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U.S. $7.95 Publisher's Message ...... " 2 THE Letters to the Editor ...... 3 HP News RAM Card Winners •••••••••••••••• 6 Upgrade Program Ends ••••••••••••• 6 HP DeskJet Portable ••••••••••••••• 7 HP, RAM Mobile Data Join Forces. • • • • •• 8 HPPalmtop HP News Around The World ...... 9 SUNDISK Mass Storage Cards ..... 10 SUNDISK announces flash cards that can hold L..---Paper up to 20MB (40,000 pages) of data.

Third Party Products and Services . .. 12 SkyStream Wireless Receiver ...... 20 You don't have to connect to a telephone any more to receive those important messages. SWITCH! 2.0 ...... 25 SWITCH! 2.0 will bring about many new system­ compliant applications, including new versions of ACT!, VDE, COMMO, and more. myREMOTE ...... 28 Tum your 95LX into a remote control for your TV, VCR, and entertainment system.

Gaining Competitive Edge in Cycling . 29 This member of the Canadian Nationar Cycling Team use his 95LX for training, nutrition, team and personal finances. User-To-User ...... 37 95BUddr' SWITCH!, and ACE! DoubleCards are some 0 1992's best! Check out games, spelling checker, and graphics program described here. PHONE "Cut -and -Paste" Database .. 39 SUNDISK Announces 10MB Wireless Communications: SkyTe/~ Create a catch-all database and cut-and-paste Flash Card (page 10) and myREMOTE (pages 20 & 28) ' () useful information into MEMO and APPT. Some Lotus 1-2-3 Advice ...... 42 Adapt, don't make incorrect assumptions, and test your results. WordPerfect 4.2, MEMO Alternative .. 44 . This older version of WordPerfect has a spelling checker and thesaurus. Getting 95LX Help on CompuServe .. 47 HP HAtvDHELD, and other CompuServe Forums offer 95LX assistance and information. ADVANCED TOPICS 1-2-3 &HP CALC Work as a Team 52 The 95LX CALCCELL function integrates 1-2-3 [2][]J andHPCALC. Programmer's Look at SWITCH! 2.0 .. 54 ~ ~ Ed tells program developers how to make their fastNOTES fastWRITE applications SWITCHable. BEGINNING TOPICS

~IAIIT"'UI I) n. , A'*, ""''' ~ ••"'Af:f .. #" Warning: Back Up Your Files! ...... 57 Most Asked Questi",. LO f,.. UD "t · .... . Follow these tips and avoid frustration! Support (page 62) The Most Common Questions ...... 62 Check out these answers to the most common questions received by HP Technical Support in 1992 from new users. Basic Tips...... 65

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ACE Technologies. Inc. 2880 Zanker Road. #103 San Jose. CA 95134 U.S.A (408) 428-9722 FAX (408) 428-9721 Publisher's Message The HP Palmtop Paper Volume one / Number six This issue marks the end of our first year November / December 1992 publishing The HP Palmtop Paper. In the Executive EditorlPublisher premier issue we wrote: "Our mission is to Hal Goldstein share with you possibilities for using the HP Managing Editor 95LX - to provide you with new ways to profit Richard Hall from and enjoy your HP Palmtop. We do this Department Editors by acting as the central hub where HP Palmtop Ed Keefe Tom Page users worldwide share knowledge and Mark Scardina expertise." Contributing Writers Thanks to you - reader, contributor, Gerald B. Curtis product developer - we're on target. Each Ted Dickens Dave Goodman issue this past year has contained another Marty Mankins wave of insights on using built-in capabilities, Robert Roney of new product announcements, and of in- Roberto Sanchez Blair Saunders Hal Goldstein depth reviews. Each issue contains more Rick Shaddock practical ways we can take advantage of the Ronald Vieceli computer we carry in our pockets. Robert Williams Look at the articles in this issue, check out the expanded advertising, Advertisinl!lMarketing and read about the many new products: The creativity and brilliance that Brian 1'"eitzman have gone into enhancing the HP Palmtop capability is truly astounding. Peder Sweeney In this issue you will find that you can attach a modem or wireless receiver Margaret Martin directly to your HP 95LX to facilitate communications with the rest of the Circulation Kelly Johnson world (page 12 and 20), carry 20 Meg (40,000 pages) of information with Rene LaReau you (page 10), or substitute more robust programs for the built-in Sharon Dilmore applications so you can accomplish more with your HP 95LX (page 25). Diane Wimett For the many of you that are just starting to make use of the HP Executive Advisor Palmtop's powerful built-in capabilities check out the articles and tips in Rita Goldstein our "How To Use" section. The HP Palmtop Paper (ISSN Subscribers will notice several changes in how we present The HP 10656189) is published bimonthly by Thaddeus Computing Inc., at Palmtop Paper material. We have not tampered much with the quality, 57 East Broadway Avenue, quantity, or nature of the editorial content (although hopefully you'll notice Fairfield, IA 52556. Second-class some improvements). Instead we have worked on the organization and look postage paid at Fairfield, Iowa. Subscription rates payable in U.S. of the Paper. Our goal is to make the information easier to access and the dollars, checks drawn on a U.S. articles themselves more inviting to read. We did this by adding more bank, or by credit card - one year: graphics, white space, and changing typography. We're always open to $39; two years: $69. Postage: U.S. your feedback on format or content. and U.S. possessions free; Cana­ da, Mexico add $6 per year; other Our thanks goes to advertisers and product developers who have been countries add $18 per year. Please willing to invest their resources, venturing in to this untried and as yet allow four to six weeks for receipt small marketplace. These individuals and companies enrich The HP of first issue. Executive, Editorial, Circulation, Marketing and Adver­ Palmtop Paper on many levels and help make the HP Palmtop more useful tising Offices: P.O. Box 869, Fair­ to you. field, IA 52556. Telephone: (515) Deeply felt personal thanks goes to regular contributors Ed Keefe, Mark 472-6330, FAX: (515) 472-1879. Copyright 1992, Thaddeus Scardina, and Tom Page, as well as to the scores of other HP 95LX users Computing, Inc., all rights who have shared their insights. These individuals have taken countless reserved. No part of this publica­ hours of their time to share with us their experiences in making the HP tion may be reproduced without Palmtop more useful. We're all indebted. written permission. Reasonable efforts are made to provide accu­ Finally we thank the 12,000 plus subscribers in 60 countries throughout rate and useful information, but the world. You are members of an exclusive club, several years ahead of the the reader must make his or her rest of the world, who daily experience the value of having this own investigations and decisions; the Publisher and Editorial Staff technological wonder in your pocket or purse. cannot assume any responsibility or liability for the use of information contained herein. POSTMASTER: Please send any address changes to The HP Palmtop Paper, Attn: Thaddeus Computing, Inc., P.O. Box 869, Fairfield, IA 52556.

2 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 Citizen PN48 Not Expensive Problem Using Diet and turn the 95 LX "ON". You about how to use Lotus to to Operate; When it's Time Lotus; "Little Green Men will hear a whisper from the extract the first ten letters to Change Paralink Battery, Make Noise in the 95LX 95LX, like a small and light from a memo file. disk turning in the Palmtop. I enjoyed the printer article You can save a lot of space 2. Tom Page's mention The whisper increases, if you in the Sep/ Oct issue. I wrote (page 29, Fall 91 issue) that by using DIET ii to com­ run an application. the review of the Citizen press Lotus worksheets (DI­ you needed to press ICTRLI PN48 and want to give some Ahmet G. Ozisik ET - see page 17, Fall 91 is­ Istanbul Turkel} to activate Copy and Paste in additional feedback on oper­ sue.) However, if you have [The current theory pro­ 1-2-3 (and HP CALC). ating costs. DIETed worksheets that are moted by David Goodman on We listed the operating 3. Ed Greenberg's Quick Tip linked to other worksheets, CompuServe is that "Little costs at 36~ per page, which (page 23, Jan/ Feb 92 issue) you may run into problems. Green Men" inhabit the HP is correct when single-strike on how to use the PHONE If one worksheet tries to link 95LX. Dave wrote LGM.ZIP ribbon and paying full retail as a free-form database. to another that is DIETed, ii to detect them - Ha/.] price for a five-pack of rib­ you'll get an error message. 4. The tip (page 23, Jan/Feb bons. However, you can get All related worksheets must 92 issue) on how to switch a five-pack of single- or be decompressed to link. My Favorite Tips! between PHONE lists using multi-strike ribbons from This reduces the usefulness I have an HP 95LX Palmtop macros. CompuAdd in Austin, Texas, of DIET in TSR mode. Computer and I love it! I 5. Alfred Herz's letter hint for $19.95 (800-825-3000, Fax: Although the 95LX is a recently got a subscription to (page 2, Mar/Apr 92 issue) 512-219-2890). This brings noiseless computer, a very your HP Palmtop Paper and have enjoyed much of it. I that you can use GOTO the individual ribbon cost low sound can be heard instead of FIND to locate down from $5 to $4 per from the 95LX. If you want like best the tips you give to records in Phone. ribbon, and the per-page cost to test it, be sure the envi­ creatively use the built-in down to 29 cents. ronment is very quiet and 95LX software. The most helpful items for me so far The Citizen is even more 95LX is in "OFF" position. have been: economical to operate if you Keeping your finger on the ii On The Palmtop Paper on Disk; DIET on the Subscribers Disk. use the multi-strike ribbon. I "ON" key, bring the 95 LX 1. Ed Keefe's article (page 92 found that if you use good LGM.ZIP on the No v/Dec 92 ON very near to your ear and 25, Fall 91 issue) that told DISK issue. laser-quality paper, you can use the multi-strike ribbons 4 or 5 times. This brings the per-page cost down to 6-7 STOP! Before you buy another set of batteries ... cents per page. The PN48's user's manual recommends TM Wheyerhauser First Choice or Hammermill Laser Print BATTman (NEW! version 1.2) 24 lb paper. You should be able to get a 500-sheet ream of paper for around $8 at a NiMH batteries discount store. Also, you didn't mention "If you are tired of throwing away batteries, BAITman will allow that the PN48 won PC Maga ­ safe hassle-free use of rechargeables on your 95LX.. " zine's "Editor's Choice" - Palmtop paper, August 7992 award. We also mentioned the "Every combination of BAITman works flawlessly and I never Paralink 3 is a serial-to-par­ once lost data.. " - Palmtop paper, August 7992 allel adapter in the printer review. The adapter uses a With NEW Features! small, replaceable battery for • BADman now provides 'Hours used" information For more information power. When the battery is • NiMH provides 200% more capacity than on our products and getting low, your printer standard NiCds how to order, call: may start acting funny, skip­ • Rechargeable to 1,000 times ping lines, printing out • No memory effects and non-toxic to our weird characters or partial environment (800) 825-9977 pages. When you start notic­ Like hundreds of other 95LX users, start using ing this, it's time to change BADman battery management software with NiMH Paralink 3's battery. Nickel-metal-Hydride rechargeable batteries and Bob Newins SAVE! Richmond, VA ACE Technologies, Inc. BAllman NEW! version 1.2 on 3.5' floppy ...... 549 2880 Zanker Road, Suite 103 BAllman with two Ni·metal-Hydrides ...... 559 San Jose, California 95134 U.S.A. BAllman with two Ni-metal-Hydrides & charger . .. 569 (408) 428-9722 . FAX (408) 428-9721

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6. Answer to Ahmet G. as supplemental documenta­ all the information in them. welcome. Ozisik's letter (page 3 of the tion). Great publication. I had been Anyone who wants to con­ July / August issue) describ­ I am a computer user lurking around CompuServe tribute can send me articles via ing how to do a hard reboot since April, 1980 (TRS Mod for about a month, reading E-MAIL, call or write (see without losing files. 1) in a home/ office environ­ 95LX messages, down­ inside back cover for details). ment, and still read four loading files, etc., and didn't However, sometimes even excel­ 7. The tip about creating a magazines a month. Yours think there was much more lent articles don't make it right macro to delete one MEMO is, however, the very first I could learn from The HP away due to space and balance line (page 46, July/ August publication in these 12 years Palmtop Paper, but I was considerations. A more conser­ issue). that I have carefully saved wrong. Thanks for the great vative approach would be to every issue for my future work, from not only Hal, but send me an outline of your I would like to see even reference. Ted, Rich, Mark, Todd, Lar­ ideas. I can comment back and more tips on how to use the Thank you for all the ry, Ed, Tom, and everyone give you an idea when we can built-in programs, how to hard work - it shows! else who has contributed so use the article and the direction print labels using PHONE, Lawre11ce R. Gilberti far. Maybe I'll even screw to take. etc.. I particularly like User Ge11 eral Adjuster up enough courage to con­ In general, articles should Profiles because they also CompuServe ID: [70475 ,104J tribute. speak to as broad a 95LX audi­ give me ideas on how to John McCaskill ence as possible (or at least a make the most of what I've Likes Subscription, CompuServe ID: [72261,1360J significant section of our read­ got. The Basic Tips section is Considers Contributing ers). Since we have brand new a little too simple and seems Wow!!! I was inundated with [Thanks much, John. As computer users and profession­ a rehash of the User's Guide. HP Palmtop Papers this you so aptly pointed out, The als among our readership, this Again, thanks so much week. I recently ordered a HP Palmtop Paper is a collec­ can be a challenge. What is for putting out the HP Palm­ subscription and the back tive effort. My job is to encour­ useful and practical for busy top Paper. It has been help­ issues showed up all at once. age contributors and forge it 95LX users is what I look for ful. My productivity dropped to into a coherent whole. Your most - Hal.] Edward R. Bla11ke11 ship contributions would be very The Navigators a new low while I soaked up Little Rock, AR, US A

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By Robert Roney

Winners of the HP User Profile Every entry was good, and we March/ April issue will cease at the Contest! had to choose three! We looked for end of 1992. You can still upgrade entries that thoroughly used the 95LX your 512K 95LX for $190. For more Hewlett-Packard and The HP Palmtop in interesting, unique ways. We information, see the front cover of the Paper would like to thank everyone picked three who win the 1 megabyte March/ April 1992 issue of The HP who took time out of busy schedules RAM card: Blair Saunders, cyclist/ Palmtop Paper. to write up and send in descriptions MIS (published on page 29 of this of how you use the 95LX. It was issue); John Chimits, farmer; Jorge HP CEO Retires; Other more than a little difficult to select Heraud, research scientist. But in Changes in Management the three "best" stories. Each person truth, we had so many top quality John Young, President and CEO of had some unique and creative appli­ entries that we decided to give full Hewlett-Packard Company for 14 cation for this amazing little machine. 1992 Subscriptions to The HP Palmtop years retired October 31 of this year Reading all the different experi­ Paper ON DISK to the next six run­ and was replaced by Lewis Platt, ences was literally taking a trip ners up: Murray Besler, educator; S. former executive vice president and around the world, from horseback Mehta, medical scientist; Niles Han­ riding in Spain to a bumpy ride on a son, in precision manufacturing; Turkish commuter train; from com­ Douglas Gilbert, student; Jose Becer­ LZ. lII'iUMDetic puterized ham radio communications ra, epidemiologist; Mark Snyder, in Peru to trading options at a Tokyo engineer, pharmaceuticals. In addi­ A wr.. ehellSIve course for tion, the first 50 entries have already restaurant during dinner; from large students. piftlds and iIIUIs scale farming in California to oil received 128K RAM cards from HP. drilling in the Arabian desert. We We have just mentioned a few of • Learn, review or drill all aspects of heard from a doctor in India doing the profiles sent to us. All of the arithmetic for math tests and courses radiation research, an epidemiologist entries were "winners" in our minds, • Easy to use manual and software in Puerto Rico and an ophthalmolo­ and we intend on publishing many • Amiga, Atari ST, Apple, HP 48SX, HP gist in Mexico. Other entries included more of them as full features, and 95LX, IBM, Mac, TI·85 versions an international salesperson; real including many of the details, tips • Concepts, definitions, methods and estate agents; students in business, and miscellaneous information from terminology fully explained with lots chemistry, programming and electri­ many of these stories in future issues of model problems and exercises cal engineering; a medical researcher of The HP Palmtop Paper. • Includes detailed course outline keeping morbidity statistics; a busi­ lor COIII,"t' 1,(or.tIOll, wrltf ness professional keeping client and HP 95LX Upgrade Program Ends vendor lists, family birthdays, stock Dec 31,1992 E.Z. SOftware, DeplI'T1 P.o. Box SOO, t.tdwOOd Station prices, amortization schedules, inter­ The 512K to 1MB HP 95LX upgrade Brooklyn, New York 11230 est rates, and train schedules. program first announced in the

6 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER I DECEMBER 1992 head of Hewlett Packard's Computer HP Markets HP Oeskjet Systems Organization. Portable Printer in U.S. Since Young took over as CEO in Hewlett-Packard Company has intro­ 1978, HP's annual revenues have duced a portable version of its popu­ grown from less than $1 billion to a lar HP DeskJet 500 printer. The 4.4 lb high last spring of more than $14 HP DeskJet Portable offers the same billion, 70% of which comes from laser-quality (300 dpi) output as the computer-related products. Industry DeskJet 500. The DeskJet Portable analysts believe the management connects to any PC-compatible com­ change will have little negative im­ puter via a parallel printer port, and pact on HP's direction, strength, and ships with a custom-designed, low­ continuing rapid growth. profile parallel cable that is flexible John's successor, Lewis Platt, has and easy to pack. An optional re­ been with HP for 26 years. He has chargeable battery is available, allow­ held the general manager position in ing 100 pages of printing per 6 hour HP's Analytical Products Group; recharge (a standard video camcorder The HP DeskJet Portable Printer Manufacturing Systems Group; and battery can also be used). the Manufacturing, Medical, and The printer has a fast 160 char­ labels manually fed. The optional cut­ Analytical Systems Sector. He headed acter per second (cps) output in let­ sheet feeder holds up to 50 sheets of HP's former Technical Systems Sector ter-quality mode and comes with CG paper or transparencies. The OJ Por­ and Computer Products Sector, and Times and Universe fonts in portrait table uses the 500' s ink cartridge (not became the general manager of the and Courier and Letter Gothic in the high-capacity). Computer Systems Organization in portrait and landscape. The HP DeskJet Portable is a 1990. Mr. Platt was also elected to the The DeskJet Portable printer ac­ parallel printer and would require a HP Board of Directors, effective No­ cepts letter-, legal-, and A4-size cut­ serial-to-parallel adapter to connect to vember 1. sheet paper, transparency film and the 95LX's serial port. .

AN HP 95LX HELPS YOU KEEP UP WITH YOUR BUSINESS. ADD SKYTEL™ NATIONWIDE MESSAGING AND YOUR BUSINESS CAN KEEP UP WITH YOU. With SkyTel's SkyStream11\l service, the HP 95LX palmtop PC can receive important information in seconds. Like a Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet update from the home office. A message about last-minute changes to an important presentation. Or good news about winning a big order. So no matter how fast you're moving, your business can keep up. To learn more about the HP 95LX and Sin mel- A SkyStream Nationwide Messaging, calli 1-800-456-3333, ext. 0224·1 "l S~!sidia::m:-el

NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 7 NEWS: HP News Continued

Order Information

HP DeskJet Portable Printer - $599 A 4.4 Ib laser-quality parallel port portable o c=r) 1\ IC\\ printer for Hewlett-Packard. Optional cut­ LJLI II V LHe a compact WILl'+h more HP., sheet feeder lists for $99. A rechargeable battery is available for $49. Optional Carry­ ing Case for printer and notebook computer lists for $99. Worldwide rapid recharger that holds two batteries at a time and takes only 1.5 hours to recharge each battery is available for $99. Rapid recharger adjusts to different voltage standards. USA CONTACT: Local HP retailers or call 800-752-0900. INTERNATIONAL CONTACT: Local HP retailers.

HP and RAM Mobile Data Join Forces to Market Two-Way Wireless Data Communications Hewlett-Packard Company and RAM Mobile Data recently announced that DERIVE!! , A Mathematical Assistant is now available for palmtops through 486-based pes. they will jointly market the HP 95LX and RAM's wireless data-communi­ The DERIVE® program o Displays accepted math notation. System requirements cation networks. The joint marketing solves both symbolic and o Performs arithmetic to PC version: MS-DOS 2.1 or of these technologies will provide a numeric problems, and it thousands of digits. later, only 512Kb RAM and plots beautifully too. one 3.5" or 5.25" disk drive. mobile-data package capable of sup­ o Simplifies, factors and porting mobile computer users with o Symbolic math from algebra expands expressions. Suggested retail price $250. through calculus. ROM-card version: Hewlett­ wireless E-mail and remote access to o Does exponential, logarith­ o Plots in both 2-D and 3-D. mic, trigonometric, hyperbo­ Packard 95LX Palmtop on-line databases and spreadsheets. computer. Suggested retail o Simple, letter-driven menu lic and probability functions. Potential users include mobile profes­ interface. price is $289. o Taylor and Fourier series sionals such as corporate E-mail o Solves equations exactly. approximations. Contact Soft Warehouse for users, insurance and real-estate sales a list of dealers. Or, ask at o Understands vectors and o Permits recursive and itera­ your local computer store, people, and field service technician. matrices. tive programming. software store or HP calcu­ (See page 20 this issue for more on o Split or overlay algebra and o Can generate Fortran, Pascal lator dealer. Dealer inquires wireless technology.) plot windows. and Basic statements. are welcome. 11vy-lloft Watehou/e¥ Soft Warehouse, Inc . • 3660 Waialae Ave. HP Service Agreement Ste 304 . Honolulu, HI, USA 96816-3236 __ H O NOLULU-HAWAII Ph : (808) 734-5801 • Fax: (808) 735-1105 You can extend the warranty pro- L-______-J tection of your 95LX by purchasing an HP Service Agreement. The I-year warranty. The Service Agreement swer's home interactive television ($50) or 3-year ($135) plans extend will start at the expiration of the 1- receiver. TV Answer will begin inter­ the protection on your HP 95LX year or the 90-day repair warranty. active service in New York City, pos­ within the USA. International users: To order the Service Agreement, sibly by the end of 1992. HP plans a Contact your local HP sales center. fill out and send in the service agree­ hardware rollout to coincide with the The service agreement covers ment order form that came with your service start dates, and will market repair or replacement of your 95LX at 95LX. For more information contact: the device through consumer elec­ no additional cost. An HP represen­ Hewlett-Packard, Corvallis Service Cen­ tronics retailers for less than $700. tative said that out-of-warranty repair ter, 1030 NE Circle Blvd., Corvallis, OR TV Answer chose HP because of costs for the 95LX tend to be high 97330-9903, USA; Phone: 503-757-2002 its reputation for creating durable, and that the Service Agreement was (ask for Service Agreement Contract service-free products. HP plans a a good way to limit your risk. Administrator. family of interrelated TV Answer HP promises 0-3 days repair products which could include a prin­ time) and will return your repaired Future 9SLX's to Link ter, CD-ROM drive, and "a whole set 95LX via Priority Mail. with Interactive Television of personal digital assistants and You may purchase an HP Service Hewlett-Packard has been licensed to mobile devices." Future 95LX Palm­ Agreement within one year of the manufacture and market TV An- tops may also be designed to work original warranty or a 90-day repair with these devices.

