MAR I APR 1993

Publisher's Message ...... 3 U.S. $7.95 Letters to the Editor ...... 4 HP News ...... 6 THE HP offers free Palmtop support to u.s. Users; Ask Thaddeus! discontinues service April 5. HPPalmtop New Products and Services ...... 7 File Transfer Between the 95LX and a PC or MAC ...... 12 Almost everyone using an HP 95LX needs to backup or download files. This article ~Paper . compares different approaches. EMBARC Messaaina Service ...... 20 If you 're on the roadand need to receive f·mail, take a look at Motorola's fMBARC service. QuickView: Personal Finance Software on the 95LX ...... 23 QuickView 2.0 lets you import and work with Quicken files on the 95LX. Freyja2: a Powerful, Free System-Compliant Editor ...... 25 This powerful, free editor that comes with source code and gives programmers an excellent example of how fo write system compliant programs.

Profile: The HP 95LX - A Must for Serious Studentsl ...... 27 A look at a college student's rather thorough use of the 95LX. Lots of good tips. User to User: PHONE Enhancing Products ...... 31 Check out these PHONE databases, conversion utilities, and programs that extend the usefulness of Phone Book. Bond Calculations Using the 95LX ...... 35 Find out how easy it is to use HP CALC or Lotus 1-2-3 to do bond calculations. Looking Glass: User Keys Make Built-In Applications Work Together ...... 37 Learn how to develop user defined keys to coordinate the activities of two or more built-in applications. Break through the 10-key barrier. Making the Connection: Using Memory Cards ...... 41 How should you use them? What should you store on them? What do you need to Palmtop to Desktop File watch out for? Keeping the HP 95LX Clean ...... 45 Transfer Software Protect your investment and files with some simple, and adventurous advice. Page 12 Use pcANYWHERE to Control Your Desktop PC from Your 95LX ... 46 Access and run your desktop PC with pcANYWHERE, SuperKey, and the HP 95LX. ADVANCED TOPIC Tips on Programming System- Compliant J\pplicaflons ...... 50 Craig Finseth 's Anatomv of an Application is jam-packed with tips on programming system-compliant applications.

BASIC TIPS ...... 53 QUICK TIPS ...... 54 INDEX ...... 56 l Imagine designing your own HP 95LX ... i,

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Customize your HP 95LX Version 2 now includes multi-tasking capabilities favorite DOS programs, change your that allow SWITCHable! DOS applications to run default C:\_DAT directory; and even erase For more information Call: simultaneously with MEMO, PHONE, LOTUS 1-2-3 a forgotten password. etc. Now you can switch between programs (800) 825-9977 with a single key! In addition, SWITCH!'s SWITCH!'s control panel allows you to set the SwapAPP feature allows you to assign any auto power off timer; displays digital battery SWITCHable! applications to your Blue keys and levels; turn off serial port to save power; still gives you access to the built-in applications. change alarm tone and level.

No more re-booting and closing built-In SWITCH! Menu and Control Panel applications. Get SWITCH! and enjoy instant access to your programs! A@[1 In addition, a menu-driven user interface gives ® you instant access to any of 48 DOS and EXM ACE Technologies, Inc. programs. Create single-key loaders for your SWITCH! version 2 (C1055) ...... $69

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Dear Subscriber, We know many of you want to receive The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK So, at a special price, until June 30th, you can collect all the disk sets we've produced from 1991 through 1993. The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK is more than its name implies. Yes, it contains all the text from The HP Palmtop Paper in an easily topic-searchable format. And yes, it contains in-depth information from our advertisers to help you more informed buying decisions, but ...... it also contains all the best freeware and shareware available for the HP 95LX as we discover it. Here is just a sample of the great software subscribers to The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK have received with each issue. 95BUDDY - 1992 Product of the Year VDE - Compact, powerful text editor SPEL95 - Spell Checker for the 95LX VDE-LX - Makes VDE work like WordPerfect OUTLINE PLUS - Outliner and text editor COMMO - Robust communications program FINISH - Completes words you type DIET - File compression utility UMA - Useful Macros UNO - Useful Notes, database MULTIDAY - Week-at-a-glance ATO - Automates CompuServe activities GAMES - Chess, Space Invaders, Tetris, GRAPHI - Graphics program Othello, Mastermind, Worm, Checkers, PHONE - Databases; TV guide, New and Go-Moku, Klondike, Adventure, Sokoban, Old Testament quotes, special character set, Poker and many more. area codes, 1-2-3 me and many more. PLUS. .. Solver equations, Lotus Spreadsheets, latitudes and longitudes, translation YOU'LL NEVER utilities, a travel organizer, language compilers, screen printing utilities ... GET A BEnER ... and much, much more! CHANCE! The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK is a goldmine of useful software for the HP 95LX, Use the order and can help you turn your palmtop into a more powerful and productive machine. card enclosed in The HP Palmtop Paper gives you the information you need to get the most out of your The HP Palmtop Paper HP 95LX. The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK gives you the tools. to take advantage of Sincerely, this limited time offer, ... or call 800-373-6114 or 515-472-6330, Hal Goldstein or fax 515-472-1879 Publisher today. offer expires 6/30/93. P.S. Subscribe today. You have nothing to lose with our full, money-back guarantee. At $159 for 2 years (13 sets) The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK comes to a mere $12.25 per set! Offer expires June 30, 1993. The KODAK D1CONIX 180si Printer, from the innovator in portable printers relied upon by over one-half million PC users, now carries a three-year warranty. * ~ Which means the proven performer now carries ~ ~~ even more value than ever. AfIiR~~ _'-. Because you'll find our three-pound -."-.,"- DOS-compatible printer comes equipped with everything you . expect in a portable. . The silent reliability of ink jet technology. An impressive array of feed options, including tractor, Single sheet, and transparency. And a nationwide network of authorized service agents. All in a footprint smaller than a sheet of paper. And at a new suggested list price of a mere $349 (US) for the com­ plete package. (Dealer prices may vary.) For more information about the portable printer that has proven itself time and again, and the name of the dealer nearest you in the US or Canada, call 1 800 344-0006. The KODAK DICONIX 180si Printer. The portable with a proven past And a secured future. * If purchased and used ;n the U.S.A., Canada, or Puerto Rico, this printer, with its adapter, is warranted by Eastman Kodak Company, to the original purchaser, to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for three (3) years from the date of original purchase. Kodak makes no other warranties, expressed or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for purpose .

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Kodak and Diconix are trademarks. © Eastman Kodak Company, 1993 Publisher's Message The HP Palmtop Paper Volume two / Number two At this time the number of HP Palm­ March / April 1993 Executive EditorlPublisher top computers occupy a minuscule part Hal Goldstein of the personal computer market place. Managing Editor We HP 95LX users view our HP Palm­ Richard Hall top as one of the world's best kept Technical Editor secrets. We see the future of computing Robert Roney Department Editors in our palm. Having all that computing Ed Keefe power always available is too useful Mark Scardina for it not to catch on in a big way. Contributing Writers Ralph Butler In the meantime the HP 95LX has Cindy Ericson J.D. Flemming, Jr. attracted a network of users and ven­ Douglas D. Giloert dors of extraordinary quality. Fortu­ Tony McNamara Hal Goldstein Rick Shaddock nately for us, many of these users have Jeffrey C. Zorn taken the time to contribute to this AdvertisinlliMarketing Brian 'feitzman publication. Our contributors this issue include a lawyer with Peder Sweeney a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, an award-winning program­ Margaret Martin mer for Symantec, leaders of America On Line's new Palmtop Circulation Sharon Dilmore SIG forum, an engineering manager, an experienced computer Cindy Ericson Rene LaReau science professor, and two consultants specializing in the HP Diane Wimett 95LX. In this issue these fellow users describe a new MEMO Executive Advisor alternative, wireless computing, and alternatives for transfer­ Rita Goldstein ring your 95LX files. Other users will tell you how to update The HP Palmtop Paper (ISSN 10656189) is published bimonthly your Quicken (personal finance) information on your 95LX, by Thaddeus Computing Inc., at 57 East Broadway Avenue, how to protect your files on the different memory card Fairfield, IA 52556. Second-class alternatives, and how to run your desktop computer via postage paid at Fairfield, Iowa. Subscription rates payable in U.S. modem from the HP 95LX. dollars, checks drawn on a U.S. Also, in this issue a student explains how he uses his HP bank, or by credit card - one year: $39; two years: $69. Postage: U.S. Palmtop, I describe over twenty data bases and other tools to and U.S. possessions free; Canada, enhance the built-in PHONE application, and Ed Keefe gives Mexico add $6 per year; other countries add $18 per year. Please you an advanced lesson on User Defined function keys allow four to six weeks for receipt of first issue. Executive, Editorial, (macros). In addition, you'll find a rich collection of tips, letters, Circulation, Marketing and Adver­ and even an article on how to keep your HP 95LX clean. tising Offices: P.O. Box 869, Fair­ field, IA 52556. Telephone: (515) Enjoy. 472-6330, FAX: (515) 472-1879. Finally, as you will see, HP no longer charges for its U.S. Copyright 1993, Thaddeus Comput­ ing, Inc., all rights reserved. No support. It is free for the cost of the call. Given this change in part of this publication may be reproduced without written permis­ HP policy, we have eliminated our Ask Thaddeus support sion. Reasonable efforts are made helpline. Robert Roney, director of Ask Thaddeus, has agreed to provide accurate and useful information, but the reader must to join Richard Hall and myself in our editorial staff. Given make his or her own investigations Robert's technical and interpersonal skills, Robert will help The and decisions; the Publisher and Editorial Staff cannot assume any HP Palmtop Paper live up its mission of making HP Palmtops responsibility or liability for the use of information contained herein. more useful and enjoyable. POSTMASTER: Please send any address changes to The HP Palmtop Paper, Attn: Thaddeus Computing, Inc., P.O. Box 869, Fairfield, IA 52556.

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America Online's Palmtop baud should be available of disks and disk size. Upon na, VA 22182-9806, or phone SIG Opens! shortly. A book published by your notification we will 800-827-6364. America Online's (AOL) Ventana Press called "The send your disks promptly! Jeff Zorn CompuServe ID: [71165 ,1650J Palmtop Special Interest Official America Online Tour Should you choose not to or AOL: PDA Jeff) Group finally opened on Guide" is available in most try AOL, we would appreci­ bookstores, and comes with ate your E-Mailing programs Craig de Fasselle Tuesday, January 28, 1993. CompuServe ID: [76500,1440J TEN free hours of online and files to either of us and As of mid-March the Palm­ or AOL: PDA Craig) top SIG had over 700 mes­ time. It lists for $34.95, and so we may upload them to sages and 80 files in its own is available in Mac and DOS the Palmtop Library. Please versions now, with a Win­ include a brief description Looking for a DOS Database software library. I recently upgraded my HP dows version to be released (noting any special require­ AOL started as a MacIn­ 95LX to 1MB to be able to very soon. ments) of the program so we tosh and Apple II online ser­ run some DOS database pro­ We are asking that you can post an exciting preview vice, but has expanded into grams. I am looking for a please help by uploading of the file. If the program is a truly well rounded service programmable database with your files and programs to too large to E-Mail feel free with Mac, DOS, and now import and export capabili­ AOL, which will in turn give to "snail-mail" a copy to us Windows interfaces. We ties, and it would be a bonus better exposure to your (contact us for the mailing would appreciate your help if it were relational. shareware, freeware, equip­ address). and support in continuing to 4-You Software has just ment, and products. We of The Keyword once you build the Palmtop SIG's file introduced a program called course encourage you to try sign on is PALMTOP, which and message base. This new Info Manager, which looks AOL, even if only for the takes you directly to the SIG AOL forum will help answer as though it might do the FREE introductory period. message boards and file questions and promote your job. What other options do I To get your FREE startup libraries. Even if you do not shareware programs and have? kit, please CIS E-Mail Jeff have any files to upload, we products. This, of course, is David W. Harper Zorn at 71165,1650 or Craig would love to have you visit, in addition to the fine sup­ Valley View, OH, USA port offered by CompuServe de Fasselle at 76500,1440, and look forward to your from Ted Dickens and Team­ include your name, address, valuable input and participa­ [You have many choices for HP on the HP HAND forum. and whether you need a tion. America Online, 8619 databases on the 9SLX. To The Palmtop SIG on AOL DOS, Windows, or MAC set Westwood Center Dr., Vien- begin with take a look at provides HP users who do not subscribe to CompuServe (CIS) with another source of STOP! Before you buy another set of batteries ... support and shareware. A number of CIS "regulars" have also dropped in on the Palmtop SIC and have up­ BAITman™ (NEW!) loaded their programs. The user interface is different SWITCH! than CIS, more graphical like NiMH batteries COMPATIBLE CIM. One of the great areas on AOL is a classified sec­ tion for advertising that is "If you are tired of throwing away batteries, BA TTman will allow safe free to the AOL member. hassle-free use of rechargeables on your 95LX.. " There are other interesting ;~~ra'arg~bination of BATTman works flawlessly and I never once areas that are free of any charges besides online time. - Palmtop paper, August 7992 The rates for AOL are very reasonable, and new With NEW Features! members are given five • BATTman now reports "Hours used" For more information hours online time plus the • NiMH provides 200% more capacity than on our products and first month's base charge of standard NiCds how to order, call: $7.95 FREE. After the first • Rechargeable up to 1,000 times month the rates are $7.95 for • No memory effects and non-toxic to our environment the first two hours of usage (800) 825-9977 and then $0.10 per minute. Join thousands of other 95LX users, start using There are no additional sur­ BATTman battery management software with NiMH charges for the use of the Nickel-metal-Hydride rechargeable batteries and SAVE! service between the hours of ACE Technologies, Inc, 6:00 PM and 6:00 AM EST. BATIman NEW! version 1,2 on 3,5" floppy, " " " $49 2880 Zanker Road, Suite 103 Presently the maximum San Jose , California 95134 U.S.A. BATIman with two Ni-metal-Hydrides ",""" " " "",,"", $59 (408) 428·9722, FAX (408) 428·9721 baud rate is 2400, but 9600 BATIman with two Ni-metal-Hydrides & charger "'" $69 (Dealers & Distributors welcome)

4 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER MARCH / APRIL 1993 PHONE databases, page 31 this [The use of ":" in the L( :) #FlOOO-90007 page A-5 use my HP 110 Portable issue. Also take a look at Lotus function is a holdover from the Hermann Schmitt computer from time to time). 123, a built-in data base that is HP 19IIb. I suppose HP left Winnweiler, GERMANY I wanted to thank the HP many times overlooked (see that in Solver to make it back­ hardware design engineers page 53, Jan/Feb 93, Basic ward compatible with the calcu­ 95LX Survives Fall for the extra effort they put Tips). Also look at @Base, a lator. I was surprised when ":" Well, it finally happened. in to protect my investment. Lotus add-in database (see worked. I like it better than "," After having my 95LX close Larry Lefkowitz Quick Tips, page 50 of the since commas are hard to keep to two years, I finally Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Sept/Oct issue). We've heard track of, but either one will dropped it on the floor. I good things about Info Manag­ work - Ed.] was carrying it on top of Must Have MultiMacro er, but have not yet tested it. some books, and it slipped Manager Other database products for HP bugs off and fell 3 1/2 feet onto I noticed that Ed Keefe has the 95LX include the following: HP should give a serious my tile over concrete floor. I an ad in the latest Palmtop - We have had reports of peo­ warning to all German was very upset and nervous Paper for his Multi-Macro ple using dBase III on a RAM speaking users of a 95LX: as I picked it up, and when manager. I had the distinct card - Pocket Sales Force offers I opened the case I couldn't pleasure of being one of the client tracking with customiz­ 1. Disconnecting the PC from believe what happened to it beta testers for this program. able data base features (see page the 95LX in DOS Connect - nothing! It worked per­ Run to the post office and 8 of the MaylJune 92 issue) - needs a "DC95 -E" command fectly. send Ed a check for this pro­ Useful Notes ii is a free-form rather than a "CD95 -U". Ref­ This was a real drop to gram! notes-based program (see page erence: Connectivity Pack the floor, it made a loud It works beautifully and 10 of the July/Aug 92 issue) - Manual #FlOOl-90003, alright noise and even bounced allows you to keep and swap fastNotes is a system-compliant on page 5-11, but wrong on once. different Char macro files on version of Useful Notes from that single sheet called So this gives me another your 95LX. You can forget ACE Technologies (see ad, page "Kurzuebersicht" . reason to feel I made the about not keeping a macro 39) - QA Palm is a screen 2. To exchange a RAM-Card right choice by choosing an generator for the 95LX, letting battery: SWITCH YOUR HP- HP. Not only is it an innova­ you collect data on the 95LX 95LX ON!! not OFF!! Refer­ tive product, but it will actu­ [Continued on page 52.] and later download it to a PC ence: Main User Manual ally last for a while (I still for analysis and manipulation with a dBASE-compatible pro­ Control your TV VCR Stereo with the 95LX gram (see ad, page 30); - Info­ Select, a free-form database, (see page 35 of the Jan/Feb 93 is­ Introducing sue); EFMS ii, Everyone's File TM Management System, a flat -file version2.0 database (see page 46 of the myREMOTE Sep/ Oct 92 issue); and KJV, Keep In View, a free-form data­ User programmable Multiple files for base & outliner (see page 48 of Macro commands different remotes the Sep/ Oct 92 issue of The Up to 100 \ \ HP Palmtop Paper). We intend commands myREMOTE v 2.13 \ TV.IR a more thorough comparison in -...... ~e~awu"I~ALf~~mQC~ials Off upcoming issues. -...... LT Channel Down @ALT-C CD NQp Volume Up @ALT-S STEREO DN Volume Down @ALT-W Wake u~ 6am = Recall @ALT-P KQED-PBS L(x,alg) or L(x:alg) * Quick View @ALT-O This old hou Universal - Mute Sound @ALT-2 llpm News Ed Keefe's article on SIGMA / Sleep Timer @ALT-S Set Clock 'Train" mode in the Jan/Feb issue of the SingleKey /' + On/ Off @ALT-D Daylight sav V access to your PTP is quite helpful in fur­ 8se ARROW keys to select item. ~ ther understanding of LO Remote's ENTER>Send E>dit D>elete I >nsert T>rain functions function. I note that some­ times you use (:) as a delim­ iter and then sometimes a (,). New Features! For more information Call: I tried out your examples • Now you can control your 95LX with IR remotes - great for presentations, demos and fun . with the : and they seemed (800) 825-9977 • SWITCHable! with built-in applications to work okay. But is there • New improved algorithms supports more remotes something significant about • Allows time delayed operations with built-in using one (:) or the other (,)? macro commands. fi\@[TI ® ACE Technologies, Inc. Mick Luce 2880 Zanker Road, Suite 103 Portland, OR, USA myREMOTE version 2.0 (C1065) ...... $39 Son Jose, California 95134 U.S.A (Dealers & Distributors welcome)

MARCH I APRIL 1993 THE HP P ALMTOP PAPER 5 HP Offers Free Palmtop Support to U.S. Users Beginning April 5, 1993, Hewlett-Packard will offer free technical support to U.S. users of the HP 95LX. Call 503-757- 2004, 5 am to 5 pm Pacific Time. Ask Thaddeus Discontinued

By HP Technical Support

Hewlett-Packard Company is A letter along with a Refund Palmtop Paper and make it even more proud to announce that be­ Request form will be sent to all sup­ useful to you in the future. ginning AprilS, 1993, techni- port contract customers in the April We will discontinue the Ask cal support in the U.S. for its palm­ time-frame. To receive a pro-rated Thaddeus phone numbers on AprilS, top line of personal computers will refund the form must be completed 1993, when Hewlett-Packard begins be free. All you have to pay is the and returned to Hewlett-Packard. If their free service. After that, I will be phone charge from your location to no refund is requested, no action is moving over to the editorial staff our support facility. So when you necessary. Toll-free access ends on with Hal Goldstein and Richard Hall can't find the information you need the support contract expiration date. to work on the technical side of The in the user's manuals or reference Customers should retain their HP Palmtop Paper. materials, you can get technical help PINs (Personal Identification Num­ Although it's no longer practical for free, 5:00 am to 5:00 pm Pacific ber). These will continue to be used to keep a technical support person on Time, week days by calling 503-757- to access the Technical Support De­ staff, you will still be able to reach 2004. Hewlett-Packard will continue partment. New customers calling the me at 515-472-6330 or (fax) 515-472- to offer limited automated support Support Department will continue to 1879. We will continue with the same services 24 hours a day, 7 days a be assigned a PIN. policy of charging $2.00/minute for week on its toll-free line at 800-443- phone consultation time. 1254. Ask Thaddeus! Helpline Service If you have previously purchased Discontinued April 5 HP Announces a support contract and it is still in Publishing Agreements effect, Hewlett-Packard offers the By Robert Roney Hewlett-Packard Company an­ following choices about how to con­ Director of Ask Thaddeus. nounced that it has reached agree­ tinue your support contract. ments with Random House Electronic 1. If you prefer, Hewlett-Packard Due to the generous offer of Hewlett­ Publishing and PTR Prentice Hall to will continue to provide toll-free Packard to give free technical support publish books on HP technologies access for you through the end of to users of its palmtop computers, and products. Random House is ex­ your contract term (however, con­ Thaddeus Computing is discontinu­ pected to announce titles on HP's tracts will not be renewed). ing the Ask Thaddeus Helpline Ser­ palmtops, printers and home/office vice on AprilS, 1993. computer usage. 2. If you choose to discontinue your I want to express my gratitude support contract, upon acceptance and thanks to those subscribers who Hewlett-Packard will return a pro­ have used this service. It has been a Back Issues of rated amount of your payment to great pleasure to work with you The HP Palmtop Paper you at your request. The pro-rated directly and learn about your prob­ amount will be based on the days of lems and successes with the 95LX. I While supplies last, you may purchase sets of support remaining on your contract have especially enjoyed the successes back issues of The HP Palmtop Paper or The from the date HP receives your re­ when we've been able to avert some HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK. Use the enclosed quest for refund. You will continue catastrophe or enhanced the usability order card or contact Thaddeus Computing Inc, to have toll-free access on your sup­ of the 95LX. I must also thank you Phone: 800-373-6114 or 515-472-6330 port contract until Hewlett-Packard for the suggestions and the feed-back Fax: 515-472-1879. processes your request. Processing of that you have given. I know that this requests can take up to 10 weeks. experience will help enrich The HP

6 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER MARCH / APRIL 1993 NEW THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS

New Products Designed to Work with the HP 95LX

In the first eight issues we listed over 300 hardware and software products, and other 95LX-related services already available from third-party manufacturers and develop­ ers. We will continue to list 95LX hardware, software, books, videos, training, and services as we discover them. Vendors of 95LX-related products should send us information.

