS: Classic adventure game SCOTADAM,ZIP DOS: Adam/Howarth adventure games EXMBATt5,ZIP Run DOS program from EXM program, SYNCDR31 ,ZIP DOS: update to directory synchronizer How to Submit an Article EXMEX100,ZIP Launch EXM program using MoreEXM. TETRIS.lIP DOS: Game of falling blocks The richness of The HP Palmtop Paper comes FIGDOS22,ZIP DOS: Creates Figlets from text THEDRAW,ZIP DOS: Early drawing program from the contributions of Palmtop PC users. FRUIT95,ZIP DOS: Sokoban type game TOPCARD,ZIP adds a file-open menu to the topcard We and your fellow users welcome your sub­ missions. (We do not offer payment for articles, GOLF.ZIP DOS: Go~ Solitaire game TOPCARDJ,ZIP DOS: Select topcards your reward is knowing that you've helped others.) ICNED100.ZIP SMC: Icon editor program TOPCARDS.lIP Topcards from Eugene Dorr If you have a good idea and want to "go for ICNVU2,ZIP SMC: Icon viewer program TPCRD,ZIP randomly pick a neVI topcard it," send it in via CompuServe e-mail [75300,2443]' Internet: hal_goldstein@thad­ LFTREE06.lIP SMC: View directory as a tree UNZIP,EXE DOS: Free unzipping program deus.com, or send disk or hard copy to Hal LO_080.lIP DOS: Game of "Lights Out" VADAS102,ZIP DOS: shoot the falling numbers game Goldstein at the above address. Alternatively, you can send an outline of your idea. 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