8 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER I DECEMBER 1992 HP News Around the World Floor, ElE Tower, Bond Center, 89 Queens Way, Central Hong KongJ

[Thanks to Roberto Sanchez, Hano Martin, and Emmet KOREA: Samsung Life Jones of Hewlett-Packard Company for this information.] Insurance Purchases 12,100 HP 95LX's for Sales Force Samsung, one of the largest life in­ surance companies in Korea, has INTERNATIONAL: Different dian printed media. It will continue begun equipping its sales force of life Language Versions of the running for a pproxima tel y six insurance agents with the HP Palm­ Connectivity Pack months. Pick up a coupon from your top. They are implementing a system HP dealer when you buy your 95LX. The HP Palmtop Paper mistakenly to provide insurance agents with Mail it in with proof of 95LX pur­ reported that international versions of current, critical policy data anywhere chase to receive a discounted cellular the HP Connectivity Pack were not they go, so that they can work up phone. available. It is available in the follow­ policies during one visit, instead of ing languages: the current average of three visits. CANADA: French Canadian Sam sung agents will be able to F1001A-900 ABA = US English HP 95LX 1MB Units Available present a menu of available policies F1 001 A-900 ABB = Europe English to the client, input his or her person­ F1001A-900 ABO = German in Quebec F1001A-900 ABE = Spanish Hewlett-Packard has a version of the al information, and prepare an indi­ F1001A-900 ABF = French 1MB 95LX available that consists of a vidual life insurance policy within F1001A-900 ABZ = Italian minutes. The policy can then be sent There is NO Portuguese (AC4). French localized unit with a QWERTY keyboard (ask for the electronically to the main office CO NT ACT: HP dealers throughout the world. where the information is stored on CAUTION: The connectivity pack for Spanish (ABE) "ABC" option for ordering purposes). expects to be run on the Spanish 95LX. Running a French units sold elsewhere come the corporate database for future use, Spanish connectivity pack on an English 95LX may give with the AZERTY keyboard that is including claims processing, updates unusual results. used in France and the other French­ and billing. speaking countries around the world Samsung hopes to use the 95LX to INTERNATIONAL: AC Adapters (ABF option). give their agents an edge in one of for Around the World the fastest growing industries in These adapters provide power for EUROPE: HP 95LX Marketing and Korea. your HP 95LX (or HP82240B Infra­ Red Printer). Support Moves to Grenoble, France MEXICO: Printing to an HP As of November 1, 1992, HP's Euro­ Australia - 240v 50Hz (HP 82241AG) ...... $14.95 pean product marketing, technical Infrared Printer Europe - 220v 50Hz (HP 82241 AB) ...... $14.95 A Mexican software house has pro­ Japan - 100v 50/60Hz (HP 82241AJ) ...... $14.95 support, and developers program for the 95LX will be based in Grenoble, duced a program that will allow the U.K. - 240v 50Hz (HP 82241AU) ...... $14.95 HP 95LX to print to a small HP Infra­ USNCanada - 120v 50/60Hz (HP 82241A) . . . $14.95 France, together with HP's European CONTACT: HP dealers throughout the world. PC and Networking marketing cen­ red Printer (printer's part # HP ters. Contact Information: Personal 82240B). It was produced as part of a BRAZIL: Portuguese 95LX Information Products Group, Hewlett­ custom contract with a large interna­ Hewlett-Packard introduced a Por­ Packard France, 5, Avenue Raymond tional cosmetics company and has tuguese version of the 1MB HP 95LX Chanas, F-38053, Grenoble, Cedex 9, not been released to the general pub­ at the Latin American Comdex show FRANCE; Phone: +3376625798; Fax: lic yet. We'll keep you informed as held in mid-September in Sao Paulo, +33 76 62 10 56. we get further information. Brazil. The unit lists for $890 (US). HONG KONG: StarPaging, TAIWAN: World's Smallest CANADA: Discount on Purchase of New Pager/Receiver for Chinese Computer is the 95LX Cellular Phone with Purchase of the HP 95LX The ETEN Information Systems of the HP 95LX Palmtop Taiwan produces a Chinese version The StarPaging company of Hong of the HP 95LX. (See page 45 of the Novatel and Hewlett-Packard are Kong has developed DataLink, a low­ May/June 92 issue for product descrip­ running a joint promotion in Canada. cost pager that receives a 24 hr-per­ tion and contact informationJ Current purchasers of the HP 95LX day stream of stock exchange and This model was launched in Tai­ will receive a $344 (Cd) discount on betting information in Hong Kong. pei and is reportedly selling briskly an A vante Cellular phone. The pro­ The product has been selling since in Taiwan and other countries with motion is to be announced in the August. (For more information contact: large Chinese populations. second half of October in the Cana- Hewlett-Packard Hong Kong Ltd, 22nd

NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 THE HP P ALMTOP PAPER 9 SUNDISK Lets You Store

1 0·20 Megabytes on a SOUDITATI MASS STOIIAIi£ Memory Card - No SYSTEM Batteries Needed!

By Hal Goldstein

SUN~ISl A new world of file storage possibili­ SUNDISK Mass Storage ties has opened up for HP 9SLX Technology Compared users. SUNOISK recently announced a series of high-capacity "Mass Stor­ to RAM Cards age Cards" compatible with the 9SLX Currently, for extra storage HP 9SLX SUNDISK Mass Storage Card Palmtop. These specially engineered owners use SRAM cards such as the Flash ROM cards come in capacities many advertised in this issue. SRAM cards and Flash cards are "solid state" up to 10 Megabytes. With available a SUNDISK Mass Storage card and storage media. User data is trans­ compression software, 9SLX users an SRAM card is that the SUNDISK ferred to solid state media electroni­ with a SUNDISK SOPLS Mass Stor­ card does not require a battery to cally. In contrast, data gets trans­ age card in the memory card slot, maintain its contents. Once you copy ferred to a hard disk of a desktop will be able to store as much as 20 a file to a SUNDISK card, the file is computer mechanically. In general, Megabytes (about 40,000 pages) of literally etched into the card until it solid state devices are faster, more data on the card. is overwritten - a battery is not re­ reliable, and more portable than Users will now be able to store quired to maintain the file's contents. mechanical devices. large databases of information, DOS On a SRAM card, when the battery programs that require lots of disk An important difference between space, and larger or more spread­ sheets and word processing files. Having specific technical information UTIL Forth Version 2.4 readily available anywhere will sure­ The 95LX Toolkit For Programmers ly be a boon to professionals such as physicians, lawyers, sales professions, And Non-Programmers teachers, and engineers. Harness all the power of your 95LX with UTIL - a System Manager compliant To give a flavor of what is to implementation of the Forth language. Even if you are not a programmer, you'l1 come, Official Airline Guides (OAG) make use of the sample programs that include games, music and useful utilities. and Navigation Technologies an­ Create System Manager compliant loaders for your favorite DOS programs, or nounced their intention to provide shell to DOS with a hot-key using the UTIL EXM loader. The easy-to-use their information on SUNOISK cards. patching tools let you set the Alt-Arrow and Cursor-Tracking functions for the OAG is a compiled and updated loaded program. The package includes a comprehensive User's Guide and many schedule of over 700 airlines world­ source code examples. wide. Navigation Technologies' navi­ UTIL includes a Forth compiler, 8086 assembler, decompiler and disassembler, to gable database is a collection of in­ tum your 95LX into a portable software development system. Create compact, formation on all major metropolitan System Manager compliant executable applications and standalone .COM areas and inter-city road networks. programs. Or use the tools to access the built-in graphics capability of your When coupling this mass storage 95LX, explore memory and much more. breakthrough with other emerging Here's what a few of the current users (who can upgrade to Version 2.4 for only technologies, we can begin to envi­ $10) say about UTIL: sion computing for the rest of this "The loader capability is a real bonus on the 95LX" • "Good job!" century. In the future we will exam­ "Worth it/or the examples alone". "Thank you/or a fine program" ine the synergistic effect of combin­ "[love this package". "Great software package! Thanks" ing such innovations as higher stor­ UTIL is a perfect match for your 95LX, and at a list price of just $70, it's a real age capacity with wireless communi­ bargain ($80 outside U.S.A. and Canada). To order your copy, call today. cations (see page 20, this issue), and expanded multi-tasking (see page 25, Essex Marketing Services Inc. • 272 Old Farms Road • Simsbury CT 06070 • U.S.A. this issue). Phone: (203) 651-8284 • Fax: (203) 651-7926

10 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 starts to go bad there is little time to 2. Electronics within the card that change the battery or back up files. use the power of the HP 95LX to It is a little slower to write to, or write data to the card (draws less If you see . .• read from Flash cards than SRAM, battery power from your HP than but faster than most hard disks. Cur­ a SRAM card). File I/O error rently, the price of SUNDISK Mass 3. The SUNDISK card is the indus­ or storage per megabyte is a little lower try's only complete mass storage than SRAM. The number of write­ RAM Disk Corrupt system on a card. The card in­ cycles to a SUNDISK card is limited cludes memory, memory control, (100,000 according to company speci­ and 1/ 0 interface functions on the and you can't remember fications). SUNDISK said that it is card itself. It uses 512 byte sectors when you last backed-up theoretically possible to write an and implements an IDE controller, your file, then you need intensive read-write application that which results in compatibility could "wear out" the SUNDISK card. with existing operating systems, PHONEBOOK FILE REPAIR However, according to SUNDISK this application programs, and utili­ shouldn't be a problem for a typical the product that allows for ties. user because of "wear-leveling" tech­ recovery of your phone­ niques incorporated into the card. book files. One other important difference 4. The SUNDISK card is PCMCIA­ between SUNDISK and SRAM cards: ATA compliant. That means that $95.00+S&H Once formatted, the files on a SRAM the same card or future versions card can be read by an HP 95LX by of the card will be usable in the Orders shipped in 48 hours just inserting the card. The SUNDISK variety of palmtops and other Check or Money Order card requires that a file called a "de­ devices without having to change (U.S. funds on U.S. bank only) vice driver" be on the 95LX's built-in software. For example, the SUN­ C drive. In addition, the CONFIG­ DISK cards can be used in the FILE RECOVERY SYSTEMS .5YS file on the C drive must be latest Databook or Adtron PC 665 NE Conifer Blvd • modified (or created if one does not card readers and can be used in a CorvaUis, OR 97330 exist). Sharp PC-3000 palmtop. (503) 757·0044 The SUNDISK Mass Storage card comes with a connectivity cable and Conclusion installation software to transfer the The product is new - we have not review of the product and provide a necessary files to the 95LX. IMPOR­ seen the final product. In future is­ forum for readers to share their expe­ T ANT NOTE: If the C drive or the sues, we will give a more in-depth riences. SUNDISK device driver file ever SUNDISK is a well-funded, im­ becomes corrupt, you will not be able pressively-staffed start-up company to access the SUN DISK card until that wants to be a leader in what Order Information you have replaced the device driver surely will be a huge market. Assum­ and restored the CONFIG.5YS file. SUNDISK SDPL5 ing the SDPL5 mass storage card Mass Storage Cards delivers on its promises, SUNDISK Some SUNDISK Specifics These specially engineered "Solid-State has made a strong step in fulfilling Drives" (Flash ROM memory cards) provide its charter to "develop and deliver The SDPL5 series of Mass Storage up to 20 megabytes of mass storage for the cards from SUNDISK represents an HP 95LX. superior, solid-state mass storage solutions that are interoperable impressive engineering effort. SUN­ SUNDISK Solid-State Drives DISK made use of the flash technolo­ 1MB Card (SDPL5-1) ...... $199 among portable computing devices." gy originally developed in 1984 to 2.5MB Card (SDPL5-2.5) ...... $399 create an important tool for the HP 5MB Card (SDPL5-5) ...... $599 95LX and other mobile devices. Here 10MB Card (SDPL5-10) ...... $999 Back Issues of are some of the innovations in the All Solid-State drives available with optional The HP Palmtop Paper SUNDISK product: compression software (1 02-B1) for an addi­ tional $40 charge. While supplies last, you may purchase sets of 1. Software (device driver) that al­ back issues of The HP Palmtop Paper or The lows the HP 95LX to read 10 CONTACT: SUNDISK Corporation, 3270 HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK. Use the enclosed megabytes of flash memory as the Jay Street, Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA; order card or contact Thaddeus Computing Inc, 800-688-7177 or 408-562-0500; Fax: 408 "A" drive. (Two megabytes is the 980-8607. Phone: 800·373·6114 or 515-472·6330 specified HP 95LX PC-card limit.) Fax: 515-472·1879.

NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 11 NEW THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS NEW THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS NEW THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS

New Non·HP Products Designed to Work with the HP 95LX In the first six issues we listed over 240 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

a serial port for connectivity, Availability ...... Dec 15, 92 tion to the phone line is not Hardware and an AC power adapter to Pricing ...... $275 possible. extend battery life. CONTACT: Interloop, Inc., 706 Char­ Availability ...... Now [See Advertising, pages 33-36.} cot Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131, [ Connectivity I USA; Phone: 408-922-0520; Fax: 408- Pricing ...... $249 Availability ...... Jan 1 93 922-0545. CONTACT: U.S. Robotics, 8100 N. Software medium ..... Floppy Disk McCormick Blvd, Skokie, IL 60076- SmartDock™ Runs under SysMgr ...... Yes 2999, USA; Phone: 800-342-5877 or DataExchange Pricing ...... $399.95 708-982-5010; Fax: 708-982-5235. Slip the 95LX into this dock­ CONTACT: Sparcom Corporation, 897 [ Fax I Modem I ing station and connect the NW Grant Ave., Corvallis, OR 97330, Telecoupler II 95LX to the DOS/ Windows USA; Phone: 800-827-8416 or 503- 9624 vAP Pocket Acoustic Coupler operating systems on your 757-8416; Fax: 503-753-7821; Compu­ Fax/Modem Serve 10: [75320,2440]. This coupler lets you connect PC and to an AC adapter to Compact, fully Hayes com­ all but "line powered" mo­ save battery life. Pop-up win­ patible 9600 bps send/receive dems to the handset of any dows help you transfer files. SmartDock™ InPrint fax & 2400 bps data modem. telephone. RJ-ll jacks are not SmartDock DataExchange This docking station has a Connects to standard 9-pin required. Transmits up to includes the SmartDock Sta­ built-in serial-to-parallel ad­ RS-232C connector and runs 2400 baud for modems or tion (formerly Station95, see apter that allows your 95LX on external adaptor or inter­ 9600 baud for fax. page 12, Sept/Oct 92 issue) to easily connect and print to nal 9-volt battery. Comes and the SmartDock Data­ almost any printer. Also in­ with BITFAX/BITCOM soft­ Availability ...... Now Exchange software. cludes the features of the ware, user manual, 9-volt Pricing ...... $139.95 A Macintosh version is Smart Dock Station (formerly battery, AC adapter and CONTACT: EduCALC, 27953 Cabot also available. Station95) and Data Exchange phone cord. Road, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677, [See Advertising, pages 33-36.} software (DOS/ Windows [See Advertising, page 27.} USA; Phone: 800-677-7001 or 714- versions available). 582-2637; Fax: 714-582-1445. Availability ...... Jan 1, 93 [See Advertising, pages 33-36.} Availability ...... NOW Software medium ..... Floppy disk Pricing ...... $199 Runs under System Manger ... Yes Availability ...... Jan 1 1993 CONTACT: Neutek International Corp., Memory Cards Pricing...... $119.95 Pricing ...... $169.95 824 South Mill Avenue, Suite 301, CONTACT: Sparcom Corporation, 897 Runs under SysMgr ...... Yes Tempe, AZ 85281, USA; Phone: 602- and Card Drives NW Grant Ave., Corvallis, OR 97330, CONTACT: Sparcom Corporation, 897 731-7211; Fax: 602-731-7212. USA; Phone: 800-827-8416 or 503- NW Grant Ave., Corvallis, OR 97330, Neutek Memory 757-8416; Fax: 503-753-7821 ; Compu­ USA; Phone 800-827-8416 or 503- WorldPort V.42bis Serve /0: [75320,2440]. 757-8416; Fax: 503-753-7821; Compu­ Cards Serve 10: [75320,2440]. Modem Fits into RAM cards for data storage, SmartDock™ HP Palmtop Cradle ranging from 64K to 2MB. Fax/Modem The HP-IL Adapter This product is a 2400 baud Flash/OTP cards for program Slip your 95LX into this modem that slides directly storage ranging from 256K to This adapter adds an HP-IL 4MB. New EEPROM cards docking station and fax an interface to your 95LX, with­ into the HP Cradle. The mo­ ASCII file from your 95LX, or dem runs off of either its operating the same as RAM out giving up your RAM cards, without the need of send and receive files card slot or your serial port. own 9-volt battery, or the through its built-in modem to 95LX's AC adapter. The mo­ battery backup, range from The HP-IL interface occupies 8K to 265K. Cards come with your office or favorite bulle­ the memory card slot, adding dem includes CCITT V.22bis­ tin board service. The pack­ / 2400 bps compatibility, plus 12 month warranty. the HP-IL interface and an­ [See Advertising, page 27.} age inc! udes Sparcom's other RAM card slot (Le. you V.22 / V.21 and Bell 212A/103 SmartDock DataExchange don't loose your card slot). It compatibility. It also includes Availability ...... NOW (above), a 2400 baud Fax/ allows you to use HP-IL V.42 / V.42bis error control PriCing ...... Call Modem, Sparcom's new printers, disk drives, plotters, and data compression. The CONTACT: Neutek International Corp. , DataExchange connectivity modems, and video displays. WorldPort 2400 V.42bis can 824 South Mill Avenue, Suite 301 , software, a built-in serial-to­ [See Advertising, page 43.} also be used with an acoustic Tempe, AZ 85281, USA ; Phone: 602- parallel port printer adapter, coupler where direct connec- 731-7211 ; Fax: 602-731-7212.

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DublHdr™ Dual require no battery, so you ley Drive - Suite 1100, Reston, VA ware automatically dials up cannot lose data due to bat­ 22091, USA; Phone: 703-620-6651; and sends the message to Memory Card Adapter Fax: 703-620-4586. This small adapter slips into tery failure. (See page 10 for SkyTel's SkyStream service, the 95LX's memory card slot more info.) which transmits the data to a and gives your 95LX two [See Advertising, page 64.J HP Cradle N ewsStream receiver at­ PCMCIA memory card slots. Accessory Box tached to the 95LX. Availability ...... NOW Notify! also allows other One slot will be seen as drive Medium ...... Flash ROM Card This empty black plastic shell A: & B: while the other slot Pricing: is for developers who wish to programs, including calen­ will be E: & F:. 1MB ...... $199 create a product that interfac­ dars, spreadsheets and E-mail [See Advertising, page 43.J 2.5MB ...... $399 es with the 95LX via the HP systems, to automatically 5MB ...... $599 Mobile Data Link cradle. It transmit data. Availability ...... Dec 15, 1992 10MB ...... $999 comes with drawings for Pricing ...... $129.95 Availability File compression software . $40 overlays and 2 PCB's to Macintosh version ...... Now CONTACT: Interloop, Inc., 706 Char­ CONTACT: SUNDISK CORPOR­ mount internally. Battery cot Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131, DOS, Windows versions Dec 92 ATlON 3270 Jay Street, Santa Clara, compartment can flexibly Medium ...... Floppy Disk USA; Phone: 408-922-0520; Fax: 408- CA 95054, USA; Phone: 408-562- 922-0545. hold a 9 volt block-type bat­ Runs on PC or Mac, not the 95LX. 0500; Fax: 408-980-8607 tery or 2 AA batteries. Pricing Macintosh version ...... $149 Memory Card Drives Availability ...... NOW DOS version ...... $149 Card drives in serial, parallel, Wireless PriCing Windows version ...... $149 and ISA bus interface to 1 to 9 units ..... each $12.50 CONTACT: Ex Machina, Inc., 45 East desktop PCs. Come with user Communications 10 to 49 units .. .. each $9.95 89th St, Suite 39A, New York, NY manual, software, cable and CONTACT: EduCALC, 27953 Cabot 10128-1232, USA; Phone: 800-238- adaptor. Road, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677, 4738 or 718-965-0309; Fax: 718832- PSI Link USA; Phone: 800-677-7001 or 714- [See Advertising, page 43.J Messaging Service 5465; CompuServe 10: [76004, 3427J; 582-2637; Fax: 714-582-1445. AppleLink 10: EX.MACHINA. Availability ...... NOW PSILink lets your 95LX com­ PriCing pose, send, and receive mes­ RAM Wireless External Serial interface . . $299 sages via wireless or External Parallel interface $279 phone/modem transmission, Data Service Software InternallSA bus interface. $168 to Internet, AT&TMail, MCI­ RAM Mobile Data offers a CONTACT: Neutek International Corp., Mail, USENET, BITNET, and two-way wireless data service NOTE: Software listed as 824 South Mill Avenue, Suite 301, other connected global mes­ nationwide. Based on non­ "SWITCHable" functions as Tempe, Al85281, USA; Phone: 602- saging networks. proprietary, open protocols, system-compliant software 731-7211; Fax: 602-731-7212. PSI Link provides world­ RAM's Mobitex® networks just like built-in applications wide dial-up access in over enable subscribers to send if used with SWITCH! 2.0 PCMCIA 30 cities in North America and receive data and Email (see page 25 for more on and 40 more throughout Eu­ messages via wireless com­ SWITCH!). Designer's Kit munications. All you need is Components for memory rope and the Pacific Rim. PSI­ Link provides wireless access an HP 95LX, the HP Mobile card drive designers. Single­ Data Link cradle, a radio mo­ chip card controller IC and through RAM Mobile Data dem such as the SkyStream [ Communications I 68-pin card connectors to and paging services through SkyTel/SkyWord. receiver, and RAM compati­ build interface to palmtops or ble software. PCs. Dial-up access with PSI­ fastCOMM! SWITCHable full-featured [See Advertising, page 43.J Link requires the 95LX and a Availability ...... Now communications software for modem, wireless access re­ Pricing ...... Varies Availability ...... NOW the 95LX by the author of quires a 95LX, HP's Mobile CONTACT: RAM Mobile Data, Three Pricing Data Link cradle, and aGE's University Plaza, Suite 600, Hacken­ (COMMa) (described on Controller ...... $35 Mobidem wireless transmit­ sack, NJ 07601, USA; Phone: 201- page 24 of the Jan/ Feb 92 Connector ...... $6 343-9400; Fax: 201-343-8795. issue and page 44 of the Jul­ CONTACT: Neutek International Corp. , ter. PSILink software for the 95LX provided free of charge / Aug 92 issue). The program 824 South Mill Avenue, Suite 301 , has a rich scripting/ macro Tempe, Al85281, USA; Phone: 602- to subscribers. Notify! Lets Desktop [See Advertising, page 23.J language for online automa­ 731-7211 ; Fax: 602-731-7212. Users Send 95LX tion, and Xmodem and Ymo­ Availability ...... Now Wireless Data dem file transfer protocols. SUNDISK SDPL5™ Software Medium ..... Floppy Disk Notify! software for Macin­ [See Advertising, page 1.J Cards Runs under SysMgr ...... Yes tosh computers, or DOS and Basic Service Fees: Windows PCs, makes it pos­ Availability ...... Dec 92 These high-capacity Mass Medium ...... Disk 12-2400 bps transmission. $19/mo sible for desktop users with a Storage Cards (specially engi­ Runs under SysMgr . . SWITCHable neered Flash ROM) fit in the 9600 bps transmission ... $29/mo modem to send calendar ap­ Wireless options (additional) Pricing ...... $89 memory card slot of your pointments, text, spreadsheet CONTACT: ACE Technologies, Inc., One-time registration fee ..... $50 data, and E-mail messages to 95LX and give you from 1MB Monthly fee ...... $50' 2880 lanker Road, Suite 103, San to 10MB of extra file storage an 95LX equipped with wire­ Jose, CA 95134, USA; Phone: 800- ('Flat rate for first 6 months of less communications system. (up to 20MB if a file compres­ service if sign up by Dec 31, 1992.) -825-9977 or 408-428-9722; Fax: sion utility is used). Solid­ CONTACT: Performance Systems For example, a user enters 408-428-9721 . state SUNDISK SDP Cards International, Inc., 11800 Sunrise Val- text into Notify!, and the soft-