By Richard Hall and Hal Goldstein Hardware connect directly to the HP available for either the stan­ Memory Cards 95LX without a cable by dard wired port or IR (infra­ and Card Drives using the HP Cradle. red) port. It also comes with a software library of func­ Availability ...... April , 1993 [ Binders I Cases I tions on disk to allow pro­ Pricing ...... $249.00 SCSI PCMCIA Card grammers more flexible inter­ CONTACT: Vidar-SMS Co., Ltd., Attn: HP Palmtop Paper Drive for Macintosh Peter Lu / API Division, No. 159, Sec. facing to the Palm Lock. MCDISK-1 is an external Binders 3, Tam-king Rd., Tamsui, Taipei Tai­ Availability ...... May, 1993 Binders to protect your issues desktop PCMCIA drive with wan, 251 R.D.C.; Phone: 886-2-622- Pricing ...... $CALL of The HP Palmtop Paper. a built-in power supply and a 4300, 886-2-623-2750; Fax: 886-2- CONTACT: RhonSoft Development, Finished in deep blue 1MB/5 SCSI-compatible inter­ 622-0138, 886-2-623-4156. 180 Glennview Dr., Canfield, OH Leathertex and designed to face that supports the com­ 44406, USA; Phone: 216-533-0185; hold a complete year of is­ plete SCSI command set and FAXman Fax: call. sues. SCSI address select. MC­ Automated HP 95LX fax soft­ [See Advertising, page 52.} DISK-1 accepts all types of ware for the World port Palm­ Easy Data Acquisition Static RAM, Flash EPROM Availability ...... Now top and 2400plus fax mo­ and Process Control and One Time PROM's (OTP) dems. Features include cre­ Pricing ...... £14 1 $19 memory cards with capacity Monitor and control tempera­ CONTACT: SupplyLine, Unit A, 75 ation of custom fax cover ture, pressure, flow, humidi­ up to 64MB. It comes with sheets and integral fax num­ South Western Road, Twickenham, two SCSI connectors and can ty, with these analog-digital TWl lLG, UK; Phone +44-81-744- ber directory. be easily installed in any and digital-analog converters 0022; Fax: +44-81-744-0045; Compu­ UNIX, VME, Macintosh or Availability ...... Now for your 95LX. Easy Data has Serve: [100064, 1525]. PC system equipped with an Medium ...... Floppy disk multi-channel high resolution SCSI adapter. Software driv­ Runs under SysMgr ...... Yes input and output. Its battery Protective Case ers are available for most of Pricing ...... , £49 1 $49 operated, compact and rug­ and Organizer these systems. CONTACT: SupplyLine, Unit A, 75 ged and allows you to import The TimeBoss Executive South Western Road, Twickenham, data directly into Lotus 1-2-3 Leather Case combines a ba­ Availability ...... Now TWl lLG, UK; Phone +44-81-744- or ASCII files. Requires ...... SCSI Interface 0022; Fax: +44-81-744-0045; Compu­ sic executive organizer with a Availability ...... Now slim and attractive protective Pricing ...... $675.00 Serve: [100064,1525]. CONTACT: Gespac, Inc. , 50 W. Hoo­ Pricing ...... varies with unit leather case for the 95LX. It's ver Ave., Mesa, AZ 85210; Phone: 602 CONTACT: Systronix, Inc., 754 East easy to use the Palmtop in 962-5559; Fax: 602 962-5750. Roosevelt Avenue, Salt Lake City, UT the case and easy to take it [ Specialized I 84105, USA; Phone 801-487-7412; out. Made of top-grain leath­ Fax: 801-487-3130; BBS: 801-487- er it includes a monthly / Palm Lock: Software 2778. Modems I' yearly calendar, note pad, l Protection for pencil, pockets for computer --_... Software cards, credit cards, etc. Vidar Battery Developers Palm Lock is a device that [See Advertising, page 9.} Powered Pocket software developers can mar­ Availability ...... Now Modem ket with their programs to [ 1-2-3 Add-Ins I Pricing ...... $89.95 Vidar-SMS MP2400 is a por­ protect the program from CONTACT: Connection Pointinc. , 101 table pocket modem that runs unauthorized copying. The ASCERTain S. Main St. , Janesville, WI 53545; at 2400 bps. It uses on a stan­ Palm Lock devices are de­ Phone: 608 757 0673; Fax: 608 755 dard 9-volt battery and co­ ASCERTain calculates the signed to interface with the uncertainty level in a calcula­ 1744. mes with Auto-Sleep and Au­ 95LX's serial ports. They are to-Wake Up features. It can tion in your spreadsheet

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based on the uncertainty in Pricing ...... $69.95 CONTACT: Genus Software Corp., all the values used to calcu­ [ Connectivity I CONTACT: Sparcom Corporation, 897 1625 Richards Street, Salt Lake City, late it. ASCERTain automati­ NW Grant Ave., Corvallis, OR 97330, Utah 84115, USA cally prompts you to input an USA; Phone 800-827-8416 or 503- PC DataExchange 757-8416; Fax: 503-753-7821; Compu­ CHEQIN uncertainty percentage for DataExchange transfers files Serve 10: [75320,2440]. A configurable time ledger each value the formula de­ between the HP 95LX and a for projects that tracks check pends on, and then quantifies Pc. Run PC DateExchange in the confidence boundaries of in and check out times and Windows or DOS operating Financial I' the formula. l helps prepare billing state­ systems. Standard file main­ --_.... ments. Can handle up to Use ASCERTain in bud­ tenance features (create and eight projects (clients). gets, financial planning, engi­ remove directory, change Amortization neering calculations. It lets drive, etc.) are built in. Date­ This DOS application may be Availability ...... Now you take the unpredictable Exchange requires the follow­ run on the HP 95LX or other Medium ...... Floppy Disk into account by factoring into ing minimum systems: PC PC-compatible computer. It is Runs under SysMgr ...... Yes your spreadsheets your real AT with VGA adapter and a 'what-if application which Pricing ...... $55 life experiences. In Sensitivity DOS 3.0 or higher, a 3.5" allows you to calculate an CONTACT: IXTRA Software, GmbH, mode, ASCERTain calculates floppy drive, hard disk, and amortization from any three Bretonischer Ring 18, 8011 Gras­ of the four necessary compo­ how a unit change in its ar­ mouse; an HP 95LX with at brunn, GERMANY; Phone: +49 (89) nents. It displays and prints 456-0340; Fax: +49 (89) 460-5764. gument will affect a formula. least 15K free on either the out a formal amortization internal RAM disk (C drive) [See Advertising, page 17.} schedule and a Time Value of or an external RAM card (A QuickView 2.0 Iii Money (TVM) table from the Availability ...... Now drive). Package includes soft­ This checkbook register and interest rate and compound­ Medium ...... Floppy disk ware, manual, and cable. investment management pro­ ing frequency. Runs under SysMgr ...... Yes Macintosh connectivity gram lets you view and Pricing ...... $95 software is also available. Availability ...... Now search all of your Quicken CONTACT: Septima International Medium ...... Floppy Disk records on your 95LX and Corporation, 382 Chicopee Row, Gro­ Availability ...... Now Runs under SysMgr ...... No create Lotus .WK1 files from ton, MA 01450, USA; Phone: 508-448- Medium ...... 3.5" floppy disk Pricing ...... $29 your Quicken data. Version 2 2761; Fax: 508-448-5246. Runs under SysMgr ...... Yes (non-US add $7.50 for shipping) lets you add, change, and

RECEIVE WIRELESS ELECTRONIC MESSAGES & FILES ON YOUR HP 95LX FROM MOST E-MAIL SYSTEMS

Stay one call ahead of your competitors with EMBARC (Electronic Mail Broadcast To A Roaming Computer), an advanced messaging service from Motorola. Computer users on most public and private e-mail systems can send spreadsheets, database updates and other important information to computers in the field at a fracti{)n of the cost of a long distance telephone call. Messages and files are transmitted in native mode to a hub, where they are translated and passed off seamlessly to EMBARC. Your message is sent over radio waves to a small receiver that attaches easily to the HP 95LX using a snap-in cradle. Sales reps and management receive last minute updates; service personnel can be dispatched to job sites immediately. And you're one call ahead of the competition.

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delete records and export all accurate times for new or changed information l Programming I s unrise, sunset, back to Quicken. QuickView twilight, day­ includes many features found 5595 lengths, and the in Quicken (QUIKVU.EXE on sun's essential an­ Library that allows exper­ HPHAND, Lib 7). It can also gular positions, for ienced programmers using export files to Managing Your any location, during QuickBASIC to draw points, Money, by MECA Software, anyone year. Partic­ lines, rectangles, and text in Inc., phone: 206-256-5000. ular regard is paid graphics mode. Comes with to sunlight condi­ Availability ...... Now information on linking and tions in the arctic/ ­ Medium ...... Floppy disk compiling. Runs under SysMgr ...... No antarctic regions. Availability ...... Now Pricing ...... $30 The template Medium ...... Floppy disk CONTACT: John C. Haskel, Jr. , 7102 was developed from (specify 5.25 " or 3.5 " disks) Three Chopt Road, Richmond, VA HP's Long-Term Runs under SysMgr ...... No 23226-3615, USA; CompuServe 10: Almanac of the Sun, Pricing ...... $50 [70750, 1243}. with other informa­ (plus $5 shipping and handling; non tion added to make US orders $10 shipping and handling) it a planning tool Pam Topp toppled Tom Pott's palmed palmtop top_ G_a_m_e_s_.. CONTACT: Snappy Software, P.O. for travelers of l__ 1 Box 731, Lexington, KY 40586, USA; various professions. Phone: 606-269-0496. Two versions are in- Worm! cluded: One for the 95LX and This expanded version of a (Lotus template) one for laptop/ desktop PCs. classic arcade game has ten [ Specialized I Pricing ...... $80 different skill levels, forty Availability ...... Now CONTACT: GEOOATA, P.o. Box 101, N-1360, Nesbru, NORWAY; Fax: +47 playing screens, and allows Sunlight Medium ...... Floppy disk the saving and restoring of Runs under SysMgr ...... Yes 66846243. This 1-2-3 template calculates games. This non-system com­ pliant game occupies about 40K of disk space. Finally, a HP 95 LX Palmtop PC carrying case Availability ...... Now Medium ...... Floppy disk and executive organizer all in one. (specify 5.25" or 3.5" disks) Runs under SysMgr ...... No Pricing ...... $20 (plus $5 shipping and handling; non­ US orders $10 shipping and handling) CONTACT: Snappy Software, P.o. Box 731, Lexington, KY 40586, USA; Phone: 606-269-0496.

WW3 Arcade game written specifi­ cally for the HP 95LX . Has three different skill levels. Occupies 30K disk space.

Availability ...... Now Medium ...... Floppy disk (specify 5.25" or 3.5" disks) Runs under SysMgr ...... No Pricing ...... $20 After a tremendous success in Europe, TimeBoss, the portable office in (plus $5 shipping and handling; non your pocket, is now available in the U.S . This contemporary , top-grain US orders $10 shipping and handling) leather organizer combines both a sturdy protective case for your palmtop CONTACT: Snappy Software, P.o. Order 24 hours a day: HP 95 LX computer, with all the extras you need in an executi ve Box 731, Lexington, KY 40586, USA; organizer: monthly/yearly calendar, note pad, pencil, plus pockets for FAX: 608·755·1744 Phone: 606-269-0496. additional computer cards, money and credit cards. Phone: 608·757·0673 Power has never been so exclusive and portable. Distributor and retailer inquiries welcome. Connection Point, Inc.lTimeBoss

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Upgrades, issue for more on MacLink­ Availability ...... Now Wireless Plus). [See Advertising, page inside Pricing Updates, back cover.] Phone Book files ...... $95 Communications Appointment Book files ... $95 Corrections CONTACT: Data Viz, 55 Corporate Both ...... $145 Drive, Trumbull, CT 06611; Phone: Handling Charge if Discover RadioMail ACT! on Palm Modem 203268-0030; Fax: 203 268-4345. Introductory Plan ACT! for the 95LX, the popu­ no files are recovered .... $25 lar contact management pro­ SEND TO: File Recovery Services, This plan provides new sub­ Phone Book Fi!e 665 N.E. Conifer Blvd. , Corvallis, OR gram, is now available pre­ scribers to the RadioMail 97330, USA; Phone: 503-757-0044. electronic messaging service a loaded on the New Media Repair a Service Announced as a software flat rate of $89 per month PalmModem PC card. program on page 7 of the through 9/30/93 for unlimit­ Availability ...... Now Jan/ Feb 93 issue, this service ed messaging. The service Pricing ...... $339.00 provides necessary software requires that you send in Shareware Mentioned CONTACT: New Media Corp., 15375 your 95LX to recover corrupt­ for the 95LX. Also needed is in Third Party Products Barranca, B-101 Irvine, CA 92718, ed Phone Book or Appoint­ the Ericcson GT Mobidem USA; Phone: 714453-0100; Fax: 714- Portable Wireless Modem. ment Book files. May be of On the HP Palmtop Paper 453-0114. use when you see the "File Ericcson GE has recently ON DISK IIa error" or the "RAM Disk discounted Mobidem (see 'CIS "SHR QUIKVU.EXE - MIA 93 MacLinkPlus/HP 95LX Corrupt" messages and you page 45, Mar/Apr 92 for more on the Mobidem). Eric­ Competitive Upgrade did not have an adequate 'CIS - Also available in the HP Handhelds forum of CompuServe. cson also offers the Viking Users of Sparcom Corpora­ back up. Do not reinitialize Express package, which in­ tions's DataExchange or write any data to the disk "SHR - SHAREWARE is software program can now purchase until the files have been re­ distributed free of charge for evalua­ dudes RadioMail software, tion purposes only. If you decide to the Mobidem, an HP 95LX, the MacLinkPlus/ HP 95LX covered. Send your 95LX (or use it, you must pay the author the shareware fee. This goes for any and a leather carrying case. software from DataViz for memory card) to the contact below. They'll send it back shareware found on The HP Palm­ $49 .00 (suggested retail price top Paper ON DISK or Compu­ Availability ...... Now is $129.00). Offer ends May within two working days of Serve. Pricing 31, 1993 (see page 14, this receipt. RadioMail monthly rate .. . $89 Mobidem ...... $775 Viking Express ...... $995 CONTACT: RadioMail Corporation, P.G. Box 1206, Menlo Park, CA Get more out of 94026-1206, USA ; Phone: 415-328- 5615; Fax: 415-322-1753. your HP 9SIXbygetting Publications and Services mOremtolt. Now you can securely s~ore large spreadsheets, extensive Field Guide to databases and complete client Computing records - all on your HP 95LXTM ! In the new book, A Guide to Introducing SUNDISK SDpT. Storage Cards, the only high Field Computing by Dana density, low cost solution ~at's so Blankenhorn, gives the HP reliable your data can SUlVlve over 95LX extensive coverage. a million years!" It focuses on the many appli­ SUNDISK SDP Cards meet cations of portable comput­ toughPCMCIX~ ATA standards. ers. A disk comes with the Capacities range from 1MB up to an book, which includes among astonishing 10 MB of data storage. other programs ICOMMO}' Start getting more from your HP95LX! ToorderanyofourSDP acCIS, and MESSAGE (also Storage Card products, please call: available on Compuserve and the PTP OnDisk). EduCALC Availability ...... NOW (800) 677-7001 Pricing ...... $29.95 CONTACT: New Riders Publishing, 11711 N. College Ave., Suite 140, Solid-sUIte SUNDISK SDP Dlrds require no ba~'Y' so your daUl will SUNDISK never unexpectedly disappear due to battery failure. Carmel, IN 46032; Phone: 317573- 2500 Sales: 800 428-5331. . s S ta Qara CA 95054 (408) 562·0500 SUNDISK Corporat1~n ~~~l~b Js ~~ ro~n All other'trodemarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners, Cl l992 SUNDISK Corporation. SUNDISK ~:~~:ruf;:a~a~ma;'ated from extensi\'estr~ lestingat high temperarures.

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® , Motorola and NewsStream are registered trademarks of Motorola, Inc, All other product and company names are the property of their respective owners, ~ 1993 Motorola, Inc, Transferring Files Between the 95LX and a PC or Mac

Almost everyone using a 95LX needs to backup important files or download files from another computer. File transfer is a crucial function, and this article compares different approaches.

By Tony McNamara

The HP 95LX lets you take your card like it's a floppy disk and trans­ 95LX's non-standard serial port. This work wherever you go. It's great to fer files back and forth between ma­ very basic three-wire port does not be able to take notes, look up phone chines. There are a number of card support a standard serial port's DTS numbers, make calculations, and drives available for PCs, and one that and DTR signals. This handicaps create or access important spread­ we know of for a Macintosh (see performance with transfer programs sheets at a moments notice. It's also page 12, this issue). like Lap Link and FastLynx, which vital for most users to be able to One problem with this approach can support seven-wire serial cables. easily transfer files back and forth is that if you're on the road and want The other difficulty associated between the 95LX and a desktop to transfer files to or from another PC with the serial transfer approach is computer. that doesn't happen to have a card getting the transfer software on to the One solution is to install a PCM­ drive, you're out of luck! Also, the 95LX in the first place. It's a bit of a CIA card drive in your desktop and card drive approach is the most ex­ Catch-22 - you need file transfer soft­ transfer data via memory card. Once pensive ($300-$500 plus the cost of a ware to transfer files to the 95LX, but the drive is installed, this is the sim­ card). the first file you have to transfer over plest way to go. You use your RAM is the file transfer software! File Transfer Software The HP Connectivity Pack uses A less expensive solution is to use a the FILER program already installed NOW AYAILABLII' file transfer program and serial cable. on the 95LX. The other software can A variety of programs and connec­ be transferred to the 95LX using the SUNDISI('" Software Upgrade tivity packages are available, allow­ built-in COMM application and any for CD3568 Card Drive. ing you to connect to PCs or Macs. If common communications program you're on the road, you can take the (i.e. Crosstalk or ProComm) on the Use SUNDISK SDPL5-XX flash software and serial cable with you Pc. Simply connect the two systems cards in your CD3568 Card Drive. and connect to almost anyone's com­ using the appropriate cable, select the UPGRADE is only $20.00 puter. Best of all, the price is right same communications parameters on (includes postage and handling) ($55-$200, serial cable and software). both sides, and initiate an X-Modem This approach has two problems or Kermit transfer of the desired files. Send check or money order to: associated with it. The first is the There's one other minor problem Steele Creek Technologies associated with the 95LX's power 14035 Appling Lane Charlotte, N.C. 28278 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 704/588-1780 SUNDISK ™ SUN DISK Corporation Tony is a programmer for Symantec, Peter Norton Computing. He received degree in physics from UCLA and is the author of the award-winning Keypress I CD3568 Card Drives are available from I shareware program. His CompuServe ID is [72477,2504]. \. EduCALC 1-800-677-7001 ~

12 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER MARCH / APRIL 1993 (not applicable to the 95LX). The ge­ II!m~~pm~a~lifjgtWJ.~~~~~ neric packages still tend to be faster [ The Macintosh Programs I Learn HP 95LX tips, techniques, and than the 95LX-specific packs, even in short-cuts in I-day hands-on seminars the three-wire mode. Both programs reviewed, MacLink Plus HP 95LX - Power Productivity Class The advantage of the 95LX­ and Data Exchange, are written specifi­ System Manager, SetUp, Filer, DOS, specific programs is that they are de­ cally for file transfer between the Appt, Phone, Memo, Lotus, HP Calc, signed to take into account the screen Macintosh and the 95LX. Both come Connectivity Pack, Backup & Safety, size of the 95LX and the data-compa­ with a special 95LX-to-Mac interface Shareware: 95Buddy, Switch, VDE, etc. tibility of the built-in applications. cable and both allow you to use Other topics as requested: Most 95LX-specific programs also either of the Macintosh's serial port Lotus 1-2-3 for the Palmtop provide a 95LX-compatible cable, (the printer or the modem port). Functions, database, graphics, macros which you must purchase separately Neither of these programs displays any information on the 95LX screen ACT! for the HP 95LX for the other programs. while running, and neither allows Contact, calls, meetings, things-to-do Finally, most but not all file trans­ you to control the connection from Custom Consulting & Solutions fer programs let either of the two Help with your specific objectives the 95LX side. connected computers control the Interestingly, both were also Products will be available to try out: transfer process (one or the other, not SkyTel, EMBARC, Drive95, RAM Cards. .. somewhat incompatible with ACE's both at the same time). Because a DoubleCard (Stacker) software: Mac­ HP 95LX Seminars: (9am - 5pm) larger keyboard and screen are easier 5295 Plan for Individuals: (couples $285 each) Link would usually connect, but May 4 - Los Angeles, CA Jun I - Atlanta, GA to use, most people would use the would also usually abort on very May 6 - Chicago, II.. Jun 3 - Tampa, FL desktop computer as the controller long files, while Data Exchange May II - Boston, MA Jun 15 - Dallas, TX May 13 - Philadelphia, PA Jun 17 - San Francisco, CA (also call the "host" or "local" comput­ would always connect, but would May 25 - New York, NY Jun 22 - Seattle, WA er). I tested these programs using the take a very long time to do the trans­ Call us ifyou have at least 3 people at $295 each, desktop computer as the controlling fer. Without the DoubleCard com­ 2 at $395 each, or 1 at $349 in the DC or LA area HP5950 Plan for Groups: (5 - 10 persons) computer in all cases. pression software, both packages Ex: $100 + 5300 + $950 = 51350 / group of 10 II,il~lliiili~ltil ;, Just $49 Doubles the Capacity management system. The 95LX's serial port may be shut down to save of All Your Memory Cards! power. If you find your file transfer , software is not working, you might try running the serctl Iw command If you have one or more 5I2K, I MB, or 2 MB from the DOS prompt to turn the memory cards, you can double the capacity of all serial port back on. You can also use of them using DataBoost™ compression software 95Buddy to turn on the serial port. from Memory Card Associates. DataBoost: Generic and 9SLX-Specific File -. Auto-installs on your HP 95LX. Transfer Solutions -. Compresses files automatically as they're The packages in this review fall into two general categories: generic file­ added to the card. transfer software and software aimed -. Is completely safe for your data. at the HP 95LX in particular. LapLink is the best known example of the for­ Memory Card Associates also offers a wide selection mer, while the HP Connectivity Pack of peripherals for your 95LX . Call for a free catalog, is the primary example of the latter. These two categories take differ­ HP-user special: 1M DataBoost card only $115.00 ent approaches. The generic file­ transfer packages usually support Quality. Affordability • Selection more than the three-wire mode the 95LX is limited to. Greater transfer ORDER TOLL FREE 1-800-949-7256 speed is available with seven-wire serial and nine-wire parallel transfer Memory Card Associates' 1600 Wyatt Drive' Suite 9 • Santa Clara, CA 95054

MARCH / APRIL 1993 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 13 REVIEWS: File Transfer Software were reasonably stable. Both programs were tested on an Apple Macintosh Hcx. Easy Data Acquisition MacLinkPlus, by DataViz The MacLink Plus documentation is very well-paced and very clear. It and Process Control! walks the user through the process of copying the necessary files to the 95LX using the COMM program. Once installed, the top speed of MacLink Plus when connecting to a 95LX is rated at 19,200 baud. This is HP the slowest rated connect speed of the packages reviewed, although it 95LX did not turn out the slowest real performance. . -Monitor and control temperature, pressure, flow, humidity, etc ... MacLink Plus includes a WIde -Analog-Digital and Digital-Analog converters for your HP95LX variety of file translation options. The -Multi-channel high resolution input and output default is to transfer and translate a -Battery operated, compact, and rugged . file in one operation, but you can also select a straight binary transfer -Import data directly into Lotus-123 or ASCII files (file is transferred with no translation -A portable economical solution for data logging and control! taking place). The file translations -Available early 1993 convert data to and from common Macintosh spreadsheet formats. For SystronixCi) , Inc_ example, MackLink Plus lets you TEL: 801-534-1017 translate between Lotus, MS-Works 555 South 300 E FAX: 801-534-1019 Spreadsheet, or Excel worksheets. Salt Lake City, UT 84111 BBS: 801-487-2778 The 95LX's PHONE and APPT files can be translated to Dynodex, Ad­ dress Book Plus, the spreadsheet files listed above, and SYLK files (generic a big issue for users of Stacker, the database format that can be imported Data Exchange, by Sparcom compression program used on the into programs such as FoxBase). Like MacLink Plus, Data Exchange is DoubleCard. The un-Stac'd (or pre­ The file translation options con­ designed to port data between the Stac) files on the card reside on the B vert MEMO files into files useable by Macintosh and the HP 95LX. It also drive. At the time of the review, most common Mac word processors. has some file conversion capabilities. DataViz had not released a fix, but They also translate between Dynodex Unfortunately, it also suffered the was working with ACE and prom­ and the Phone Book files. The 95LX's Stacker (ACE DoubleCard) compati- ised a fix in a future release. Phone Book and Appointment files bility problem. . . MacLink Plus can also be used to can also be translated to spreadsheet Data Exchange's documentatIon IS transfer files between a PC and or database formats. the best of the group. While neither MAC. However, the cable included There were a few minor problems. comprehensive nor visually stunning, with this version only connects a First of all, when transferring files it is so well organized that the index MAC to a 95LX. DataViz markets from the HP 95LX to the Macintosh, is superfluous. At any given point, it another package for PC-to-MAC I noticed that the status bar on the tells you where in the process you transfer. Mac is inoperative and the block are, what's next, and why. Overall, MacLink provides func­ count doesn't tell you how many Data Exchange installs to the tionality and adequate speed, on par total blocks are to be sent. This 95LX's C drive, regardless of where with the HP Connectivity Pack for means that there's no way to deter­ you wish to put it. If you ~ave .insll:f­ the Pc. File transfer tested signifi­ mine how far along the transfer is. ficient space on the C dnve, It wIll cantly faster than Data Exchange. It All the 95LX screen tells you that it is put what fits there and not warn you works fine with standard configura­ connected. that the installation is incomplete. tions and no Stacker. MacLink is a Secondly, MacLink (and Data Another Data Exchange problem good bet, especially for those ~ho Exchange) are both incompatible with is that it doesn't warn you when the need to do a lot of data converSIOns ACE's DoubleCard. There seems to connection has been dropped (no from the 95LX's built-in applications. be no way to access the B: drive on error message or indication that the the 95LX with MacLink Plus. This is transfer was interrupted). If only a

14 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER MARCH / APRIL 1993 portion of a file has been transferred, MENU key). tween the remote and local views. it is saved as if everything had suc­ The HP Connectivity Pack was No other tested program insisted on ceeded. tested at the "Direct" option, its fast­ such a delay. As mentioned, Data Exchange is est selectable speed. At 57,600 baud, callable from a hotkey (the main its rated transfer speed was about DOS CONNECT DRIVE SERVER program is an EXM file). This means one-half that of the other PC pro­ The HP Connectivity Pack also comes you can run Data Exchange while grams. with DOS Connect, a utility that system-compliant programs such as One nice thing about the Connec­ allows you to access the 95LXs drives MEMO and 1-2-3 remain open. tivity Pack is that either computer directly from the Pc. The main pro­ Data Exchange lets you easily can control the other. However, I gram file, DCS95.EXE, is not com­ connect to the 95LX's A and C drives suspect most users will use the desk­ pressible and takes up another 38.9K directly. You can change to the B top as the controller because of its on the 95LX. However, file transfer drive (or other drives), but the pro­ bigger display and keyboard. using this utility is much quicker cess is awkward. Another nice thing is that the HP than APP95. Data Exchange does some basic Connectivity Pack provides PC ver­ DOS Connect requires that the file conversions, but doesn't support sions of all the 95LX built-in software CONFIG.SYS file on the desktop be the variety that MacLink Plus does. It (except Lotus and COMM). The ap­ modified with an appropriate LAST­ is slow to begin with, and even slow­ plications appear on the PC as they DRIVE command (documented in the er when it interacts with Stacker (see do on the 95LX. This unfortunately manual on page 6-1). FastLynx comes timings table). However, the Stacker­ includes the limiting 40-col x 16-line with a similar drive server. related transfers were more reliable display. Both FILER and MEMO Overall, The HP Connectivity than with Mac Link Plus. Lastly, would be nicer with a full-screen Pack provides a functional, easy to Data Exchange is easy to use and in­ display. use method of transferring files to stall. One annoying characteristic of the and from a Pc. It is a bit slow, and I Connectivity Pack software is that the find the functionality of the PC ver­ program pauses a few seconds every sions of the built-in software to be ______._..
l The PC Programs 'I time you switch back and forth be- limited. These programs are much more di­ verse than the Macintosh programs. However, none of them had the ACE DoubleCard/ Stacker compatibility problems that both Macintosh pro­ grams did, and only the HP Connec­ tivity Pack, IntelliLink, and Data Exchange for Windows was written with the HP 95LX in mind. The HP Connectivity Pack and Data Ex­ change come with a 95LX compatible cable. The other packages required that you purchase one separately (see the order information at the end of the article).