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by player, both offensive Availability ...... NOW bar, R-bar, Sigma, and Histo­ the Appointment Book pro­ and defensive statistics. Medium ...... Floppy Disk gram. Each of these is updat­ gram does. Registered ver­ • Year-to-date statistics (18) Runs under SysMgr ...... Yes ed in realtime as new data sions of the software search by pitcher and for any Pricing ...... Varies arrives or is generated from the entire calendar, while time period selected by CONTACT: Richard Hill, C M Soft­ imported ASCII files. unregistered versions just the user. ware, Business Unit 1, 33 Sandford QC-LINK/HP calculates a search the current section. • Team and player box Road, Littlemore, Oxford OX4 4XT, wide range of SQC statistics MultiDay shows the actu­ scores for a given game. UNITED KINGDOM; Phone: +44 0865 automatically. Mean and al appointments themselves. • Year-to-date offensive 748875; Fax: +44 0865 748873. standard deviations, capabili­ A zoom feature removes all team statistics (12) and by PodiumPal ty indices, and performance status lines, so display shows game. This presentation manager for statistics are computed and 16 lines of appointments. • Team pitching box score can be viewed and updated the 95LX helps you create, Availability ...... NOW by game. in realtime. Statistics can be organize, time, and deliver Medium ...... Floppy disk • Season schedule with your speeches and other pre­ customized through user de­ Runs under SysMgr ...... Yes outcomes and scores. sentations. PodiumPal lets signed statistical reports. Shareware Registration Fee . .. $15 • Team roster (players and you create up to 12 "note­ [See Advertising, page 43.} Can be downloaded from Compu­ coaches) 12 data fields, cards" per speech, each of Availability ...... NOW Serve's-HP HANDHELD forum . and the ability to print which can have 6-10 lines of Medium . . Floppy disk or RAM card CONTACT: C. E. Steuart Dewar, labels for team mailings. copy. A large font makes it Runs under SysMgr ...... No ' 11622 West 87th St. Burr Ridge, IL [See Advertising, page 50.} easier to see the information Pricing Floppy disk version ... $395 60521. Availability ...... Feb/Mar 93 during the presentation. RAM card (256K) version . $535 Medium ...... Floppy Disk A built-in clock helps to RAM card (1MB) version . $720 Synchronize 2.1 Runs under SysMgr ...... No keep the presenter on sched­ PC version (add to above) $195 Synchronize is a UNIX-based Pricing ...... $139" ule. It displays a countdown CONTACT: Labtronics Inc., 95 Crimea time organization tool de­ ** additional 15% discount to PTP for the length of the presenta­ St. , Guelph, ON, NIH 2Y6, CANADA; signed for personal and work subscribers! tion in the upper left of the Phone: 519-767-1061; Fax: 519-836- group use. It uses a client CONTACT: Sports Ware Solutions, Bay 95LX display. A bottom right 4431. server mechanism and dis­ Colony Executive Park, 565 East display ticks off time for each tributed databases to support Swedesford Road, Suite 101, Wayne, notecard. A warning flashes large numbers of UNIX PA 19087, USA; Phone: 800·282·5657 when its time to wrap up. l Utilities II workstation users. Release 1.2 or 215-975-9118; Fax: 215-975-9118. An internal quotation -_--..' of Synchronize will support directory includes 100 famous MultiDay Iii data transfer to and from the motivational and inspiration­ MultiDay displays the Ap­ HP 95LX Palmtop Pc. Specialized al quotes. The package comes pointment Book file in a for­ with Making an Impact, a step­ Availability ...... Dec 92 Products mat where more than one Medium ...... Floppy disk by-step guide to public day can be seen at a time. Runs under SysMgr ...... N.A. Pocket Field Force speaking. MultiDay can be run under Pricing (per unit installed) .... $125 [See Advertising, page 33-36.} A complete network adminis­ SysMgr via an EXM loader (Quantity discounts available.) tration system for national Availability ...... NOW file. MultiDay displays as CONTACT: CrossWind Technologies, mobile sales teams in the Medium ...... Floppy disk many appointments as will fit 6630 Highway 9, Suite 201 , Felton, CA FMCG (Fast Moving Con­ Runs under SysMgr ...... No on the 95LX screen, and can 95018, USA; Phone: 408-335-4988; sumer Goods) market sector. Pricing ...... $89.95 be freely scrolled backwards Fax: 408-335-1086. The system is comprised of CO NT ACT: Sparcom Corporation, 897 and forwards. Bars between three main components: The NW Grant Ave., Corvallis, OR 97330, days and weeks visually sep­ SWITCH! Sales Representative requires USA; Phone: 800-827-8416 or 503- arate appointments. MultiDay Developers Kit divides the calendar into sec­ a 95LX, RAM card and mo­ 757-8416; Fax: 503-753-7821 ; Comp­ Lets application developers uServe 10: {75320,2440j. tions the length of which is dem. The software allows create SWI files that make defined by the user (typically sales reps to create, retrieve, their programs act system 90-360+ days). This avoids and store data locally and to QC-LlNKlHP compliant under SWITCH! the excessive overhead of dis­ control, plan, route, and sche­ This data acquisition and version 2 on the 95LX. (See playing repeat appointments dule calls while the system­ quality control charting soft­ pages 10 & 52 for more info.) that are scheduled for many wide EMail facility transmits ware allows instrument data [See Advertising, page I.} and receives messages and to be sent to the 95LX years. other information. The Reg­ through the RS 232 serial All aspects of an appoint­ Medium ...... Floppy Disk ional Sales Manager moni­ port. Incoming data can be ment can be displayed in Availability ...... Dec 92 tors the activity of each sales sent to a file or directly into a MultiDay, so repeat appoint­ Runs under SysMgr ...... Yes Pricing ...... $99 rep in the region and produc­ Lotus spreadsheet. Data can ment flags, alarms and notes CONTACT: ACE Technologies, Inc. , es an automatic end-of-day be selectively parsed and can all be displayed and ac­ keyboard macros applied au­ cessed. MultiDay can search 2880 Zanker Road, Suite 103, San update report. The Head Of­ Jose, CA 95134, USA; Phone: 800- fice Coordinator is the PC­ tomatically. the entire appointment calen­ dar very rapidly, since it 825-9977 or 408-428-9722; Fax: 408- based element of the system The Quality Control por­ 428-9721. and stores and centrally orga­ tion of QC-LINK/ HP allows scans the file to find a match­ nizes all the data. a variety of relevant plots to ing appointment, rather than [See Advertising, page 62.} be generated, including X- scan forward day by day as On The HP Palmtop Paper on Disk Nov/Dec 92.

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[ Word Processing I ~::... : ..... ,.... :.:.:.:.:::;;::· ::\:t::::.:.;.:.:.:.:.:...... :. :... ., ...... : ...... : ...... fastWRITE! A SWITCHable full-featured $$";BEST PRICES $$ word processor from the ;I author of VDE for the 95LX that includes support for popular formats and a spell 'iii .. Memory Cards checker. [See Advertising, page 1.] Medium ...... Floppy disk Availability ...... Jan 92 Modem.s Runs under SysMgr . . SWITCHable Pricing ...... $99 I":. CONTACT: ACE Technologies, Inc., 2880 Zanker Road, Suite 103, San Serial to Jose, CA 95134, USA; Phone: 800-- 825-9977 or 408-428-9722; Fax: 408-- Parallel Cable 428-9721. ~. Printers Upgrades, Updates, Corrections All HP 95LX Significant Error in MEDSTF.ZIP Iii I. ml~:~:.. Support Products m I Two of the medical PBK files < Imaging Supplies Express I in MEDSTF have si~ . (icant errors in them. The eWlles in FAX (310)370-3265 I LABUK.PBK and LABUSA­ .PBK listed as "Glucose (fast­ ...... :.:.- .... :.::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;;;~;:jj:... : .. !: :~.. 2 .2-j!>2:.~2.. 2 .2..... ~(;;:::::.::::::.:.:.:: . :.:.::.:...... :.... BI ing) 2" are in error. Please change line "(Increased, Con'­ t.)" to "(Decreased, Con't.). Pricing ...... $69 editor. older WEEKABKs). Then renumber "Glucose CONTACT: ACE TechnoLogies , • 10 preset file "hot" keys Availability ...... NOW (fasting) 2" to "Glucose (fast­ Inc., 2880 Zanker Road, Suite to file open/ save menus. Medium ...... Floppy disk ing) 4" and "Glucose (fasting) 103, San Jose, CA 95134, USA; • Quick date/ time stamp 3" to "Glucose (fasting) 2". Runs under SysMgr ...... Yes Phone: 800-825-9977 or 408- entry in MEMO, Phone, Pricing (Shareware fee) ...... $40 Finally, renumber "glucose -428-9722; Fax: 408-428-9721. or APPT. (fasting) 4" to "glucose (fast­ Upgrade for 1.0 users ...... free • Change titles of name, (Include $5 for postage/disk) ing) 3". This reverses the or­ number, and address der of the original 2 and 3 95Buddy, Version 2.3 CONTACT: Jeffrey Mattox, P.O. Box Adds Features fi elds in Phone Book 45282, Madison, WI 53744-5282. entries. Iii card editor. Robert S. Williams, MD. 95BUDDY is a utility that CompuServe 10 71044,2356. adds dozens of features and • Find & replace function COMPUSERVE: 95BUOOY re­ added to the sea rch keystroke shortcuts to the lease 2.3 is also available in library #7 SWITCH! version 2 functions. of the HPHANO forum along with A menu-driven environment built-in HP 95LX applications (see page 6, July / August for • Case function added to WEEKABK Iii and CMCALC Iii, new for all of your 95LX pro­ MEMO for quick charac­ more information on 95BUD­ versions of a week-at-a-glance, and grams. Now allows SWITCH­ ter case change while DY). Release 2.3 of this "key­ technical calculator programs originally able applications to operate editing existing text. available on the 1992 Subscribers as built-ins. Includes control board companion for the HP 95LX" adds many new fea­ • Delete to end-of, start-of, disk. You may register 95Buddy using panel, DirectLaunch, Caps­ and entire line functions. CompuServe's GO SWREG. tures, including: Display, Block Cursor and • Add labels to user more. (See pages 25 & 54 for • Unique default directo­ (CHAR) keys. more information. ries for each built-in ap­ • Appointment alarms can [See Advertising, page 1.] plication. be extended for up to 8 ii On The HP Palmtop Paper on Disk MEDSTF.lIP on Jul/Aug 92 issue. Availability ...... Dec 92 • Automatic "go to" func­ minutes. tion for Filer (like Phone) New versions of 95BUDDY, WEEK­ Medium . .... Floppy disk • Supports WEEKABKIii ABK, and CMCALC on Nov/Dec 92 Runs Under SysMgr .. Yes • Paste to the phone card ver. 3 (does not enhance ON DISK issue.

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Loader Included with kit lets the user backup, tran­ myREMOTE version 2 SWITCHable (behave as if it SWITCH! 2.0 Makes sfer, and translate files be­ NOW SWITCHable was system compliant). tween the 95LX and any Ap­ Software program lets you [See Advertising, page 31.} ACT! SWITCHable ple Macintosh. Mac Link­ This SWI file included with use your 95LX as a universal Availability ...... Now Plus/HP 95LX contains a remote control for VCRs, Medium ...... Floppy disk SWITCH! 2.0 makes ACT! more complete library of file for the 95LX a SWITCHable TVs, etc. Now acts system Runs under SysMgr .. SWITCHable translators, allowing you to compliant. PriCing ...... $289 application. Must be used translate 95LX formats to [See Advertising, page 4.} CONTACT: Mirical Nutrition Corp. , with ACT! and SWITCH! 2.0 many different Mac word on the 95LX. 4606 Northpark Drive, Colorado processing, spreadsheet, PIM, Medium ...... Floppy disk Springs, CO 80918, USA; Phone: 800- CONTACT: ACE Technologies, Inc., and other text formats. Also Availability ...... Dec 92 732-7707 or 719-598-5276; Fax: 719- 2880 Zanker Road, Suite 103, San includes 95LX-to-Mac serial Runs under SysMgr .. SWITCHable 598-5790. Jose, CA 95134, USA; Phone: 800- cable, and comm software. Pricing ...... $39 825-9977 or 408-428-9722; Fax: 408- [See Advertising, page 69.} CONTACT: ACE Technologies, Inc., America Online 428-9721. 2880 Zanker Road, Suite 103, San Availability ...... NOW Jose, CA 95134, USA; Phone: 800- Update Software medium ..... Floppy disk -825-9977 or 408-428-9722; Fax: The America Online (AOL) ACT! for Windows Runs under SysMgr ...... No 408-428-9721. forum for HP Palmtop users Upgrade Will Pricing ...... $129 that was announced on page Exchange Data With Upgrade to existing Personal Food 30 of the September/October MacLinkPlus users ...... " Free ACT! for the HP 95LX Analyst SWITCHable 92 issue has been delayed. CONTACT: Data Viz Inc. , 55 Corporate AOL apologizes to those who The initial release of ACT! for This nutritional software lets Dr., Trumbull, CT 06611, USA; Phone have been looking in vain for Windows could not exchange 800-733-0030 or 203-268-0300; Fax: you analyze daily food intake data with ACT! for the HP and improve eating habits. the special interest group 203-268-4345. (SIC). The Palmtop group 95LX. Version 1.02, to be re­ Mirical Nutrition Corp. is leased in Dec 92, will be able working to make the software will be ready by the first of to communicate with the the new year. 95LX. Current users of ACT! for Windows will receive a free upgrade. CONTACT: Contact Software International, 1840 Hutton Drive, #200, Carrollton, TX 75006, USA; Phone: INTERNET E-MAIL SERVICE 800-365-0606 or 214-919-9500; Fax: 214-919-9750. LoanSTAR - FOR THE HP 95LX Correct Phone # This mortgage finance pro­ "" Send and receive electronic mail to subscribers of Internet, gram for mortgage origina­ CompuServe®, AT&T Mail™, MCIMaiFM, and all other tors or real estate sales per­ connected networks in the global messaging matrix. sonnel sets the 95LX up to do a number of useful loan cal­ $19 per month - flat rate - for dialup access in most major culations. It was described on U.S cities. page 40 of the July/August 92 issue. The correct compa­ Wireless access is available for $50 per month - flat rate - ny name and phone number is listed below. through RAM Mobile Data if you sign up by December 31,1992. [See Advertising, page 59.} If you are an HP 95LX owner, contact PSI to sign up for Availability ...... NOW PSI Link, the most versatile Personal Network Access Medium . Floppy disk and RAM card Runs under SysMgr ...... No Service available for your palmtop. Pricing RAM card version .... $295 ~ Floppy disk version .... $175 CONTACT: Pocket Computer Sys­ tems, 505 SE 15th Street, Gresham, OR 97080, USA; Phone 503-665- PSIlinkSM 6990.

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The SkyStream one-way radio fre­ and palmtop into a single, consis­ quency modem is powered by one tently styled unit. The palmtop slides By Rick Shaddock AA battery. The receiver connects to in from the left, the pager from the the 95LX in the cradle via the serial right. You can plug an AC adapter Many of us were first introduced to port to download messages. The unit and serial cable into the back of the wireless communications on the old measures 3.4" x 2" x .75" and weighs integrated unit. Startrek show, when Captain James 3.5 ounces. It has its own 32K buffer Using the cradle does make the T. Kirk took out his communicator memory to store messages even 95LX bigger than pocket-sized. An and uttered those now famous when not connected to your Pc. alternative is to use two serial cables words, "Beam me up, Scotty!" with a null modem adapter, or the 4x4 2' cable (EduCALC, Stock #2624) We can't quite beam people up HP !v1ob lie Data (yet), but the 95LX can send and re­ Llrk Cradle to connect the pager to the 95LX. ceive wireless messages on the go, in This lets you carry the 95LX and the @i ;' hostile (alien) environments. pager in smaller pockets, then cable Wireless communications net­ HP 95LX SKyStream them up when the pager beeps. It is ReceiVer also possible to connect the Sky­ works such as SkyStream by $kyTel Stream receiver to any desktop com­ Corp. and EMBARC by Motorola, A switch allows it to beep or puter's serial port. Inc. enable HP 95LX users to receive remain silent. A green LED blinks wireless messages, electronic mail, when messages are in memory and and other types of critical informa­ Mobile Data Link Software rapidly when the buffer is full. A red SkyTel's software comes on a ROM tion directly in their 95LX at any LED flashes to indicate low battery or card. MDL.EXM is a program to re­ time, in thousands of cities and being out of range. It can receive ceive messages from the pager, and towns across North America. This individual messages, group messag­ SKYACCS.EXM, a program to com­ article focuses on SkyStream. Fol­ es, or news from information sub­ pose text messages to be uploaded by lowing issues will focus on EMBARC scription services. modem. The software can be copied ~d other wireless products and As shown in the photo above, the from the ROM card to the RAM disk. services. accessory cradle combines the pager Messages flow from the receiver to The Hardware The SkyStream system consists of a ABOUT THE AUTHOR SkyStream receiver, the HP Mobile Data Link Cradle that connects the Rick uses his 95LX and SkyStream to keep in contact with receiver to the HP 95LX palmtop PC, his office while teaching HP 95LX classes and consulting and Mobile Data Link (MOL) soft­ nationwide with Computer Instructors Company. You can ware for managing the messages. The reach Rick at 800-507-9898 or 202-829-4444. His Compu­ integrated 95LX and MOL SkyStream Serve ID is [70642,647J, his Sky-Page pin # is 2277563. can be carried in a coat pocket.

20 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 HP 95LX PalmModemTM

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15375 Barranca Irvine, California 92718 CompuServe, Genie, Dow Jones and MCI Tel: 714.453.0110 are trademarks or trade names of their NEWMEDIACORPOMnON Fax: 714.453.0114 respective entities. REVIEWS: SkyStream Wireless Receiver the 95LX whenever the Mobile Data used the SkyWord Access 95LX ver­ Book by sending: If Link software is active. the 95LX is sion with her modem as well. APPT 92/12/3 9AM-10AM "Board Meeting" "Note: off, it automatically turns on to re­ About one minute later, Joe's Sky­ Don't forget to bring your seminar notes." ceive the message, then turns off Stream receiver beeps and the green again. LED flashes in response to its unique 800-SKY-GRAM 0-800-759-4726) For more detailed information on number. (The beep can be silenced If Joe has this service, and Sue has the hardware and software, see "The via a switch.) If Joe is busy, the mes­ only a touch tone phone, she would HP 95LX and the Motorola Sky­ sage is stored in the receiver's 32K reach a National Dispatch Center Stream Receiver," page 4 of the Fall RAM memory buffer, ready to be operator to send an alphanumeric 1991 issue. retrieved when Joe turns the 95LX on message up to 80 characters to Joe. and presses Alt-COMM to run the Sue would have to spell out the spe­ SkyTel's 800 # Support Services Mobile Data Link Software. If the cific characters for the N.D.C. opera­ tor to send, so automatic phone and Suppose Joe is on the road with his 95LX is already running Mobile Data appointment book updates are not HP 95LX, MDL and SkyStream re­ Link, the program will flash "receiv­ ceiver while Sue is back at the home ing message". Joe reads the message suggested. office. She can send messages to Joe by highlighting the desired entry in 800-SKY-TALK 0-800-759-8255) at any time, in thousands of cities the index and pressing IENTER I. and towns across the United States, Sue can code messages to tell the If Joe has the Voice Mail service, Sue Mexico, Canada and the Pacific Rim System Manager compliant Mobile can leave a verbal message. Joe's (other locations soon to be added). Data Link software to automatically receiver beeps to signal him to call Sue can utilize a variety of mnemonic add the text to a MEMO, PHONE, SkyTalk to hear Sue's message. toll-free services to contact Joe. APPT file, or import the data into a Lotus Spreadsheet. When the mes­ 800-SKY-MEMO 0-800-759-6366) If Sue does not have an HP 95LX, she 800-SKY -PAGE 0-800-759-7243) sage enters the HP 95LX, it is stored For numeric messages, Sue calls this as a temporary file. The first few can purchase an Alphamate keyboard 800 number from any touch-tone characters of the message are com­ unit from SkyTel, or other third-party phone, enters Joe's Personal Identifi­ pared against Joe's prefixes. If there software for sending text messages by SkyWord to Joe. cation Number (PIN) and presses "#". is no match, the message is placed in She enters her phone number and an incoming message file so Joe can 800-SKY-USER 0-800-759-8737) hangs up. Sue could have entered up read it and manually handle it as to 20 digits of information, or special regular E-mail. For example, Sue Sue or Joe can call for a customer ser­ codes to trigger special Prefix equiv­ could update Joe's Appointment vice representative 24 hours a day. alents Joe enters in his 95LX. Sending digits: "122" could cause "122 Call office now!" to display to Joe in MDL Wireless One-Way Communication on the HP 95LX. Originate Service Provider Receive 800-SKY-WORD 0-800-759-9673) Sue could use her PC's modem to send text messages, electronic mail, update appointment and phone book files, to-do lists, memos and spread­ sheets. She could use any communi­ cations software to log on, enter Joe's PIN, and enter a message up to 240 Mobile characters. SkyWord Access software Data Link is specifically designed for sending Software messages via SkyTel, including such features as setting up a group of PIN numbers to call up to 40 recipients. Sue can also specify a day and time to deliver the message to Joe. She could issue a wake-up beep for Joe at 6:00 am. Sue types in the message, HP 95LX with Mobile Data Link and presses ~, and SkyWord Access SkyTel Network SkyStream Receiver automatically dials Skytel and trans­ mits the message. Sue could have

22 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 Comparison between EMBARC and SkyTel

EMBARC SkyTel MONEY • Both use the HP 95LX, and Accessory Cradle; • Both use a Motorola receiver; • Both offer MANAGER electronic messaging to the HP 95LX; • Both are national RCC's (Radio Common Carriers); • Both are very cost effective for messaging by Autobyte Broadcasts on 931.8 MHz Broadcasts on 931.9 MHz No touchtone, modem, e-mail service used Paging via variety of 800 #, modem, e-mail An absolute must for A variety of USA Today News, Sports, Health, Sky-News not yet available Business news broadcast every day to HP 95LX your 95LX. 1500 bytes/message, software will recombine 240 by1es per message. HP 95LX can append Join the thousands of users, longer messages seamlessly messages together all over the world, Sender can choose 15 minute, hour, or 3 hour Message received within 60 seconds delivery times who have instant access to Sender is billed on a variety of plans Receiver is billed on a variety of plans their personal finances. A variety of larger groups can be defined User defined groups of 40, broadcast unlimited. Thanks to 200 cities in US &Canada as of November 1992. 250 cities US, 75 Canada, 25 Mexico, Singapore Money Manager How Wireless Messaging Works through a touch tone phone to an 800 When you send a message or digits, number or a modem, while EMBARC * Bank account balances is accessed by modem. you dial a computer which uploads * Credit card charges the message by satellite dish to one You could use the same cradle, and balances of two satellites in geostationary orbit but would need the EMBARC soft­ 22,300 miles in space--such as Westar ware for your PC and HP 95LX. * All daily expense journals IV. The satellite retransmits the signal Although the hardware is identical, in a wide band to about 200 (and you would need another receiver programmed to responding to EM­ This easy-to-use, menu­ growing) receiving disk stations driven 80K program will BARC's specific frequency. Their across North America. Each receiving keep track of all your services may overlap more and more station rebroadcasts the signal on a personal financial data, in the future when SkyTel releases specific frequency (931.9375 MHz) to while allOWing you the all SkyTel pagers within its range. Sky-News some time next year. convenience of one-key Each message is preceded by its PIN access to all of the HP 95LX "calling card" signal. Joe's SkyTel Three Experiences applications. receiver may actually receive thou­ Excerpted below are comments from sands of calls a day, but does not To order, Call: a team of three Palmtop Paper con­ beep or flash until one for his PIN is 1·800·752·8495 tributing writers who evaluated the detected. 1·503·7 56·2219 SkyStream system; Robert Williams, Marty Mankins, and Dave Goodman. Or Mail to: SkyTel and EMBARC In future issues, The HP Palmtop AUTOBYTE CORP. SkyTel and EMBARC currently ser­ Paper will be discussing various as­ P.O. Box 429 vice different communications niches, pects of this technology and examin­ North Bend, Oregon 97459 although both can send personal e­ ing possible real world uses. We also Only $5995 hope to tryout Motorola's EMBARC mail. SkyTel covers more cities and Plus $5 shipping & Handling emphasizes the short messages (up to service and contrast it to our experi­ 240 characters) and immediate deliv­ ences with Sky tel. VISA • MasterCard American Express • Discover ery to individuals or groups of 40. EMBARC emphasizes less immediate Dr. Robert Williams' Comments - delivery of longer messages (such as I'm a physician, and I love the auto­ 1500 or more bytes) to large groups, matic Appointment update feature, and services such as news, sports, which can be used to change my and weather. SkyTel can be accessed schedule instantly.

NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 23 REVIEWS: SkyStream Wireless Receiver

My office uses a PC with a mo­ es sent out, without being connected dem and the Skyword Access soft­ to a telephone line! IntelliLink ware to send the schedule update to I've been using SkyStream for the me. The changes are automatically past few weeks and I'm very im­ Not Just File inserted in my appointment book. pressed with its ability to meet my My office also forwards Lab results on-the-go communications needs. The Transfer and other key information on more I use SkyStream, the more I feel patients while I am running around. in touch with the world. Data Translation My office secretary can now better [Marty Mankins is the publisher of & coordinate my activities and get im­ Take It With You, The Newsletter for Reconci I iation portant information to me instantly - Palmtop Computing. Contact: Perfection with absolutely no additional effort Applied, 454 West 1010 North, Orem, on my part! My office can more effec­ UT 84957, USA.] HP Connectivity DOS Windows 3.x tively act as a base station where Pack "Add-In" hospital personnel, patients, and Dave Goodman's Wireless Scenarios $69.95 $99.95 $99.95 families can contact me and get fast SkyStream from SkyTel Communica­ attention. Sidekick 2.0 PackRat tions is one of the new wireless com­ Word Perfect Office Current One of the challenges of being a munication services available for the dBase Excel physician is that the database of HP 95LX. By combining a pocket Paradox Word for medical knowledge is growing very pager with a palmtop computer, Calendar Creator Windows fast. I can see wireless information you've got a system that allows you ACT! 1-2-3 for technology becoming instrumental in to receive text and numeric messages Windows keeping physicians up-to-date in vital wherever you are. Here are some areas. For example, pharmaceutical possible wireless scenarios: IntelliLink, Inc. companies could quickly keep me • You're at the airport and your 98 Spitbrook Rd., Suite 12 abreast of newly-discovered benefits Nashua, NH 03062 pocket starts beeping. You take out or side effects associated with indi­ your 95LX and SkyStream pager and Te', (603) "8-06~ vidual drugs." Fax: (603) 888-9817 open the 95LX as it powers up and [Robert Williams is a Physician and = displays the message your secretary ~ contributor to The HP Palmtop Paper.] just sent: "Return to ofc. You forgot your passport!" Marty Mankin's Comments - around the world for global messag­ I had read a lot about the SkyStream • You're with a prospective home ing. Developments to offer SkyTel (and Motorola's NewsStream) and buyer who wants to know what service are now under way in Europe was impressed by the descriptions of houses are in the area for less than and South America. how it worked. I had an even greater $150,000. You call the office, and they rush when I actually held the small send listings right to your 95LX. Order Information receiver in my hand - 3.5 ounces! I • You're about to enter a boring put the HP 95LX in the Mobile Data meeting. You page yourself (timed HP Mobile OataLink Cradle Link (MOL) and put the SkyStream and Software delivery five minutes later). The receiver in the other side. I needed (Part # HP F1006A) List: $119.95 pager goes off and you're outta there! CONTACT: Hewlett-Packard Dealers, or the help of the printed documenta­ reseJ/ers such as EduCALC; Phone: 800- tion to send messages at first, and I Sending a message to a SkyStream 677-7001 or 714-582-2637; Fax: 714-582- only sent numeric messages until I pager is so easy a child could do it. 1445. loaded the SKYWORD software on All of the SkyTel access numbers are SkyStream Receiver the 95LX (which allows text messages toll-free, so the sender doesn't have CONTACT: Hewlett-Packerd Dealers, or to be sent via modem). to worry about the phone bill or search- reseJ/ers such as EduCALC (see above). The "SkyTalk" option lets you for spare change. SkyTel SkyStream Service send voice messages to an E-mail [Dave Goodman is a Software Project CONTACT: SkyTel at 800-456-3333, ext. box. Once a message is left, the Manager for a Northern California soft­ 0178. ware publisher. His CompuServe ID is system then sends a coded numeric EMBARC message to the pager. The coded [72330,130]. CONTACT: EMBARCIMotorola; Phone: message tells the 95LX user that they 407-364-2000; Fax: 407-364-3683. need to call the system and retrieve Plans for the Future Four-By-Four Serial Cable the voice message left for them. Around the World CONTACT: EduCALC (see above). I am eventually getting used to SkyTel, the pioneer of nationwide the excitement of seeing my messag- messaging, will soon link countries

24 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER I DECEMBER 1992 SWITCH! 2.0 Makes It Easy To Create and Run New System-Compliant 95LX Applications

SWITCH! 2.0 will bring about many new system-compliant applications, including SWITCHable versions of ACT!, VDE, COMMO, UNO, Personal fastNOTES fastWRITE Food Analyst, and myREMOTE.

[A programmer's look at SWITCH! is on called "system compliant") applica­ then all other applications need to be page 52 of this issue Rich.] tions to work in conjunction with the closed before the program can be run built-in applications. For example, a from FILER. About a year ago an By Mark Scardina developer could create a more so­ Israeli programmer named Uri Thier phisticated word processor with a developed a "loader" program as part Hewlett Packard's HP 95LX was a spell checker and install it on the of Essex Marketing's UTIL Forth success from the first day it was 95LX to work like any of the built-in package. The loader, which partially introduced. Not only did the 95LX applications. To be able to create remedied the situation, is a small come with Lotus 1-2-3, but it also system compliant applications, de­ .EXM software program that allows included a group of very useful, easy velopers need specific technical infor­ DOS applications to be run while the to use, and easy to access personal mation on how the System Manager PIM applications (except Lotus 1-2-3) information manager (PIM) applica­ operating system works. are still open. However, Uri's loader tions. HP has provided some of this did not allow you to switch back and One of the things that made the information and other programming forth between applications. built-in software easy to use was the tools to third party developers so that fact that you could switch from one additional system compliant applica­ SWITCH! 2.0 Expands application to another at the touch of tions could be developed. However, HP 95LX Customizability a button. HP and Lotus (the software much of the Lotus/HP information This newest version of SWITCH! developer for the 95LX) made this has not been released, making it diffi­ greatly enhances System Manager's possible by adding a second, more cult for the over 1,000 registered capability to accommodate DOS ap­ powerful and user-friendly operating third-party developers to write sys­ plications. Developers can easily system to 95LX. This built-in system tem-compliant applications. modify their DOS programs to be­ is called the "System Manager." come "SWITCHable" while maintain­ All of the built-in applications are Loaders: The First Step ing their application's DOS compati­ written to be "compliant" with the bility. Here's how it works. Towards System Compliancy Any DOS application advertised System Manager. This, among other Many programs that run on a desk­ things, means that they can be left as being SWITCHable will come with top PC can also run on the 95LX. But a special Switch (.SWI) file. Any 95LX running when other programs are if a program is not system compliant, user with a copy of SWITCH! 2.0 will accessed. For example, you can go to MEMO to make a note, switch to PHONE to call someone to ask a ABOUT THE AUTHOR question, and go back to MEMO Mark Scardina is a computer consultant based in San Francisco, specializing again and note down the answer. in palmtop-based applications. He can be reached at 415-681-9672 or It's possible to create additional CompuServe ID: [76711,732] for commercial projects. "System-Manager compliant" (also

NOVEMBER I DECEMBER 1992 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 25 Reviews: SWITCH! 2.0 be able to use a SWITCHable applica­ not System-Manager Compliant. This LX's 16-line screen and uses the tion like it was a built-in, system­ reduced its appeal greatly even MENU key to pop up a menu bar of compliant program. That means sin­ though it was quite reasonably Bulletin Board Services, which in­ gle hotkey launching, and switching priced. The new version will be cludes CompuServe, Genie, or any back and forth between all other SWITCHable and share all of the other BBSs. FastCOMM! also adds built-in or SWITCHable applications. characteristics of the built-in applica­ CompuServe B+protocol (9600 baud) You will be able to pick and choose tions. For example, you will be able to its protocol set which includes X­ from SWITCHable applications and to switch between price lists or finan­ Modem, Y-Modem, Y-Modem-G. customize your 95LX exactly the way cial models in Lotus to your contact A SWITCHable fastCOMM gives you want to. file in ACT!. you the ability to be online in ACT! is a big program, requiring CompuServe and get information New SWITCHable a 1MB 95LX to take full advantage of from MEMO, PHONE, or APPT Applications Coming Soon its SWITCHability, but with this new without having to disconnect. Ed Keefe takes a more technical look capability it will quickly set the con­ at SWITCH!, in this month's Prog­ tact management standard in the fastWRITE - MEMO Alternative rammer's Corner (see page 52). The palmtop world. Many consider MEMO the 95LX's rest of this article will describe some most limited application. Fortunately, of the third-party applications that fastCOMM! - COMM Alternative Eric Meyer has created an advanced will soon be SWITCHable. Many of you are familiar with Fred 95LX version of VDE ii, his highly Brucker's ICOMMOI ii. (See review, popular word processor (see product ACT! - Contact Manager page 24 of the Jan/Feb 92 issue and description, page 41 of the Fall 91 One of the most eagerly awaited product announcement, page 44, issue). fastWRITE! is a SWITCHable application for the 95LX has to be July / Aug 92 issue.) This new version word processor that includes a fully- ACT!. This industry-standard contact is not only SWITCHable, but includes management program makes perfect Function-key menus similar to those sense in a pocket size computer. of the built-in applications. iii Find it on The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK, COMMa, not fastCOMM! on Jul/Aug 92 issue, Unfortunately, its initial release was FastCOMM! also supports the 95- VDE, not fastWRITE! on Jan/Feb 92 issue.

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 fraction 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 offseamlessly 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.

To learn more about EMBARC and how to send wireless electronic messages from your e-mail system. callBOO-333-6200 or fax this form to 800-388-4147.

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ADVANCED MESSAGING BY MOTOROLA Motorola NewsStream REceiver & EMBARC software: $483.00. Monthly EMBARC subscription: $15.00.

26 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 Function-key menu. FastNOTES! is Order Information the ideal program to keep track of all PALMTOP SPECIALIST the various pieces of information that SWITCH 2.0 - $69 you pick up during the day. While it Available ...... Dec, 1992 PALMTOPS & ACCESSORIES does not have the reporting and que­ Menu-driven user interface giving instant access to built-in and DOS programs. HI-SPEED POCKET FAX/MODEM ry capabilities of a more sophisticated CONTACT: ACE Technologies, Inc., 2880 PORTABLE PRINTER database program, its array of fea­ Zanker Road, Suite 103, San Jose, CA PROFESSION-SPECIFIC SOFlWARE tures and presentation are ideally 95134, USA; Phone: 800-825-9977 or 408- ON MEMORY CARDS suited to the 95LX. 428-9722; Fax: 408-428-9721 . QUALITY MEMORY CARDS SWITCH 2.0 Developers Kit - $99 SRAM,FLASH,OTP,EEPROM A New Set of PIMs Available ...... Dec, 1992 LOW COST CARD DRIVES SWITCH! lets the user assign a hot­ Tools necessary for program developers to SERIAL, PARALLEL & ISA BUS key to start a SWITCHable (or any create SWI files necessary to make their programs SWITCHable. COMPONENTS FOR DESIGNERS other system compliant) application. CONTACT: ACE Technologies, Inc. (see SINGLE-CHIP CONTROLLER IC For example, the user could use above). PCMCIA CONNECTORS SWITCH! to assign IA LT I-IMEMOI as the caJl (602) 721-7211 hotkey for fastWRITE! You can even ACT! Loader (Come with SWITCH! 2.0) I _ Ir.iiIiiAl Loader (SWI) file that makes ACT! for the Fax (602) 721-7212 ~ have SWITCH! make fastWRITE! the 95LX (see below) a SWITCH able application. ~;;;;)n~rr.~~"! 824, South Mill Ave. main word processor by assigning it CONTACT: ACE Technologies, Inc. (see SuHe 301 Tempe, AZ 85281 to I MEMO I and relegating the built-in above). MEMO program to IALTI-IMEMOI . This means that one could have a fastCOMM! - $89 integrated spell checker (fastSPELL!). Available ...... Dec, 1992 much more powerful set of Personal SWITCHable version of COMMO communi­ Import from, and export to a wide Information Management (PIM) tools cations software for the 95LX. variety of word processors, including than provided by HP, available at the CONTACT: ACE Technologies, Inc. (see WordPerfect, WordStar, Microsoft push of a button. Simply use above). Word, and XYWrite. A two-line Fun­ SWITCH! to assign fastCOMM! to fastWRITE! - $99 ction-key menu helps access fast­ I COMM I, ACT! to I APPTI, fastNOTES! to Available ...... Jan 93 WRITE!'s many features. IPHO NE I, and fastWRITE! to IMEMOI. SWITCHable version of VDE full-featured Unlike MEMO, fastWRITE! sup­ Lotus 1-2-3 and HPCALC do not word processor/spell checker for the 95LX. ports a wide range of printers, has need replacements. Since these alter­ CONTACT: ACE Technologies, Inc. (see the ability to use proportional fonts, native programs are small and cus­ above). and allows editing of multiple files. tomized for the HP 95LX, they could fastNOTES! - $69 fastWRITE! brings a full-featured reside on, say, a 512K RAM card. Available ...... Dec, 1992 word processor to the 95LX, using This combination turns the 95LX into SWITCHable version of UNO freeform data­ one tenth the memory of equivalent a more powerful pocket-sized tool. base for the 95LX. CONTACT: ACE Technol­ PC products. ogies, Inc. (see above). Conclusion myREMOTE - $29 fastNOTES! - Other applications are being made Available ...... Dec, 1992 Freeform Database SWITCHable; lets your 95LX replace your IR SWITCHable, including Personal remote controls (TV, VCR, etc.). Many people have used the PHONE Food Analyst from Mirical and my­ CONTACT: ACE Technologies, Inc. (see application as a simple database but REMOTE from ACE. SWITCH! ver­ above). long for a more flexible and useful sion 2 will be available in December one. I reviewed Mike Gardi's Useful from ACE Technology. ACT! for the 95LX - $99 Notes, UNO on page 10 of the Jull Available ...... Dec 1992 The HP 95LX is an ideal computer Contact manager for the 95LX. CONTACT: Aug 92 issue. UNO ii is a small, for specialized applications. Physi­ Contact Software International, 1840 Hutton fast, freeform database that lets you cians use it on their rounds; lawyers Drive, #200, Carrollton, TX 75006, USA; create notes that can be edited, use it in the court room; surveyors Phone: 800-365-0606 or 214-919-9500; Fax: searched, and indexed at any time. use it on site, and world-class bicy­ 214-919-9750. FastNOTES! is the new, SWITCHable clists use it (literally) on the road. Personal Food Analyst - $289 95LX version that, like PHONE, is Ironically, one of the only major Available ...... Dec, 1992 now loaded with a hotkey such as criticisms of the 95LX is that it's not SWITCHable nutritional software that lets you IALTI-IPHONEI . as easy to customize as it should be. analyze your daily food intake and improve your eating habits. Cut and paste capability and Hopefully SWITCH! will help to CONTACT: Mirical Nutrition Corp., 4606 other features have been added to change this situat;on. As developers Northpark Drive, Colorado Springs, CO fastNOTES! , including a two-line make more SWITCHable applications 80918, USA; Phone: 800-732-7707 or 719- available, a 95LX equipped with 598-5276; Fax: 719-598-5790. SWITCH! 2.0 will truly become a ii Find it on The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK, May/Jun 92. versatile "Personal Digital Assistant."

NOVEMBER I DECEMBER 1992 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 27 Want to Change TV Channels With Your 95LX? myREMOTE Can Do It!

myREMOTE turns your HP 95LX into a programmable remote control for your entertainment system.

By Mark Scardina

The HP 95LX is most often thought the sound level of the TV, dim the Best performance, as expected, was as a personal productivity tool. This lights, and go to your favorite chan­ attained with the AC adapter. month we will look at a program that nel. While you can purchase dedi­ The 95LX with myREMOTE will has nothing to do with productivity, cated universal remote controls, none not work as a remote control with all but does demonstrate the uniqueness have this level of descriptive or mac­ devices due to the limitations of the of the 95LX. One of the least known ro capability. Besides, myREMOTE 95LX. ACE Technologies, who mar­ features of the 95LX is its infrared gives you the chance to demonstrate kets myREMOTE, also provides a transmitter and receiver port. While the value of the 95LX to your loved free program called REMTEST ii that HP envisioned them to be used for one. allows you to test your different data transfer between two 95LXs, remotes for compatibility prior to they are never used by the vast ma­ Using myREMOTE purchase. jority of owners. Dave Goodman felt Using myREMOTE is a straight-for­ While I have reviewed many that this was a feature that shouldn't ward process thanks to the sample programs for the 95LX, I can safely be neglected so he developed my­ files included with the program. say that there has not been one as REMOTE: universal remote control soft­ Upon launching myREMOTE, you unique or fun as myREMOTE. ware for the 95LX. are presented with a list of the cur­ rently programmed keys. Adding or Order Information myREMOTE Features modifying an entry is performed by myREMOTE allows you to use your simple menu selections. For example, myREMOTE - $29 95LX to control TVs, VCRs, Stereos, pressing ICTRq-E puts you in my­ Software that lets your 95LX replace you and most other infrared controllable TVNCR/STEREO remote controls. REMOTE's edit mode, then press T to CONTACT: ACE Technologies, Inc., devices. It does this by memorizing "train" the current highlighted key. 2880 Zanker Road, Suite 103, San Jose, the infrared patterns generated by Place the front of your TV or VCR CA 95134, USA; Phone: 800-825-9977 or your remote controls and storing remote control with 1-2 inches of the 408-428-9722; Fax: 408-428-9721. them under keys on your 95LX. Up 95LX's infrared port (right side of to 100 keys can be saved in one file, case next to the serial port). Press the which can be loaded whenever my­ desired key on your remote control [Mark Scardina is a computer consul­ REMOTE is launched. and myREMOTE "memorizes" this tant based in San Francisco, specializing myREMOTE does not stop there. command and can save it in a file. in palmtop-based applications . He can be You can assign a description to each To use your 95LX as a remote reached at phone: 415-681-9672 or key telling what it does, and you can control, go into myREMOTE and CompuServe ID: [76711,732] for com­ create macros similar to the 95LX's press the key the command is assig­ mercial projects.] CHAR-Function keys. These macros ned to, or highlight its description can send multiple commands and can and press IENTER'. In my tests, my­ Iii Find it on The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK, Sep/Oct 92. even be programmed for prompts, REMOTE performed well up to a timer or delayed operation. For ex­ maximum of 12 feet. I found that the ample, one key press could turn on operational distance varied depend­ your TV, turn on your stereo, adjust ing on the condition of my batteries.

28 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 Gaining the Competitive Edge in International Cycling with the HP 95LX!