The HP Connectivity Pack One of the nicest things about this package is that you don't have to copy software over to the 95LX since it's already built-in on the 95LX's ROM, taking up no additional disk EC·95 ENVIRONMENTAL CASE for the HP95LX space. The software you install on • Rugged aluminum case with high-gloss finish your PC mimics the 95LX software. • Waterproofs and shock mounts the HP95LX for hostile environments To transfer files, you connect the • Built-in rechargeable power supply serial cable between the 95LX and • Options include handstrap, carrying case, auxiliary battery, and high-capacity NiMH batteries PC, start APP95 on the PC, start FILER on both the 95LX and the PC, Corvallis Surveying Systems • 919 NE 2nd St. • Corvallis, OR 97330 and transfer files. The commands are (800) 733-5017 • (503) 752-4419 • FAX (503) 752-7037 almost identical. (You have to press in CANADA (604) 756-6199 IALTI-~ on the PC to access the

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Data Exchange for DOS take too much storage space. and Windows If you see ... Sparcom now offers a PC version of The Norton Commander 3.0 its Data Exchange file transfer soft­ The Norton Commander is a PC file File 1/0 error manager that has a file transfer fea­ ware. Unfortunately, we didn't re­ or ceive a copy in time to test it. Ac­ ture, which displays a split screen for cording to Sparcom the PC version local and remote drives. The file RAM Disk Corrupt can be run from DOS or Windows. transfer feature, though a bit slow, is (For more see page 8, this issue.) flawlessly integrated into the popular and you can't remember when you last file manager. All of the file manage­ backed-up your file, then you need FastLynx, by Rupp ~ent and transfer capabilities, plus FastLynx is a dedicated file-transfer SImple text editing and attribute PHONEBOOK OR program. It and LapLink generally setting, is provided by the NCMAIN APPOINTMENT BOOK trade the position of fastest comm .EXE program. program with each new release. On For flat-out speed, Commander is FILE REPAIR the 95LX, the two came in at identical behind FastLynx and LapLink. How­ the service that recovers your phone or appointment book files. speeds. I believe this is because new ever, it beats them in breadth of fea­ $95.00 each plus S&H transfer speed improvements are now tures...... mostly related to file compression. Just send your HP95LX unit with payment to: IntelliLinkIXL T The new releases of LapLink and RLE RECOVERY 8EIIV1CES FastLynx feature faster speeds on IntelliLink/XLT is an "Add-in Prod­ _ ME Conifer Blvd. 386/486 systems because they com­ uct for the HP Connectivity Pack," adding translation support for addi­ Camilli, OR mao press data before sending it, like a (503) 757-0044 V.32bis modem. These faster transfer tional file types beyond those sup­ speeds don't happen on the 95LX, ported by the Connectivity Pack. For Service completed & shipped in 48 hrs because it has a slower CPU speed example, it can convert APPT, Check or Money Order U.S. funds on U.S. bank only and can't keep up. PHONE, and TODO lists to Calendar ...... All speeds I reported in the chart Creator Plus, dBase, Paradox, Side­ kick, and WordPerfect Office. It also SAVE! Recover both for only $145.00 (page 19) were honest 95LX speeds. plus shipping & handling! Both FastLynx and Lap Link Pro provides data reconciliation (auto­ would show faster speeds between matically eliminating duplicates and faster computers, and between com­ keeping the most current record). However, it does NOT replace the before installation. puters that could support cables with Also, IntelliLink/Windows re­ more wires. connectivity portion of the Connectiv­ quires the SHARE program that FastLynx uses function keys for ity Pack, and won't increase the file transfer speeds. comes with MS-DOS be loaded, even most of its operations. The alpha­ on systems with DOS 5.0 that other­ numeric keys are used to jump to IntelliLink/XLT requires that the HP Connectivity Pack be installed in wise would not require SHARE. files in the display panel. FastLynx is Unfortunately, most transmission intuitive in Split-Screen mode and the same directory as itself. or program errors terminate Intel­ has two other extremely powerful liLink operation with a very brief modes of operation called Command IntelliLinklWindows warning, or no warning at all! The and Form. IntelliLink/Windows runs under constant restarting of the program FastLynx also sports a pair of Windows, doesn't require the Con­ gets frustrating fast. I also had diffi­ utility programs analogous to the HP nectivity Pack (but does need the culty canceling file transfers. The Connectivity Pack's DC95/DCS95, cable), and provides the translation Windows cancel button doesn't seem but slightly faster, especially when a utilities of IntelliLilnk/XLT. (As we to work. The only way I found to disk cache is installed. went to the printer, we received a new cancel a file transfer that is already in FastLynx can be Dieted (com­ version that is supposed to be consider­ progress is to shut down IntelliLink ably faster.) pressed using DIET Ii) after it has on the 95LX side. been fully configured. It does not . IntelliLink/Window is set up to Transferring and translating 95LX allow the configuration to be saved Install to the C drive only, and over­ data files (.TXT, .PBK, etc.) to the PC after Dieting, but does retain the last writes the current APNAME.LST (the is automatic - once you've config­ saved configuration. file that contains System-Manager ured IntelliLink. From IntelliLink's FastLynx is extremely fast, very EXM file information). A savvy user Window's screen, point at your de­ easy to use, and packed with power. may be able to install it to another fault data files and tell IntelliLink The only disadvantage is that unless drive. In any event, be sure and back how you want them to be translated. you are using PCMCIA cards, it may up your current APNAME.LST file From then on, every time you want

16 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER MARCH / APRIL 1993 LapLink III LapLink Pro LapLink III uses a Lotus-like menu at LapLink Pro is the latest version of ASCERTain the bottom of the screen for all com­ LapLink, replacing LapLink III. As is , -2-3 Add-in mands. You can either highlight the common with newer version of a Automatically convert your command and press [ENTER I, or type software product, it's much larger 1-2-3 spreadsheets into fuzzy the first letter of the command and than the older version. scenarios that incorporate real press [ENTER I. Packed into that additional size world uncertainties. Use it for: LapLink III and LapLink Pro have (225K) is a very nice user interface, ... Budgets a "batch" option which lets you cre­ great mouse and modem support, on­ ... Estimates ate, save, and repeat transfer pro­ the-fly compression capabilities, and ... Scenarios cesses. It is similar to the Forms fea­ better integrated drive trees. Howev­ A great tool for managers that ture of FastLynx. er, these additional features don't want to evaluate the effects of Like FastLynx, you have to con­ mean that much on a limited system the variability of input data. figure LapLink before Dieting it like the 95LX...... J.?~ : ~ .. ~~~!~.~~~.~ . ~~.~...... (compressed using DIET Ii). Unlike LapLink Pro is the fastest pro­ Septima International FastLynx, if you save the configura­ gram of the group, by a tiny margin. 382 Chicopee Row tion after Dieting, the program file This feature-rich program may be Groton, MA 01450 will be corrupted and will crash the great for systems with copious data (508) 448-2761 storage, but already compressed at FAX: (508) 448-5246 system on future loads. LapLink III is as quick as Fast­ 225K, it's a bit large for the 95LX. Lynx and LapLink Pro, but not as to import or export a file, you can easy to use as these or as the Norton ZIP, by Eric Myer just check off the applications you Commander. It does have the advan­ ZIP.COM ii was also reviewed on want transferred and click "Import" tage of being the smallest of these page 16 of the Mar / Apr 92 issue and or "Export." faster programs. on The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK. This process works like a charm, ZIP is designed to be tiny and except in several instances that re­ quire repetitive operations. IntelliLink, once properly config­ ured, clearly provides the easiest and most comprehensive method for moving HP 95LX data in and out of normal PC applications. The slow speed becomes a non-issue when dealing with the relatively tiny files that will be created by the built-in applications, and the ease-of-use (once configured) is paramount for busy executives.

LapLink by Traveling Software As we went to press we received word that Travelling Software had just released LapLink V and will no longer be selling III and Pro. We haven't tested V, but have included reviews of the other two versions because they are still in wide circula­ tion. Travelling Software wrote both The desktop ThinCardDRIVPM transfers data effortlessly versions of LapLink, as well as the between Palmptops and MS-DOS® or MS-Windows® PCs. DC95 portion of the HP Connectivity Plugs right into the printer port. Pass-thru feature retains printer Pack. However, LapLink is much 'i operation. Model TMD-500 reads and writes SRAM cards, faster than the Connectivity Pack. •• TMD-550 SRAM & FLASH cards. Fully PCMCIA/JEIDA Both LapLinks have a features and ;" / compatible, with the industry's broadest range of card speed similar to FastLynx. LapLink ~ supplier and platform support. It's quick and easy. Isn't it time Pro supports a mouse, which neither you put one on your expense report? Call (716) 889-4204 for further information. LapLink III nor FastLynx do. ThinCardDRIVE is a trademark OEM/Dealer inquiries welcome. of Databook, Inc.

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Order Information

UTIL Forth Version 2.4 MacLinkPlus - $129 The 95LX Toolkit For Programmers Macintosh to 95LX file transfer software. CONTACT: Data Viz Inc., 55 Corporate And Non-Programmers Dr., Trumbull, CT 06611, USA; Phone 800- 733·0030 or 203-268-0300; Fax: 203-268- H , ll1lt·~ all the power of your 95LX with UTIL - a System M:mager compliant 4345. impkllll'lltatioll of the Forth language. Even if you arc not a programmer, you'll make lL";l' of the sampk programs that indude gatnes, musil' and useful utilities. Data Exchange (Mac) - $89.95 PC Data Exchange - $69.95 Create System Manager compliant loaders for your favorite DOS progral11S, or File transfer software. shell to DOS with a hot-key using the UTIL EXM loader. The easy-to-use patching tools let you sct the Alt-Arrow and Cursor-Tracking functions for the Station95 with loaded program. Thc packagc includes a comprchcnsive Uscr's Guide and many MAC Data Exchange - $199.95 Docking with connectivity software. source l'ode examples. Station95 with UTlL includes a Forth compiler, 8086 assembler, decompiler and disasscmbler, to PC Data Exchange - $129.95 turn your 95LX into a portable software developmcnt systcm. Create compact, Docking with connectivity software. Data ex­ System Ma.nager compliant executablc applicariofL'> and standalone .COM change software also comes with the programs. Or lise the tools to access the built-in graphics capability of your SmartDoc ComStation and SmartDoc Print­ Station. 95LX, explore memory and much more. CONTACT: Sparcom Corporation, 897 Here's what a few of the currl'nt lISL"rS (who can upgrade to Version 2.4 for only NW Grant Ave., Corvallis, OR 97330, USA; Phone 800-827-8416 or 503-757-8416; Fax: $10) say about UTlL: 503-753-7821; CompuServe 10: [75320, "The loader capability is a real !>OIlIlS all the 95LX" • "Good job!" 2440j. "Wurrh ir for rhe examples alolle" • "Thallk YOII for a jille program" HP Connectivity Pack - $100 "I love rhis package"· "Grear software package! Thanks" File transfer software! serial cable from HP. CONTACT: HP Dealers or third-party UTlL is a perfect match for your 95LX, and at a list price of just $70, it's a real vendors such as EduCALC (see ad, page bargain ($80 outside U.S.A. and Canada). To order your copy, call today. 24 this issue). FastLynx - $169.99 Essex Marketing Services Inc. • 272 Old Farms Road • Simsbury cr 06070 • U.S.A. A fast DOS file transfer software. Phone: (203) 651-8284 • Fax: (203) 651-7926 CONTACT: Rupp Technologies, 3228 Elndian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85018, USA; Phone: 800-844-7775 or 602-224- 9922; Fax: 602-224-0898. fast. It succeeds at both of these, but Recommendations Norton Commander 3.0 - $149 is not as easy to use as some of the I think FastLynx has the best com­ File manager with file transfer feature. other programs. ZIP is primarily a bination of speed, power, and size. If CONTACT: Symantec Corp., 1452 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA; command-line driven program, al­ you need a Windows product, you'll Phone: 800-441-7234 or 408-253-9600; though it does provide a menu-mode have to consider IntelliLink and Data Fax: 408-255-3344. of sorts. It does not provide split­ Exchange for Windows. If you need IntelliLinkIXLT - $99.95 screens, or even a full-screen inter­ something smaller, you can't beat the Utility providing additional translation sup­ face. The Command-line mode allows size of the Connectivity Pack, but port for 95LX applications. you to run a series of commands you do give up speed. With ZIP, you IntelliLinklWindows - $69.95 from a batch file. File transfer program that runs under Win­ get back the speed but give up ease­ dows. Comes with IntelliLinkIXL1's transla­ ZIP's Server mode, combined with of-use. tion utility. its Send and Fetch commands, allows CONTACT: IntelliLink, Inc., 98 Spit the user to control the program from Brook Road, Suite 12, Nashua, NH 03062, USA; Phone: 603-888-0666; Fax: 603-888- one side or the other. However, it 9817. does not provide point-and-shoot Shareware/Freeware LapLink V - $169.95 capability - the user must input the LapLink Pro - $169.95 file names (and the directory name, if Mentioned in This Article File transfer software. necessary) for file operations. On the HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK CONTACT: Traveling Software, 18702 North Creek Parkway, Bothell, WA 98011, Because ZIP lacks file listing and 'CIS DIET 1.44 - M!A 93 issue USA; Phone: 800-343-8080 or 206-483- point-and-shoot capability, it's not in On the 1992 Subscribers Disk 8088; Fax: 206-485-6786. the same league as the other prog­ 'CIS ZIP.COM NOTE: Price listed is suggested retail price, rams. However, for those very short not including shipping and handling. You 'CIS - Also available in the HP Handhelds forum of of disk space or money, it does pro­ CompuServe. may be able to purchase the product for vide the same basic function for a lot less from a software retailer. less.

18 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER MARCH / APRIL 1993 I-- File Transfer Comparison Chart MacLink DataExch LapLink III LapLink Pro FastLynx FastLynx Norton ZIP Conn Pack Con Pack IntelliLink (MAC) (MAC) Servers Commander DC/DCS95 HP 95LX Side MLP95LX.EXE DATAX.EXM LL3.EXE LLPRO.EXE FX.EXE FXSVR.EXE NCMAIN.EXE ZIP.COM In ROM DCS95.EXE JI.EXM Raw Size (bytes) 34.9K 14.1K 93.4K 225.4K 111.3K 44.6K 139.5K 11.2K 0 38.9K 115K Stac'd Size (bytes) 23K 9K 62K 225K 93K 37K 93K 8.6K 0 N/A 77K Dieted Size (bytes) 19.8K N/A 50.5K' N/A 75.7K' 30.8K 81.1K N/A N/A N/A N/A , - file cannot be reconfigured after compression .

File Transfer Test Results (from 95LX to PC or MAC, results reported in minutes: seconds) The spot checks I did indicated that the speeds were the same which ever direction the transfer took place. However, the direction and configuration of the desktop pc does makes a difference in the case of the server software (DCS95 and FXSVR.EXE). 155K compressed file (DIET) Unable to transfer 29:45 0:17 0:15 0:17 0:17 0:48 0:19 1:39 0:20 7:00 363K uncompressed file 4:30 Unable to 0:42 0:42 0:42 0:48 1:59 0:54 4:00 0:48 16:09 transfer

Special Test Results (from 95LX RAM card to PC, Stacked RAM card not installed; results reported in minutes:seconds) 155KB Comp: 1:45 6:35 363KB EXE: 4:04 16:01 Features Chart Has a 95LX Cable? YES YES NO NO NO NO NO NO YES YES NO Top Rated Transfer Speed: 19.2K 38.4K 115K 115K 115K 115K 115K 115K 56K 115K 19.2K (Baud rate) -l iii 95LX-Specific? YES YES NO NO NO NO NO NO YES YES YES ~ 95LX-Screen? YES YES NO NO NO N/A NO YES YES N/A YES "i:l > Slave screen informative? NO NO YES YES YES NO Semi NO NO NO YES ~ Full screen of software on desktop side? N/A N/A YES YES YES N/A YES NO NO N/A N/A ~ I Can run from 95LX side? NO NO NO YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO

~ I Mouse support? YES YES NO YES NO NO YES NO NO NO YES "i:l trl :;;0 SIZES I TEST RESULTS - - Raw Size: Size of the program's executable file on the 95LX, before compression; - Stac'd Size: Size of file compressed with Stacker; - Dieted: Size of the DIET compressed 3:: > file (N/A means DIET could not compress the file); - File Transfer Test Results: These tests were done on a 155KB compressed file and a 363KB compressible file. (The large sizes were chosen to maximize :N n the differences between programs.); ••• SPECIAL TESTS: These were done for the Macintosh products, which were incompatible with the popular ACE DoubleCard (Stacker) software, and were done on :r: a 95LX without the DoubleCard software installed. '- FEATURES - - 95LX Cable: Whether the product comes with a 95LX-compatible cable. The two LapLinks and FastLynx come with serial and parallel cables, but would need an adapter to work with the 95LX; >"i:l Cl - Top Rated Speed: Fastest possible transfer speed (bits per second) under ideal conditions. May differ considerably from their actual transfer speeds on the 95LX; - 95LX Specific: Was the program written r for the 95LX? Do the instructions explain how to use the product on a 95LX in particular? - 95LX Screen: Does the program have a 40x16 screen on the 95LX? - Both screens informative: Some of the ...... \D programs freeze the 95LX screen when connected, while the Lap Link and FastLynx programs show exactly what is happening on both systems. (The Norton Commander rates a "semi" because it gives you (:B technical information on the slave side, such as blocks transmitted, rather than the file names most of the other programs display.) - Full screen display on desktop: (The Mac products were not included I-' in this because the Mac interface would not be consistent with dOing this.) - Can run from the 95LX side: Can the transfer be controlled from the 95LX? - Mouse Support: Does the program support the 1.0 use of a mouse on the desktop side? EMBARC Messaging Services

If you're on the road and need to receive E-mail, including text messages or binary computer files, take a clos.e look at Motorola's EMBARC service.

By Rick Shaddock

A wireless receiver makes the 95LX via a modem or e-mail system. and press the ICTRLI-[!1] hotkey to get truly portable. You no longer have to the EMBARC Main Menu screen: connect up to a modem to receive EMBARC Subscription Package important messages; time-sensitive Lets You Receive Messages on information can be sent to you quick­ EMBARC Comm 01/01/93 3 , 31 pm Your HP 95LX MAIN MENU ly, wherever you are! On page 20 of The EMBARC subscription package F1 Ne"., Mail Mes!1ages the Nov IDec 92 issue we discussed F2 Mail Box includes a Motorola NewsStream F3 Get Messages (rom Ne\.;sStream the SkyTel SkyStream Service and the CTRL+F'tl Ef.lBARC Switch Communication receiver, HP's Mobile Accessory F5 Locdl AdminlsLrdLion SkyStream Receiver. This article fo­ CTRL+F5 Recombine In (0 Svc cradle, ROM card with EMBARC cuses on Motorola's EMBARC (Elec­ Mail software, manual, and cable. The Cet Admin tronic Messaging Broadcast to A basic EMBARC subscription costs $15 Roaming Computer). Both services per month and provides an e-mail EMBARC Main Menu Screen provide an economical way to receive account, unlimited receipt of messag­ messages on the 95LX while travel­ es, and twice-a-day updates of USA I press ~ to download messages ing. Both services use similar pagers TODAY news and weather. Other and then [!1] to see a listing of the connected to the 95LX via the HP topics such as health, technology, and messages I just received. Mobile Accessory Cradle (Mobile real estate news may be added to the Datalink Cradle). basic service for about $8 per month SkyTel and EMBARC serve differ­ EMBARC Comm 01 /01/93 3 , 31 pm each. ent niches - SkyTel focuses on short­ NEvl MAIL 03 , 24 PM 01/01/93 USATODAY The Motorola NewsStream receiv­ USA TODAY update #1 of 2 er transmissions (up to 250 charac­ 03 : 24 PH 01/01/93 USATODAY er is powered by its own AA battery USA TODAY Update 112 of 2 ters) for immediate delivery to 03 : 24 PM 01/01/93 USATODAY and has 32K of memory. Every morn­ USA TODAY Weather groups of up to 40 individuals. 07 : 04 PM 01/02/93 SHADDOCK . R ing, the green light flashes on the Hello! Testing my EMBARC pager now . EMBARC provides less immediate Delete NxtPg All ESC-Prev NewsStream receiver, indicating that Save Prvpg Mark Drop delivery (15 minutes minimum) of the latest news is ready to be down­ longer messages (up to 30,000 bytes) loaded. I pop in the N ewsStream to unlimited sized groups. EMBARC Message Listing Screen receiver and 95LX into the Mobile handles either text or binary files, Accessory cradle, slip the EMBARC and sends daily broadcasts of news, Messages longer than 1500 bytes are ROM card into the 95LX's A drive, sports, and weather. With SkyTel, the divided up, so I get the USA TODAY receiver pays on a per message plan; with EMBARC the sender pays for ABOUT THE AUTHOR the transmission. Rick uses his 95LX a1ld EMBARC to keep in contact with his Both services provide wireless office while teachi1lg HP 95LX classes and consulting reception of messages. A SkyTel nationwide with Computer Instructors Company. Rick IS subscriber sends messages using a buildi1lg a 1letwork of 95LX experts in major cIties for 95LX­ consultm~ and tutoring. You can reach RIck at 800-507-9898 modem or touch tone phone. An or 202-8Z9-4444. His CompuServe 10 is [70642,647J. His EMBARC subscriber sends messages EMBARC ID is Shaddock.R .

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15375 Barranca, B-101 Irvine, CA 92718 TEL (714) 453-0100 FAX (714) 453-0114 1- BOO-CARDS 4 U REVIEW: EMBARC Messaging Service update in three or more files. I press Sending Messages ~ (Prev) or I!:!) (Next) and you ICTRLI-~ to recombine them, which EMBARC provides General Electric's can't use the arrow keys to scroll up takes a couple of minutes. Finally, BusinessTalk (BT) System 2000 soft­ or down to view split paragraphs at press 1!!1 again to view the formatted ware to desktop PC users. BT allows once. This is very annoying when messages and news. the user to fill "Out Box" messages to you are trying to read a paragraph EMBARC transmits news of all send on either the wireline e-mail longer than the screen. I prefer to use types throughout the day to well network for regular PCs, or the wire­ MEMO to view the MBXOOOOl.MSG over 200 cities. EMBARC has an less e-mail network for the HP 95LX. file (or FILER's Viewing function if exclusive agreement with USA TO­ You can also check your e-mail "In the document is too large for MEMO DAY for wireless delivery of news. Box" for messages your NewsStream to open). Some sample news screens follow: did not receive. The EMBARC software is easy to EMBARC provides the necessary install, but a bit large at 192,497 communications software for the bytes. I wish I could install the EM­ BARC software on the C drive and EMBARC Corrun 01/01 93 3 : 31 pm 95LX on a ROM memory card. The have the A drive available for data MAl L t-lESSAGE Page] card must be inserted into the memo­ files. I was able to put a few of the H " ### "#iI IHH III IH HI# # it ry card slot to upload messages from I # II I iI I H "# files necessary to read the news on I# ""H HHI ""HI" I "" I # II I H the NewsStream to the 95LX. I I I I I # U It It n # II # the C drive, but I still run out of HII II H I I # IIH II II II " EMBARC connects with other e­ mail services and private systems room on my C drive until I delete the Delete NXLPg Ef.:;C Prey through a standard X.400 gateway. E-mail files. Messages are routed by satellite to Finally, I wish EMBARC could Opening USA TODAY Screen the appropriate station(s) and trans­ automatically update APPT, PHONE, mitted on the EMBARC nationwide or 1-2-3 files. As it is, you can save radio frequency (931.9125 MHz) to the message as a file by pressing 1!!1 EMBARC Comm 01 / 01 / 93 3 : 31 pm reach NewsStream receivers in most and entering a filename and exten­ MAl L MESSAGE Page 2 metro areas. sion (.TXT for MEMO, .WK1 for Source : USA TODAY I GannetL National Lotus, etc.). Inforrna t ion Network Usage fees are billed on a month­ SADDAM HUSSEIN AGREED TO ALLOW E:SCQRTS OF FOOD CONVOYS INTO KURDISH AREAS OF IRAQ ly basis and vary depending on: r.10NDAY . THE CONVOYS WERE SUSPENDED AFTER Conclusion BEING ATTACKED . • Message length: 300, 1500, 3000, The EMBARC system is covering THE RECESSION IS OVER , THE NATIONAL BUREAU or 30000 characters more and more cities and countries • Number of addresses (an individ­ every week. The variety of its special News Screen ual or groups): unlimited information services is also growing. • Number of geographical/area Motorola provides excellent, courte­ codes: 1-5, or Nationwide ous technical support, a one year EMBARC Comm 01/01/93 3 , 31 pm • Priority: 15 min, 60 min, 3 hour, limited warranty, and six factory MAIL MESSAGE Page 6 Overnight authorized repair centers. EMBARC DOW JONES OPENS ON UPSWING : The 001,0, .Jones average of ]0 industriales For example, a 1200-word price up­ is an excellent wireless communica­ opens at 3333 . 26 Tuesday af t er closing up 7 . 02 Monday . The New York Stock Exchange date sent to a group of 100 sales reps tion choice, especially if you need to composite opens at 2 41 . 01 , down 0 . 22 . if IN NBA ACTION ; New Jersey 104 Chicago 92 ; nationwide, within 3 hours would send lengthy messages or files, or Orlando 110 MihJaukee 94 ; \vashington 97 cost $6.02 -- 6 cents per recipient! It is you need one of its special informa­ best to compose messages off line, tion services. Stock Market Reports, Sports then use your 20 minutes per month (basic plan) for sending operations. Order Information

EMB.l\RC Comm 01 / 01193 3 : 31 pm Things I Would Change EMBARC Basic Package - $458 Includes the Motorola NewsStream receiver, MAIL MESSAGE Page 6 I have a few things on my EMBARC the HP Mobile Accessory Cradle, EMBARC ACROSS THE NATION : wish list. I wish the APNAME.LST ALBUQUERQUE : Ra i n ; 51, 32 . Wednesday : software on ROM card, manual, and cable. Par tly cloudy ; 55 , 60 . file on the EMBARC ROM card was ATLANTA : Cloudy ; 53 , 4 7 . wednesday : Warm, EMBARC subscription - $151 month cloudy , 59 , 48 . changeable so I could assign a hotkey of my choosing. I also wish EMBARC Provides an E-mail account, unlimited re­ BOSTON : Sun , AM flurr i es ; 42, 37. . ceipt of messages, twice-daily updates of did not use ICTRLI-I!:!), which the USA TODAY news and weather. Other Lotus Paste function also uses. When topics available to basic service for approxi­ Weather in Major Cities you press IClrll-1!:!) to paste in 1-2-3, mately $8/month per item. you sometimes get "Initializing mo­ CONTACT: EMBARCIMotoro/a, 1500 N. W. 22nd Street, Boynton Beach, FL Each message is automatically saved dem. Please wait." I wish paging in the Mail Box, as part of the file 33426, USA; Phone: 800-EMBARC4 or through the EMBARC messages was­ 407-364-2000; Fax: 407-364-3683. MBX00001.MSG. n't so awkward. You have to press

22 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER MARCH I APRIL 1993 Use Quicken Records on the 95LX - with QuickView!