This member of the Canadian National Cycling Team uses his 95LX to maintain his training diary, monitor his nutrition, manage team and personal finances, and send news flashes to the media.

member of the Canadian National Automated Training Diary By Blair Saunders Cycling Team. The automation of The automation of my training diary several important tasks have made was my most pressing need. Since I have two professions. For half the me a more efficient athlete, allowing 1992 was an Olympic year, I took my year I work as a Management Infor­ me to accomplish tasks that I just training very seriously. I hate keep­ mation Systems (MIS) Consultant. wouldn't have been able to do with­ ing a training diary, but I needed to For the other half of the year I com­ out the HP 95LX. The automated accurately keep track and compare pete internationally as a member of training system I describe below has many variables. This necessitated the Canadian National Cycling Team. helped me reach one of my biggest automation, so I used the built-in I bought an HP 95LX initially to goals. I developed and used it this applications of the 95LX to create an improve my efficiency at such day­ season to help me become an alter­ Automated Training Diary (ATD). To to-day tasks as managing and look­ nate on Canada's National Cycling make my ATD most useful, I re­ ing up phone numbers, scheduling Team. quired three things of it: appointments, and writing and orga­ To help me achieve my competi­ nizing short memos. I found that the tive cycling goals, I use my 95LX to 1. It had to have a simple user inter­ HP 95LX had many advantages over accomplish the following: face to minimize key strokes a standard pen and paper day plan­ 2. It had to be able to quickly and 1. Automate my training diary ner, including its size, ability to set easily search the diary entries 2. Monitor my nutrition alarms and do quick searches, ability with any character string combi­ 3. Manage the teams, and my own to easily modify data, etc. nation. finances As I computerized the basic 3. It had to be able to create many 4. Communicate with the media chores I found more and more appli­ different training reports from covering our events cations for this personal information minimal user input. system. I soon upgraded to a 1MB 95LX. I now have more than ten times the amount of memory I had ABOUT THE AUTHOR with myoid 64K palmtop organizer, and because the 95LX is fully DOS [Cycling by summer, speed skating and cross country skiing compatible, its potential is extensive. by winter, Blair proves the worth of variety. The other side of his multifaceted lifestyle currently has him coding a Mac Racing with the HP 95LX interface to a Sybase Data Base as an M.I.S Consultant. His Perhaps the most interesting use I favorite activities include winning alld making money.] have made of the 95LX has been as a

NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 29 HOW TO USE: Profiles - Cycling

The system I developed with my I can press I!!I to attach a note to in Lotus, I generate a complete report 9SLX provided many advantages each entry, further describing my by calling up ABKRPT.WK1 ii, a over myoId pen and paper system. workout or race. The note portion of worksheet I have developed. I acti­ Perhaps most importantly, since I the entry may contain a number of vate a special Lotus macro in the carry my 9SLX where ever I go, I can different things, including: worksheet, which pulls DIARY.TXT easily update my diary whenever I 1. A description of what was done into the Lotus worksheet and chan­ have a spare moment. This makes that day, and the conditions it ges the data into a format that is this system's entries far more com­ was accomplished under. useful to Lotus. plete than the old pen and paper 2. A description of what I learned I have so far developed three system. that day. For example, I might additional worksheets that generate Secondly, the ability to "automag­ record what strengths I saw in a useful summaries of my training. ically" analyze and summarize the competitor that day that might These are: data makes this system much easier threaten me in a future race. This to use than a tedious pen and paper 1. An hourly summary report and way, when I prepare strategy for system. graph HOURSM.WK1 Ii. a future race, I can press ~ Many components make up my 2. A kilometer summary report and (Find) to query for a particular continually evolving ATD, all of graph KMSUM.WK1 Ii. person's name. Then I press which are implemented with the I!!I 3. A trend line graph depicting the (Note) to read the entry. 9SLX's built-in applications. Here's degree of over training as mea­ 3. An inspirational note that might how I use the 9SLX's built-in appli­ sured by heart rates TTT.WKI Ii. help me psyche up and prepare cations to help give me an edge in for an event. (I put an asterisk (*) The Hourly Summary Report shows the highly competitive world of inter­ before such notes to make them the daily, weekly, monthly and year national cycling. easy to find.) to date hours of activity. By pressing 4. My split times from interval train­ ~, a nicely formatted and labeled Appointment Book ing for the day. I also include the bar chart portrays the volume of I use a User Definable Function Key weather conditions, gears used, work trend. to load APPT with DIARY.ABK, my etc. This helps to compare times ATD diary file. (Please see page 41 of from session to session and to my 1992 TRA I HI HG HOURS the Marchi April 92 issue or page 21- personal best. 14 in the HP 95LX User's Guide for 5. Positive feedback I received and more on User Defined Function the initials of the person who said Keys.) I use each line, starting with it. Remembering all the comments 8:00a to record a one-line summary really helps with motivation of each activity for the day. through the dull times. 1m HOURS 6. Heart Rate information such as: Appoint~ent Book 11/18/92 2:04 p~ te~p .abk Dai iy Resting heart rate, maximum Training Hours By Week Chart ThurSdatlune 25th. 1992 heart rate during high intensity ~;~~a 'Rf-'t!-' l10:00 TRK-I-30 training, average heart rate during 11:00 I also do a Kilometer Summary Re­ 12:00p a specific endurance workout, 1:00 port that produces a stack bar chart 2:00 3:00 etc .. 4:00 similar to the hourly chart. In addi­ 5:00 tOF='-l ::I: .;;. ,- ~ rl:,-r- ,.: tion, it shows the intensity of the H-=-l -1_lJt (,,-,t,) Flnd \lOlt ,-1""1 The one line APPT entry is used for work volumn. quantitative analysis, while the note Appointment Book ATD Screen portion attached to each entry is used for qualitative analysis and to search iii Find it on The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK, Nov/Dec 92. The entry on each line is made up of on. All that is needed now is to sum­ three components, each separated by marize and present this information. a dash. These components are; 1) a Back Issues of code representing the activity (rr= Using Lotus in Training The HP Palmtop Paper road ride, trk = track training, mace and as Team Accountant = road race, etc.), 2) duration of the While supplies last, you may purchase sets of During the season I'm tired and back issues of The HP Palmtop Paper or The activity in hours, and 3) the number impatient, so getting useful informa­ of kilometers ridden. In the screen HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK. Use the enclosed tion in an easy way is important to order card or contact Thaddeus Computing Inc, above, 10:00a TRK-1-30 indicates that me. I print my Appointment Book while track training for 1 hour I rode file to DIARY. TXT, a file without Phone: 800·373·6114 or 515·472·6330 30 kilometers. notes or many days per page. Then Fax: 515·472·1879.

30 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER I DECEMBER 1992 This B Of Knowledge Should Be Cast In Stone.

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much he will share with his team­ demonstrate the power of the palm­ The benefits of these analyses are mates. This template also generates a top by easily generating reports on threefold. First, I can try to correlate pie chart of each rider's contribution, demand. (See page 42 of the Fall '91 performance to training time or to and shows who the "Free Riders" issue, and ad on page 19 of this issue training activity. Secondly, I can (non-contributors) are. for more on Money Manager.) compare data, year to year, and ad­ just my training program according­ HP CALC Personal Food Analyst ly. (For example, I can compare the Another part of my automated diary PF A not only provides tremendous total number of hours of weight is a set of HP CALC equations. Most insight into the foods I am (and training I did in Dec. of 1992 vs. Dec. of these equations are used for the should be) eating, it's easy to use. of 1993.) Finally, the onset of over timed cycling events such as Track The program is customizable to user training can be better predicted (and and Time Trials. For example, if I needs and graphically and numer­ thus avoided) by analyzing the third know somebody has posted 50 min­ ically shows where you are with graph the resting heart rate trend utes for a 40 K time trial I can quick­ respect to your daily and weekly line. ly see what average speed I should nutritional goals. After using the There is one place where I use be looking for during my race (I have program I was astonished with how Lotus for data entry. I wear a heart a computer that tells me average much fat is in my diet - I thought I rate monitor that stores my heart speed on my bike). was eating well. My protein con­ rates during training and racing. I use another equation in Track sumption was also far below what it These heart rates allow me to quan­ Cycling to solve for either finishing should be, as was my fiber intake. tify how hard my body is being time or lap time. I then link the vari­ PFA's analysis showed that I was OK pushed. After the activity I recall the ables of this equation to another to with Iron, which is important for an data and manually input the figures calculate the average speed for this athlete's ability to transport oxygen into one of my Lotus templates (TTT­ race. For example, if I want to do a 5 in the blood. When I show people .WK1 iii). With the push of a button minute pursuit (4K), I enter this my 95LX, this particular program is a I see a nice line graph that I use to amount in for Time and hit space on major attention getter. show my coaches. Lap and see I need to do each lap in I understand that the next version 29.7 seconds. Then I go to my Aver­ of Personal Food Analyst will be age Speed equation and see I need to system compliant, which will make it HEART RATE VS. TIME be doing 48 K/hr after the start. Now even easier to use. (See page 41, I can pace my self two ways. Jul/ Aug 92 and ad on page 31 of this Since Track Bikes are limited to a issue for more on PFA.) single gear I use another equation to pick the best one. Conclusion The above description of my ATD is PHONE another excellent example of how the Heart rate graph I use phone as a spare parts data 95LX's features and programs can be base. I can keep an inventory of what combined in extraordinary ways. The statistical calculations performed equipment I have and how much As you can imagine, not too many by the template include a frequency each costs and where I acquired each cyclists are aware of pocket comput­ and cumulative frequency distribu­ piece. ers. I always catch people's attention tion. This will tell me the percentage when I update my diary. When they of time I spent over my anaerobic COMM ask me what I am doing, I first show threshold and therefore how much I can use the built-in communications them the speed and ease of the in­ lactate I produced and tolerated. program to call the computer of our stant graphing and reports. The con­ Knowing these and other variables is local newspaper with our Team's versation quickly goes to what games very important for determining the race results while we are away. This I play on it and what interesting optimum training program and race provides sponsors wider exposure. sounds I get my 95LX to make. strategy. Arnie's "I'll be back" which I play Finally, I use Lotus as our Team Money Manager using SoundPlay iii is always a great Accountant. After each event a Lotus My sponsors require a Profit and hit. template spreadsheet is used to re­ Loss (Winning and Expense) Report I am enjoying using my 95LX and cord each rider's earnings. Then our for each sponsored event that I at­ the ever-growing benefits it gives me. team's winning payout formula is tend. I use Money Manager to track applied to calculate how much of his winnings and expenses by setting up winnings he will keep and how a "Project" for each event. I can then Iii Find it on The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK, Sep/Oct 92. TTTWKI on the Nov/Dec 92 ON DISK.

32 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992

SmartDock™Docking Stations SmartDock DataExcha from Sparcom Corporation DOSlWindows for yOUi instantly connect your palmtop to windows let you file trc. up and running instant the growing world of global com­ munication. Our software and hard­ ware applications quickly link your ---

palmtop to your desktop PC, ~------~ Macintosh, any parallel printer, portable disk drive, modem or fax machine. SmartDock InPrint has built-in serial to parallel connectors that instantly put you in print mode; ready to print directly from your And the SmartDock system saves HP 95LX to any printer. Quick connect design eliminates cumber­ you half the cost of the software, some cables and converters. Includes SmartDock Station and DataExchange. hardware and cables you would need to purchase separately. All available in one convenient, easy to use docking station.

So if becoming more efficient and productive appeals to your good business sense, discover the ultimate in system connectivity. Introducing The SmartDock system from Sparcom. All the right SmartDock Dr; SmartDock Station eliminates the HP 95LX, lets J usual web of loose cables and plugs Save money to with a single, 4-pin serial connector. DOS 3 112" dis) Slide the palmtop onto the Station. 1.44MB). A sin Clips securely into place. Instantly the Drive for uJ you're in touch with your PC or Mac. portable use. (I cable, and drivt rge is the palmtop connectivity kit for PC or System 6 & 7 for Mac. Pop-up 1sfer easily and automatically. And you're /1 Includes SmartDock Station.

SmartOock FaX/Modem will fax any ASCII file from your HP95LX. Send and receive files from your office or favorite bulletin board through the modem. You're connected beyond your palmtop to services like CompuServe and MCI Mail. Includes SmartDock Station, DataExchange

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Swift! Basic. Quickly enter and run Basic programs on your HP Connectivity. No matter ~:'~~~u~:~r~;~~~~~~~ mOd;ern, ~fd'lfv--! what language you speak. language especially , designed to meet the Data Exchange is the first palmtop titles and body text per speech. A needs of HP 95LX product that gives the HP 95LX large screen-font makes it easy to users. It is fully user seamless connectivity with the read the infor­ integrated in the Macintosh. File transfer (both mation during System Manager environment and has the same user interface as ASCII and binary files) between the presentations internal applications. HP 95LX and the Macintosh is and a built-in quick and easy. Specifically clock with blink­ Keeping It All designed to be HP 95LX system ing cursor keeps Organized. manager compliant, DataExchange the presentation Protect your valuable can be accessed without exiting or on schedule. A palmtop or handheld com­ halting other programs or built-in warning is flashed prompting the puter with Sparcom's applications. DataExchange also speaker to begin the wrap-up. Pocket Professional translates personal information Organizer. Designed to fit manager data between the 95LX Speaking either the HP 95LX or and several popular Macintosh of Fun. 48SX, the Organizer is programs such as PowerUp Five of the more than a carrying case. Made AddressBook Plus and Claris world's best of leather, it holds memory cards, Hypercard. board games credit cards, your passport, checkbook, pens, and to challenge of course, your palmtop. It has a zippered pocket for important Speaking of Solutions. the palmtop documents and a detachable swivel strap. PodiumPal, the confidence build­ user: Chess, Checkers, ing, presentation program for the Backgammon, Space Invaders and beginner or professional speaker, Tetris. Games95 offers hints for the helps you create, organize, time next move and sides can be 'Technical information covered by this product summary is for informational purposes only and and deliver your presentations. swapped - especially if the com­ subject to change without notice. Product names listed are trademarks of their respective manufacturers. Company names listed are trademarks or trade names of their various companies. Generate up to 12 "notecards" of puter is winning. Smar1Dock trademark pending. ©1992 Sparcom Corporation. All rights reserved. 119205 Help! Choosing a Product of the Year Isn't Easy. We'll nominate 95Buddy, SWITCH! 2.0, the ACE! Double Card as contenders, but which products do you think are the best? While you're thinking, take a look at Sokoban, Games95, the spell checker and graphics generator mentioned later in this article.

By Hal Goldstein to let users of the HP 95LX built-in and in the July/August 92 issue, software accomplish more with few­ page 8. Allowing a host of new pro­ Products of the year er, more intuitive keystrokes. Here grams to work fully in conjunction Innovation spawns innovation. The are just a few example: with the built-in applications is a HP 95LX Palmtop PC has spawned a gigantic achievement. One new fea­ • You can time/date stamp your ture of SWITCH! I can't live without: mini-industry. Page through this MEMO, PHONE file, or APPT The ability to run DOS programs issue and be astounded at the creativ­ note by pressing ICTRLI-B. ity of vendors who have developed without exiting built-in applications. • Press I MENU I-U to save (update) solutions to make the HP 95LX even your MEMO, 1-2-3, APPT, more useful then it already is. ACE! DoubleCard PHONE, or HP CALC file. Finally, and perhaps the most impor­ What about a "product of the • Pressing (( produces a ":", pressing year"? When you combine all the tant new utility is the ACE double­ )) produces a "\", and pressing == card software (see review in the Sep­ freeware and shareware software makes a "_": No more pressing with commercial hardware and soft­ tember/October 92 issue, page 17 I < Shift > I 5 for a":". ware there are more than five hun­ and the ad in this issue, inside front dred products to choose from. "Ob­ • In Filer type t and you will move cover). This custom version of Stack­ to the first file beginning with a jectively" choosing the best products er for the HP 95LX makes data com­ "t". If it's TALK.TXT, press IENTERI would be a difficult task. pression invisible to the user. Put twice to edit it in MEMO. Instead I will begin a discussion. double-card software on your RAM If you have a product that you can­ • In FILER, pressing ( is the same disk or built-in C drive and you dou­ not live without, please write in. We as pressing ~ A: (goto the A: ble the amount of disk space avail­ will publish your responses in the drive) and pressing) is the same able. Real estate is precious and ex­ next few issues. Perhaps towards the as pressing ~ C: (goto the C: pensive on the HP 95LX. Double card end of 1993 we will ask for submis­ drive.) Press a comma to launch software is a cost-effective way to sions as to your vote for product of DOS. increase that disk space for your files. the year, 1993. • A find and replace feature as well I look forward to your recommen­ Many hardware and software as repeat last edit are added to dations of indispensable products. candidates come to mind as possible MEMO, APPT, and PHONE. "products of the year". I'll start our • You can rename the "Name", Games Revisited discussion with three utilities that ex­ "Number" and "Address" field In the Jan/Feb 1992 issue we devoted tend and expand on the 95LX's built­ names in PHONE. quite a bit of space to games includ­ in capabilities. ing hidden built-in Hearts and Bones The list of 95Buddy features goes on, as well freeware and shareware 95Buddy and on, and on, and on. games. Here is a brief update on the As we were putting this issue to bed, The documentation in the new games front. I received the latest version of 95Bud­ 95Buddy is complete and easy to use. Sokoban Iii has emerged as one dy (reviewed on page 6 of the Ju­ [Jeffrey Mattox gives a list of 95LX popular free game for those long ly / August 92 issue, update informa­ bugs in the next issue - Rich.] hours in airports. (If you're a bit tion, page 18 this issue). Awesome! I compulsive you might avoid this have just played with it for a few SWITCH! game of logic as it could cost you minutes. There are over 100 new My second nomination is SWITCH! features to make your life with the 2.0. SWITCH! has been well-chron­ HP 95LX easier. 95Buddy is designed icled in this issue (pages 25 and 52) Ii Find it on The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK, Nov/Dec 92.

NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 37 USER TO USER: Looking for Products of the Year many hours. And yes, each maze has Sparcom, with their new Games95, 60K of system RAM. Then it is acti­ a solution.) Sokoban consists of a has come up with a coup of sorts - vated by pressing ICTRq three times. series of some 85 mazes, each a sep­ some classic games incredibly well­ (the program beeps when activated). arate puzzle. The idea is to push ob­ implemented on the HP 95LX. The After that, as you type, each time jects through a maze until they are user interface and graphics are out­ I < Spacebar > I or I ENTER I is pressed the all in the dump. As you may have standing and the computer in most word to the left is checked. If the guessed, this isn't always easy: You cases does a reasonably good job program recognizes the word, noth­ can only push; you can only move holding its own in competition. ing happens. If the program does not, one object; the maze doesn't give you Games95 includes Chess, Check­ then it beeps. To deactivate, press much room to manoeuvre; other ob­ ers, Backgammon, Space Invaders, I CTRLI three times. jects tend to act as movable walls. and Tetris. According to Robert, GRAPHI.ZIPii Sokaban can be found on Internet, All the games but Tetris are writ­ is the best 95LX graphics draw­ CompuServe HandHeld forum, and ten by Andrew Glaister. Yann Rousse ing/viewing package. It can import The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK. has enhanced the same version of .PCX graphics files, draw circles and Tetris that appeared on the free 1992 rectangles automatically, allow single Subscribers Disk to include a hori­ pixel drawing, and create lines and zontal as well as a vertical board. fills shapes automatically. The author Sok oban: Gafl'le If Level 11 you are a game enthusiast, you asks a $5 shareware contribution. Undo should also consider the ACE Restart Quit GAMEcard VOLUME 1. The card Previous Next Find it on The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK, Nov/Dec 92, Goto includes Tetris, Blackjack, Craps, ii Adventure, Reversi, Go, Poker, and Also available on Internet and CompuServe. more (14 games on a ROM card). Many of these games are written by Contact Information contributing editor Ed Keefe. Installa­ Sample Sokoban Maze tion and access is simple. Put GAME­ 95Buddy - $40 (Shareware) 95Buddy is available on The HP Palmtop card in the 95LX card slot, press IALTI­ Paper ON DISK, in Library #7 of Compu­ HP95LX CHESS 5P1U!tll" I MENU I, and up pops an ICON-filled Serve's HPHAND forum. or directly from the

Select Piece screen written by Dave Goodman. author (add $5 shipping): Jeffrey Mattox, (Whi te Moves) P.o. Box 45282, Madison, WI 53744-5282, USA. ESC=Exit ACE GAMEcard I 12:20 aOl ,~ III DoubleCard - varies I":':'f";:f',~~~~'o":::!!' < G8-F6 ) IEXITI ~ HP95: You: ... 1-4 MB RAM memory cards available from \It ® § III "'="~~~~"-"7""ii"-' 00:00:02 Levell •• rifJ ACE Technologies, Inc., 2880 Zanker Road, ~.. Suite 103, San Jose, CA 95134, USA; • I 0+ ~..;;':: II ~ ~ Phone: 800-825-9977 or 408·428-9722; Games95: Chess Screen • I a L II [ J , Fax: 408-428-9721. ~l!tl U E 5 D ~ ~ III M X U T GAMEcard • $79 .... --n.R~" Available from ACE Technologies (see ACE GameCard Opening Screen above contact information). r:m Ig!I Games95 - $49.95 III Move the cursor to your program Available from Sparcom Corporation, 897 (for example, the dice are craps) NW Grant Ave., Corvallis, OR 97330, USA; press I ENTER I and you start playing. Phone 800-827-8416 or 503-757-8416; Fax: PL' 503-753-7821; CompuServe ID: [75320, • 2440}. Worth Mentioning Games95: Backgammon Screen A spell-checker and a graphics gener­ GRAPHI - $5 (Shareware) Available on The HP Palmtop Paper ON ator have surfaced. Physician and DISK, Nov/Dec 92. contributing editor Robert S. Willi­ ams not only found the Sokoban SOKOBAN - freeware Available on The HP Palmtop Paper ON game, but located two other pro­ DISK, Nov/Dec 92. grams of interest. SPEL95.ZIP Ii is freeware and the first spelling-check­ SPEL95 - freeware er alternative to HP's Diction­ Available on The HP Palmtop Paper ON ary /Thesaurus card that works with DISK, Nov/Dec 92. MEMO. It is good for catching typos. SWITCH! - $69 Games95: Horizonal Tetris Screen This is a unique TSR spell-checker Available from ACE Technologies, see that works on the 95LX. You load the above contact. program at boot-up and it occupies

38 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 PHONE IICut and Pastell Data­ base Saves Time and Effort!

This user has turned PHONE into a catch-all database that helps him keep track of documents, and lets him cut and paste useful information to MEMO and APPT. PHONE

By Ronald Vieceli 95LX can easily exchange information through its clipboard. This makes it Edit card 01/01/ 80 12: 35 am Many of the "problems" with the possible to take address information Ent er t he na~e 95LX's built-in applications don't from PHONE and drop it into a ~~:~~r: ~~;P. Address. 9876 Somewhere Dr. have a thing to do with hardware or MEMO letter. A normal PHONE Fict ional, IA 59999 software. They result from our own entry has the last name, first name in limited view of what we think the the first field, phone number in the applications should accomplish. This second, and address in the third. n'=E't- n' 0:- Ho:-l Flrl'j article outlines some different ways I put additional records for the to look at Phone Book and how it same name in the Phone Book in a Phone Book Record, Additional Entry relates to the other built-in applica­ form that is more useable when cut tions. I hope it will give you some and pasted into the other applica­ If I want to write a letter to John ideas you can use to make the 95LX tions. So, for example, the first entry Smith, I'll open a blank MEMO better meet your needs. for "John Smith" would be in the screen, go to PHONE and highlight The first thing we have to do is normal form, like this: John Smith (not Smith, John), press look at all of the applications in ~ to copy the information to the terms of what they really do and clipboard, go back to MEMO and how they integrate with the overall Edit card press ~ to paste it into MEMO. Ent er t he name system. I think one of the BIG I'll make additional entries for the stumbling blocks with the Phone ~~:~~r: ~~a Address: same person in PHONE, if I run out Book is its name. If it was called §~~2c~o~~~~ere Dr. Fict ional, lA 59999 of room. I create additional records DATABASE, and if the Name, Num­ Fax - 123-456-9876 EMAIL - CIS 77777,1234 with the same name followed by a ber, and Address fields were called Wife: Suzie Kids' Fred Sarah number 0,2,3, etc.) to keep things n.=,=,,- n'1? FIELDl, FIELD2 and NOTES, users H>?l FInd organized. So, for example, if the first would have a much more open view entry was Smith, John, the second of what it was for. Phone Book Record, Normal Entry entry would be Smith, John2, the It's true that Phone Book is differ­ third, Smith, John3, etc. The sorting ent from other databases. It has fewer I also put EMail ID's, fax numbers, feature of the Phone Book will keep fields, they can't be renamed or rear­ and other information in the Address these records together and in the ranged, and you can't change their field. I could then make a second numbered order. They would look length. So what! Instead of focusing record, with name, address, and like this on my main Phone Book on the fact that it doesn't work like a salutation set up as shown below. screen (see graphic, next page): regular database, focus on how you can use PHONE along with the other built-in applications to accomplish what you want. ABOUT THE AUTHOR [Ron Vieceli lives in Carbondale, Illinois, ~ith his wife Betsy and t~o children,; Ka~ie (13) and Charlie (6). Ron is a representative for VAtIC (The Varzable AnnUIty Life Creating a Insurance Company), which specializes in providing retirement plans to ~ducators "Cut and Paste" Database and the health care industry. Ron uses .IllS 9!5LX. to keep .tra~k of appomtments, Remember that the built-in applica­ communicating with the office, and keepmg clIent mformatzon m a 1-2-3 database. Contact RON on CompuServe [73310,36631 or Mel MAIL RVIECEU MCI ID: tions are an integrated system sup­ 336-3692.1 porting each other. For one thing, the

NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 39 HOW TO USE: PhoneBook

Phone Book 11/18/92 3:26 PI'I fI'lain.pbk Index w P!3I1!"M_~;ro, e:w:emSI'Iith. John2 123-456-7890 ...... Sm it h. John3 123-456-7890 ...... 472 5351 ...... ~~~~~. TAi~en 472 9020 Sorf 1at on, John 472 5526 Sot ware Product ion 472 8171 Stan Morgan Stanley. Gordon l~~7 5~jlichi9an Av Stauffer Dee 707 887 1891 Mobile Data Storage Phone Book Sorting Multiple Entries Is I can highlight the first entry and press I ENTER I to view the entire con­ tents of the card. With the first Smith, IN THE John open, I can view the contents of the additional entries by pressing CARDS. I < PG UP > I and I < PG ON > I. I can create a new Phone Book Today's personal computers - notebook, pen-based and palmtop card by cutting and pasting infor­ SOLVING YOUR MEMORY - depend on credit-card-sized RAM memory cards. For these CARD SYSTEM NEEDS mation from MEMO. For example, I new machines, Adtron's RAM cards offer the low power, high per­ can copy name, address, and saluta­ formance data storage you need for your state of the art personal computer, in sizes from 64 KBytes to 2 MBytes. tion information from the beginning For even greater convenience, Adtron's SolidState Data Drive easily of a MEMO letter and paste the in­ transfers data stored on RAM cards to your home or office PC. formation into PHONE. I press I!!I to The SolidState Data Drive reads and writes data and program files Ailt=ton begin Marking the text, use my Ar­ directly, just like a floppy disk drive. CORPORATION You'I! never again have to fumble with cables, and there's no new row Keys to highlight the desired 128 West Boxelder Place, Suite 102 data link program to learn. SolidState Data Drive models connect Chandler, AZ 85224 information, and press ~ to copy directly to the serial port, printer port or intemal bus slot of your 602-926-9324 FAX 602-926-9359 the text to the clipboard. I then desktop computer. Bicom. Epson . Gridp,d. HP95LX. IBM PCR,dio. NCR 3125. switch back to PHONE and press ~ To place your order or obtain free literature, cal! today! Palmcom , Poqet pc , Samsung Penmaster, Sharp PC·3000 to paste the information into a new card. The information will appear in the new card, line for line, as it ap­ peared in MEMO. The first line will and disorganized appearance. There desired blank timeslot and press ~ . be copied to the Name field, the sec­ are no more neat rows of names and This pastes the contents of the Name ond line to the Phone field, and sub­ numbers. Fortunately, PHONE's field from PHONE into the selected sequent lines (maximum of 8, includ­ search features make it easy to find APPT timeslot. With the APPT time ing blank lines) to the address field. things. For example, press ~ and slot still highlighted, press ~ to go The first two lines can be no longer type in can and you'll get every re­ to the Note screen. Press ~ again than 30 characters and the others no cord that has "can" in any field, in­ and the entire record from PHONE longer than 39. You must end each cluding Canada, canvas, and toucan. will be placed in the appointment line by pressing I ENTER I. You can put unique codes in with the note. The entire PHONE record will The Phone Book record I create in PHONE entries to help you organize always fit into an APPT note. You this manner can be copied and past­ and find records. For example, you now have the pertinent information ed to MEMO the next time I write a might put @@ in client's records to available without looking for it. letter to the same person. I also use distinguish them from personal friends. Then all you would have to the Phone Book to store addresses to Document Management do is press ~ @ @ I ENTER I to get a print on the envelopes. These records with Phone Book are in all caps (to conform to the new subset of your Phone Book with only I use my 95LX to create most of my postal rules) and end with a form­ clients displayed. correspondence and reports. I write feed character (I CTRq-L) to eject the memos and letters while I am wait­ envelope from the printer. Copying from Phone to ing to see an appointment. I then Appointment Book print them or send them out Email. I Finding Things In You can also copy and paste from keep backups of the files on my PC This "Cut and Paste" Database PHONE to APPT. Go to the main in case I need to refer back to them Creating all these different kinds of screen in PHONE and highlight the later, and delete the originals on the Phone Book entries does give the record you want to copy. Press ~, 95LX to free up memory. Unfortu­ main Phone Book screen a ragged switch to APPT and highlight the nately, this procedure leaves me with

40 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 asterisk "*" makes searches more IMPROVE YOUR GOLF Copying and pasting to exclusive.) I use the last eight lines to WITH the Phone Book. enter a description of the file. Each 1. Up to ten lines can be pasted to a phone line can be up to 39 characters long record. The first two lines can contain up to 30 and must end with a carriage return LINKS[RRD characters. The remaining eight lines can (press 1 ENTER'). The line cannot auto­ contain up to 39 characters. All lines must end matically wrap to the next line or the in a carriage retum. Lines that are wrapped by information beyond the automatic an application will not paste properly. ( wrap will not transfer to PHONE. 2. The first line must contain at least one Next I copy this information to character in addition to the carriage return . my Phone Book. I press ~ (Mark), Lines after the first can contain only carriage use the ArrowKeys to highlight the 1\, returns and will paste as blank lines. desired text (the ten lines or less just 3. Control characters that the 95LX supports entered), and press ~ to copy the can be included in the text, i.e. formfeeds information to the clipboard. I then (I CTRL'-L). open the FILES Phone Book and press I!!J to Paste the ten lines into a Copying and pasting from the Phone new entry. Book to other built-in applications. I can search the FILES Phone Book by keywords or a description of 1. The Phone Book supports 30 characters in the name line. Pasting to an appointment slot the file and find out what the file­ will truncate the text after 27 characters. name is. Integrated golf scorecard game analyzer & records 2. Only the name line will be pasted into the system for the HP95LX. appointment slot. PHONE: A Simple, Flexible Database 3. An entire Phone Book card can fit into the Feature8lnclude: The most basic way to look at note space of an appointment. Use both on and/or off course. PHONE is to view each card as a Any number of golf courses. 4. Records from Phone Book will overwrite record consisting of ten fields (each Automatic card preparation, 1-4 players. text in an appointment slot if you paste to an line a separate field). The first two "occupied" slot. Stroke, Match, Par, Skins & Stableford. lines are 30 characters long. The re­ Multiple scorecards plus side scorecards. 5. Text from Phone Book is always entered as maining eight in the address section PGA golf school round and play analysis. a label when you paste to Lotus 1-2-3. Even if are 39 characters long and must end it is a number. Short and long game analysis. in a carriage return to keep them Faster entry than manual scorecard. 6. The 95LX always inserts a carriage return separate. If you enter information in Print scorecard, game analysis & strategy. at the end of the line in the Name: and the a consistent manner you can then Instructional manual Includes full tutorial. Number: lines when you paste from the Phone keep the field information straight Supplied on both 3.5' and 5.25' diskette. Book (even if the number line is blank). You and use the Copy and Paste features must enter carriage returns manually in the Address: field to paste them to another appli­ to put the data in other applications. Olympic Computer Systems cation. For its limitations, PHONE is a 13 Farrier Place, CUtIe Hili remarkably flexible database. You can Sydney, NSW 2154, Australia. use it to store bits and scraps of all • Sydney 61 2 634 5495 Fax 61 2 899 5513 a backup directory filled with lots of sorts of information, including ad­ dresses, MEMO headers, EMail ad­ short files with generally undecipher­ Order: Unkscard @ special launch price; dresses, or anything else you might able names. I use the following ap­ US. $59.95 + $5.50 Shipping & Handling. want to lift out of the Phone Book proach to help me keep track of (Allow 203 -a lor deIMIIy) and paste into another application. where a file is and what it has in it. Name ...... Using the Phone Book for these func­ I have a separate Phone Book Addrea ...... called FILES. When I finish a note or tions will speed your projects on the 95LX and save you keystrokes. Your letter in MEMO, I press ICTRL'-IHOME, CIty/State/Zlp...... to go to the top of the document. I Phone Book becomes like the "junk Phone ...... type the path and filename on the drawer" in your kitchen that you Pay: Check, Money Order, Mastercard, VI.a throw all your odds and ends into. first line and press 1ENTER'. On the Card# ...... second line I type a key word to aid The big difference is that PHONE's Signature ...... search features make the odd bits of in searches and press 1 ENTER'. (Use Exp. date ...... *MEMO, *LETIER, *DOC, etc .. The information easy to find!

NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 41 Lotus 1·2·3 Advice .• from My Optometrist?

Tom sees his eye doctor's advice in terms of Lotus 1-2-3, and gives three excel/ent tips for developing spreadsheets. LOTUS

By Thomas Page I assumed that I needed sunglasses - Me: "M, L, R, 8, ... " I didn't. When writing computer Dr: "I said there were no numbers!" Readers of the last issue know that I programs, or designing Lotus work­ This is a straightforward example of am experiencing some problems with sheets, a common and potentially my eyesight. My vision has improved erroneous assumption is that a cer­ a simple principle: Test your results to see if they are reasonable. since I wrote the last column, but is tain value is constant. One of "Mur­ I once worked with a person who still severely impaired. On a recent phy's Laws" for computer program­ so distrusted machine-generated visit to an optometrist, I got some mers is: "Constants aren't". As soon documents that he was accused of pointed advice about my visual prob­ as you put a constant into a program proofreading Xerox copies. This per­ lem, which leads to some interesting (or spreadsheet) you discover that the son, a computer programmer, knew insights about using the 95LX. value needs to be able to change and that there is almost a 100% probabili­ you really should have put in a vari­ ty of errors creeping into complex able. A good programmer, spread­ Adapt to Your Circumstances computer routines. He also knew that sheet designer, or analyst of any kind The conversation with the optome­ the best way to catch errors is to will check the validity of his or her trist began like this: verify the results of complex analyses assumptions by varying all the ele­ and even simple calculations. Dr: "From how far away do you ments of the equation. It helps to Verifying results is applicable on watch television?" show the effects of changing the a much wider scope than computer Me: "It's across the room." underlying assumptions, and can analysis. For example, an accountant Dr: "Could you see it better if you help to define the critical variables in would never think of doing a spread­ were closer?" a problem. sheet without "cross footing" it to Me: "Yes?" Likewise, it is a fact that computer verify accuracy. Cross footing is the Dr: "Why don't you get closer?" analysis may not produce a definitive process of comparing the sum of row result. Assumptions may be wrong, It's pretty obvious advice for some­ totals and column totals - they and different forms of analyzing a one with poor eyesight, and the gen­ should be equal. problem may produce very different eral principle, adapting to the cir­ The accountant's advice can be results. cumstances of your situation, is pret­ incorporated into a computer pro­ ty good advice for HP 95LX users. A gram or spreadsheet. It's tough to Palmtop is not as powerful as a desk­ Test the Results to See if stop someone (including yourself) top computer. Smaller and more They Are Reasonable from inputing a bad value into a limited versions of programs, includ­ The optometrist tested my eyes with spreadsheet. But it is easy to write a ing 1-2-3 spreadsheets, may be more a standard eye chart: formula to display "ERR" if an unac­ appropriate for use on the 95LX. Dr: "Read line three from the left, ceptable value is input into a cell. Even alternate forms of analysis may Consider the following formula eval­ be appropriate (see pages 30-31 of the there are no numbers on the chart." uating input in a cell range named July / August issue). "OBJECT" to determine if the input is Don't Base Your Actions on Incorrect Assumptions ABOUT THE AUTHOR The conversation continued: Tom works for a natural gas pipeline company in Houston, Texas, and was one Dr: "Bright light bother you?" of the first to use PC's in the natural gas industry. He has been a regular Me: "No." contributor to support publications of Hewlett-Packard computers for many Dr: "Then why do you own a pair of prescription sunglasses?" years. Tom's CompuServe 1D# is [76011,3655].

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NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 43 WordPerfect 4.2: MEMO Alternative for the 95LX

Looking for something more robust than MEMO? This older version of WordPerfect sports a spell checker and thesaurus! This article covers installation and work arounds for features that don 't work on the 95LX.

By Gerald B. Curtis

[Thanks to Marty Mankins of Word­ prompt using the wp/s command. It's Perfect Corporation for his feedback on, easier to do this on a PC and then and additions to this article - Rich.] transfer WP.EXE and IWPISYS.FIL screen when working on a document, over to the 95LX using the connectiv­ I set the margins to L=l, R=40. I no I read in The HP Palmtop Paper (page ity kit. When you use wp/s to start longer have to use the IALTI-Arrow 23, Jan/Feb 92 issue) that someone WordPerfect, it comes up with a Key combinations to move to the part had found that WordPerfect 4.2 small help screen. Press IENTER I to of the document beyond the right works satisfactorily on the 95LX. move to the set-up options and edge of the screen. When I'm ready However, I had some trouble install­ choose 3 to "Set Screen and Beep to print a document, or if I import it ing the program, and it took some Options." Set the number of rows to to my desktop Pc, I can reset the time and experimentation before I 16. Leave the columns at 80 (don't set margins to an 80 column format. had it working properly. columns to 40, it screws up the screen display). Keep pressing IENTER I Features That Don't Work on Installing and Setting up to accept the rest of the options. Back the 95LX, and Work Arounds WordPerfect 4.2 on the 95LX at the options screen, you need to Minus/Plus Keys and Hyphen Although you may be able to make press 0 to enter WP and save the At least two WordPerfect 4.2 keys WP 4.2 fit on the 95LX's C drive, it's changes. and one operation do not function probably better to install the software This sets you up for 16 rows, properly on the 95LX. The Minus on a RAM card. Run WP 4.2 on your which puts the bottom of the screen Key (-) on the 95LX keypad does not desktop with its setup option (de­ where it should be. However, the produce a minus in WordPerfect, it scribed in the next paragraph) and right side of the screen is still 80 scrolls the document screen back. The then use the connectivity kit to trans­ columns over, and as you type along, Plus key produces a forward scroll­ fer the necessary WP 4.2 files to a the screen will creep over as you ing action instead of a plus sign. In RAM memory card. The only file you move beyond the right edge. You can addition, pressing ICTRq-1 < Backspace > I really need is WP.EXE, the main use the IALTI-Arrow keys to move doesn't delete a word, and bolded or program file (272,946 bytes). The set­ over to parts of the screen that are italicized words don't show up on up procedure will create another not visible. IALTI-I < Shift> I plus the left the display (while underlined words small file (IWPISYS.FIL) that you or right arrow keys bump the screen do). A dash appears properly when should also transfer over to your 40 columns to the left or right. automatic hyphenation is performed. 95LX. If you have room on your In order to simulate a 40-column RAM card, you can also install the WordPerfect spelling checker ABOUT THE AUTHOR (LEX.WP- 289,460 bytes), the the­ Gerald B. Curtis is President of Gerald B. Curtis Associates, a nationwide saurus (TH.WP - 362,288 bytes), and roofing design and failure investigation firm based in Camden, New Jersey. one or more printer files (name and Mr. Curtis has been using computers since the early '80s and an HP 95LX for size varies). about a year. He says that the use of the HP 95LX has improved his business You can set up WordPerfect 4.2 operations and timely communication tenfold. He lives in Haddonfield, New by starting it from the HP 95LX DOS Jersey, a suburb of Philadelphia, with his wife and three children.

44 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 simple work-around using a Word­ One important point about restoring MILEAGE LOG Perfect macro. deletions made with the new IALT'-P macro. When you delete using I CTRLI­ 1. Create the macro on a PC running Track your car mileage and other trans­ I < Backspace > , on a PC three consecu­ portation expenses for reimbursement WordPerfect 4.2 by pressing tive times to delete three words, you or for your income tax retum. This is the ICTRLI-~ . application that HP forgot! can restore all three words by press­ 2. Enter a macro name when o Runs under System Manager ing Restore (I!!] 1). However, if you o Remembers 100 previous routes prompted. I used ALTP.MAC ii. used the IALT'-P macro on the 95LX to to save you keystrokes. The .MAC extension is recognized o Shows running total of miles and by WordPerfect as a macro file. delete three words, pressing I!!] 1 expenses. would only restore the last word AL TP means that you press IAL T ,­ o Automatic creation of new data file deleted. If you press 2 you are at beginning of each year. P to activate the macro in Word­ I!!] shown the 2nd to the last word delet­ o Prints the mileage/expense log to a Perfect 4.2. I chose "P" in ALT P formatted text file for your accountant. because it is directly below the ed and given the opportunity to o Written in 'C' and Assembler for small press 1 to restore it, or to press 2 to program size (13K) and minimal backspace key and far enough memory usage. away from the ALT key that I be shown the 3rd to the last deletion. $45.00 including S&H - check or money don't trip over my fingers when When WordPerfect is running on order - foreign orders add $7.50 trying to press the two keys. a PC, pressing I CTRq-1 END' deletes the rest of a line beyond where the cur­ Genus Software CCI!:POration 3. Type in ICTRq-1 , as the 1625 Richards Street sor is. Because the 95LX's END key is Salt Lake City, UT 84115 contents of the macro. 4. Copy the macro (ALTP.MAC) a Shifted RightArrow, you have to back to the 95LX, into the same first press I < Shift > ' and then hold A hyphen is manually produced directory that has WP.EXE. down ICTRLI and press I < RightArrow > ,. on a standard PC keyboard by pres­ 5. To delete a word in a document, (NOTE: Pressing ICTRL' and then sing the minus key found next to the place the cursor on the blank I H < RightArrow > , does not work zero in the top row of numbers. The space before it, or anywhere in reason the "normal" hyphen cannot the word, and press IALT'-P. Iii Find it on The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK, Nov/Dec 92. be produced by direct keystroke on the 95LX is that there is no top row of numbers with a minus key. However, a minus or manual hyphen can be produced by pressing IALT'-43 on the 95LX and a plus by pressing IALT'-45. Of course you could make a WordPerfect macro to create this, or any of the keys mentioned above. Many other characters can be as­ signed to an AL T or CTRL key using WordPerfect ALT /CTRL key redefi­ nition function (press I CTRLI ~ 3). But choose your redefinitions care­ fully. Some CTRL key combinations are already reserved by WordPerfect to perform other tasks. The "-" and the "+" cannot be assigned within WordPerfect in this manner because their ASCII values of 043 and 045 respectively are not within the range of values allowed for key redefini­ The desktop ThinCardDRIVPM transfers data effortlessly tion. The HP 95LX User Defined between Palmptops and MS-DOS® or MS-Windows® PCs. CHAR keys do not work in Word­ -... Plugs right into the printer port. Pass-thru feature retains printer Perfect 4.2. i operation. Model TMD-500 reads and writes SRAM cards, . / ' TMD-550 SRAM & FLASH cards. Fully PCMCIA/JEIDA : ,,"/ compatible, with the industry's broadest range of card Word/Line Deletion ~./ supplier and platform support. It's quick and easy. Isn't it time Even though the word deletion func­ you put one on your expense report? tion (lCTRq-1 I) does not Call (716) 889-4204 for further information. ThinCardDRIVE is a trademark OE / 1 work on the HP 95LX, there is a of Darabook, Inc. M Dea er inquiries welcome.

NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 THE HP P ALMTOP PAPER 45 HOW TO USE: WordPerfect 4.2 for some reason.) The STICK.COMO line of three possible replacements utility makes IALTI and ICTRq "sticky", words, even if there are more possi­ which means that you can press them bilities. Press ~l~J to toggle PALMTOP DATABASE and let go instead of holding them through the other possible replace­ down. Using STICK.COM in conjunc­ ment words. When you see the cor­ Improve your productivity with tion with WP 4.2 makes using ICTRq­ rectly spelled word, type the letter and IALTI-key combinations easier to that is next to the word (A,B, or C) palmtop software built to use on the 95LX. and that word will replace the one in satisfy your specific needs. We the text. create database solutions for Viewing Bolded or Italicized Words the tracking of products, people When you bold or italicize a word in Some Final Tips and resources on the HP 9SLX. WordPerfect, the codes show up in Because of the limited RAM disk Our relational database is so the Reveal Codes screen, but the storage available on the 95LX, an small, you won't need a RAM word(s) do not appear bolded or error message may pop up advising card! italicized on the 95LX's screen. I you that there is insufficient memory We provide: bracket these words with a rarely on the drive where WordPerfect's Rapid development; usually used character (such as ., created on temporary files are stored. The mes­ under a month the 95LX by pressing ICHAR I B) to sage and any difficulty can be avoid­ Custom reports make them easier to see. When it ed by invoking WordPerfect's WP­ User documentation comes time to print the document or .EXE with another special software Training & support to transfer it to a PC, I remove all of switch properly used. For example, if the • with a special macro (ALTB­ you want to place the temporary files For a free demo disk, .MAC ii). in a sub-directory named a:\wp\ temp, call or FAX: that you know will always have suffi­ Using WP 4.2's Spell Checker cient room available, you can do so Using WordPerfect 4.2' s Spell by using the following Word Perfect Checker or Thesaurus requires pa­ start up command and switches: wp/d·a:\wp\temp. tience and care due to the display (714) 850-1767 • FAX (714) 850-0843 discrepancies. However, I think the I have created 95LTRHD ii, a 3001 Red Hill Ave. Bldg. 4 Ste. 213 extra effort is minor compared to the header file that I temporarily put at Costa Mesa, CA 92626 fact that the speed and thoroughness the beginning of all my documents to help me remember all the ASCII IALTI of those utilities exceeds anything tant commands by heart. I have, commands and macros I have created available for the 95LX. however, taken the trouble to add a in WordPerfect. When I'm finished When WordPerfect comes to a narrow strip of self adhesive tape with the document, I delete the head­ word it's spell checker doesn't recog­ covered with clear plastic adhesive er and save or print the file. nize, it highlights the word and dis­ tape on which I have written the Fl plays spell checker options at the - FlO Function Key prompts. bottom of the screen. If you have WordPerfect 5.1 vs 4.2; your right margin set wider than 40, Other Final Comments and the highlighted word is beyond I use WordPerfect 4.2, instead of 5.1 ii Find it on The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK, the 40th column, it flashes on the because its commands are simpler AL TP.MAC, AL TB.MAC, and 95L TRHD on the No v/ screen for only a moment before the and more easily remembered, and Dec 92 issue of the Palmtop Paper ON DISK. screen moves back to the left. You because it's smaller and takes up less STICK.COM on the 1992 Subscribers Disk can press the ~-[?hlfEJ-1 < Left Arrow > I RAM disk space. It's probably possi­ or the IALT I-I < Shift > I-I < Right Arrow > I to ble to get 5.1 running on the 95LX move the screen to the left or right so loading the minimum files on a RAM Order Information you can see the highlighted word. card, and using the small .DRS file. The 16-row set up also impacts Depending on the size of your RAM WordPerfect 4.2 - $495 the way WP 4.2' s spell checker dis­ card, you may have to redirect the This product is still available from WordPer­ plays alternate words. If WordPerfect fect corporation for the suggested retail storage location of WP's temporary price listed above. You may be able to is spell checking a document and and document files to the 95LX's C special order WP 4.2 through third party comes to a word it thinks is mis­ drive. resellers for a better price. spelled, it displays a list of possible You can transfer the WP 4.2 help CONTACT: WordPerfect Corporation, correctly spelled alternative words at file over to your 95LX, but that will 1555N. Technology Way, Orem, UT84057, the bottom of the screen. When USA; Phone: (800) 222-9409; Fax: 801- cost you another 57,135 bytes of stor­ 228-5377. WordPerfect is set up for 16 row age space, which I advise against. It's display, WP 4.2 will only display one better to know WP 4.2's most imp or-

46 THE HP P ALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER I DECEMBER 1992 Getting Help for Your HP Palmtop on CompuServe

The HP Forums on CompuServe offer technical assistance with a twist. This article is an update on the information you can find in the forums, how to join CompuServe, how to find the HP Forums, and basic strategies for getting the most for your money.