QuickView 2.0 lets you import Quicken registers to the 95LX and view, modify, or add and delete records from the file. It also lets you export the file back to Quicken on your desktop.

By Jeffrey C. Zorn

I always hated balancing my check the demo features, the registered in Quicken (from years past) you book, until I discovered Quicken. version lets the user do the following: may want to shorten it before import­ This software program for desktop ing it into Quick View on the 95LX. 1. Export information from the 95LX PC's made it easy to keep track of Create a new Quicken (.QIF) file by back to Quicken at any time. I do my personal finances. Quicken is not accessing Quicken's File option, then it monthly and am able to balance available for the 95LX, but fortunate­ File Operations and Copy. Type in a my check book in minutes. ly, a product named QuickView is. date range, say from January 1, 1993 2. Print reports directly from the QuickView 2.0 lets you work with to present, and a filename. Then 95LX or desktop. Quicken records on your 95LX. It press OK. A new, smaller file will be 3. Open new QuickView files from also lets you create Lotus .WKI files created with the filename you speci­ the 95LX from QuickView. from your Quicken data. With Quick­ fied. This new file will be much View, you can enter and view per­ smaller when converted to a Quick­ Many of QuickView's features en­ sonal financial data on the 95LX as it View (.QKV) file. I have a copy of hance its portability. For expense happens. You can then export it back QuickView on my desktop to make reporting you can create a new ac­ to your desktop and bring the full this very simple (it also runs on the count in QuickView and enter ex­ power of Quicken to bear on the desktop, and other DOS Palmtops). pense information as it occurs. When information. QuickView will also allow the you get back to your home base, just user to search their entries to locate print out the QuickView report and QuickView 03/ 18/93 10: 23 al'l'l items that match specific characters File: BANKAMER Type: Bank attach it to your expense report. You that you specify. Other useful fea­ 1§91 2s ~~~~cB~~At~y~e~~~~e Co 17.56 can also create a .WKI spreadsheet 234 x Telephone $ 894.0S tures that make QuickView user file from QuickView data, and ma­ ,§~12s E~~ ~Wa~~!e~~n~ Co 29.36 friendly are a memorization feature 234 x Telephone $ 864.69 nipulate the data to a format that will for entries and a manual and auto­ I§~P Safeway 119.09 best suit your needs. 235 x Groceries $: 745 69 matic category search feature for QuickView lets you enter checks faster entry of new information. "&r't!!~'M that need to be printed from Quick­ en. Just put a "P" in the check num­ QuickView Main Records view ber field of QuickView. Then export Is QuickView a Stand­ the file to Quicken, enter the check Alone Product? QuickView Features numbers and print the checks. You could use QuickView as a stand­ QuickView is one of the most useful If you have a large check register alone product. You can open files, programs available for the 95LX. You can use it to track everything from ABOUT THE AUTHOR business expenses to investment ac­ counts. The demo version of Quick­ Jeff Zorn, lives in Farmington Hills, MI with his wife Jan and two 14 year old sons David and Aaron. Jeff sells visual View ii lets the user experience most presentation products and labeling systems for a Grand of the functions of QuickView for a Rapids based company. Jeff uses his 95LX for appointments, limited time frame (after June 30, letters (with a BJ10e), call reports and of course CompuServe 1993 the demo won't let you enter [71165,1650] or via America on Line [PDA Jeffl, where he is data). The registered version does not co-forum leader of the new Palmtop SIG on AOL. have this limitation. In addition to

MARCH / APRIL 1993 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 23 REVIEW: Quick View enter checks, deposits, credit card tells me he is committed to this pro­ Order Information charges, cash outlays, investments, gram and will be making constant etc. You can track current balances changes, including adding a reconcili­ Quicken - $69.95 and net worth. You can even print ation aid feature (this aid is now in Popular personal finance program for PC's. out an 80-column-wide report of all the version available for download) CONTACT: Intuit, 155 Linfield Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94026 USA: Phone: 800- your transactions that are new or on the 95LX. John, is also looking 624-8742 or 415-322-0573; Fax: 415-322- changed. However, the real value of into making QuickView Switchable. 1013. the program lies in its ability to cap­ Future program updates will include NOTE: Price listed is suggested retail price. ture all sorts of information on the these features and more. All updates You may be able to purchase the product fly, and then transfer it to your desk­ will be available to registered users for less from a software retailer. top PC and a more potent financial at no charge through versions 2.x, program like Quicken. and will be downloadable from CompuServe in the HPHAND forum, Conclusion as well as the Palmtop Forum and on Shareware/F reeware QuickView will run on the HP 95LX, America On Line in the Palmtop SIC Mentioned in This Article Sharp PC-3000, Poqet, and Zeos PPC (Keyword Palmtop). On the HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK and clones (thanks to Marty Mankins John says he is always open to suggestions and would love to hear 'CIS "SHR QUIKVU.EXE - MIA 93 for testing on the other machines for Demo version, also available in the HP me). QuickView may also run with from you via CompuServe at [70750, Handhelds forum of CompuServe. some of the other checkbook/ finan­ 1243]. For those of you on AOL or REGISTERED VERSION: Members of CompuServe and AOL can register for $25 cial programs as well as Quicken, but other services, he is also available on and the registration file will be E-Mailed to the testing is not yet complete. (The Internet. you. Regisfration also available on CIS via This program gets my vote for SWREG and the ID # is 644. Not on CIS or documentation says you can export AOL, send $30 and specify disk size and files to Managing Your Money, by program of the year. It's easy to use, how you want your name to appear on the MECA Software; phone: 203-256- the set up is simple, and novice and registration screen. Send to: John C. Hask­ elf, Jr., 7102 Three Chopt Rd., Richmond, 5000.) advanced 95LX users alike can be up VA 23226-3615. QuickView's author, John Haskell, and running in minutes. FREE EduCALC CATALOG ACCESSORIZE YOUR 951 Just look at a few of the products and ideas you'll find at EduCALC-all at OUf deepest discount prices! Accessories Manufacturers Hard Disc Drives BSE, Databook, Sparcom RAM Memory Cards ACE, Sparcom, Natl Calc Wireless Communication Hewlett PackardlMotorola Modems US Robotics, EduCALC Leather Cases EduCALC, Palmtree, Sparcom Printers Kodak, Canon Connectivity Kits CMT, EduCALC, Intellilink Language Translation Software Globalink Flight Packs Paragon Technologies Medical Software Computerbooks, Macromed Games Packs ACE, Sparcom Tutorial & Reference Books Grapevine, Richard Harvey Flash Drive Sundisk And many more!!! Call today and ask for your FREE 68-page EduCALC Catalog. EduCALC 1(800)677-7001, ext. 102 or FAX 1(714)582-1445. 27953 Cabot Road SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 OVERNIGHT SHIPPING AVAILABLE

24 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER MARCH / APRIL 1993 Freyja2: A Powerful, Free System­ Compliant Editor for the HP 95LX

Comes with source code included - gives programmers an excellent example of how to write System-Manager compliant programs.

By Ed Keefe

Freyja iii is a text editor for the HP macro capabilities). more precisely, he has written "a" 9SLX. Freyja is an acronym that Not only is Emacs a great editor, book on Emacs. (The Craft of Text stands for, "Freyja Reduces Emacs, but its freeware version comes with Editing: Emacs for the Modern World, Yet Joins All." This recursive defini­ complete source code, usually C. If Craig A. Finseth, Springer-Verlag, tion needs explaining. you don't like the way Emacs be­ 220pp, 10 chap., 5 append. ISBN: haves, you're free to change it to suit 0-387-97616-7, 3-540-97616-7, $39.95). Emacs yourself. All you need is a solid, Craig had a version of Freyja Emacs is a text editor that has been working knowledge of the C pro­ available for the HP 95LX almost a around for decades and is available gramming language and a good year ago (see July/Aug 92 issue, for almost any computer. The word compiler. The word "All" in the page 26). We even considered giving "Emacs" is derived from the words above definition refers to the various Freyja the place of honor on the 1992 "Editor" and "macros" (i.e. editor with versions of Emacs - all 60 of them. Subscribers Disk, but decided not to Some of the more widely known, because it was not that easy for non­ freeware versions of Emacs go by the Emacs users to use. (Besides, it names of AE, VINE, DEmacs, Edwin, would have been the only program PALMTOP DATABASE Edmacs, Elle, Epoch, Freemacs, Jove, on the disk. The Free Software Foun­ MicroEmacs, and, of course, Freyja. dation, to which Craig subscribes, Improve your productivity with There are even commercial ver­ mandates that all software should be palmtop software built to sions of Emacs. The commercial distributed with its source code. Even satisfy your specific needs. We packages usually incorporate pull­ though FREYJA.EXE is less than 40K create database solutions for down menus, multi-colored text and bytes, its source code and documen­ the tracking of products, people pop-up help screens. You may recog­ tation take up about 560K of disk and resources on the HP 9SLX. nize some of these "brand names": space!) Our relational database is so Epsilon, Mince, Sage, Perfect Writer, We're glad we held off. The latest small, you won't need a RAM FinalWordII, Sprint and Brief. (The version, Freyja2, is now a true, Sys­ card! last two are now distributed by Bor­ tem-Manager compliant program: one We provide: land International. Some Borland that can task switch with the built-in watchers predict that Brief will soon applications including 1-2-3, without Rapid development; usually become the built-in editor for Borland the need for any "loader" program. under a month C++ and Pascal.) Custom reports Freyja2 Features User documentation More on Freyja Here is a partial list of Freyja2 fea­ Training & support Freyja is the work of Craig Finseth. tures: For a free demo disk, Craig "wrote the book" on Emacs, or, call or FAX: ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ed Keefe is an author, programmer, computer science instructor, and long-time contributor to support publications for HP computers. He is the president of (714) 850-1767 • FAX (714) 850-0843 the FastAid Company, 314 S.w. Logan, Ankeny, IA 50021 . Ed's CompuServe 3001 Red Hill Ave. Bldg. 4 Ste. 213 Costa Mesa, CA 92626 ID# is [75300,3667].

MARCH / APRIL 1993 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 25 REVIEWS: Freyja

getting and saving. It even allows Emacs style of editor. If you're famil­ Print to Parallel Printers split screen viewing of two files. iar with Emacs, you'll feel comfort­ from the HP95LX • Like all Emacs programs, Freyja able using Freyja. If you're unfamiliar Parallnk 3 is for those times you need to excels in the use of macros. As a with Emacs, there is an extensive print to a parallel printer from the HP95LX. Just connect one end of the Paralink 3 matter of fact, when you choose an menu system that will let you get adapter to your printer's 36-pin female option from the built-in menu, you started using this editor. parallel port, and the other to the 95LX via the serial cable from the Connectivity Pack. are, actually, executing a pre-defined For programmers who are trying Paralink 3 is banery powered and works macro. User defined macros can be to figure out how to write System­ with most parallel printers. It's light, small, created on the fly. There does not Manager compliant programs, in C, and easy to carry. seem to be an easy way to save and the source code for Freyja is almost Paralink 3 retails for $80.00 (or equivalent of £49.95) recall alternative macro sets. required reading. • Finally, there is a built in help In short, Freyja 2.0 is a monumen­ To Order: Call: 011·44·438·815444 screen which shows the function key tal feat of programming by a master Fax: 011-44-438·815222 maps for the standard, control and of Emacs. It works, but still has a few (AmEX, VISA, MasterCard accepted.) shift-keys all in inverse video all on rough edges. Best of all, it's freeware! WIDgET the same screen. You can have more S 0 F TWA R E help provided you have disk space 121 London Road, Knebworth, for the .DOC files included. Order Information Herts SG3 6EX United Kingdom ------Some Rough Edges Commercial Products Mentioned If Freyja is loaded first, all other • Besides being System-Manager applications, including 1-2-3 will task Epsilon - $250 Compliant, Freyja can use either the Programmer's Editor 95LX's built-in character sets, or tiny switch with it. However, if 1-2-3 is CONTACT: Lugaru Software Ltd., 5843 fonts technology. loaded first, trying to start Freyja will Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15217, USA; You can edit text on a screen that merely get you an "insufficient mem­ Phone: 412-421-5911; Fax: 412-421-6371. ranges from the usual 40 x 16 up to ory" message on the screen. CompuWare one that shows an 80 x 25 screen. The help command is not ex­ Professional Editor - $300 plained in the documentation. Fur­ CONTACT: CompuWare, 31440 North ther, the documentation assumes Wilson Highway, Farmington Hills, MI TitlJl FaMs ' some familiarity with Emacs and the 48334, USA; Phone: 800-535-8707 or 313- ~~~~~:I 1¥~~D~:~t D:~:I'I~a;~:~~': i ~~ n~h~?~:S reChflDID!lY. Th~ AX 737-7700. d i IplOilY MDdl! railS x [olu"ns nDr"0I1 tnt U. x 'ID notion of "key-binding" (i.e. creating gnphics i!1 x roo • x !lrOilphics i!S x (,0 5 x grOilphin i!1 x ID Iio x macros and assigning them to func­ NOTE: Price listed is suggested retail price. grOliphics i!S x ID 5 x You may be able to purchase the product II i tPl flO ;rguHent. the CD""::Ihd cycln ta the next Dnl!. II i ttl tion keys) More extensive help on the ~;;'~r=~::'~~i,;:J,~£;,~,~t~li~r~C:i~:M fin:l~l:n for less from a software retailer. WjU U~t"~y: R9~tSrr::h lind I:lIttOlr:: A)C;JII! L.... ' IHlhi Prnt Calc 95LX is possible. However, you need about 120K bytes of disk space to load all the help files. You also need Freyja2 Displaying Tiny Fonts to put a command setfreyjadir=c:\_dat in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, and • Freyja works hand-in-glove with then reboot. the 95Buddy program. I tried using the clipboard feature Shareware/F reeware • Freyja uses the number format of Freyja to move text between a Mentioned in This Article and calendar format that is specified built in application and Freyja. Some­ in the 95LX's SET UP program. times this would work and other On the HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK • Unlike it's IBM version, Freyja for times it wouldn't. Craig Finseth 'CIS 'Free Freyja 2.0 Mar/Apr 93 the 95LX does not contain a built-in thought I had loaded the wrong 'CIS "SHR 95Buddy JullAug 92 calculator. It does have a perpetual resource file, but I did not have time 'CIS - Also available in the HP Handhelds calendar however. to check this out (SYSMGRRES is forum·I)Sfif!{!!PgfU..'I'lfwARE is software distributed • Freyja's MENU key shows a correct). free of charge for evaluation purposes only. If you menu which is somewhat like the One of the menu options lets you decide to use it, you must pay the author the share­ menu in MEMO. However, the range ware fee. This goes for any shareware found on The access the DOS command line. HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK or CompuServe. - of options almost rivals those of ORDER FREYJA DIRECT: You send either Lotus 1-2-3. blank diskettes and SASE or US $3.00 per disk to: Summary/Conclusion Craig Finseth, 1343 Lafond, St. Paul, MN 55104, • Freyja has all of the usual editing Freyja, version 2.0, is a true System­ USA. Disk Requirements: Freyja only (two low commands such as cutting and past­ Manager compliant editor for the HP density 5.25" or one low density 3.5'). Memutil only (one 5.25" or 3.5" disk). ing, searching and replacing, file 95LX. It is based on the popular,

26 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER MARCH / APRIL 1993 The HP 95LX: A Must for Serious Students!

This profile documents a col/ege business student's rather thorough use of the 9SLX. A lot of good tips are included.

By Douglas D. Gilbert Although the 95LX calculator finance, statistics, and management function was missing some 19B's science classes. I use MEMO for I am a full-time undergradu­ financial functions, I found that the quick notes, VDE Ii for editing large ate student at the University power and flexibility of Solver more Solver (.EQN) files, and PHONE for of Pittsburgh majoring in than made up for it. Now all I had to a number of database applications. I Business. The instructor of my do was reconcile in my mind the use DC95 and DCS95 from the HP first business finance course highly price difference. Connectivity Kit to transfer files to recommended that we buy a good fi­ I went back to the store to check and from my Desktop Pc. I use nancial calculator. As I checked out out the Casio BOSS, Sharp Wizard, Menu95 to run DOS programs like the range of financial calculators on and the rest of the pocket organizers. VDE and LINDO/PC (a linear equa­ the market, $20 Sharps to the $100+ I added up the price of all the acces­ tion solver). While I study or work HP19B Financial Analyst, I noticed sory cards needed to make one of on my desktop PC, CLOCKEXMIi the HP 95LX. It seemed a bit pricey these machines match the features of turns my 95LX into a large digital for a student, but I was curious so I the 95LX. With a Lotus 1-2-3 and clock. I've even used USounds Ii to put both the HP19B and the 95LX on communications card, extra memory, gracefully bow out of phone conver­ my student charge account and took and other add-ins, the best alterna­ sations and get back to the books. them home to do a detailed compari­ tive palmtop cost about $1,000. So for son of features. about $400 less, I bought the 95LX and got all these features, and more. Solver Helps Me with I returned the 19B and spent the Introduction to Finance weekend reading the manual and I started experimenting with Solver GRAPHICS learning the 95LX. immediately. I entered all of the equations from my introduction to IN BASIC1 More Bang for the Buck finance textbook into the Solver cata­ As it turns out, I'm using the 95LX log. The more I used Solver and SS95.Lffi is the only graphics library TVM (Time Value of Money) the more than I ever expected. I use the with sound support designed for BASIC better I understood the financial appointment book with WEEKABK programmers that allows you to: equations, and HP CALC. • draw lines, boxes & fllis Ii to schedule all my classes and As the course progressed, Solver • print text in graphics mode assignments. I use HP CALC with became invaluable. I finally got to the • set and reset individual pixels at Solver and Lotus 1-2-3 for math, point where the financial equations assembly speed.

SS9S.LlB ABOUT THE AUTHOR $50.00 + $5.00 S&H Douglas Gilbert graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Snappv Software Pittsburgh with a B.S. in business. He is currently a first-year graduate P.O. Box 731 business student at Carnegie Mellon's Graduate School of Industrial lexington, KY 40586 Administration concentrating in finance. 606-269-0496

MARCH / APRIL 1993 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 27 HOW TO USE - Profile: Student

were too long and complex to enter into Solver, so I started experiment­ ing with the powerful Solver/1-2-3 combination - what a great time saver! As I tried the problems at the end of each chapter, I invariably found situations where the equations I entered didn't work as expected. I ended up spending lots of time de­ bugging and expanding the scope of some of the equations. Without the 95LX, I would have probably spent less time studying these equations, but my understanding of them would have been less. The big payoff came at test time. My level of understand­ ing coupled with the efficiency of the 95LX let me finish the test quickly, and spend the extra time reviewing my results for accuracy. My library of Solver equations and .WK1 files include all of the TVM equations, including perpetu­ INSTANTLY BACK-UP ities and uniform annual series (STU­ YOUR O.SMB AND DENT.ZIP Ii). In addition I have equations relating to stock and bond 1MB HP9SLX valuation, portfolio analysis, invest­ NEW MEDIA CORPOIL4lIION Irvine, California U.S.A (714) 453 ·0100 FAX (714) 453 ·0114 ment analysis, margin trading, capital structure and budgeting, cash flow 1-800-CARDS4U and break-even analysis, ratio analy­ sis, inflation factors, depreciation, inventory analysis, Markov equa­ tions, waiting line equations, arithme­ proach in Excel to create a worksheet called numbers. For friends in my tic and geometriC series, matrix oper­ that I can export to 1-2-3. karate club, I put Ikarate at the end of ations, and linear regression analysis. the address field and use the Only Using Alternate Characters function (press ~) when I want to Exporting Excel Spreadsheets for CALC Variables and Editing call everyone for a club event. I cre­ to the Lotus .WK1 Format .EON Files on My Desktop PC ate temporary databases when doing library research. I keep track of publi­ Connecting the 95LX to my desktop I like to use shortcut names for my cations, titles, dates, author, and brief was easy enough with the HP Con­ solver variables. The maximum content notes. I use these temporary nectivity Kit software (DC95 / DC­ length of a variable name is 15 char­ databases to help me efficiently acters. Although this is usually suffi­ S95) or the ZIP Iii communications search for a publication. I'll review cient, I like as much information in software. However, creating and the entries, delete those that don't the name as possible, since I may not modifying Solver equations and 1-2-3 have the information I want, and use the equation for a semester or so. spreadsheets on my desktop PC was save the rest for bibliographies or For example, I use the letters a little tricker. A, E, future reference. I am more comfortable with and I to represent the Actual, Expect­ Microsoft Excel than I am with Lotus, ed, and Initial values of a stock. so I create my spreadsheets in Excel (These letters are created on the 95LX by Edit card and save them in the Lotus .WK1 pressing IALTI-142, IALTI-21, and IALTI- Ent er the nalJle ~~~~~r: !1."'If.'Wfn~V. Bradt ey 225. (A full list of the HP 95LX Char­ Address: format (in Excel, press File, Save As, Journal of Business Strategy, Vol. 3, no.2, feb/filar 1993 . and select WK1 as the File Type.) The acter Set is on page E-2 of the HP 95LX Deser i bes downs i z i n9 st rat eg i es of fortune S0e cOMPanies. IBM, Sears, only problem with the Excel-to-WK1 User's Guide.) etc. conversion is that some of Excel's functions are beyond the current PHONE Databases repertoire of Lotus. I sometimes have Keep Me Organized to take a laborious, roundabout ap- I keep a list of my most frequently Temporary Library Research Database

28 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER MARCH / APRIL 1993 loan applications. I list a short de­ list and schedule. c)c)c)c)c)c)c) scription of the task, followed by a I add groceries and other needed SPREADING. due date as shown below. supplies to the to-do list one item at c)c)c)c)c)c) a time, with a priority of 9. That way, THE SUNLIGH I don't forget anything and the items c)c)c)c)c)c)c) 03/17/ 93 2:59 P'" l odo are out of the way of more important A planning tool for travelers, sailors, pilots, Friday July 30th, 1993 1st Priori ty: tasks. A list of between-term projects explorers, geologists, wild-life observers, ~B:~"" reporters, photographers and rescue teams. 3rd: Priority: accumulates over the term in the 3rd book - Tom Pet ers new book 5th Priority: - 8th priority positions. These items I'I'IOV i e - A River Runs Throu9 Use the 1 2 3 template SUNLIGHT to give 9th Pri ority: bread include things I have to fix, books I you accurate times of dawn, sunrise, true lYli lk noon, sunset, and dusk, for any place on want to read, movies I want to see, Earth. In addition: Sun 's azimuth at rise and friends I want to visit, etc. set, its altitude at noon, and length of days. I use the Yearly Repeat feature to OutpU1: table and graphs covering full year, APPT To-do List Entry track friends' and family birthdays either past, present or future: 1933 - 2033. and anniversaries. Weekly Repeat For arctic regions, seasons of midnight sun helps me with my karate, since I and of non-rising sun are symbol-marked. In this example, Invest Mgt Final 8/5 is a first priority item, and has an at­ workout on different campuses and Inputs needed: year, time zone, latitude and at different times throughout the longitude of location. Also optional inputs. tached note reading, Covers chapters 9- week. I press IMENU I Settings Timeline HP 95L.X holds time zones for 250 + 8 cities. 14 + handouts. I take the information Appts-Only Quit so that all of my Available now, on 3.5' disk, including two right off the course syllabus and versions: (1) for HP 95L.X, file size: 110 K8; enter each item one week prior to the appointments are visible on a single (2) for any PC running Lotus 1 23, ReJ. 2.4. due date. I then copy the information screen. I set my alarms for a couple Instructions and example for both versions. to the Daily Schedule section of of hours prior to a pending appoint­ Price: $80.00 incl. handling and shipment. APPT, coincident with the actual due ment, to give me some warning in To order SUNLIGHT, or enquire, contact: date. As additional homework is as­ case I've forgotten about it. Lastly, I GEODATA signed, I add the information to the use WEEKABK Iii with APPT for P.O. Box 101 week-at-a-glance planning. N-1360NESBRU, Norway Fax: +4766 846243 Payment by check or money order, please. Fast HP 95LX Outliner and Text Processor

I have other PHONE databases, in­ Introducing TM cluding the following: SWITCHab/e! • Important phone numbers that I fastLINE! U , may need to access (bookstore, stu­ dent accounts, instructors, fellow Supports up to 8M Bytes Auto Time and students, etc.). per Outline Date Stamping • Potential employer information / * NOTES Context Upto 32K per + IDEAS future opportunity contacts. : New Diet Plan 12-26-92 17:07 Sensitive Help entry * New Cookie Recipe • Textbook information, including * Secret InAredients + TO DO Patent pplication title, author, class, course number, * Art ides Imports ASCII : Focus on the Family/ Parenting Easy-to-use instructor, and where to find if the : Christianity Today/ Missions file for : Sho~ping List Menu Interface book is out of stock. + MEDICAL NOTES / MEMOS Text Retrieval * Osteochondrosis 01-11-93 08:01 applications : Premature Osteoarthritis • Vocabulary database, that I add to _~:~drocortisone side effects while reading, researching, or listen­ ~EditEl~iFli·3IW!!Dm-.. ing to a lecture. fastLlNE! Features • Supports up to 8MB Outlines and can be used for For more information Call: Appointment Book a Life Saver Text Retrieval with global searching APPT helps me juggle a heavy sched­ • Auto date and time stamping for PIM functions (800) 825-9977 ule. APPT tracks and reminds me of • Built-in File Manager with extended filenames study time, karate workouts, home­ • Exports in Legal and Roman outline structures • Requires less than 200KB of RAM and is fully work assignment due dates, and SWITCHable! with built-in applications A@ID ® between-term projects. I use the to-do ACE Technologies, Inc. 2880 Zanker Road. Suite 103 list to prioritize homework and make fastLlNE! version 1.0 (C 1105) ...... $89 San Jose, California 95134 U.S.A. sure that I meet deadlines for student (Dealers & Distributors welcome)

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dropped WEEKABK because I need­ 03/17/93 3: 10 pm Daily ed to see a detailed week at a glance. APPLICATION The Todo list no longer tracks home­ BUILDER work, tests, or any other academic events. It is reserved for reminders FOR THE HP 95LX about things like tuition bills, chang­ With QAPaim you can create ing batteries, and the things I try to custom data collection and cram into the short break between viewing applications for your semesters. The Appointment Book is palmtop on your PC without APPT Daily Screen reserved for group meetings, inter­ Appointments Only Displayed programming. Uses an easy view times, and birthdays. PHONE screen painting approach. I wish APPT could magically add takes care of the rest. In HOMEWORKPBK, I use the Transfers data to dBase and time to my term breaks. Fortunately Lotus 123 formats. Demo avail- its ability to prioritize and make sure Name field for the date, day and important tasks don't fall through the class. I also use one record to sepa­ able. cracks saves me plenty of real time rate and number the weeks remain­ QA SYSTEMS, INC. and headaches. ing in the semester. Since PHONE 220 East 42nd Street sorts the Name field information, as New York, N.Y. 10017 MEMO and VOE for Note Taking new tasks are added they are auto­ 1800945-1717/212599-1717 matically sorted by date due. Fax 212-599-2614 I mentioned earlier that I use VDEii The Number field is used for the to edit Solver's .EQN files. VDE is a assignment detail (i.e. "Midterm" or full-featured word processor, suitable "Case 3 due"). The Address field for most applications. I would like to The 95LX should be considered as contains the details of the assignment one of the necessities of student life. see a System-Manager compliant (i.e. "test covers chapters 1-16"). As version made available. (Editor's Note: You pay your tuition and buy your the weeks progress, I delete each task books, 95LX, etc. Familiarity with fast WRITE, a Switchable version ofVDE as it is completed. This approach is now available from ACE Technologies, financial calculators and powerful usually gives me two full weeks of business tools like Lotus 1-2-3 is see page 51 this issue.) I still use detailed schedule information on one MEMO for taking short notes. I use already expected of students in many screen. professional programs. Student life is VDE for taking longer notes, and for a time where your total focus is creating lengthy outlines to be ex­ learning. You might as well spend panded later into a paper. Conclusion: The 95LX I have created a few MEMO files is a Must for Serious Students some of your time learning to use the HP 95LX, one of the most useful that I refer to often. One of them is The 95LX goes with me everywhere business tools I've ever seen. ASCII. TXT II, a complete listing of and has helped maintain order in my the 95LX character set along with the hectic life. I do spend some time ALT-key combinations needed to studying and programming business HHH create the character. ASCII.TXT also functions into Solver and 1-2-3, but includes separate listings for the the 95LX has freed up time elsewhere Shareware/F reeware special characters I use in Solver with its scheduling functions. Mentioned in This Article along with the description of what Stress levels during math-inten­ they mean. I also have a MEMO file sive tests have been reduced consid­ On the HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK erably. After all of these years doing called SPCLTRNG.TXT Ii that I use 'CIS"SHR arithmetic grunt work, I'm glad to VDE162.ZIP - Fall 1991 as a packing checklist. I consult this 'CIS WEEKABK3.ZIP - Nov/Dec 92 see a machine that reduces the work when packing for my karate special STUDENT.ZIP - Mar/Apr 93 to a combination of study, under­ training trips around the country. ASCII,TXT - in STUDENT.ZIP standing, and simple data entry. At SPCLTRNG.TXT - in STUDENT.ZIP last I don't have to keep proving to Experiences in Graduate School the world that I know how to add On the 1992 Subscribers Disk The preceding portion of this article and multiply. 'CIS CLOCK.EXM was written while I was an under­ My desk is now free of the hun­ 'CIS USOUNDS.COM graduate at the University of Pitt~­ dreds of little post-it notes that I used 'CIS ZIP.COM 'CIS WEEKABK burgh. I have since entered CarnegIe to shuffle and lose in the process of Mellon's Graduate School of Industri­ trying to keep on top of things. I now 'CIS - Also available in the HP Handhelds forum of al Administration. I found better have quick access to phone numbers CompuServe. ways to track assignments over each anywhere I am. The 95LX unloads "SHR - SHAREWARE is software distributed free of GSIA's seven-week mini-semesters. of charge for evaluation purposes only. If you decide some of the clutter in my head, and to use it, you must pay the author the shareware fee. I now use PHONE to track as­ makes more room there for effective This goes for any shareware found on The HP signments and my schedule. I study. Palmtop Paper ON DISK or CompuServe.

30 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER MARCH / APRIL 1993 . . ,. Phone Enhancing Products Check out these PHONE databases, con­ version utilities, and programs that extend the usefulness of Phone Book.

By Hal Goldstein PHONE

One of the most robust applications PHONE Enhancing Products built into the 95LX is PHONE. Sure, Most of these files are found on The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK, or in the HP Hand forum of it helps you keep track of names, ad­ CompuServe. A few commercial products are also mentioned. Below each product description dresses, and phone numbers. But as is a line indicating where the software can be found. For example, • CIS, ON DISK (J/F 93) indicates past issues of The HP Palmtop Paper that the program is available on CompuServe's HP Hand forum and the Jan/ Feb 93 issue of The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK (ON DISK issues can be obtained individually, or subscription from have documented, it's potential is far Thaddeus Computing, Phone: 800-373-6114 or 515-472-6330; Fax: 515-472-1879), COMMERCIAL, greater than that! indicating a commercially available program, will be followed by contact information or a page Over the last year we've discov­ reference for more information, ered that many creative people have for North America, HP SUPPORT LINK 95LX Phone Book exploited and expanded the useful­ American Territories, 4/ 30/ 92, with many Country ness of PHONE with what I'll call PHONE Canada, and Mexico , • CIS, ON DISK (MIA 93) and City telephone "Phone-enhancing" software. These Database Files • CIS, ON DISK (MIA 93) codes, Phone enhancers can be divided into 1992 Cubs Schedule • CIS, ON DISK (MIA 93) CompuServe (USA) three categories: data bases, conver­ These ,PBK files are in Phone Book and Phone Numbers New Testament sion utilities, and PHONE extenders. examples of unique Lotus Format CIS,PBK Bible Verses and interesting Phone CUBS,ZIP Databases are simply PHONE Bytes: 31,197 NEWTES,PBK Book databases, They Bytes: 8576 files with different kinds of informa­ CompuServe net­ Bytes: 38,12 are listed by product CUBS,PBK is a tion. The PHONE databases that work phone numbers This Phone Book name, filename, file­ list of all CUB games in 95LX ,PBK format. file allows 95LX users people have created range from Old size, and brief de­ including date, time, These files contain the to select New Testa­ Testament verses and references, to scription, home / away, and airport longitudes and latitudes, to list of CompuServe opponent. With the ment Bible verses by numbers current to topic or reference, It Help for 1-2-3 ONLY command you an HP Calc Solve help file. 7/1/92, It is sorted by contains selected 123HLP,ZIP can display just home Conversion utilities let you ex­ state, then city, and games, just Giants verses from various Bytes: 9,166 change PHONE file data between the can be searched using games, just games in translations, A PHONE file the Phone Book ON­ June, etc, Unfortunate­ • CIS, ON DISK (MIA 93) HP 95LX and software on other orga­ (123HELP,PBK) that L Y function, Each ly, this is the 1992 nizers and computers. contains 1-2-3 @func­ record shows state, schedule, but is still List of CompuServe PHONE extenders are programs tions and 1-2-3 macro city, number and an excellent model for Nodes commands with defi­ that add to the capability and func­ baud rates, Data creating diSciplined NODES,PBK nitions for each in the tionality of the PHONE program. source is "GO useful database files Bytes: 20,021 address field. Fortunately, much of this software PHONES," using PHONE, List of all the • CIS, ON DISK (MIA 93) is available at no or little cost. The • CIS, ON DISK (MIA 93) • CIS, ON DISK (M/J 92) CompuServe 3-letter rest of the software is commercial, Airport NODE abbreviations, Dictionary of International Dialing If you use the "UST" but still relatively inexpensive for the Abbreviations Code, 95LXlComputer Terms Codes in PBK Format command to show value received. Most of the free and Longitudes/Latitudes COMPDICT.PBK DIALCO,PBK what other users are AIRPOKPBK shareware PHONE enhancers are Bytes: 22,633 Bytes: 5,248 on-line, this file will Bytes: 6,629 available in the CompuServe HP­ A database dictio­ An international tell you where each Use this file and HAND forum and on this issue of nary of computer dialing code listing user is connected to Solver equation on terms from subscriber with city codes for the CompuServe net­ The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK page 30-18 of HP Ahmet G, Ozisik. major cities, Similar to work. (Mar / Apr 93, available as a single 95LX User's Guide, to • CIS, ON DISK (MIA 93) the _l.PBK phone • CIS, ON DISK (MIA 93) determine the dis­ issue or part of an ON DISK sub­ book that comes with tance between loca­ scription). Useful List of HP the HP 95LX. Old Testament Bible tions, If you have PHONE data bases or Telephone Numbers • CIS, ON DISK (J /F 93) Verses • CIS, ON DISK (MIA 93) other PHONE enhancers you wish to CONTAC.HP OLDTES,PBK Bytes: 3,295 International Bytes: 19,456 share, send them to me in care of The Area Codes Phone numbers Direct Dialing This file contains HP Palmtop Paper, or upload them to AREACO,PBK for HP pre-sales and IDD,PBK Selected Old Testa­ Bytes: 2560 CompuServe. post-sales product Bytes: 14,976 ment Bible verses in Telephone area codes support. Downloaded IDD.PBK is a

MARCH / APRIL 1993 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 31 REVIEWS: Phone Enhancing Products the phonebook for­ pop-up help for all Longitude and than the CIS reference Data Exchange for that lets you combine mat. Individuals can the known Solver Latitude in the USA card you get from the Windows: Connectivity two .PBK or .ABK select verses by refer­ commands, along USA.PBK CIS Tour. Pack with Phone Book files. It also comes • CIS. ON DISK (MIA 93) ence or by key words with help for some of Bytes: 8,108 Translation with a translate utility or topics. Uses vari­ the lesser known Use this file and PC with Win­ that you convert ous translations. functions. SL VR the Solver equation on TV Guide Text File Phone Book or Ap­ GUIDE.TXT dows-to-95LX connec­ • CIS. ON DISK (MIA 93) HLP.PBK is an update page 30-18 of the HP tivity package with pointment Book files of the version avail­ 95LX User's Guide to Bytes: 4,596 to the formats of A text file of Phone Book-to-Win­ SupplyLine Electronic able on the PIP Sub­ determine the dis­ Lotus Metro, Borland prime-time TV shows dows files translation Catalog of HP 95LX scribers Disk, and is tance between two Sidekick, Central to impress your couch utilities. one of the bonus pro­ locations. Point PC Tools Desk­ Products potato friends. Cour­ • COMMERCIAL. see page • CIS. ON DISK (MIA 93) top, or Conventional SLINE.ZIP grams on the Multi­ tesy of Dave Good­ 8 this issue. Data Format. Bytes: 8,398 Macro Manager disk. man. Other Database • COMMERCIAL. see page Updated edition Upload by Ed Keefe. • CIS. ON DISK (MIA 93) MacLink Plus: of U.K. Palmtop Pa­ • CIS. ON DISK (MIA 93) Files in TXT Connectivity Pack 15 1his issue . per distributor Sup­ (MEMO) Format with Phone Book IntelliLinklXLT; plyLine product guide Full Special Character Conversion Translation IntelliLink for for the HP 95LX as of Set for the 95LX Utilities Macintosh-to- CompuServe Windows January, 1993. SYMBOL.PBK 95LX connectivity Command References IntelliLink/ XLT adds • CIS. ON DISK (MIA 93) Bytes: 1,644 package with Phone CISHLP.ZIP Data Exchange for additional translation A full special Book-to-Mac file Bytes: 5,369 Mac: Connectivity support to the 95LX's Solver Help File for character set for the translation utilities. This file has a Pack with Phone Connectivity Pack. the HP 95LX 95LX, in .PBK format • COMMERCIAL. see page listing of CompuServe Book Translation IntelliLink for Win­ SLVHLP.ZIP for easy reference. 14 this issue. commands, their ab­ Macintosh-to- Bytes: 7,665 From code page 850 dows is a file transfer breviations, and the 95LX connectivity program that provides SLVR_HLP.PBK is and Appendix E of HP Connectivity prompts where each package with Phone the translation utilities a Phone Book file the HP 95LX User's is valid. It is format­ Pack Book-to-Mac file of IntelliLink/ XL T. adapted for use with Guide. ted to display well in This PC file trans­ translation utilities. • COMMERCIAL. see page the 95LX CALC pro­ • CIS, ON DISK (MIA 93) MEMO. It is not com­ fer program comes • COMMERC IAL, see page 16 this issue. gram. It provides plete, but it has more 14 th is issue . with a merge utility

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9520RG 1.10: Bytes: 32,523 Strip EOF Markers tection, and more. the problems of run­ 95LX-to-Lotus Utility to convert from Text Files Phone Book (See page 46 of the ning out of file space Organizer Conversion address files from STRIP.EXE Extenders Sep/Oct 92 issue for with PHONE. Create 9520RG.ZIP Power Up Software's Bytes: 6,400 more on Calendar several .PBK files and Address Book Plus to Small utility to Supplement.) use a batch file to Bytes: 14,075 95Buddy: This utility con­ the format used by strip EOF markers • COMMERCIAL. Contact: switch from one to Adds Functions to ASP. P.O. Box 81270. Pitts· verts 95LX appoint­ the 95LX Phone Book. from DOS text files. the other as needed. burgh. PA 15217 USA' • CIS. ON DISK (MIA 93) Useful for those hav­ 95LX Phone Book • CIS. ON DISK (MIA 93) ment and phone book Phone: 412-422-413~; Fax; 95BUDDY.ZIP files to an ASCII for­ ing trouble converting 412-422-4135. View PBK Files on mat that is suitable Phone Book-to-Psion Phone Book files us­ Bytes: 74,676 Adds dozens of for direct import into Orgainzer Conversion ing the 95LX Connec­ Dialtone 1.1: the 95LX or PC features and key­ Lotus Organizer for HPZLZ.LZH tivity Pack translation 95LX Tone Dialer PHONE2.ZIP routines. stroke shortcuts to Windows. This new Bytes: 4,992 DIALTO.ZIP Bytes: 13,758 • CIS. ON DISK (MIA 93) PHONE, and other This is a "beta" re­ release converts the Utility to convert Bytes: 35,652 95LX applications. Todo list as well as 95LX Phone Book files A minor revision lease of a phone utili­ To SideKick: Phone Features include : ty that lets you view appointments and to the format used by of the 95LX Touch­ Book-to-Side-Kick Open PHONE from .PBK phone files from phone records. The the Psion Organizer tone dialer. Now sup­ Translation FILER; go directly to OOS on your 95LX or names in phone re­ pocket computers. ports '*' & '#' in dial TOSKZIP the File Open menu; Pc. It will also dial a cords are now option­ Non-Psion owners strings, displays the Bytes: 8,352 link a MEMO file to a selected item using ally parsed into title, should note that the PBK "Name" fie ld "To SideKick" is a card; change default your modem. first name and last Psion file format is while dialing, and utility to convert a directories; paste to • CIS. ON DISK (MIA 93) name. tab delimited text sports a slimmer OOS 95LX .PBK file into a the phone card editor; • CIS. ON DISK (MIA 93) with records that EXE version. General SideKick phone book. 10 preset file "hot­ PRT95: Print Address t e rminate with Description: DialTone Written in standard C keys" to the file HP 95LX Phone CR/ LF! Written in allows you to dial the Books I Labels from with source code in­ open/ save menus; Turbo Pascal, source phone numbers in Phone Book Book File Format cluded. quick date / time code included, re­ your Phone Book(s) PRT95.ZIP FORMAT.PBK • CIS. ON DISK (MIA 93) stamp in Memo, leased to the public by directly playing Bytes: 25,897 Bytes: 2,503 Phone, or Appt; domain. DTMF tones into the PRT95 provides The specifications THOR 2.0 Converts chang e titles of • CIS. ON DISK (MIA 93) microphone end of a the ability to convert of 95LX Phone Book ABK and PBK Files Phone's name, num­ telephone handset. or print the 95LX Phone­ files. to ASCII Format ber, and address Psion-to-Phone Book • CIS. ON DISK (M/J 92) Book. It can convert • CIS. ON DISK (MIA 93) THORZIP Translation Utility with fields; find & replace the Phone Book to a Bytes: 26,299 function added to 95LX-to-Macintosh Source Code PhoneBook Universal format, Thor, by Craig search; delete to end comma delimited Conversion PHONE9.LZH File Repair Service Finseth, has two pro­ or start of line, delete ASCII file, or can HP95MA Bytes: 7,168 This service re­ grams. THORABK entire line added; add print it in several Bytes: 84,992 A quick and dirty quires that you send .EXE converts .ABK labels to User Defined formats : Rolodex This is a freeware Turbo Pascal utility in your 95LX to recov­ files to ASCII files. keys. (See Jul/ Aug cards, Day timer, la­ prerelease version of a that will take a Psion THORPBKEXE con­ er corrupted Phone 92, pg 6; Nov/ Dec bels, double sided Organizer database verts .PBK files to Book or Appointment program for convert­ 92, pg 18 for more on folding address book, file uploaded to a PC ASCII and back; use­ Book files (see an- ing HP 95LX Phone 95Buddy.) or Day Runner for­ and create a properly ful for merging two nouncement, page 10 Books to a Macintosh • CIS. ON DISK (J/A 92) mat. If names are formatted .PBK file PHONE file s. In for more information). Database compatible entered as "Smith, Da­ for the 95LX. Use at FREYJA2.ZIP TEXT file. Field Calendar Supplement vid", they will be your own risk, et cet­ • CIS. ON DISK (MIA 93) PBKMRG: Phone Book names from the 95LX for the HP 95LX inverted for labels. era. The 95LX phone PBK Merge Utility become RecNbr Utility that pro­ Also, an honorific will book file format is 95LX Phone Book-to­ PBKMRG.ZIP Name, Number, Adr1: vides a simple-to-use be placed in front of documented in the Windows Card File Bytes: 10,328 Adr2, Adr3, Adr4, menu interface for the name. program source code. Conversion Utility to merge Adr5, Adr6, Adr7 & selecting, removing, .. CIS. ON DISK (MIA 93) Adr8 where each line • CIS. ON DISK (MIA 93) CRDPBKZIP and merging Phone .PBK files. Allows of the address field of Bytes: 16,070 Book and Appoint­ merging many files Swap Phone Book 95LX Conversion Programs and with a single com­ the 95LX becomes a ment Book entries. Files on the 95LX Utility in Hypercard documentation to con­ mand and outputing separate field. The This supplement SWAP.PBK vert HP 95LX .PBK only names and num­ Mac file may be im­ Stack to Appt's calendar Bytes: 4,083 files to and from bers (not addresses) to ported into another MACPBKSIT lists holidays and The technique of Windows cardfile the merged file. DOS Mac Address Book Bytes: 52,736 important dates using multiple files is (.CRD) format. The application, Diets application or used as A Macintosh worldwide; lunar, mentioned in the index line of the card­ down to under 10K a Mail Merge file. Hypercard V2.x Stack solar, and time zone Users Guide; this file file card becomes the • CIS. ON DISK (MIA 93) • CIS. ON DISK (MIA 93) to convert Phone days; national holi­ name, the first line of describes the steps to Book files between the days for over 150 the card the phone use to make the tech­ Power Up Address 95LX, Atari Portfolio, countries; religious Suggestion for Those number, and the rest nique work. and user selectable with Large PBK Files Book Plus-ta-Phone of the card the ad­ holidays for 6 major • CIS. ON DISK (MIA 93) delimiter database file PBKTIP.TXT Book Conversion: dress. Long card file religions; zodiac days formats. Self unstuf­ and more. Includes Bytes: 3,442 AB2HP 1.1: fields are truncated. A text file that de­ AB2HP.ARC fing StuffIt archive. • CIS. ON DISK (MIA 93) system utilities for • CIS. ON DISK (MIA 92) battery life, file pro- scribes a solution to

34 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER MARCH / APRIL 1993 ~-.-- ..... -.-.~---.-. -. ~-_.- . - . ~~~.!='.~ ~~~~tr~;~C::'-j:'~··: - Using CALC, 1-2:-3.to value bonds.

What's It Worth? Bond Calculations Using the HP 95LX

The 95LX has taken criticism as a business calculator because it does not have a built-in bond price and yield function. However, it is relatively easy to use HP CALC or Lotus 1-2-3 for such calculations.