By Ted Dickens

What is CompuServe? the latest from HP and other ven­ The CompuServe Information Service dors, get software updates, and tap (CIS) is a public-access computer into the wealth of public domain and system that provides more than 1400 shareware software. And unlike HP's PALM REFERENCE different information services. No support channels, the HP Forums are matter what your personal or profes­ open 24 hours a day, seven days a sional interests may be there is week. PHYSICIANS & MEDICAL something on CIS that you will find If you have used an electronic PROFESSIONAlS valuable. bulletin board system (BBS), most of In the personal computing area, the forum concepts will be familiar. Now!- There is a tool that CIS forums cover the full range of Each forum has three main areas: gives you the fl~xibility and • " l"A d hardware, software, and even paper­ Instant a€<;~s~ y'Q~pee to ware (magazines). Besides the forums • Message boards, where you can managt~W/of-YOtl i-'-je>urnal for HP, you'll find IBM, Apple, read and write messages; references uSing less than Microsoft, Lotus, Borland, Novell ... • Libraries, where you can find lOOK of memor~ on your All told, there are more than 200 files; HP95LX. ~ computer companies active on • Conference rooms, where you can CompuServe. "meet" on-line with other users. PALM REFERE~CE-Take The forums are great places to get control of you~ . references questions answered, keep up with Communicate Back and Forth today for only on Message Boards " $95 (disk version) Instead of one big message board, ", $149 (ROM version) each forum is divided into sections; LoanSTAR each section is devoted to a single To order, call or FAX Real Estate Finance System topic. The sidebar that follows lists the sections in the HP Forums. Now Available lor the HP 95LX If you have a question about the • Maximum Allowable Loan Amount Palmtop, post it in the appropriate • Amortization Schedules/Biweekly, etc. 95LX section of the HP Handhelds • Buyer's Closing CostslReg. ZI APR Forum (GO HPHAND). No matter how (714) 850-1767 • FAX (714) 850-0843 • Mortgage Refinance Analysis arcane the question, the next time 3001 Red Hill Ave. Bldg. 4 Ste. 213 • Compares: FIx, ARM, GPM, Buy Down you log on, you'll probably find at Costa Mesa, CA 92626 • FIxed vs. ARM/Rent vs. Buy • Seller's Net ProceedslInvest Schedules least one answer. • Qualifying Income and Maximum Debt You also can benefit by simply • User Programmable Variables

fREE PC DEMO DISK ABOUT THE AUTHOR Pocket Computer Systems [Ted Dickens writes PC software for Niche Designs Corporation. He joined the ~ 505 SE 15th Street CompuServe forums in 1984 and became the HP "Sysop (System Operator) in ICIIjj Gresham, OR 97080 1987. Ted's CompuServe ID # is [76701,272].] iiiiiiiiiiiliiiii__ (503) 665-6990

NOVEMBER I DECEMBER 1992 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 47 HOW TO USE: CompuServe reading the messages posted by oth­ • 3rd party products - Companies ers. It is a great way to learn about like ACE Technologies and Data­ GPS ... the 95LX because not only do you get Viz offer technical support here to answers to your questions - you'll help make the forum a more get answers to questions that hadn't complete source of 95LX support. yet occurred to you. We all learn • 95LX Users - All the rest of the from our own mistakes; the HP fo­ 95LX-related topics are discussed rums can help you learn from the here. It's a busy place! mistakes of others! There are now five sections of Browse Through Libraries interest to 95LX users: Each section has a corresponding • 95LX New Users - This is the library where you can find applica­ place to start, whether you have tion notes, product announcements, just purchased a 95LX or are software upgrades, answers to fre­ thinking about it. quently asked questions, public do­ main and shareware utilities, cap­ • 95LX Datacomm - Get informa­ How? Make world leaders tured "threads" on interesting topics, tion on how to connect your 95LX in GPS and computer to another system - whether your and more. All told, about 90MB using the serial cable, modem, worth of information. technologies work together. Each file is accompanied by a one pager, cellular phone, packet The GPSpac from GESSA radio, infrared interface, etc. line title, a paragraph or two of de­ integrates the most • 95LX Programmers - Enter the scription, and a list of key words to world of SYSMGR and learn from help you decide which files are of powerful Palmtop PC on those who have written many of interest to you. the market, the HP 95LX The 400+ files for the 95LX in­ the applications you see adver­ from Hewlett Packard, clude info on the 95LX hardware, an tised and discussed in The HP with Rockwell's NavCore V Palmtop Paper. updated list of available software packages, games, and interesting state of the art, five graphic images that can be used as channel GPS receiver. "top card" displays. The files in the Personal 95LX New Users library should be in Simple but functional! every 95LX owners bag of tricks. A Information short description of each file can be found on each issue's HP Palmtop Manager Paper ON DISK ii. for the lIP 95LX "Talk" to Special Guests K ..p In View (KJV) is the first Personal Information in Conference Rooms Manager (PIM) specifically for Conferences offer you a chance to the HP95LX. "talk" to special guests. Folks from KIV is a combination of an the HP lab, support, and marketing groups have been guests. So have the outliner and a free form data­ COMPLETE SYSTEM : LIST leaders from PCMCIA - the group base. It is only PIM that is - HP 95LX Palmtop PC $699 fully system manager compli­ responsible for the RAM card stan­ - GPSpac w/transit case $1290 ant, which means that you can dard used in the 95LX. Conference switch between KJV and any of - Battery pack $195 transcripts are kept and can be - Software on 2 Mega SRAM Card $799 the other 95LX applications. downloaded from the forum libraries.

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48 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 of $7.95/month and gives unlimited Pocket access to a range of services like Print to Parallel Printers electronic mail, travel information, from the HP95LX Sales Force! Paralink 3 is for those times you need to reference sources, etc. The alternate print to a parallel printer from the HP95LX. A powerjul,jlexible and plan is $2 / month plus connect charg­ Just connect one end of the Parallnk 3 es. No matter which plan you choose, adapter to your printer's 36-pin female interactive database program. parallel port, and the other to the 95LX via access is charged on an hourly rate: the serial cable from the Connectivity Pack. Simple to use, Pocket Sales Force will Paralink 3 is battery powered and works instantly control and plan the vital areas $6.30/ hour up to 300 baud with most parallel printers. It's light, small, of sales activity, lead and enquiry $12.80 / hour up to 2400 baud and easy to carry. maintenance, contact follow-up dates, $22.80 / hour up to 9600 baud. Paralink 3 retails for $80.00 letters and mailshots. Improve cus­ (or equivalent of £49.95) tomer servicing, reporting and strategic While that may sound steep, use the marketing. strategies that follow and your cost is To Order: Call: 011-44-438-815444 less than a penny per message. Fax: 011-44-438-815222 • 20 Fully user-definable fields, plus First, decide how you are going to full contact history. (AmEX, VISA, MasterCard accepted.) use CIS. Do you just want answers to • Sophisticated single- and multiple­ WIDgET criteria search filters. your questions, or do you want to SOFTWARE • Hot key access, compliant with 95LX keep up with what's going on in the 121 London Road, Knebworth, built-in applications. field? If the former, you only need to Herts SG3 6EX United Kingdom • Lotus 1-2-3 interface. log on when you have a question. For the latter, you will need to log on ~!9 at least once a week. (Messages 300 words per minute which most of Pocket "scroll off' after a week.) us can read comfortably. Use faster Field Force! Second, choose your baud rate rates only if you are going to be carefully. If you log on interactively, downloading files or using an auto­ Network administration system consider 300 baud. That's roughly mated access program. In fact, while jor any TUltio1UIl mobik soles team. you are learning to use CIS, 300-baud Sales Representative 'On the Road' • Each is equipped with a 95LX, RAM Card and modem to store detailed infor­ Accessing the HP Handhelds Forum mation on each company or prospect. CompuServe offers a world of useful knowledge about your 95LX through the HP Systems Forum. • Search for a selection of companies. If you have a CompuServe account, you can access the HP Handhelds Forum by typing GO • Schedule and assist with call and route HPHAND. If you don't have a CompuServe account, you can obtain a free Introductory Membership planning. by calling 800-848-8199. Ask for representative #231. International users can call 614-457-0802 • Updating, tagging, displaying records in a (USA) or one of the numbers listed below: selected order. • Sending and receiving data and question­ Toll-Free Phone Phone From Outside naires through the system-wide E:Mail Country Within Country This Country messaging facility. Argentina (+54) 1-322-1864, 5934 The Regional Sales Manager Australia 008025240 (+61) 02 4118603 • Controls and monitors the representative's Chile (+56) 2-696-8807 activity. Germany 01303732 (+49) 89 66550 111 Japan 0120221200 (+81) 03 3221 7363 • Automatic end-of-day update. New Zealand 0800446113 Head Office Co-ordinator South Korea 0800227400 (+82) 2-569-5400 • Network controlled from the pc-based Switzerland 15531 79 Head Office Coordinator component, Taiwan (+88) (6) 2-515-0330 where all the data is held. UK 0800289378 (+44) 272 255 111 • Automatic polling of managers and repre­ US & Canada (800) 848-8199 (614) 457-0802 sentatives data by modem to provide daily Venezuela (+58) 2-793-2984,2384,8694 updates for reports and analysis, pass questionnaires, revised call schedules. HP Forum Section names • Electronic mail messaging. HP Handhelds Forum HP Systems Forum HP Peripherals Forum Available Now! 1. General 1. General 1. General TO ORDER, or for more information 2. Business calcs 2. Mass Storage 2. Network printers contact: 3. Scientific calcs 3. Vectra 3. LaserJetlLaserJet " 4. Advanced handhelds 4. Vectra servers 4. LaserJet 111/4 5. 95LX New Users 5. HP110/HP150 5. DeskJet eM Software 6. 95LX Datacomm 6. Analytical 6. PaintJet Business Unit 1 7. 95LX Users 7. EtherTwist 7. ScanJet 8. 95LX Programmers 9. Test & Measurement 8. FAX products 33 Sandford Road, Littlemore 9. 3rd party products 10.NewWave 9. HPs for Apples Oxford, OX4 4XT, u.K. 11 .HP Dashboard 10.0ther peripherals 12.MPE Systems 11 .3rd party products Tel: (+44) 865-748875 13.HP-UX Systems 15.TWAIN FAX: (+44) 865748873 14.0ther HP systems

NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 49 REAL- TIME is ideal. The $15 usage credit in the MESSAGE are shareware or freeware BoxScorer introductory membership will pay for and are found on The HP Palmtop two hours of access at 300 baud - Paper ON DISK Iii. Attn: Baseball Fans, enough to learn your way around. Little League Coaches, Third, be selective. In each forum Summary and School Coaches you can select sections of interest. Whether you need an answer to a CIS will then only show you messag­ specific question or want to stay ~~Take me out to the bal/game" ... es from those sections. Further, you abreast of the latest information, the and forget your score books, pencils, and can "scan headers" and only read HP Forums on CompuServe offer the tedium of compiling year-to-date stats. "threads" that sound interesting. something to every 95LX user. Join­ Finally, use an automated access ing is easy, and in no time at all BoxScorer/Real-nme is the mobile program. These programs are written you'll be a CIS veteran. While CIS is software tool that will turn your palmtop just to access CIS and while they not free, use some simple strategies into a computerized scorebook and have different user interfaces, they and get the most for your money. compile all the stats you need to track share an underlying philosophy: Do Besides being a great source of the performance of your players and it off-line. The programs log on, pick information, the forums are fun. team. You get everything from eight up the messages you want, then log There are some real (non-ASCII) off. You read and reply to the mes­ in-depth statistical reports to automated characters. While discussing why labels for your team mailings. sages off-line, then the program logs some 95LX's make faint clicking back on and uploads the messages noises when running on batteries, we BoxScorer/Real-nme is the complete you have written. This can cut your had some imaginative explanations - solution for coaches and fans. CIS bill by 90 %. including "little green men who get Give us a call; we'd love to tell you more The automated programs were in through the door on the card slot." covered in more depth on pages 26- Try it out! about our extraordinary baseball product. 30 of the March/April 92 issue and pages 14-16 of the May/June 92 issue (800) 282-5657 of The HP Palmtop Paper. Three of Iii Find it on The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK, -SporlsWare Solutions- these programs, TAPCIS, ATO, and TAPelS and MESSAGE on the Mar/Apr 92 issue, ATO on the Fall 91 issue. Easy Printing Froln Get more out of Your Pallntop! The GA935 Printer converter your HP 9SIXbygetting lets you print directly from your HP 95LX on virtually mOremtolt. any parallel printer. It uses Now you can securely store the standard HP cable. large spreadsheets, extensive databases and complete client The Printer Converter is bat­ records - all on your HP 95LXTM! tery powered and totally Introducing SUNDISK SDp™ Storage Cards, the only high portable. density, low cost solution that's so Completely automated, with reliable your data can survive over a million years!' auto on/off, fixed baud rate SUNDISK SDP Cards meet at 9600, and supported by tough PCMCIA'~ ATA standards. Xon Xoff protocol. Capacities range from 1ME up to an astonishing 10 ME of data storage. For your nearest dealer contact: Start getting more from your HP95LX! ToorderanyofourSDP Storage Card products, please call: GRIINWICH EduCALC INSTRUMENJS USA (800) 677-7001

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Getting Lotus 1·2·3 and HP CALC to Work As a Team!

Ed demonstrates how the 95LX's CALCCELL LOTUS function integrates Lotus 1-2-3 and HP CALC

By Ed Keefe of column D to 12. mal places to 2 in cells D2, D3, D7, Now key in the following work­ Dll, and D13 (press I MENU I Range Integrating Lotus 1·2·3 sheet labels and functions. (If you Format Currency 2 while in the cell. and HP CALC want to save a lot of keystroking, just (This makes the numbers in those Let me describe a feature of the solve key in the formulas in cells Dll and cells appear with currency formats.) D13. The labels in column A are just program that will make your life in At Ceil: Key in the math lane much simpler. This reminders, anyway.) 02: 310 technique ties together Lotus 1-2-3 Cell Contents 03: 453 and HP CALC's SOLVE function. 05: 25 07: 5000 Once you have seen this technique, A1:' Whole Life vs. Term Insurance A2: 'Ann'l Prem for Term 09: 6 you will be able to design interchan­ A3: 'Ann'l Prem for Life The last two lines will not appear on geable solution programs in SOLVE A4: 'Whole Life Cash Val the HP 95LX. Press I < OownArrow > I to with one or two lines of code. AS: ' Period (years) scroll the screen to see the "bottom To show you how this technique A6: 'Whole Life Cash Val A7: ' at end of Per. line." works, I'll use INSURE.WKlii, a A8: 'Avg Ann'llnt Rate 011: $8,258.18 simple 1-2-3 worksheet that compares A9: ' over Period 013: $3,258.18 the value of whole life vs. term insur­ A10: 'Future Value of Oiff ance. A11: ' in Premiums In other words, if you invested the If you don't get The HP Palmtop A12: 'Savings (+) Loss (.) money you saved with term insur­ A13: ' with Term Ins Paper ON DISK and want to follow 011: @FV((03-02)/12,(09/12)/100,05*12) ance at a 6% annual rate, you would along on your 95LX, start 1-2-3 with 013: +011-07 earn $5,000 more over 25 years. a blank worksheet. Set column A to a width of 5 ([MENUI Worksheet Column When finished, your worksheet 8acksolving Using HP CALC Set-width 5IENTERI) and set the width should look like this. with Lotus 1·2·3 Now, suppose you wanted to run the program in reverse to find what an­ APPLICATION Ail PR [W5J' Whole Li/'e vs. rerllll!Clal nual premium for term insurance BUILDER would give a saving/loss figure of FOR THE HP 95LX $0.00 exactly. 1-2-3 can't solve such a "backsolving" and uses the HP CALC With QAPaim you can create $5,000.00 program. custom data collection and 6 $8,258.18 Keep 1-2-3 running and press viewing applications for your I HP CALCI. Then press I MENU I Solve to palmtop on your PC without activate the SOLVER. Press ~ to programming. Uses an easy Worksheet looks like this screen painting approach. Key in the numbers as shown below. Transfers data to dBase and If necessary, set the number of deci- Ii Find it on The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK, Nov/Dec 92. LotUs 123 formats. Demo avail- able. ABOUT THE AUTHOR QA SYSTEMS, INC. 220 East 42nd Street [Ed Keefe is an author, programmer, computer science instructor, and long­ New York, N.Y. 10017 time contributor to support publications for HP computers. He is the president 1800945-1717 / 212599-1717 of the FastAid Company, 314 S.w. Logan, Ankeny, IA 50021. Ed's Compu­ Fax 212-599-2614 Serve ID# is [75300,3667J.J

52 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 HOW TO USE: Backsoluing

[LCValue,d7], in the HP 95LX Users Guide, is that the EMERGENCY AND [AnlntRate,d9], spreadsheet must be active, and must d13)= have "READY" showing in the upper SavLoss TOXICOLOGY right corner. Also, the spreadsheet's PROVIDERS: Press I!!I (Calc) when you've entered input cells must not be protected. the above and key in the same set of • New Software puts numbers as you did before. How CALCCELL Works TOXICOLOGY CALCCELLO provides one of the DATABASE in the TermPrem = 310 missing parts of Lotus 1-2-3 found in LifePrem = 453 PALM of your hand! LCVPeriod = 25 other spreadsheets, the a?il~ty to do LCValue = 5000 "goal-seeking". It does thIS m a way • By touching a few keys, AnlntRate = 6 that is far better than any other goal­ PALMTOX gives quick seeking routine that I've seen. Not Press I!:] SavLoss should = 3,258.18 access to drugs and only can you solve for one variable in (assuming that you've used the com­ management in the terms of another, you can solve for mand: IMENU I Options Format Fix 2 to overdose setting. ANY variable in terms of all the oth­ set decimal places to two). ers at the push of a function key. Now to find what annual term CALCCELL is made up of a series • Brand name, peak insurance premium would give a effect, drug interaction, of input "arguments". Each argum~nt saving/loss figure of $0.00. With. the is enclosed in square brackets. InSIde clinical presentation, highlight bar on SavLoss, type m 0 laboratory and each pair of brackets are two parts; and press I!:]. Then press ~ to de­ treatment sections. the menu prompt for SOLVE and the termine the Term Premium. The an­ cell reference for 1-2-3. Each of these swer is: TermPrem = 366.42. • Available end of Feb'93 two parts is separated by a com:na. Switch back to 1-2-3 and notice If there is more than one mput that $366.42 is now in cell D2. You argument, the pairs of square brackets FOR HP95 LX have "backsolved" for that value. are separated by commas as w.ell .. PALMTOP, $295. You can delete everything in the D The final argument, ll1sIde column except the formulas in Dll CALL (414) 242-1270 CALCCELL's parentheses, is the 1-2-3 and D13 and the CALCCELL C for­ output cell. It is the value in this cell FOR DETAILS. mula will still work. Just go to CALC that is made equal to the label on the and press I!:] and all the numbers in right side of the equal sign in SOLVE. the CALC CELL formula will be re­ Backsolving is one of those rare start editing and type in the following established in the worksheet. (For instances in which the whole is great­ more about this trick, see the HP 95LX formula. (You can press I I for er than the sum of its parts. All that is new line within HP Solve editor.) User's Guide, pages 29-24 to 29-27.) left to do is to add CALCCELL's pow­ This technique will work with any er to your old spreadsheets. CALCCELL( spreadsheet that requires a number of [TermPrem ,d2], input cells and produces a "bottom Until next time, Happy Palming! [LifePrem ,d3], line" result. One stipulation mentioned [LCVPeriod,d5],

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NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 THE HP P ALMTOP PAPER 53 HOW TO USE, Advanced: P.rogrammer's Corner . t',..... " '. Inside SWITCH! 2.0 j < ~ '.... - ,- , -

Inside SWITCH! 2.0 Ed tells program developers how to make their HP 95LX applications System-Manager compliant under SWITCH! (S WI TCHable).