By Ralph Butler

Consider the following problem: A It's an easy problem to solve with graphic. firm has a bond with an annual cou­ a number of HP calculators, includ­ pon rate of 8%, face value of $1000, ing the HP 12C, 17BII, and the 19BII. annual yield to maturity of 10%, and You can also solve this problem us­ --Tiffle Value of Money - case 1-- Humber of per i ods. • • • • • • H = a.aa makes semi-annual payments. What ing the 9SLX's HP CALC "Time Val­ Annua 1 i nt erest • • • • • • • •• I :'::VR = a.aa Present va 1ue • • • • • • • • • •• PV = a.aa a.00 is the current selling price of the ue of Money" (TVM) function or the ~~~~~~\jaiue:::::::::::: ~OT ~ 0.00 P aYPlent s per year...... P /YR = 12 bond? Lotus 123 _CFLOW.WK1 spreadsheet Beg i n/End lTIode...... B/E = END included with the HP 9SLX. a.aa Hrl'r-t E E tl F' F' H,:,l I :'J, F, F 1". I F FrlT Multi · Macro Determining the Selling Price of Manager a Bond using HP CALC HP CALC's TVM Screen The selling price of a bond in this example is simply the present value Break through the 10 "User­ Number of periods ...... N =20 Defined-Key" barrier. (PV) of all expected future yields of (10 years of semiannual payments) Manage up to 200 User-Defined the bond. Since bonds usually make Annual interest ...... 1%VR =10 Keys (System Macros). periodic interest payments through (Current VTM % not face value "/0) the life of the bond and make a lump Present value ...... PV =0 (HP CALC will solve for this value) sum payment equal to the face value Run anyone macro Payment ...... PMT = 40 immediately. of the bond at maturity, this problem (Face value of bond x face value %) can be stated as: Future value ...... FV =0 Create, delete, and swap (Not used in this calculation) Macro Files Selling Price = PV of interest pay­ Payments per year ...... PIYR =2 ments + PV of maturity value. (Semiannual payments) Move, copy, and delete Begin/End mode ...... B/E =END Individual Macros On the HP 9SLX, press IHP CALC I (Payments made at end of period) IMENU I TVM to get to the TVM screen. Next, enter the problem data as indi­ Press I!!l to calculate PV, and you Written by Ed Keefe, Contributing cated in the next column below the Editor, The HP Palmtop Paper get -498.49 (rounded) or $498.49. This

$25.00, includes S&H check or money order ABOUT THE AUTHOR international orders add $10 Ralph Butler is an engineering manager at Groupe Bull Large Systems Engineering in Phoenix AZ. He IS currently a graduate student in the M.B.A. program at Arizona State Universitv where he uses his HP 95LX extensively in The FastAid Co. the 1inance and accounting classes. Contact: Ralph Butler, Groupe Bull, p.o. Box 314 S.W. Logan 80do, MSC71 , Phoenix, AZ 85066-8000; Phone: 602-862-4158; E-mail: Ankeny, IA 50021 [email protected]

MARCH / APRIL 1993 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 35 HOW TO USE: Bonds

Enter the problem data as follows. annual period interest rate which is Double Your Pleasure At t=O (cell B44), enter 0 and press 5%. Press 5 IENTERI and the correct I < Down Arrow > I. Then at t=l (cell B45), answer appears (NPV = 875.3778965- • DUBLHDRTM press I AL T I-G 40 I ENTER 1 20 I ENTER 1 to 7) (rounded to 875.38). DublHdrTM adds an extra PCMCIA copy the $40 interest payment for 20 I find it a lot easier to use the slot to your HP95LX. Now you can have your favorite application with periods. Next, add 1000 to the t=20 _CFLOW.WK1 spreadsheet to solve that additional memory card! (cell B64) payment to represent the this type of bond problem. • IL Adapter maturity value (t=20 now equals This adapter adds HPIL to your HP95 1040). You Try It! system without giving up your To calculate the present value PCMCIA slot or your RS-232 interface! Now, consider the same bond except Now you can use those IL Printers press IALTI - N, and after a couple of that the current selling price is $1055. and Disk Drives on a desktop LAN! seconds, NPV = 489.18617681 ap­ What is the annual yield to maturity? • Data Acquisition & Control pears. We didn't get the right answer This is left as an exercise for the • Robotics/Motion Control because the default interest value is reader or perhaps the subject of a 10% and we need to use the semi- future article. I • interloop, inc.

706 Charcot Avenue' San Jose, CA 95131 Tel: 408/922-0520 • Fax: 408/922-0545 is the PV of the interest payments LJLIOCO" 1/ V le,\Lde t WI'th HP. half of the solution. a compac more , For the PV of the maturity value enter the following values:

Number of periods ...... N:o 20 (10 years of semiannual payments) Annual interest ...... I%YR:o 10 (Current YTM % not face value 'Yo) Present value ...... PV:o 0 (HPCALC will solve for this value)

Payment ...... PMT :0 0 (No periodic payments made) Future value ...... FV:o 1000 (Face value of bond) Payments per year ...... PIYR:o 2 (Semiannual payments) Begin/End mode ...... B/E :o END EDITORS' I (Payments made at end of period) CHOICE I :.~ ~~ Press f!!I to calculate PV, -376.89 (rounded) or $376.89. This is the PV DERIVE®, A Mathematical Assistant is now available for palmtops through 486-based PCs. of maturity value half of the solution.

Therefore, the current selling price The DERIVE® program • Displays accepted math notation. System requirements of the bond is the sum of the two solves both symbolic and • Performs arithmetic to PC version: MS-DOS 2.1 or present value calculations = $498.49 + numeric problems, and it thousands of digits. later, only 512Kb RAM and plots beautifully too. one 3.5" or 5.25" disk drive. $376.89 = $875.38 (rounded). • Simplifies, factors and • Symbolic math from algebra expands expressions. Suggested retail price $250. through calculus. • Does exponential, logarith­ ROM-card version: Hewlett­ Determining the Selling Price Using • Plots in both 2-D and 3-D. mic, trigonometric, hyperbo­ Packard 95LX Palmtop • Simple, letter-driven menu lic and probability functions. computer. Suggested retail price is $289. Lotus _CFLOW.WK1 Spreadsheet interface. • Taylor and Fourier series This bond problem can be solved in • Solves equations exactly. approximations. Contact Soft Warehouse for a list of dealers. Or, ask at a single step using the _CFLOW.WK1 • Understands vectors and • Pe rmits recursive and itera­ your local computer store, matrices. tive programming. spreadsheet included with the HP software store or HP calcu­ • Split or overlay algebra and • Can generate Fortran, Pascal lator dealer. Dealer inquires 95LX. Press ~ IMENU 1 File Retrieve, plot windows. and Basic statements. are welcome. highlight C:,-CFLOW.WK1 and press 2000 years of Soft Warehouse, Inc. • 3660 Waialae Ave. IENTERI. Next, press IALTI-E Yes I ENTER 1 Mathematical Knowledge IJw-Jloft Wa,ehou/e ~ S!e 304 . Honolulu. HI , USA 96616-3236 __ HONOLULU -H AW A II Ph: (608) 734-5601 • Fax: (608) 735-1105 to erase the data in the worksheet. ona Disk

36 THE HP P ALMTOP PAPER MARCH / APRIL 1993 User Keys Make Built·ln Applications Work Together Oevelop user defined keys to coordinate the activities of two or more built-in applications, and to pause and prompt you for input. Learn how you can break through the ten-key barrier!

By Ed Keefe

Modern medicine has discovered [Editor's Note: The contents of all function to generate a random num­ three certain causes of headaches: User Keys and Solver equation can be ber, the integer part of which is kept drinking too much of certain bever­ found in UFK.TXT Ii.J in the range 1 ... 36 through the use of ages; listening to rap music; and the MODulo function. Each of the having to enter too many keystrokes Entering the HP Calc Equation five lines multiplies a random num­ on a tiny computer keyboard. Fortu­ On your HP 95LX press "'IH=P ""CA'""LC""! ber by an even power of 10 (i.e. 1E2 2 nately, the HP 95LX offers a way to IMENU! S to enter CALC's Solver. means 10 ). All five lines are added avoid the last headache User Keys. Highlight a blank field and press ~ together and assigned to "lotto." User Keys, also known as system to go to the Solver Editor. Key in the When you've finished typing the macros, are powerful tools to help following equation. (Note that the equation, press I!!) (CALC) to show you customize your 95LX. A good last line uses slightly different num­ the Solve Calc screen. Press ~ (lot­ introduction to User Keys was given bers.) to) twice to make sure the equation is in Hal Goldstein's article,"User De­ working. (The number will always be fined Function Keys: An Advanced l otto- IP(MOD(RAN# *lOO , 35)+1)+ 1 billion or larger. Don't worry that it Lesson for Beginners" (page 41 of the lE2* (IP(MOD(RAN# *lOO , 35)+1))+ doesn't look like a lotto number yet.) lE4* (IP(MOD(RAN# *lOO , 35)+1))+ Marchi April 1992 issue). The HP lE6* (IP(MOD(RAN# *lOO , 35)+1))+ If it does not work, go back and 95LX User's Guide also describes them lE8* (IP(MOD(RAN# *lOO , 25)+lO)) make sure you entered the equation in a section called "Creating and [Note that the five lines are almost correctly. Next, press IMENU! File Save Using User Keys" (see pages 21-14 to to save the file. Supply a file name if identical. It is faster to type this formula 21-20). 1 MENU! into MEMO and then transfer it to the needed. Finally, press Quit to This article assumes that you're Solver Editor. After you enter the first exit HP CALC. familiar with the basics of creating line of the formula in MEMO, you can and using User Keys. Let's see some use Marle (F9) and Copy (F2) to put a Creating the User Key of the wizardry User Keys can per­ copy of it on the four subsequent lines. Now, press ISETUP! Char and high­ form. Then modify the copies so the formula is light an empty field to enter your correct. Finally, use Marle (F9) and Copy User Key. Press ~ (Macro) to enter Using HP CALC and MEMO to (F2) to copy the whole formula . Then go the User Key editor. If your keys are Pick a Winner to HP CALC's Solver function , move the all assigned, you can copy a couple Using your 95LX to pick a Lotto cursor to an empty line, and press of them to MEMO to free up some room. Highlight the key you want to number makes about as much sense 1 CTRq-~ to Paste the formula into as anything. You'll still lose, but Solver Hal.] copy and press ~ to enter the edit you'll have fun doing it. This exam­ This equation uses the RAN# screen. Then Mark and Copy the ple shows how to develop a User Key that will coordinate the activities ABOUT THE AUTHOR of HP CALC and MEMO. The winning number in many Ed Keefe is an author, programmer, computer science Lotto games is a series of five num­ instructor, and long-time contributor to support publications bers, each between 1 and 36. We'll for HP computers. He is the president of the FastAid develop a system that randomly Company, 314 S. W. Logan, Ankeny, IA 50021. Ed's Compu­ selects a series of five numbers and Serve ID# is [75300,3667J. displays them on your screen, pref­ aced by "Your lotto numbers are ..."

MARCH / APRIL 1993 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 37 HOW TO USE: User Defined Keys

contents of the key. Press IMEMOIi!!) then finds the decimal point in the to paste the contents of the key to number and marks and cuts every­ POWERUSER MEMO for safe keeping. Then go thing from that point to the end of HP 95LX Monthly Video back to Set Up and delete the con­ the line. Finally, it moves to the left, Each issue is packed with over 5 hours tents of the key. Later you can copy deleting commas as it goes. of valuable tips and information for it from MEMO and paste it back to The final four lines type out the beginning and advanced users covering: the User Key contents field. phrase "Your lotto numbers are" • Comm Once you're in the User Key edi­ before the number, and then inserts • Filer • Appt • Phone tor, type the word Lotto in the Com­ the appropriate spaces in the number. • Memo • HpCalc ment field and press IENTERI . Type the European Readers: this macro • Setup following macro in the Contents assumes that CALC uses a period as c • DOS Plus practical applications and 3rd field. a decimal point and commas as thou­ ...... party products . (You can speed up your typing by sands separators. You'll need to Call to get your free 1 hour using the [F6] key. For example, instead switch to US formatting by pressing ...... demo video (limited offer) of typing {ENTER}, press ~ and then ISET UP I International Punctuation and NEW VISIONS IENTERI . However, with 95Buddy run­ select (.,,). (This is option A on US .4000 s. Redwood Rd., Bldg F #2051 ning, pressing ~ I MENU I produces Palmtops. It may be something else Saltlake City, UT 84123 {FlO}, not {MENU} . There may be some on other versions of the 95LX.) (801) 977-877.4 6:30am - 3:00pm MST additional mappings that Buddy does. Switch Buddy off (ICTRLI 0 0 if you're Using the Lotto Macro going to use ~ to enter user key codes . Once the macro is keyed in, press Suppose you wanted to produce a Also, if HP CALC is set to Options I!!£) to save the User Key and press list of ALL the files on either the C Format All, the period (.) between the IESq to return to the Set Up Menu. drive or the A drive and view the list two {F7) characters on line five below Press ICHARI and the newly defined using FILER. You could exit to the should be removed.) function key and watch what hap­ DOS prompt to create the list with Since it's often difficult to see pens. the following DOS command: spaces in a printed listing, I've used the tilde (-) in place of spaces. Wher­ CHKDSK : IV > C: \FLIST. LST Memo 03/20/93 11: 23 am ever you see a -, press I I. *' Ins line: 4 Col: 1 (where is either A or C). ..=" "-,,-,,-,, "'==" Lastly, type in the User Key as ..Your lotto numbers are 16 04 20 18 11-. This command runs the CHKDSK running text. Don't press I ENTER I for a program in Verbose mode and uses carriage return at the end of each the DOS redirection symbol (» to line. send the output to the file, C: \FLI­ {CALC} {MENU}s ST.LST. {F7} lotto {ENTER} {ESC}{F9} Here's a way to do this without {F2} {F2} {Ctrl-F2} {MENU}q having to go to the DOS prompt. {MEMO} {ENTER} {F4} {HOME} Lotto number screen {F7} . {F7}{F9}{END}{F3} {LEFT} {LEFT} {LEFT} {BACKSP} Create these User Keys {LEFT} {LEFT} {LEFT} {BACKSP} If all goes well, you'll see the CALC {LEFT} {LEFT} {LEFT} {BACKSP} program spring into action and your On your 95LX, open SET UP and {HOME}Your-lotto-numbers-are­ press Char. Make sure you have {RIGHT} {RIGHT}-{RIGHT} {RIGHT}­ lotto numbers will appear in MEMO. {RIGHT} {RIGHT}-{RIGHT} {RIGHT}­ If you want another set of numbers, space for at least two new User Keys. {RIGHT} {RIGHT} {ENTER} {ENTER} just press ICHARI F-key again. If it (In this example I'll use F2 and F3. does not work, go back and make You can use any two User Key fields The first three lines of the User Key sure you entered the User Key cor­ you wish.) open the HP CALC program and rectly. [Editor's Note: If you win the Now enter the new User Key. choose the Solver option. The last lottery using this method, please send Start by highlighting the desired User saved file is opened automatically. half your winnings to Ed Keefe, care of Key and pressing IENTERI . In the com­ The program finds the word "lotto", Richard Hall, care of Hal Goldstein.] ment field, put the word Input and and solves the equation for the lotto press IENTERI. Key the following mac­ number. It then copies this number to ro into the contents field. (Remember, the clipboard and quits CALC alto­ A User Key to Pause for Input Here's an example of how to imple­ tildes (-) indicate blank spaces.) gether. ment a "pause for input" feature. The next five lines open MEMO, We'll do this by using two User Keys {MEMO} {Ctrl-END}If Memo is not empty, jump to the end of the file and paste save any text : qui t and start in tandem. over. {ENTER}On the line below, enter in the number from the clipboard. It

38 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER MARCH / APRIL 1993 A or C ; then{ENTER}press ENTER and CHAR F3{ENTER} Some Limitations If need be, change "F3" in the last line User Keys are powerful tools that of this User Key so that it matches you can use to customize your HP the name of your second User Key. 95LX. However, System Macros do have their shortcomings. When you've finished, press ~ to save the macro. For instance, there is no "debug­ ging mode" with User Keys. Since This macro opens MEMO and each User Key can have up to 255 goes to the last line of the file. It File listing screen keystrokes, the chances of getting one posts a reminder to save any work keystroke wrong is pretty high. and start over. It then puts a prompt (If you attempt to use these keys As a substitute for a "debugging on the screen and waits for you to with one of the built-in applications mode," I suggest the following tech­ open, the process will stop in the press the letter A or C for whichever nique for building complicated User middle. You'll then have to press drive you want to list. Keys. Instead of building one, large, I ESC I, close down all the built-in ap­ Now go to the second macro field User Key, build parts of it in sepa­ plications except FILER, delete and key in this macro. (Remember, rate, CHAR-Function keys. When F.BAT, and try it again.) tildes (-) indicate blank spaces.) each part is working just right, use Once you see how this works, I'm the clipboard to copy and paste each {UP}{F9}{F3}{MENU}qn{MEMO}ECHO sure that you'll be able to come up OFF{ENTER}CHKDSK- {F4} : -/V->-C : \f1ist part into the main User Key. . 1st {ENTER} {MENU}fs{BACKSP} {BACKSP} with macros to run other MS-DOS {BACKSP} {BACKSP} {BACKSP} {BACKSP} applications. The technique is espe­ f . bat{ENTER} {MENU}q{FILER} {F5} Overcoming the Ten-Key Barrier c : \ f .bat{ENTER} {ESC}{F4}{F3}y{F5} cially well suited for those applica­ c : \ f1ist . 1st{ENTER} tions that require command line As most of us already know, only ten arguments, such as DEBUG, DIET, macros can be active on the 95LX at Press ~ to save this User Key and ZIP. COM, etc. any given time. This feature was then press IESC I to return to the SET probably incorporated into the 95LX UP menu screen. This User Key Marks and Cuts the letter A or C and saves it in the Electronic Pop-Up Notes for HP 95LX clipboard. It then quits MEMO and restarts it with a blank screen. It Introducing writes a simple batch file, pastes the 4liI drive letter into the second line of the SWfTCHabfe! batch file, and saves the batch file as fastNOTES! '" C:\ F.BAT. The User Key then quits MEMO and uses FILER to goto C: \ Resizable and Global Searching F.BAT. It runs this batch file and then Overlapping Windows of Note contents deletes it. Finally the User Key dis­ Imports and plays the file C:\FLIST.LST, created Exports by the batch file. Memo/ ASCII files

Running the User Keys Index allows All applications but FILER must be fast access closed for these User Keys to work Easy-to-use to any Note Pop-up Menus properly. Press ICHARI ~ (or whatev­ er F-key you've chosen) to start the first User Key. Then key in A or C and press I ENTER I ICHAR I ~ (again, fastNOTES! Features • Create, organize and access information as pop­ For more information Call: whatever F-key you've chosen). The up notes on your HP 95LX screen will flash and, eventually, • Automatic time-stamping and text formatting (800) 825-9977 you'll see the words "Press any key • Provides free-form database with global search capability to continue... " Press any key and the • Instantly zoom any Note to full screen screen will flash and display the file • Fully SWITCH able! with built-in applications fi\@[H ® ACE Technologies, Inc. listing. You can edit the file in 2880 Zanker ROOd. Suite 103 MEMO or delete it with FILER. fastNOTES! version 1.0 (C 1095) ...... $69 San Jose, California 95134 U.S.A. (Deaiers & Distributors welcome)

MARCH / APRIL 1993 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 39 HOW TO USE: User Defined Keys because it only has ten function keys. Here's a way to get around that limi­ tation. FOR HP 95LX User Keys are kept in the SET­ I UP.ENV file in the C:\_DAT directo­ ry. If you want more than ten User Keys, you'll need to use alternate SETUP.ENV files. Here's one way to get another SETUP.ENV file. First, use FILER to copy your existing SETUP.ENV to SETUP.OLD. The SETUP. OLD file will save all your original macros. Then press ISetUp, Char and delete any (or all) of the User Keys. You now have room to enter additional User Keys. To reinstall your original macros, use FILER to rename SETUP.ENV to 512KB $115 1.0MB $180 SETUP. NEW and rename SET­ 2.0MB $340 UP.OLD to SETUP.ENV. You might even create a User Key to automate this process. If this all sounds like too much work, read on. NEW MEDIA CORPORATION Irvine, California U.S.A Multi-Macro Manager Made in U.S.A (7! 4) 453·0100 FAX (7! 4) 453·0114 The FastAid Co. offers the Multi­ Macro-Manager program (MMM) as an elegant way to overcome the ten 1-800-CARDS4U key barrier. If you need more than ten User Keys, then you'll want to read on. the press of a key. Until next time, Happy Palm­ Multi-Macro Manager allows you The disk also includes several sets topping. to have up to 200 macros (User of User Keys, created by those who Keys). You can choose one macro have earned their MM (Master of Order Information from a list of macros and run it by Macros) degree. pressing a single key on the number MMM is a small MS-DOS pro­ Multi-Macro Manager - $25 keypad. gram (under 15K bytes). It can be run A small program that allows you to have up from FILER. However, with the addi­ to 200 user keys on the 95LX. (Payment should be made by check or money order tion of a suitable loader program Mul t i Macro Manager (c) FastAid, 1993 drawn on a US bank. When ordering, a 1 t ernat e current (two are supplied) the MMM pro­ please specify shipping address and the A lotus 1 Appo i nt fI'Ient eve B 2 Back tot opcard gram can pop-up on top of any built type of disk preferred.) C 3 D 4 Open phone fi le CONTACT: The FastAid Co. 314 SW E S Lotto tfJ'\ent eve in application except 1-2-3. F 6 G 7 m¥t Logan, Ankeny, IA 50021, USA. H B If you'd like to save $5.00 on your 1 9 J 0 registration fee, just include a printed NOTE: The author of this article is also .:- " : I I:'F : .:- U F 1 the author of Multi-Macro Manager. H.:- l Ft-€" I fl.-,t-.:. copy of five of your own User Keys . (If they are complicated, please in­ Multi-Macro Manager Screen clude a brief description of what they're supposed to do.) With your Individual macros can be copied or permission, these macros may be moved from one set of macros to included in subsequent releases of another, or to a different location MMM with your name attached to Shareware/F reeware within the same set of macros. Indi­ them. Mentioned in This Article vidual macros may also be deleted This is a special offer to readers of On the HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK without using the SET UP program. The HP Palmtop Paper. It will be with­ New, empty sets of macros can be drawn two months after the publica­ UFK.TXT - Mar/Apr 1993 created and old sets can be deleted at tion of this article. Don't delay.

40 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER MARCH / APRIL 1993 Using Memory Cards How do you use them? What files should you store on them? What do you need to watch out for? What's the difference be­ tween SRAM and Flash ROM cards?

By Mark Scardina

Last issue (page 10) we took a look at and a copy of COMMAND. COM on (SRAM) are by far the most popular expanding the storage of your HP it. You don't have to try and turn the cards available for the 95LX. Their 95LX with the addition of a RAM RAM card into a "system disk" to only limitation is that their data is memory card. This issue, I would boot from it. You don't need any preserved through the use of a lithi­ like to focus on its use, including hidden files or COMMAND. COM um backup battery that keeps the specific strategies and concerns. (it's launched from ROM). If you microchips in the card "alive." These have your AUTOEXEC.BAT and batteries generally last for a year and General Points on RAM Cards CONFIG.SYS files on the card, in the are cheap enough, costing about $3. There are some general points that card slot, whenever you press ICTRq­ There are a few things you should pertain to a RAM card, regardless of IALT'-IDEq, you'll boot from the RAM be aware of when using SRAM cards the kind you are using. card. with the HP 95LX. 1. Store your data files on a RAM 3. RAM cards provide easy data Change the Backup Battery exchange and backup capabilities. A card! Due to the design of the HP Every Ten Months 95LX, it's easy to lose C drive data. PC Card drive is a device that con­ nects to your desktop PC and lets it Power is supplied to the card by the This is especially true if you use pro­ 95LX only when the 95LX is on. If read RAM cards like it would read a grams other than the built-in applica­ the card is removed or your 95LX is floppy disk. It is far quicker and tions. off, the card's memory is preserved easier to slip the RAM card our of The beginning of your C drive is by its internal battery. Even though a actually at the end of your system your 95LX and into a PC Card drive than it is to connect your 95LX up to card battery may last a year, change memory. There is no physical barrier the battery more often! preventing a program from writing your PC and run file transfer soft­ ware. (See pages 12-19 for a look at The 95LX was designed before the data into this region. The flexibility current series of RAM cards. The popular file transfer software.) that allows you to change the ratio of Palmtop cannot respond to the inter­ WARNING: If you plan on pur­ RAM disk to System RAM also mediate low battery signal that the chasing a notebook PC that comes makes it vulnerable to corruption by newer SRAM cards deliver when with a PCMCIA card slot, beware! an errant program or battery failure. getting low on battery power. Instead By purchasing a RAM card you can You may not be able to read a 95LX­ formatted memory card in it. Take a it can only respond to the final low reduce the size of your C drive as battery signal sent by the card. This well as store irreplaceable files out of 95LX-formatted RAM card with you and test it out on the notebook you're is a point at which your SRAM card harm's way. In fact, on my system, may lose its data. It is my recommen­ data resides on RAM cards and pro­ looking at. If it doesn't work, make sure a device driver IS A VAILABLE dation that the SRAM cards backup grams on the C drive. This allows me battery be changed ten months after to easily replace C drive files should that will allow the notebook's card drive to read a 95LX-formatted card. it was installed, regardless of its con­ they become corrupted. dition. Set an APPT alarm reminder. Many of the popular notebooks don't 2. Put all of your start up files, have these device drivers available. CONFIG.5YS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, etc., What to Do If You Get on your RAM card(s). Should you SRAM Cards a Low Card Battery Warning make an error in one of these files The first thing to do is to try and Static Random Access Memory cards that prevents your 95LX from proper­ keep the HP 95LX on. Immediately ly booting up, you can simply re­ move the card, press ICTRq-1 ALT '-I DEq ABOUT THE AUTHOR and have a working 95LX again. Many PC users are familiar with Mark Scardina is a computer consultant based in San Francisco, specializing creating bootable disks for their Pc. in palmtop-based applications. He can be reached on CompuServe at {76711,- The format Is command on a PC turns 732] for commercial projects. a floppy or hard disk into a bootable "system disk" with some hidden files

MARCH / APRIL 1993 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 41 HOW TO USE: Memory Cards connect it to the AC Adaptor or turn However, it must occupy at least on On last thing: You may have no off its timeout function using pro­ cluster, or 512 bytes on your SRAM more than 63 entries in the root di­ grams such as TIMEOUT ii, card. A 520-byte text file can't quite rectory, A: \, of your card. If you SWITCH!, or 95BUDDY ii. Many fit into one cluster, so it must occupy want to store more files on a card, SRAM cards will then let you replace two clusters, or 1,024 bytes. you have to put them in a directory. the card's backup battery while it is This fact means that it is very still in your 95LX. A little slide lock wasteful to store many small files on ACE DoubleCard or screw holds the retaining ring for your RAM card. If you use MEMO to A variation of the SRAM card is the the battery. By releasing the ring the keep scraps of information and save DoubleCard marketed by ACE Tech­ battery can be removed. PLEASE each to a separate file, you're wasting nologies (see add, back cover this note whether the old battery's plus precious space. You should check out issue). This card has onboard com­ side is up or down and insert the programs like fastNOTES (ad page 39 pression software from STAC Elec­ new battery the same way. Also, this issue), Keep-In-View (ad page 48, tronics. While it offers "plug-n-play" remember to re-Iock the retaining Nov IDec 92 issue) and NOTES95ii installation, there are some things ring to prevent removing it while to recover that expensive real estate. about this card you should be aware trying to unplug the card. Unfortunately, the DIR command of. First, there is a startup file on the of DOS reports the space required for card called CONFIG.SYS. This can be Maximize a SRAM Card's File storage, not the space actually used seen by inserting DoubleCard in the Storage Capability (i.e. it reports the small batch file as card slot, and pressing IFILERI ~ b:\ When SRAM cards are formatted, taking up 50 bytes, not the 512 bytes IENTERIIENTERI. The B: drive displays they are divided up into storage it's really occupying). DIR also re­ the uncompressed portion of the units called "sectors" and "clusters." ports the "bytes free," the remaining card, the A drive shows you the com­ Each sector on a SRAM card has 512 storage space. It subtracts the space pressed portion. If you want to have bytes. Each cluster has one sector. needed for each file (not the space an AUTOEXEC.BAT file processed Any file takes up a minimum of actually occupied) from the total when booting with this card, the one cluster, or 512 bytes. A small bytes available. If you have many AUTOEXEC file has to reside on the batch file of a few lines may require small files stored on your card, this compressed portion of the drive less than 50 bytes of storage space. "bytes free" figure can be way off. (A:\). In addition, the following line

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42 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER MARCH / APRIL 1993 must be added to CONFIG.SYS on Sundisk Flash ROM Cards the Sundisk card, I recommend alter­ the B drive (NOTE: make sure there At the time this article was written, ing the way that Sundisk sets things is an space between "COMMAND the only Flash Technology entry that up. As installed by its installation .COM" and "/P".) may be used on the 95LX is from program, the STACKER.COM file is stored on your C drive. This is not SHELL=C : \ COMMAND . COM I P Sundisk (see ad, page 10 this issue). This card has the advantage of not preferred because the file is large, Device drivers referred to in CON­ needing a battery to retain its data, and the corruption of the C drive FIG.5YS prior to the Stacker com­ however it does require its software would make it difficult to access the mand line must reside on the uncom­ driver be in memory in order to read compressed files on the card. A better pressed portion (B:) of the card if the it. The result of this is that you must strategy is to have ST ACKER.COM A drive designation is used. Any files have its driver either on C: drive or reside on the card. This can be done loaded after the Stacker command on a SRAM card when you reboot by following these steps: line must reside in the compressed your 95LX. Sundisk is planning to 1. Back up all files on the card. portion (A:). All programs that are include a ROM card to be used when 2. Put STACPALM.EXE on your C drive. called from the AUTOEXEC.BAT file rebooting, after which you can insert 3. Reformat the card with the SFORMAT utility. should reside on the compressed the Flash card. 4. Copy the STACKER.COM file to the card. portion of the card, or the 95LX's C The Sundisk card is available with 5. Stac the card by entering STACPALM A: drive. 6. Reboot your 9SLX. or without Stacker compression soft­ 7. Delete STACPALM.EXE and STACKER.COM from If you store confidential informa­ ware. As delivered, the card is for­ the C drive. tion on your 95LX, it's important to matted with large, 4K clusters. This be able to secure your data. ACE has no impact on disk space if you If you have Diet 1.44 ii or later you provided Password protection with are using Stacker, but it has a big can compress (diet -9) the STACKER their DoubleCards. (Stacker 3.0' s impact if you are not. (See the discus­ .COM file for greater space savings. password protection cannot be used sion of cluster size above.) Sundisk Another issue concerns the use of on the 95LX.) may make available a utility that can the Sundisk cards regards the AA The DoubleCard can compress format the Sundisk card with the batteries used in your 95LX. The Sun­ your C drive, if you wish. I am op­ smaller, 512 byte clusters. disk card requires a higher current posed to doing this for several rea­ If you decide to use Stacker on than SRAM cards to write to it. The sons. First, once you have created this compressed "G" drive you may not change your System RAM/Drive Full Featured 95LX Communications Software partition without destroying the drive. Next, you cannot put an AP­ NAME.LST on this drive. Also, since Introducing the G drive is really one big file, if it TM gets corrupted you will probably lose all of the files instead of individual fastCOMM! ones. Finally, you can achieve most of the space-saving benefits by first compressing .COM and .EXE files Transfers up to 14.4k baud with DIET ii or PKLITE ii, and then Full Macro r;::::.======~======0 Pop-up Window storing them on the C drive. If they Programming for File transfer corrupt, or you lose them you can Language easily replace them. Besides, they Fl HELP F2 Ymodem batch Internal don't compress very well with Stack­ F3 Ymodem-G batch Internal F4 Xmodem Internal er. Storing compressed .EXE and F5 Xmodem-G Internal Easy-to-use .COM files on your C drive leaves F6 CompuServe 8+ Overla',l POP-Up Menus more room on your card for your CompuServe B+ protocol highly compressible data files. I:J'~'~ t? E . -:,t- ::rf'l I 1 Ot- ':. Ie " 1 The final feature incorporated into support Help--Dl~lDlr M~cro C~pture Setup DoubleCard is built-in reset protec­ tion for your C drive. Every time a hard reboot is performed (by press­ fastCOMM! Features For more information Call: ing ICTRLI-I I-I£!:!) four bytes in • Full-featured Communication Software for HP 95LX • High speed data transfer of up to 14.4k baud (800) 825-9977 your C drive get corrupted, if you • Comprehensive Macro Language capability are using a 512K 95LX or a 1MB allows users to develop custom applications Palmtop with system RAM set to less • Built-in ANSI and VT-l02 Terminal Emulation • Fully SWITCHable! with built-in applications A@[i® than 512K. As long as the Double­ ACE Technologies, Inc. Card software is in memory those 2880 Zanker Road, Suite 103 four bytes will not get corrupted. fastCOMMI version 1.0 (C108S) ...... $89 San Jose, California 95134 U.S.A (Dealers & Distributors welcome)

MARCH / APRIL 1993 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 43 HOW TO USE: Memory Cards

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44 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER MARCH / APRIL 1993 The HP 95LX, How to Keep it Clean!

Protect your investment, your files, and the appearance of your 95LX. Here are some simple, and adventurous ways to keep your 95LX clean!

[This article is a compilation of tips bottle of isopropyl alcohol. A few processes and repels dust from the collected for the HP Hand forum of Q-Tips (or small camel-hair paint surface it is used on. According to CompuServe. Thanks to everyone who brushes) dipped in alcohol removes the product's label, it "minimizes knowingly or unknowingly contributed most grime from the keyboard. Of glass and plastic maintenance by to this article - Rich.] course be careful not to let the alco­ cleaning faster while imparting a hol drip below the keyboard overlay. satin smooth water repellent anti-sta­ By Cindy Ericson This can easily be prevented by roll­ tic finish to treated surfaces." ing the top of the swab over a tissue. You'll want to brush loose dust Most HP 95LX users are more con­ You can also hold the 95LX upside and dirt off the 95LX before applying cerned with learning how to use their down when cleaning and allow the a cleaning solution or protectant. You Palmtop than keeping it clean. But alcohol to evaporate. might use the camel-hair brush men­ dust and dirt have always been a Some 95LX users like Armor All, tioned earlier. You could also use a bane to computers. Although the a spray-on "protectant" that cleans camel-hair lens brush, normally used 95LX seems indestructible, why take and coats surfaces with film that for cleaning camera lenses. The chances? "protects against ozone, oxygen, and brush, which is available in most ultraviolet rays." It's alright to spray camera shops, comes in a twist-up Q-Tips, Alcohol, and More Armor All directly on to the outside container resembling a lipstick canis­ It doesn't take a lot of time or inge­ of the case. Use Q-tips or a clean ter. The compact lens brush stores nuity to keep your 95LX clean. It's as cloth to apply it to the area around easily, and is protected from wear simple as grabbing a Q-Tip and a the keys and screen. Allow Armor and tear when not in use. All to harden for two hours on the A couple of resourceful users 95LX case and then wipe off any swept Post-It notes and Tack Rags excess. across their 95LX display to keep the Another cleaner and polish for the screen free of dirt and grime. Post-Its NAV95 95LX is Snap, a product available are available almost everywhere. For Navigators and Astronomers through EduCALC. According to an Tack Rags are available at hardware COMPACT & COMPLETE EduCALC representative, Snap is the and paint stores in the painting sup­ • Times and records sextant sights only product recommended by HP to plies section. • Built-in almanac for 58 stars clean computer surfaces. Snap also Finally, some users recommend • Sun, Moon, and planets except Pluto cleans glass used in photographic one of the small vacuums available • Does all navigation routines • Finds Longs & L.O.P.'s sunrise/sunset • Finds Easter date, Julian day • For astronomers gives info for ABOUT THE AUTHOR orienting telescopes and finds angular distance between bodies • Creates a file keeping all input and Cindy has her B.A. in English from Iowa Wesleyan College. computed data for later view She has worked as a staff writer for the local newspaper and On 3.5" or 5.25" disks $99.00 currently works in the circulation department at Thaddeus plus $3.00 S&H; $5.00 outside u.s. Computing. She is also a free-lance writer. Order from: Louis Valier • 2969 Kalakaua Ave. #505 Honolulu, HI 96815 MARCH / APRIL 1993 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 45 HOW TO: Keep it Clean

for cleaning dust from tight places. (Radio Shack has a battery-powered one for $9.95, part # 612504.) They are good to run over the keyboard to remove small dry particles of dust, Control Your Desktop from lint, sugar, coffee grounds, etc. Your 95LX with pcANYWHERE Dangerous Launderings (Note: Although some users claim to Use your HP 95LX, modem, pcANYWHERE have successfully rinsed the 95LX in a water, we did not test this and DO NOT and SuperKey to access and run your desktop recommend this procedure!!) PC wherever you are. Computers don't like water, coffee, or any liquid for that matter. It's not By J.D. Fleming, Jr. a good idea to take your 95LX out in pouring rain, nor is it good to pour pcANYWHERE 4.5 is remote access select the caller designation to be your favorite beverage on a Palmtop. software that makes it possible for used. Then go into the Caller Infor­ Unfortunately, these things hap­ you to run a PC-compatible "host" mation screen and use the same de­ pen! computer from an HP 95LX or anoth­ fault settings except for the Terminal It's very interesting, and a bit er "remote" computer. For example, Type setting. Change that one to Ask ironic, that an industry standard while traveling you could connect a Caller, which lets you select the termi­ method for cleaning circuit boards is modem to your 95LX and access your nal emulation you desire. If you to wash them off. One CompuServe office desktop computer. You would intend to use only the VT100 emu­ member described a three-step pro­ be able to remotely control the office lation offered by the HP 95LX cess: Rinse the board with warm PC to run programs on the desktop, COMM program, set the Terminal water copiously; rinse it again with or transfer files back and forth be­ Type to VT100/200 instead of Ask Call- deionized water; finish the procedure tween the desktop and the 95LX. er. by rinsing it one last time with Freon The host computer (your desktop The Ask Caller setting and other TF to dry it. Of course, the AC adapt­ PC) runs the main pcANYWHERE terminal settings such as VT1 00/200 er must be disconnected and all bat­ program. The package comes with are entirely different from the AW­ teries must be removed before the A WREMOTE, a communications REMOTE default setting. Since the cleaning takes place. script designed for the remote com­ non-standard serial port of the 95LX Another 95LX user spilled a drink puter. Unfortunately, A WREMOTE won't allow it to run AWREMOTE, it on his 95LX. He said he removed the does not work on the 95LX. I used can't be used with the 4.03 LAN ver­ batteries from his palmtop, disassem­ the 95LX's COMM program with sion of PC Anywhere, the last one I bled the case, and then ran warm VT100 terminal emulation. tested, because that version doesn't water through the entire computer. allow selection of a non-AW remote. He then carefully dried it with a hair Setting Up the Host Computer However, the freestanding version of drier. He said most of his data was Only one change is necessary in the PCAnywhere can be used on a termi­ backed up so he didn't lose much host configuration (using pcANY­ nal in a LAN to access the network from the system. (Editor's Note: We WHERE 4.5). Go to the host menu, through that terminal. That is the once corrupted a ROM chip in another select View/Modify List of Callers, and way I use pcANYWHERE. computer by blowing dust out of the computer with a bottle of compressed air. We don't recommend using a device that ABOUT THE AUTHOR forcefully blows air across a computer J. D. Fleming, Jr., is a partner in Sutherland, A~bill & circuit board.) Brennan, a law firm with offices in Atlanta, Washmgton, All of these cleaning tips were and New York. His major practi~e ~r~as include. prod.uct discovered by 95LX users. There are liability, chemical, engineering, sClentifi~ and ta~ lItigatIOn. He received a B.Ch.E. degree trom GeorgIa Tech m 1~55 an~ undoubtedly many more ways keep it a Ph.D in Chemical Engineering ir: 1959. He re~elved hls clean. You probably have all the law degree from Emory Universlty m 1967. J. D. IS a fellow equipment you need in your medicine of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a fellow of the American Inst,itute of Chemists, anq a reglstered profeSSIOnal cabinet or desk drawer. Add a little engineer. J.D. s CompuServe ID# IS [76376,2022]. imagination and - happy cleaning!

46 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER MARCH / APRIL 1993 Getting it to Work on the 95LX Using pcANYWHERE CursRight AS (CRSRT) Cursor up AW (CRSUP) CursDown AZ (CRSDWN) pcANYWHERE must be running the My most frequent use of pcANY­ WHERE is to connect with my office host (PC) computer back in your The batch file, which goes into E­ E-mail system, which runs WordPer­ office before you can make the re­ mail after the pcANYWHERE connec­ fect Office. I use the following key mote connection. When the remote tion is completed, loads this Super­ assignments with SuperKey on the calls in, the host asks the caller to Key file automatically. Many TSR host to provide the functions re­ press IENTERI. When this is done, a list programs will interfere with pcANY­ quired for E-mail. (The /\ symbol indi­ of terminal types appears and the WHERE if they are loaded before the cates pressing and holding down I user selects the one to be used. The CTRLIJ pcANYWHERE host-to-remote con­ only emulation I have tried is VT100 nection is made. If they are loaded / 200, since the 95LX and portables I List Files AL (F5) Help AB (F3) Backspace Bksp Options AC (ShftFS) after the connection is made, they are use provide VT100 emulation with Delete AD Esc AE (ESC) much more likely to run successfully. the built-in communications software. Retrieve AF (ShftFl0) Quit AQ (F7) SuperKey is an example. Save AK (FlO) Transmit AT (F9) Communications programs nor­ Making the Connection Undelete AU (Fl) Go back AG (ShftF3) mally transmit the cursor control Name search Ap (F2) Page up AN (PGUP) The VT emulations have a significant Page down A() (PGDN) CursLeft AA (CRSLFT) keys properly. However, the 95LX disadvantage in that they do not transmit the F-keys, which are re­ quired for many of the programs the caller will want to use on the host. For example, if you're running Word­ The Odds Are Perfect remotely on the host, you can't use any of WordPerfect's Func­ tion Key commands. In order to get around this, I load 3To 1Your Hent the SuperKey macro program with pcANYWHERE on the host. I assign F-keys to control characters, so that sending the control character from Will Kill You. the remote causes execution of the assigned F-key on the host. I assume any macro program will do as well, Not Scare Tactics, Just Scary Statistics. and it may well be that other termi­ It's hard to argue with cold, hard facts. Here are just a few you should know about your nal emulations will avoid this diffi­ heart: culty, but I have not tried any be­ 1. Three out of every four deaths in the U.S. this year will be due to heart or sides the VT emulations. cardiovascular disease. The 95LX COMM configuration 2. If your diet contains more than 30% total fat, you could be at increased risk of used to connect the 95LX with the heart or cardiovascular disease. pcANYWHERE host is 8 Char, 1 Stop, 3. It is estimated that less than 1% of the population has ever Parity None, Emulate VT100. You also monitored or analyzed their diet. need the phone number of the pc­ 4. The Personal Food Analyst will monitor and analyze your diet. ANYWHERE host in the dial number field. When the configuration has Taking care of yourself is one of the easiest ways to help ensure a long and healthy life. Made exclusively for the HP95LX, the Personal Food Analyst has an expandable data been set in COMM, press I MENU I base of over 4,000 foods and can monitor your diet for 27 nutrients. Connect, and the 95LX calls the host. When the connection has been made, Try the Personal Food Analyst FREE for 30 days. With wait patiently because the connection our new financing package, it can be yours for as little takes several seconds to get going. as $89.00 down.' Call us today. With Ask Caller, the host will request the user to press I ENTER I as the first 800.732.7707 step. If the Terminal Type is set to a specific type, the first step is for the or 719.598.5276 host to ask for the password, which MIRICli.L is set in the Caller Information screen CORPO RATION on the host during its setup.

MARCH / APRIL 1993 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 47 HOW TO USE: pcANYWHERE has a non-standard 16-line-by-40- column screen and uses the cursor keys to move to off-screen portions of the display. The VT100 emulation in COMM does not transmit a key­ code when the cursor keys are pressed. I tried disabling the cursor tracking on the 95LX and still had no luck using the 95LX cursor keys to control the host. To get around this, I use Super­ Key to define control-key combina­ tions to activate cursor movement on the host. The key combinations I've chosen are reminiscent of WordStar's cursor control keys; IIW (I Ctrll-W) on the 95LX causes a cursor up on the • host, IIA a cursor left, liS a cursor IBM-Compatible PC'S 182208A Serial Cable, HP-95XL '822088 right, and liZ a cursor down. to Connectivity Pack '82209A IF1003A 512K RAM card '82211 A IF1004A 1 MB RAM Card 182214A Transferring Files IF1005A Dlctlonary/Thesaurus Card 182215A 182222A Serial Cable, HP-95XL to ITDS-256K I transfer files using XMODEM on IBM-Compatible 3-pin to 9-pln the 95LX, and the A WSEND program 182224A Serial Cable Adapter, 9-pin to 24-pln Call for that comes with pc ANYWHERE on SPARCDM Drlve95 3.5" External Drive Information & Pricing on the host. I connect the host and re­ ii1 SPARCOM ii, & TRIPOD DATA SYSTEMS mote, and activate XMODEM from h~' IIIii'iii,iiii,iifii",iimii.ii'rmiii, jii;ii'lijJI Accessories the 95LX: Press ICOMMIIMENUI Transfer XMODEM Receive file.ext (or whatev­ CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-227-8292 er the filename is.) Then, from the 24 Hour Phone/Fax Message Center: (415) 494-1995 95LX I remotely go to the C: \ prompt of the host (desktop) computer and type the following: awsend file.ext from modes, you won't be able to see it on . Order InformaHon the 95LX's screen. In addition, pro­ host to remote. When I press 1 ENTERI, grams configured to display in color the host computer begins sending pcANYWHERE 4.5 - $179- may not display properly on the Remote access software that lets you run a FILE. EXT to the remote Palmtop. I PC-compatible host computer from another 95LX's monochrome screen. Finally, could reverse the process by telling computer. you may also encounter some word CONTACT: Symmantec, 1452 Kifer XMODEM to Send the file instead of wrapping problems, due to the 95- Road, Sunny Vale, CA 94086, USA; Phone: receiving it and by typing awsend 800-441-7234 or 408-252-3570; Fax: 800- LX's 40 column screen.] 554-4403 or 408-255-3344. file.exe from remote to host on the host. Since XMODEM works well, I have Special Offer - $69 I Don't Have to Lug a Laptop We found pcANYWHERE 4.5 available from not tried Kermit or ZMODEM. (For Tiger Software. According to Tiger Soft­ more on using XMODEM on the 95LX, Around Anymore! ware, this offer is good at least through see page 31-14 of the HP 95LX User's The need for a key translator and the June 21, 1993. Offer includes Norton Anti­ virus. Guide.) limitations imposed by the 95LX's CONTACT: Tiger Software, 800 Doug­ Another minor point: The 95LX 40x16 display may lead many to las Entrance, Executive Tower, Coral Ga­ reject this approach. However, my bles, FL 33134, USA; Phone 800-444-3363 screen does not clear before overwrit­ or 305-529-2990; Fax: 305-443-0528. ing during communications. This goal was to avoid having to lug leaves characters from the previous along a laptop and charger on every SuperKey - $99.95- trip. I have found the 95LX, a small Keyboard macro program. (Other macro screen still present unless the new program ma~ be suitable.) line is long enough to overwrite modem and a serial cable to be a vast CONTACT: Borland International, 1800 improvement. This has allowed me to Green Hills Road, Scotts Valley, CA 95067, those characters. I have found this USA; Phone: 800-331-0877 or 408-438- only to be a nuisance. connect up with and control my of­ 8400; Fax: 408-439-9119. [Editors Note: The 95LX does not fice desktop computer on trips across * .NOTE: Price listed is suggested retail display CGA, EGA, or VGA graphics. the U.S. I have also used this ar­ price. You may be able to purchase the If the screen display of the program rangement with reasonable success product for less from a software retailer. running on the host requires these when traveling abroad.

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Craig Finseth's Anatomy of an Application is a 32-page . TXT file jam-packed with information on programming system­ compliant applications for the 95LX.

By Ed Keefe

The Hacker Ethic itive sketch-pad program and even a What makes this unique is that If you enjoy reading about the early flight simulator. both programs are System-Manager days of electronic computing, let me One of the tenets of these "hack­ Compliant. They run on the 95LX recommend Stephen Levy's book ers" was that their programs, and and can task switch with any of the called The Hackers, (published by Dell everything they learned while writ­ built-in applications. paperback). It's an easy and enjoy­ ing the programs, should be given Both programs are written in C able book to read. away freely. and contain a gold-mine of informa­ The Hackers chronicles the exploits The last of the MIT "midnight tion for developers of programs for of a group of MIT students during hackers", Richard Stallman, believed the HP 95LX. the 1960's and '70' s. The students so strongly in this "free exchange of Beyond the comments in the code, were best known for breaking into information" that he formed an orga­ Craig has provided extensive docu­ the school's Artificial Intelligence lab nization called the Free Software mentation for the MEMUTIL pro­ just so they could get their hands on Foundation (FSF). gram. The documentation is the sole minicomputer. One of the first projects of the FSF contained in a file called ANATO­ Over the course of several months was to write a clone of the popular, MY.TXT ij which comes on the dis­ these students taught themselves but expensive, UNIX operating sys­ tribution disk for MEMUTIL ij and how to program the machine just by tem and give it away. Emacs, a very FREYJA ij. "poking around" and seeing what popular text editor, is another FSF The full title of the documentation would happen. Their work resulted program (see page 25, this issue for file is "Anatomy of an Application: in one of the first text editors, a prim- more on Freyja, an Emacs editor). What HP Doesn't Tell You About Developing System Manager Compli­ Anatomy of Some Free Software ant Applications for the HP 95LX." PALMTOP SPECIALIST for the HP 95LX The printed document takes 32 Craig Finseth, the author of MEM­ single-spaced pages and is jam­ PALMTOPS & ACCESSORIES UTIL and FREYJA, obviously sub­ packed with interesting discoveries. HI-SPEED POCKET FAX/MODEM scribes to the tenets of the Free Soft­ For example, Craig has discovered PORTABLE PRINTER ware Foundation. Not only has he that the System Manager video dis­ PROFESSION-SPECIFIC SOFTWARE placed both of these fine programs in play routines are fairly fast. One ON MEMORY CARDS QUALITY MEMORY CARDS the public domain, but he has also should use them before trying to SRAM, FLASH,OTP, EEPROM provided all the source code for both write directly to the video memory. LOW COST CARD DRIVES programs. Craig explains such things as why SERIAL, PARALLEL & ISA BUS COMPONENTS FOR DESIGNERS SINGLE-CHIP CONTROLLER IC ABOUT THE AUTHOR PCMCIA CONNECTORS Ed Keefe is an author, programmer, computer science instructor, and long-time contributor to support publications for HP computers. He is the president of

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50 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER MARCH / APRIL 1993 Who is the Article For? DOD MILEAGE LOG The "Anatomy of an Application" document is one of the best examples Track your car mileage and other trans­ Shareware/F reeware portation expenses for reimbursement of program documentation that I've or for your income tax return. This is the Mentioned in This Article application that HP forgot! ever seen. It will be most appreciated by registered Independent System • Runs under System Manager On the HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK • Remembers 100 previous routes Developers for the HP 95LX. to save you keystrokes. If you've ever tried your hand at 'CIS FREYJA2.ZIP - MIA 93 • Shows running total of miles and ANATOMY.TXT - in FREYJA.ZIP expenses. writing a system-compliant program, MEMUTIL.EXM - in FREY JA.ZIP • Automatic creation of new data file or if you're thinking seriously of at beginning of each year. (MEMUTIL.EXM is also on the 1992 Subscribers • Prints the mileage/expense log to a writing one, I'd urge you to get your Disk. The version in FREY JA2.ZIP is more recent.) formatted text fire for your accountant. own copy of this priceless document. 'C/S - Also avaifable in the HP HAND forum of • Written in 'C' and Assembler for small CompuServe. program size (13K) and minimal When you do, print it out, along with memory usage. the source code for MEMUTIL and ORDER DIRECT: You send either blank diskettes $45.00 including S&H - check or money FREYJA. Read it all and store it with and SASE or US $3.00 per disk to: Craig Finseth, order - foreign orders add $7.50 1343 Lafond, St. Paul, MN 55104, USA. your copy of the ISV Manual. You'll Disk Requirements: Freyja only (two low density 5.25" or one low density 3.5'). Memutil only Genus Software Corporation have more than enough program­ (one 5.25' or 3.5" disk). 1625 Richards Street Salt Lake City, UT 84115 ming tips, traps and techniques to become a full-fledged programmer of System-Manager compliant applica­ tions. there is a 64K limit placed on all data To Craig Finseth, I extend a very files and why there can only be eight great thank you, on behalf of myself active system-compliant programs at and 95LX programmers everywhere. anyone time. He also goes into great detail about how to handle keyboard input. There are sections on how to put HP 95LX Word Processor and Spell Checker a message on the screen and wait for user input, how to construct a menu Introducing that looks like those in the built-in TM applications, and how to use the file picker routines. fastWRITE! Craig also discusses how to use the clipboard to transfer data be­ User programmable Mac ro commands Status Line tween your system-compliant appli­ cation and the built-in applications. pCONGRAT Finally, he spends a good amount of Edit multiple files ~To: Mr. Geor~e McDonal~ time explaining the nature of "fixups" F~: SJJi~eB6f9?~te~~~i ~f~~t~~t~ Split Window SDbaje:" Con9ratulation on your pro~otion and a major bug in the 95LX. He pro­ t January 20, 199~ vides several pages of work-arounds ~ ~~~~~~~U~kI~~~:Prstrl~n9' ~d Easy-to-use for this flaw. Built-in foa~ fractionatlon are all ter~s for lOO,QOOword the basic that is 9ainin9 Pop-up Menus as in9 ~ethod Craig has included many code Spell Checker snippets to illustrate his ideas and, for this reason, the article IS not for beginners. You have to be fairly con­ fastWRITE! Features versant with C programming and • Full featured Word Processor for HP 95LX For more information Call: familiar with the System Manager • Imports and Exports WordPerfect, MSWord, routines for event-driven program­ WordStar and standard ASCII formats. (800)825-9977 • Complete control of style , fonts and formats ming. Otherwise this article will • Supports multiple printers and proportional fonts leave you scratching your head and • Complete Macro commands for customization • Fully SWITCHable! with built-in applications A@[1® wondering where you are. ACE Technologies, Inc. 2880 Zanker Road, Suite 103 fasIWRITE! version 1.0 (C 1075) ...... $99 SOn Jose, California 95134 U.S.A. (Dealers & Distributors welcome)

MARCH / APRIL 1993 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 51 [Letters continued from page 5.1 placed the main batteries, and Well Men, Lexmark Printer a the backup came back to 2.78 Welcome to the 90's black version of the available because you don't volts, although it was measur­ I've noticed your contributors Citizen PN48 have room for it. The program ing 3.0 prior to its ski trip. The and correspondents tend to be Lexmark is marketing The lets you keep up to 20 sets of RAM card battery registered mostly male, but your de­ IBM Portable Printer, which the ten macros and swap them 4.82, exactly where it has been scription of a wallet carrying appears to be a version of the at the touch of a few keys. It is since I first installed it. Fortu­ case that is "Made of premium Citizen PN48 printer I re­ not System-Manager compliant nately, I backup daily and was men's wallet leather" is going viewed on page 7 of the Sep / but Ed provides a loader to able to reinstall everything too far (Sept. / Oct. 92, page 44). Oct 92 issue of The HP Palmtop pop up over everything but quickly. "Made of premium wallet leath­ Paper. It appears to be the 123. The lessons to be learned is er" would have been sufficient. identical printer, except its Ronald Vieceli that the HP 95LX is sensitive Maureen Brock case is black. I find that the Carbondale, IL, USA to the cold and we should Hewlett Packard black case looks better with backup often. Davis, CA, USA the HP 95LX, makes it visually Cold Kills 95LX Batteries Michael Allgood easier to properly align paper I thought I would report to Lafayett, CA, USA Maritime Shipping Software in the printer. It is a parallel you and your readers what for the 95LX printer, and requires a serial­ leaving the 95LX out in the [Lithium batteries generally I have been communicating to-parallel adapter to work cold will do. Last weekend I perform very well in the cold, with The Baltic and Interna­ with the HP 95LX. For more went skiing and inadvertently that is why we use them in fla sh­ tional Maritime Council lights for winter camping trips. information in the U.S. call left my 95LX in the glove com­ (BIMCO) in Denmark, who 800-358-5835 or in Canada call partment of my car for three They are usually unaffected by have introduced some very the cold. This explains why the 800-663-7662.( No international days. At night the temperature good Shipping software, and contact information available.) was in the teens and during RAM card survived so well. they are willing to look at the Since you probably lost the main Robert Newins the day it rose to the thirties. possibilities of introducing the Richmond, VA When I returned home and AA's, the HP backup lithium was software on RAM cards. turned it on, I got a faint probably doing a lot of work and I am interested in finding screen, warnings of low main could not keep the memory going any HP Palmtop Paper readers DDD batteries and low backup bat­ for that long - Fred Knufman.l who are in the Shipping In­ tery, and that the C: drive was dustry and who would be Shareware/Freeware erased. Interestingly enough, Correction on Instant Recall interested in the BIMCO soft­ Mentioned the low power caused by the Your latest issue of Palmtop ware. Also, it would be inter­ On the HP Palmtop cold adversely affecting the Paper (Jan/Feb 93, page 6) esting to exchange information Paper ON DISK battery power erased the RAM mentions that Instant Recall on how best to adapt the 95LX 'CIS" SHA UN013.ZIP - M/J 92 issue memory, but the A drive on 2.0 has full import/export to our industries requirements. my battery powered Ace capabilities for the 95LX. Un­ (Incidentally, I am sending On the 92 Subscribers Disk Double Card was unaffected. fortunately it has only limited this fax to you through the ' CIS AE.EXE All of the files on the RAM export, but no import capabil­ New Media PalmFax Modem 'CI8 - Also available in the HP Hand· card were untouched. ity. I even called the IR people and the 95LX.) helds forum of CompuServe. I immediately plugged into and they confirmed this. Capt. J. Misra "SHR - SHAREWARE is software the AC adapter and once pow­ Yga l Giramberk Gulf Azov Shipping Co . Ltd. distributed free of charge for evalu­ ered up, the batteries came Thousand Oaks, CA, USA Dubai (U.A.E) ation purposes only. back to almost normal. I re- SuppJyLine___ _ RKOmmended ~aler Sparcom CompUU!f ProduCI$ ~@[;1 Suppli u ® Corporation ACE Technologies. Inc.

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pressing I ENTER I. The file appears on the screen, batteries and lose your data. ~Appt where you're able to cursor up and down to read it, Rich Hall but not able to make changes in the file. Editor, The HP Palmtop Paper CREATING AND DELETING A text file that was created with MEMO will [If you 've forgotten your password and it isn't A REPEATING APPOINTMENT appear the way you see it in MEMO. PHONE, locked yet, you can find out what your password is It is easy to set a repeating appointment on you APPT, 1-2-3 and other specially formatted files will with a shareware program called STATUS (see 95LX. From the Daily Calendar view, press I MENU I display a lot of funny faces and strange looking "Goodies I", pg 45, M/J 92 issue) - Rich.J View. Then select the kind of repeating appoint­ control characters that the programs use to identify ment you want to set (Weekly-Repeat, Monthly­ types and lengths of fields, and records. Some files, DON'T ACCIDENTALLY REFORMAT Repeat, or Yearly-Repeat). Finally press I!!) to such as .EXE, .COM, .EXM and .ENV files will YOUR RAM CARD! insert a new appointment, key in the appointment display nothing but funny faces and unusual char­ In SET UP, the Format command is located in information and press I!1£) to insert the repeating acters. between the Owner and Quit commands. This appointment. (For more information, see pages 17- Robert Roney command formats any RAM card in your card drive, 9 to 17-14 in the HP 95LX User's Guide.) The HP Palmtop Paper and formatting completely erases any data on the Deleting a repeating appointment is still pretty RAM card. Be careful when you Quit SET UP, or easy. Press I MENU I View, select the type of when you change Owner information. It's relatively repeating appointment you want to delete, and II Phone easy to accidentally move the cursor from Owner or press I ENTER I. Cursor down to the appointment Quit to Format. you want to delete and press ~ to cut the HOW TO SPLIT A PHONE FILE If you do move the cursor to Format and appointment out. The largest Phone Book file you can have is 47K. press I ENTER I, you're asked to "Insert new card for Robert Roney Depending on how much information you have on drive A: and press ENTER when ready ... " If you do Rich Hall each entry, this translates to about 400-600 names. not want to reformat your RAM card, DO NOT The HP Palmtop Paper To increase capacity, some users keep two .PBK PRESS I ENTER I!!! files, one for A-M and another for N-Z names. If If you don't have a RAM card in the 95LX, it you want to do this you'll need to split your existing doesn't matter what you do. Press I ENTER I, the (E Battery Phone Book. 95LX will respond "Not ready, Format terminated, Make two copies of your original PBK file by Press any key to continue ... " PUT THE BACKUP BAITERY going to FILER, highlighting the PBK file, pressing If you have a card in drive A, remove it and IN RIGHT SIDE UP ~ (Copy), giving the file a new name, and press I ENTER I, or press I CTRq-C to abort the The backup battery protects your data if the main pressing I ENTER I (do this two times). Now you've format. batteries die, and when you change main batteries. got three identical Phone Book files (say, However, you have to put it in the right way! The Robert Roney PHONE.PBK, PHONE1.PBK and PHONE2.PBK). The HP Palmtop Paper backup battery is located on the right side of your Now open PHONE2.PBK within the PHONE 95LX, behind a removable cover. application by pressing I MENU I File Open, select­ BACK UP YOUR FILES OFF THE 95LX ing the file and pressing I ENTER I. Then use ~ If the backup battery is low, pulling out the main (Cut) to delete half of the entries out (Le. A-M) and batteries without connecting to an AC adapter will save it. Next, open PHONE1.PBK and delete the destroy your memory and you'll lose everything, other half of the entries (Le. N-Z). even if you saved it on other occasions! You should now have 3 files PHONE.PBK ­ You may get a warning like, "damaged files your original complete phone book, PHONE1.PBK on the C: drive, do you wish to initialize, Y or N ?". - your A-M's, and PHONE2.PBK - your N-Z's. When you answer "N", the 95LX responds with the Stanley Dobrowski same message again. You are about to lose ALL CompuServe 10: [71031,2162J the files on the C drive. The HP 95LX is very reliable, but it is still a computer and computers lose power and lose data. How do you avoid losing There is a top/bottom +/- side to the 3-volt CR2032 Iii Set Up 95LX files? BACK UP YOUR FILES! coin cell backup battery (available at Radio Shack or other electronics stores). You need to place the SEITING A PASSWORD ON THE 95XL 1. Copy them to a RAM card. battery plus (+) side down in the plastic tray. The You can password protect your 95LX so no one but 2. Copy them to a desktop computer's hard HP 95LX User's Guide, page A-4, also says to turn you can turn it on. Exit all your built-in applications, drive using the HP Connectivity Pack, Mac­ the unit off before replacing the backup battery. go to FILER and press I MENU I System. At the Link plus 95LX, Kermit, Zip, or any other Fred Kaufman DOS prompt type password and you will be communication program. 3. Copy them to a floppy disk in your desk1op's CompuServe 10: [72560,36J prompted to enter and verify your password. Now floppy drive or in an external disk drive like if you want to password protect your 95LX, turn it the Sparcom95. off by pressing I ALT I-I OFF I. The next time you try 4. Make a print out of the file. _Filer to press ION I, the 95LX will prompt you for the password. If you don't enter the password, the DISPLAYING FILE CONTENTS IN FILER Backing up your files is the only protection you 95LX will not come on. If you forget the password, You can display the contents of any file by going have against losing files on any computer, including you are out of luck! You will have to remove the into FILER, moving the cursor to that file and the 95LX.

MARCH / APRIL 1993 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 53 ...... QUICK TIPS ......

ZIP DOESN'T WORK ON MAC has the same title, preceded by the that I can tell which entry is causing 1111-2-3 WITH SOFTPC(AT) week number (1 Appt, 2Appt, etc.). a problem if I see an appointment ZIP.COM Ii (the file transfer pro­ • The week number will change for pop up in the wrong week. How's LINKING LOTUS gram used in the Palmtop Paper each appointment (1 st-5th). that for a kludge? WORKSHEETS Subscribers Disk) will not work on • The Weekday is Wednesday. Jeffrey Mattox The 1-2-3 file linking feature lets the Mac under SoftPC(AT)! It ex­ • Start/End time vary. CompuServe ID: [71044,2356] you use the values from cells in pects to have some very reliable • Start/End date vary (see below). saved (source) worksheets in the hardware timing that is not possible SET APPOINTMENT FOR A DATE current (target) worksheet in memo­ to emulate with the Mac software. I I vary the Start/End date, depend­ EVERY 2 WEEKS - VERSION 2: ry. This means 1-2-3 copies the tried this very early on in various ing on how the Wednesdays fall. USER DEFINED KEY value or solution of the formula in different configurations, but have For Example, the first two months The following User Defined Key the source worksheet to the target concluded that it was a lost cause. in 1993 have four Wednesday's automatically copies the appoint­ worksheet, not the formula itself. , Perhaps it can be made to work each. March has five Wednesdays. ment you have highlighted in Daily Here's how to link to spreadsheets: with the newer, high-speed Macs If I start my bi-weekly meetings on view to the same day, same time 1. Move the cursor to the desired (Quadra 950), but I did not test it. Jan 6, the sequence of meetings is two weeks later. cell in the target worksheet. David J. Marsh as follows: 1st and 3rd Wednesday 2. Type a plus (+), followed by the CompuServe 10: [70750,3146J in January; 1st and 3rd Wednesday {F2}{ESC}{DOWN}{DOWN} file name enclosed in double in February; 1st , 3rd, and 5th Wed­ {ENTER}{F4} brackets, followed by the cell nesday in March. reference. For example: Remember that I created five You'll then have to press I ENTER I ~Appt repeating appointments. I enable and make sure the start and end +«A:\SS\DVDGET »B2 the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Wednesday times are correct. If you know that The file reference is the location SETTING BIRTHDAY REMINDERS repeating appointments by setting the start/end times are always go­ and name of the file. You need I enter birthdays as repeating ap­ their start dates to 01 /01 /1993 and ing to be the same (say, 8:00 am to to enter the complete path of the pointments starting on the person's their end dates to 04/01 /1993. For 9:00 am) you can add that informa­ file if it is not in 1-2-3's default birth date and running out 100 those first three months, the repeat­ tion to the end of the User Key (add directory. The cell reference is years. By making them at 7 a.m., ing appointments will appear on the {ENTER}{ENTER}{ENTER}8a either the address of the source the appointments always show up 1st, 3rd, and 5th Wednesday of the {ENTER)9a{ENTER}{F10) to the cell or its range name. at the top of the list. It's grim, but month. The 5th Wednesday ap­ above user key, after {F4}). when someone dies, I update the pointment in January and February Ronald Vieceli You may not include a linking for­ ending date for the appointment. is ignored because those months CompuServe ID: [73310,3663] mula in another formula of the tar­ Ted Dickens (HP Forum Sysop) don't have a 5th Wednesday. get worksheet. Instead, you must The final Wednesday meeting in place the linking formula in another CompuServe 10: [76701,272J SET APPOINTMENT FOR A DATE the above sequence is on the 5th of the target worksheet's cells, and EVERY 2 WEEKS - VERSION3: Wednesday of March. The next then reference that cell in the other put two asterisks around the WORDPERFECT'S CALENDAR target worksheet formula. name, "Name" that way I know it Wednesday meeting will be on the PROGRAM Lotus 1-2-3 links only one cell of is a birthday or an anniversary. 2nd Wednesday of April, and sub­ My favorite PIM is Wordperfect's the source worksheet per target Jeff Zorn sequent Wednesday meetings will calendar program CL.EXE. It lets worksheet reference. Even if you CompuServe 10: [71165,1650 fall on the 2nd and 4th Wednes­ you program just about any bizarre specify a range in the linking formu­ days through June 1993. So I set combination of requirements for a la (Le. «file reference»A 1.. B2), MOST RECENT APPOINTMENT the 2nd and 4th Wednesday repeat­ repeating appointment such as: the Lotus uses A1 as the source cell. ALARMS PROCESSED ing appointments start dates to 04/ last tuesday of every month after For more information on creating If you have multiple Appointment 01 /1993 and their end dates to March 1993, but not June or July a link, and the restrictions involved, Book files, only the most recently 07/01 /93. The 2nd and 4th Wednes­ and before December. I've tried it see pages 2-45 to 2-48 of HP 95LX opened .ABK file will be processed day repeating appointments will and it works great. User's Guide. for alarms. show up in those months. CL.EXE works just fine on the Ahmet G. Ozisik Ted Dickens (HP Forum Sysop) Depending on the current month HP 95LX. It does help to have the Istanbul, TURKEY CompuServe 10: [76701,272J and on how future months work out, 1MB model and have more than I either have the repeating appoint­ 200K for user RAM (after SYS­ SET APPOINTMENT FOR A DATE ments for weeks 1, 3, and 5 en­ MGR). The only problem is that it II Third Party EVERY 2 WEEKS - VERSION 1: abled or those for weeks 2 and 4. has an 80x25 display, so you need REPEATING APPOINTMENTS July through September are on to use the Shift and Alt-Shift Arrow ASK SAM RUNS ON THE 95LX I have an appointment every other the 1st , 3rd, 5th Wednesday sched­ keys to move around. The program Ask Sam, a personal information Wednesday. To have the 95LX ule, so I reset the Start/End dates is pretty good, if you are using manager, runs on the 95LX without remind me of this appointment, I on those repeating appointments version 3.0 or above. It takes up problems. If you want to save mem­ created five repeating appoint­ sometime in April. I set todo items about 150K (or less) disk space. ory your C drive, first run the con­ ments, each one for a different on future dates remind me to reset It's part of the Office package, figuration program to set the display week (1st-5th). To do this, press the Start/End dates. The thing to re­ which is around $89. to monochrome and to set the di­ lMEN~ View Monthly-Repeat member is that the 2nd/4th, 1st, Mark Crocker rectories. Then run PKLite Ii or Position I!!) , and then insert the 3rd, 5th pattern switches whenever CompuServe 10: [72550,3322J Diet Ii to compress AS .EXE. appointment. you have a month with five Wed­ Marty Mankins . Tom Bergemann nesdays. CompuServe 10: [75300, 1770J CompuServe ID: [100034,3643] • Each of these five appointments The single digit suffix is there so

54 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER MARCH / APRIL 1993 boot, you may end up in DOS with­ For example, the command palmtops newsgroup on the Inter­ =Connectivity out any way to access the regular format c: Ir:5 would increase the net for 95LX talk. built-in applications. number of sectors to 5, allowing Victor D Roberts MAKING APP95 You must return to the System you to store 80 files on the root CompuServe ID: [70413,1423] SMALL & PORTABLE Manager in order to use the built-in directory. Conversely, format c: I have discovered that the minimum applications. To do so from the C:\ /r:2 would let you store only 32 files SAVE/BACKUP USER KEY files needed to use the HP Connec­ prompt, type $sysmgr and press on the root directory. The advan­ I have created this quick little tivity Pack's APP95 to move files I ENTER I. This starts System Man­ tage of reducing the number of savelbackup User Key that works in back and forth between the 95LX ager and allows you to use the sectors is that it gives you a little PHONE, APPT, or MEMO (provided and another PC are as follows: built-in applications. more actual storage space for files, the data files are found in C:\_DAT APNAMEUS.LST 52 You should then call your and indeed I was able to set my and you have a _DAT subdirectory APP95.EXE 44,330 AUTOEXEC.BAT file into MEMO RAM disk space to 511 K instead of on your A drive where the backups SETUP.ENV 5,842 and make sure that it has $sys­ 510K. will be saved.). The commands are FILER.ENV 16 mgr as the last line of the file. You This may not apply to a double­ as follows: card or stacked drives. JFRESUS.RI 4,264 may have to create a new AUTO­ {MENU}fs{HOME} {DEL}a MQBTAUS.RI 2,146 EXEC. BAT file if your original file Larry Tachna {ENTER}y{MENU}fs{HOME} MFILER.EXM 55,271 has been deleted. CompuServe ID: [76520,1630] {DEL}c{ENTER}y MTASKO.EXM 11,271 Larry Tachna You would have to modify this User CompuServe 10: [76520, 1630J Total: 123,192 DMisc. Key if the data files were located in directories with different names. HOLIDAY SHOPPING LIST I edited APNAMEUS.LST to main­ KEYS WEARING OUT Charles Gagnebin WITH PHONE AND 95BUDDY Boston, MA, USA tain only the two EXM's listed here. I went through my Phone Book and Quite a number of users have dis­ App95 restores the SETUP.ENV file tagged everybody who was to get covered that the labels rub off the even if you erase it, so you could either a card or gift. Then I export­ 95LX keys, especially the most mlSet Up eliminate that one to reduce further ed it to another phone book using often used keys like ENTER and the number of files you put on the the arrow keys. the I MENU I File Extract command. disk. By carrying a disk with these Apparently there was quite a HOW TO DISPLAY OWNER I used BUDDY to change the INFORMATION ON THE files and a 95LX serial cable, you debate at HP over whether the keys PHONE data field labels to Name, can connect to another PC to back­ should be "shot through" (i.e. the TOPCARD Address, and Gift, and used that as up and transfer files when you're paint is infused into the plastic) or Go into SET UP and press Owner a shopping list. I then exported the away from home. applied to the surface. Since there to enter owner information into your names and addresses to print la­ Fred Kaufman are many different language ver­ 95LX. This information is displayed bels for the cards and packages. CompuServe 10: [72560,36J sions of the 95LX, the latter method if the Picture-File is C:\_DAT\TOP­ Everybody got their cards and gifts. was chosen. CARD.PCX. Other PCX files in You can used the same system to If you want to access APP95's When mine went back for an other directories will display, but will send thank you notes, or for any setup, you'll also need MSETUPM upgrade last April with a totally not allow the owner information to mailing. .EXM and MSETUPUS.RI. A pro­ blank ENTER key, it created quite a be shown. You could develop your I'm going to tag names for all the own PCX file with blank areas for gram like ZIP is much smaller stir. They did give me a new key­ ii people who sent me cards and use the owner information to display. than solution above, but you need board, but the key is almost gone that as a basis for next year's However, you will have to put it in to have ZIP on the 95LX before you again after 7 months. gift/card list. the C:\_DA T\ subdirectory and can use it. If ZIP gets corrupted or Mark Scardina George Roukas rename it TOPCARD.PCX if you erased on the 95LX, you have to CompuServe W: [76711,732J CompuServe 10: [76044,723J want the owner information to dis­ reinstall it. play. FILER is in ROM and won't get [A solution I have recently tried XCOPY ON THE 95LX Frank Nagle corrupted. The APP95 on disk ap­ is to carefully apply a couple of thin For those who would like to run coats of clear nail polish to the top CompuServe W: [71140, 1253J proach is even more important to XCOPY on the 95LX, see XCOPY­ me now that I have a Sundisk card. of the more frequently used keys. It .95 ii in library 7 on the Compu­ Sundisk requires a driver on the 95- goes on easy enough and drys Serve HPHand Forum. This file lets LX's C:\ drive. If the driver gets quickly. The nail polish is thick you patch XCOPY to make it work corrupted or erased, I keep a copy enough not to run down into the on the 95LX. Shareware/Freeware of it on my APP95 disk and reinstall cracks, but you could hold the 95LX Bob Berardino Mentioned it on my 95LX. upside down when you apply it just CompuServe 10: 76711, 1025J Thomas Rundel to be safe. It makes those keys On the HP Palmtop CompuServe 10: [100023,2477J shinier and sometimes the reflected Paper ON DISK REFORMAT DISK TO light off the key makes the label ' CIS"SHA PKLite - J/F 92 INCREASE OR DECREASE harder to see. Mark Scardina tells ROOT DIRECTORY FILE LIMIT 'CIS Diet - Fall 1991 "008 me he's tried this approach on 'CIS Free XCOPY.95 - MIA 93 You can normally only put 64 files other things and thinks it looks HOW TO GET BACK TO SYSTEM and/or directories in the root direc­ tacky. However, it does seem to On the 1992 Subscribers MANAGER WHEN STUCK IN DOS tory (C:\). DOS divides any disk up protect the key top and I doubt that Disk When you load software onto your into "sectors" and, by default, allo­ the label will wear off - Rich.J 95LX, many programs, such as cates 4 sectors for filename storage 'CIS ZIP.COM Switch, ACT, or the PTP Subscrib­ in the root directory. You can refor­ WHERE TO FIND 95LX mat the disk to increase or de­ 'CIS - Also available in the HP Hand­ ers Disk, add or modify your AUTO­ INFORMATION ON INTERNET helds forum of CompuServe. EXEC.BAT file. If that file gets fur­ crease the number of sectors avail­ If you are looking for online HP able for filename storage using the " SHR - SHAREWARE is software ther changed, or deleted and you 95LX information, beside Compu­ distributed free of charge for evalu· press I CTRLI-I ALT I-I DELI to re- FORMAT command with a /r Serve, you can try the comp.sys. ation purposes only. switch.

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