[For more on SWITCH!, see page 25, easier was a "loader" program devel­ function calls are implemented in the this issue Rich.) oped in UTIL Forth (see review, page *.SWI loader files created by 31, Jan/ Feb 92 issue). This program SWITCH! Loader Generator (found in By Ed Keefe gives almost any MS-DOS application the Developer's Kit). Note that the the ability to pop-up over all the loader is a .sWI file instead of the Ever since the HP 95LX came on the built in applications, except for 1-2-3. usual ".EXM". Apparently System market users have been fascinated Unfortunately, none of the built-in Manager is not as picky about exe­ with System Manager's ability to programs can pop-up over DOS cutable file names as is DOS. switch back and forth between its applications loaded in this fashion. built-in applications. However, writ­ Next came SwiftlBasic (see reivew, Technical Specifics: ing System Manager Compliant ap­ page 32, Jul! Aug 92 issue), which For Programmers Only! plications (ones that have the same gave us with the ability to create true DOS programs implementing these look and feel as the built-in applica­ System-Manager compliant programs calls to Interrupt 63h will communi­ tions) is not an easy task. in BASIC. Mark Scardina used cate with System Manager and allow The first step towards making this Swift !Basic to create SWITCH!.EXM, task switching and alarm handling a menuing system that can run up to on the HP 95LX. Since Interrupt 63h is always present on the HP 95LX, 48 different DOS and System-Manag­ these calls can be structured to allow er compliant programs at the push of for continued DOS compatibility of GoidLink95 a couple of keys. Mark's latest ver­ the calling program. sion of SWITCH! (2.0) makes creating Programs calling these functions Goldmine Translator for the System-Manager compliant programs should follow these guidelines for HP95LX! easier for the rest of us. maximum usability: 1, Programs should check if they are on an HP by A New SWITCH! using Function 4DD4h Int 1Sh which returns 48S0h Transfer appointments, phone The new SWITCH! 2.0 Developer's in BX, list, to-do list and notes between Kit lets you turn any Pascal, C, C++, 2, Whenever possible, programs should allocate any required memory before allowing task switching as Goldmine (the premier Contact Modula II/III, etc. program into a the memory may not be available upon return, The Manager) and your HP 95LX "task-switchable" application. Not Loader provides for minimum memory allocation, only will your program be able to 3, Programs should release all unused memory prior to built-in applications. Network pop up over any of the built-in appli­ allowing task switching to allow additional applica­ and single-user versions of tions to be launched, cations (including 1-2-3), any of the 4, Programs should be set up to respond to an "extend­ Goldmine also available - ask built-in applications will be able to ed keyboard". Even though all of the extended keys for a free fully-functional demo. pop up over your application. are not present on the HP 9SLX, it does, none­ The amount of recoding you'll theless use extended keycodes to access the blue function keys, If your program does not use the blue have to do with your program is Available early 93. keys, nor any of CHAR function keys, you may omit minimal. Adding a few calls to DOS this prescription, Interrupt 63hex is all it takes. All the 5. Programs should never access COM2 nor use Systronix', Inc. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 754 East Roosevelt A venue Salt Lake City UT 84105 [Ed Keefe is an author, programmer, computer science instructor, and long­ time contributor to support publications for HP computers. He is the president TEL: 801-487-7412 of the FastAid Company, 314 S.w. Logan, Ankeny, IA 50021. Ed's Compu­ FAX: 801-487-3130 Serve ID# is [75300,3667].) 88S: 801-487-2778

54 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER I DECEMBER 1992 received. Function ACEOh may also go directly to the port from disrupt­ Relocations be used to detect the presence of ing the link. SWITCH!.COM and System Manager One of the limitations to writing a system­ Int 63h, Function ACE3h : Unlock COM1 by checking that AX is returned un­ compliant EXM application has been the This function reverses the lock func­ requirement to have zero relocations in your changed. If SWITCH! is not present tion to allow for access to COM1. code. This is not an inherent limitation but one AX will be different. This function should be called as caused by a bug in SYSMGR. The main Child processes will not be soon as the program makes COM1 problem is that most programmers are un­ SWITCHable unless they explicitly available. aware of what a relocation is, much less how called the UNLOCK function. to get rid of them. Int 63h, Function ACE4h : Stuff Scancode A relocation occurs most often when the Int 63h, Function ACE1 h : SWITCH Lock This function stuffs the keyboard compiler is requested to supply a segment This function prevents the program buffer with the passed keystroke address. The number of relocations or fix-ups from being task switched by System upon returning to System Manager. is specified in the header of the EXM at offset Manager. An UNLOCK should al­ This will allow for the return to a 06h. The actual values are contained in the ways follow as soon as the program specific application. header starting at the offset specified by the is again interruptable. It is not neces­ value at offset 18h. sary to call this function if an UN­ The insidious nature of the bug is that Loading Programs SYSMGR does more fix-ups than the header LOCK has not been called. Programs are defaulted to the LOCK condition. SWITCHable applications are specifies. If a program with fix-ups is run and launched from System Manager by a then a subsequent program with fewer is Int 63h, Function ACE2h : Lock COM1 *.sWI Loader. This loader commu­ loaded, there are fix-ups left over in SYS­ This function prevents System Man­ MGR's relocation table that it will try to pro­ nicates with SWITCH!, and accom­ cess. ager from opening the COM port and plishes the following before launch­ SWITCH! version 2 eliminates this prob­ thereby maintaining control. An ing the application. lem by making sure that the table is clear unlock should always follow as soon First the loader shrinks 1-2-3 if whenever a system compliant program is as the COM port is again available. open and allocates required memory loaded. This will not prevent programs that (a minimum of 64K for *.COM files).

COM1 for interrupt driven transmission without a modified low level routine. 6. Mode 7 text is the only video mode available. Graph­ ics are implemented in a non-standard way.(How Serial and Parallel well we know!) 7. Whenever possible, programs should be implement­ ed as an EXE-type executable file. When a COM Connectivity Kit© for HP 95LX format is required, the stack area needs to be explicitly allocated and sized on startup due to a bug in MS-DOS 3.22 that allows the stack to over-write the C: drive if programs are launched with less than The choice is yours: 64K of memory. B. Programs should not get keyboard input below Int 16h. i.e do not use Int 09h. BSE: Other: Connects HP 95 to: Connects HP 95 to: Interrupt 63h Functions a_ Any PC a. Any PC The following Interrupt 63h functions are provided in the *.sWI loaders b_ Serial Printer b. Serial Printer available to launch DOS programs. c. Parallel Printer These functions are set up by d. Portable hard disk SWITCH!.COM, which is a System Manager Shell program available from ACE Technologies. All registers not required for output will be re­ No Installation. No Batteries. No Hassle. Costs less. No kidding. turned unchanged. At HP dealers everywhere. Ask for the BSE Connectivity Kit.

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Upon return, the process is re­ Order Information versed, but now the memory is re­ Manhattan turned to the application and any SWITCH 2.0 Developers Kit - $99 free System Manager memory is Available ...... Dec, 1992 Consulting allocated to the loader. Presents: The System Manager alarm func­ Tools necessary for program devel­ tion is supported. To make the alarm opers to create SWI files necessary External Pocket independent of a keypress, a key­ to make their programs SWITCH­ able. The Developer's Kit will include Modem 2400BPS board loop using INT 16h Func 1h or an unlimited license to distribute Hayes Compatibility 11h is required. Upon activation, the loaders created with it. A Menu driv­ Useable with all PC's screen will be saved and cleared, the en Loader Builder will be provided as message displayed, and the screen well as complete instructions for its HP 95LX Compatible redrawn. Includes: use. A copy of the full SWITCH! pack­ • All Connectivity Conclusions age will be included with the • Accessories for HP* Developer's Kit, as well as APP95- and PC's: Case, Only one SWITCHable application can be in memory at anyone time. .EXE, an application launcher that Batteries, Cables, emulates task switching capability on Prior ones will be swapped to disk PC Software a PC. The HP Connectivity Pack is with the reserved space specified required for this part of the package. Introductory Price of when launching SWITCH!.COM. CONTACT: ACE Technologies, Inc., Only $79.99!!** SWITCH! is good news for Pascal 2880 Zanker Road, Suite 103, San and Modula II programmers. It is Jose, CA 95134, USA; Phone: 800- ($59.99 willi this .I., possibly the only way that any of our 825-9977 or 408-428-9722; Fax: Call (818) 996-9264 programs will ever achieve a good 408-428-9721. measure of System Compliancy. and place your order Until next time. now! *Requires HP Serial Cable **Plus S&H, Tax (CA Residents)

The loader may, then, display an error message if the necessary mem­ ory is not available. If all goes well, the loader swings into operation. It moves System Manager application data segments and itself to the top of memory. Then it chains to INT 16h to provide a link to System Manager. Next, it chains to INT 21h to protect against re-entering DOS. The loader sets the required, display character­ istics, the required startup drive and directory, and, finally, executes the application. Once an application is running, it is not able to be task switched until the UNLOCK call is made. Upon receiving a valid hotkey the follow­ EC·95 ENVIRONMENTAL CASE for the HP95LX ing events occur: First, any unused • Rugged aluminum case with high-gloss finish • Waterproofs and shock mounts the HP95LX for hostile environments memory is temporarily reallocated to • Built-in rechargeable power supply the loader. INT 23h and 24h are • Options include handstrap, carrying case, auxiliary battery, and high-capacity saved for restoring upon return. The NiMH batteries screen and its mode are saved. The Corvallis Surveying Systems • 919 NE 2nd St . • Corvallis, OR 97330 cursor position and size are saved (800) 733-5017 • (503) 752·4419 • FAX (503) 752·7037 and control is given to System Man­ in CANADA (604) 756·6199 ager. II

56 THE HP P ALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 Many Ways to Back Up Your Files •• and Many Ways to Lose Them!

Read this and obey! The frustration you avoid not having to reenter lost files will pay for your subscription many times over! ------'--~_...L.-__""~_ ~~-='= ~"':,::::.;­ ~~-- By Hal Goldstein

By now you have experienced how thousands of people reading these The real expert has developed a the HP 95LX Palmtop makes your words have lost information on their systematic procedure whereby he life easier and more productive. palmtop or desktop computer - may­ backs up his data frequently. The Wherever you go you have a search­ be a few words, maybe entire data­ worst case is that he loses an hour or able phone book, an appointment bases of information. Ask any com­ two of work. If you don't back up book with to-do list, key notes from puter expert and he'll tell you that the information you generate on your meetings, important spreadsheets and the experience of losing data does not 95LX, it's only a matter of time be­ equations. Miraculously, all that go away as you learn more about fore you lose something through information is stored in your pocket computers. your error, or the computer's error. or purse and accessed with a few key strokes. Then one day you discover that your phone book is gone, your notes are missing, your spreadsheet data Easy Data Acquisition has disappeared, or you lost all of your appointments. Your Palmtop PC marvel has turned to a nightmare. and Process Control! I would wager that each of the HP 95LX -Monitor and control temperature, pressure, flow, humidity, etc ... -Analog-Digital and Digital-Analog converters for your HP95LX -Multi-channel high resolution input and output

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initial file is overwritten and lost. robust, well-tested machine of superi­ Palmtop Training Classes 4. When trying to save new work, or quality. A void the self-defeating Learn HP 95LX tips, techniques, and you run out of disk space and habit of "blaming the machine" and short-cuts in I-day hands-on seminars have nothing you can delete from not analyzing your role in a mishap.) FILER. HP 95LX - Overview Worksbop 13. Bugs in the built-in programs or 5. You delete a file by mistake. System Manager, SetUp, Apptlwatch, built-in DOS. 6. You drop your HP 9SLX. Phone, Memo, Lotus basics, HP Calc, 14. Bugs in the HP 9SLX firmware or 7. You lose your HP 9SLX. Connectivity Pack, SkyStream pager, hardware. 8. You forget what you named a file Overview of Shareware for the 95LX 15. Running DOS programs or TSR's and in what directory you put it. Lotus 1-2-3 for tbe Palmtop not designed with the HP 9SLX in 9. You let your RAM card battery Spreadsheets, database, graphics mind. run out. ACT! for tbe Palmtop 16. Exiting programs incorrectly. 10. You inadvertently remove your Contact calls, meetings, things-to-do 17. Exposing your HP 9SLX or RAM RAM card battery. Custom Executive Training available card to a very strong electromag­ 11. You lose or remove the "device Sales Force Integration Workshop netic field. driver" files that allow you to Using ACT to act as a company 18. Exposing your data to a virus. access your ACE Double Card, Bring your own 95LX or test drive one Stacked RAM card, or SUNDISK (purchasable after clllss). HP-related Flash Card. Backup Solutions products will be available to try ouL 12. You let someone mess around Even though Palmtops are handy at Intro to HP 95LX SemInar Se~uIe storing and manipulating data, given Dec 9 • Los Anseles, CA Jan 6 • Kansas City. MO with your HP 9SLX. Dec 17 • Milllli, FL Jan 8 • Dallas, TX the many ways you can lose valuable Dec 21 • Boston, MA Jill 11 • Denver. CO Here are some more ways that the information, why would any sane Dec 22 • New Yark, NY Jill 14· San Francisco Palmtop itself, or software running Dec 28 • Philadelphi., PA Jill 18 • Seattle. W A person want to depend on one? THE Jan 4 • Chicaao. n. Jill 27 • London, UK on it, can cause you to lose informa­ ANSWER: It only makes sense if you e .... 9tNn • S pili Tultioll: U9S/day tion. (However, you may have some e.u ,... JlddldouJ dtIea aad data regularly (hourly, daily, or weekly) ... ' ... e ..... Group SeuI_ part to play in it. The HP 9SLX is a Computer Instructors Company 202-829-4444,202-722-5195 Fax - (Washin&ton. DC) 800-487-5040 The One Thing Your Calendar Doesn't Have THE DATES! How Can I Lose My Work, hp95 Let Me Count the Ways ... ASP's Calendar Supplement for the The purpose of this section IS to scare _ Lunar/Solar/Timezone days _ National Dates >150 countries you! If you do not understand some _ Religious days (6 religions) _ Zodiac dates and UN Holidays of the concepts, reread previous Get­ ting Started columns, check your Show you care by knowing: manual, ask a friend, or purchase a - What holidays symbolize _ Gifts and local specialties basic book on computers. - Bank and Government closings _ Customs and traditions Here are some of the ways you Database operations: can lose information on your HP _ Merge - Include - Append _ Select _ Remove _ Delete 9SLX through your own folly. calendar and appointment book entries and files 1. You do not save or update your Includes systems utilities: MEMO, APPT, PHONE, 1-2-3, or _ Battery voltages and % left _ Set file and directory protection HP CALC file when you exit the - See hidden files & directories _ Free space and menu controls application normally, or when your system locks up and you Small and easy to use: must reboot (by pressing ICTRq­ _ Menu driven user interface _ From 20K (typical) to 135K on-line IALTI-IDEq). 2. You lose all battery power (for Also includes calendars in other common PC formats example, by leaving your HP How to Order 9SLX idle for a long time or by $25 includes floppy disk, on-line ma.nual, da.tes, and utilities ignoring the bad or missing back­ Visa/Me Orders. TEL:US+412-422-4134 • FAX:US+412-422-4135 up battery message). Made in the USA by ASP 3. You save a file using the name of a file that already exists. The

58 THE HP P ALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 NEW! DERIVE-Version 2.5! Also available for the HP 95LX!

A Mathematical System requirements for ROM Version PC compatible MS-DOS ROM Card Assistant for Your PC Computer, 512K RAM. Suggested retail price is $289. The DERIV£!l! program solves both symbolic & numeric problems, and it System requirements for PC Version plots beautifully too. MS-DOS 2.1 or later, 512Kb RAM & one 3.5" or 5.25" disk drive. Suggested retail • Symbolic math from algebra through calculus. price is $250. • Plots in both 2-D and 3-D. • Simple, letter-driven menu interface. DERIVE is a registered trademark • Solves equations exactly. of Soft Warehouse, Inc. • Understands vectors and matrices. • Split or overlay algebra & plot win dows. Soft Warehouse, Inc . • 3660 Waialae Ave. , • Displays accepted math notation. Suite 304, Honolulu, HI 96816-3236 • Performs arithmetic to thousands of digits. Ph: (808) 734-5801· Fax (808) 735-1105 • Simplifies, factors, & expands expressions. • Does exponential, logarithmic, trigono­ [!vv-] loft WalehoU/e ~ metric, hyperbolic & probability functions. _HONOLULU·HAWAII back up all important information. drive and copy the RAM card 8. With the HP2222A Serial Interface What follows are general backup files to the PC's hard disk or Cable on both the PC and HP strategies. For more details, check floppy disk using simple DOS 95LX run ZIP. COM, a ommuni­ past or future issues of The HP Palm­ Copy commands from the Pc. cations program supplied on The top Paper or manuals. Because backup HP Palmtop Paper's free 1992 Sub­ is so crucial, you will find reference PC Backup Strategies scribers Disk. if not full-fledged articles on backup 3. Purchase The HP Connectivity in almost every The HP Palmtop Paper Pack (part # HP F1001A). Use the issue. Pack's cabling. Then follow in­ • Impress softly-with premium structions to backup files from the wallet leather RAM Card Backup Strategies HP 95LX and PC using the FILER • Hold it all-pen, cards, notes • The optional RAM card provides an program on both the PC and the and checks as well as your 95 easy means to backup your most 95LX. • Protect and cushion-you'll even I. critical C drive work. However, re­ have shiny brass corner guards 4. Run The HP Connectivity Pack member that the RAM card itself DOS Connect program on both There's a pocket for notes or' needs to be backed up. check book. Six slots organize. the 95LX (DCS95) and the PC your software or memory cards, 1. Use FILER to copy crucial files (DC95) to make the 95LX disks your business or credit cards.' such as main PHONE and APPT directly accessible from the Pc. Velcro straps adjust to hold it alii books, key spreadsheets to the A: Use the DOS COPY or XCOPY securely. • RAM drive. (Remember the built­ commands to backup up HP in applications normally store 95LX files to the pc. I files in the C:\_DAT directory or 5. MAC users can purchase the I in the case of 1-2-3 the C:\ direc­ DataViz or Sparcom, Mac to HP I tory.) 95LX connectivity programs (see 2. Purchase a RAM Card drive (see ad this issue). I . • I DataBook or Adtron ads this 6. Windows users can use Intellelink issue, check Third Party Products or Sparcom Connectivity pro­ sections in back issues). These grams. IStocktl2638 [Leatber Wallet, bIaCk] .••.• $43.95~ drives normally connect to an 7. Purchase the HP 82222A Serial Return this coupon today with your orde I and receive $5 off EduCALCs own HP IBM compatible PC and look like Interface Cable for a PC or HP • professional leather wallet! Your price is a normal disk drive to a Pc. To 82223A Cable for the MAC. Use • only $38.95. back up files first make sure all communications software on the EduCALC important files are copied the desktop and built-in COMM on 27953 Cabot Road RAM card from the HP 95LX. Put the HP 95LX. Use XMODEM or Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 (714)582-2637 the RAM card in the RAM card KERMIT protocol.

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Palmtop Paper, read the manual ... do whatever it takes to develop a practi­ FOR HP 95LX cal, consistent backup strategy. And to those of you with comput­ er experience, don't let a few months without data loss problems lull you into complacency. Backup your data now and develop a procedure for regular backups.

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RAM Cards - List: Varies CONTACTS: Various, check advertising in this and previous issues, Third Party Products section in this and previous issues, and SUNDISK announcement in this issue. 1.0MB $185 RAM Card Drives - List: Varies 128KB $55 CONTACTS: Various, check Adtron and DataBook advertising in this and previous 256KB $80 1.5MB $270 issues, Third Party Products section in this 512KB $120 2.0MB $355 and previous issues. HP Connectivity Pack (HP F1001A) - list: $99.95 ~~vtJ\Al"CIy.., HP Serial Interface Cable S \ (HP 82222A) - List: $35 Ui () N' \ j NEW MEDIA CORPORATION HP Serial Cable Adapter Kit ~ ~lj Irvine, California U.S.A (HP 82224A) - List: $15 ~~O.1.\).- Made in U.S.A. (714) 453-0100 FAX (7 14) 453-0114 HP Serial to Mac Interface Cable (HP 82223A) - List: 35 1-S00-C/\RDS4U CONTACTS: HP Dealers, EduCALC 800- 535-9650, or other third party vendors advertised in The HP Palmtop Paper. (Ask If you only have an HP 95LX Borrow a printer from a friend to for part # HP ftO01A.) Because of the dangers cited previ­ create a "hard copy" of each of DataExchange ously, even if you do not own anoth­ your most important files. You Macintosh Connectivity kit - $89.95 er computer or a RAM card you can print from your friend's Pc. CONTACT: Sparcom Corporation, 897 NW should develop backup strategies that If the printer has a serial port, Grant Ave., Corvallis, OR 97330, USA; Phone 800-827-8416 or 503-757-8416; Fax: employ a combination of the items you can print directly from the 503-753-7821; CompuServe 10: [75320, listed below. 95LX to the printer using the ca­ 2440]. bling described above. 9. Create duplicate copies of your MacLink Plus Similarly, borrow a friend's most important files such as your Macintosh Connectivity Kit - $99 modem connected using the CONTACT: Data Viz Inc., 55 Corporate Dr., PHONE and APPT books. Copy above cabling. Use built-in Trumbull, CT 06611, USA; Phone 800-733- the files to a different directory 0030 or 203-268-0300; Fax: 203-268-4345. COMM to send key files via a (for example, use FILER to copy phone line to a PC with a modem ZIP File Transfer Software your main PHONE .PBK file from and communications software CONTACT: ZIP. COM is found on The 1992 the C:\_DAT directory to the C:\ HP Palmtop Paper Subscribers Disk. running. directory) . 12. Purchase an external 3 Y2" floppy 10. Purchase an HP 82222A Serial drive designed to work with the Interface Cable and a high densi­ HP 95LX such as the Sparcom Back Issues of ty floppy disk. Make arrange­ Drive95. Backup 95LX files to a The HP Palmtop Paper ments with a friend with a PC to disk in Drive95 using FILER. borrow it for 10 minutes per While supplies last, you may purchase sets of week. Use one of the methods back issues of The HP Palmtop Paper or The described above to back up files Conclusion Make one of these strategies work for HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK. Use the enclosed to the floppy. order card or contact Thaddeus Computing Inc, 11. Purchase the HP 82224A Serial you. If you are a complete novice (we Cable Adapter Kit, along with the all were at one time), make backup a Phone: 800-373-6114 or 515-472-6330 HP 82222A Serial Interface Cable. priority. Grab a computer-literate Fax: 515-472-1879. friend, study back issues of The HP

60 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 Foreign Language Z SLA110N... onanICCARD for the HP95LX IMPOSSIBLE! That's the reaction from virtually everyone. But, it's true! Fully automated, grammatical translation capability comparable to mainframes or PCs, all in economicallC Cards designed for the HP 95LX palmtop computer or compatible. The Globalink Translation System gives you sentence-by-sentence translations with up to 90% accuracy. You can even load a file of 5 or 10 pages and have it translated while you read a book or watch a movie. Target language output may be post-edited one sentence at a time, or after an entire file has become trans- lated. Some of the many amazing features the Globalink translation IC Cards include:

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In the Fall of 1991, the HP technical support staff provided The HP Palmtop Paper readers with a series of answers based on the questions HP Palmtop users most frequently asked them. One year later HP tech support tells us that other questions are now being asked and some of last year's questions have more up-to-date answers. Once again we thank the Hewlett-Packard Technical Support staff for providing us with the following information.

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When do I need a RAM card? This will move you into that nectivity Pack disk), type mand in DOS to force the If you have allocated as much directory. To get out of the LOADFIX INSTALL. You may serial port off. See pages B-24 of the internal RAM to RAM directory you have entered, see your DOS 5.0 documen­ and B-17 for details on these disk as possible, and you still move the scroll bar to the top tation for information on the options. need more space to store line and highlight VIEW UP. LOADFIX command. files, you may need a RAM Pressing IENTER 1or IESC 1 will How long should a set of take you up one level in the card. Moving files from the How can I make my batteries batteries last? internal RAM disk to the directory tree structure. To change from the C: last longer? You should get between 20 RAM card gives you space to drive (internal RAM disk) to First, use the AC adapter and 30 hours of use out of a re-allocate internal RAM disk the A: drive (RAM card) whenever possible. Applica­ set of AA alkaline batteries. If to System RAM. press ~ (Goto). Then type tions that continuously up­ you just let the system sit A RAM card is also use­ A: and press I ENTER ,. This date the screen (i.e. Tigerfox), idle, the fully charged batter­ ful for backing up the files on will give you a list of the files or use the serial port (Le. ies will run down in about the internal RAM disk. on the A: drive. Return to the Filer or Datacomm), use more three months. (If you antici­ C: drive by pressing ~, typ­ power than programs that pate not using the system for How big of a RAM card can I ing C: and pressing I ENTER I. spend most of the time wait­ some time, back up your files use in the HP 95LX? A useful feature in the ing for keystrokes. Use of the and remove the batteries.) HP sells 128K, 512K, and 1 Filer application is the split AC adapter is especially You should get about a MB RAM cards for the HP screen. By pressing ~ the important with these high year out of a lithium backup 95LX. The HP 95LX can use screen is split. You can view power usage programs. battery when used only dur­ RAM cards as large as 2 two different directories at Second, always close the ing battery changes. The megabytes if they follow the the same time. The split Filer and Datacomm applica­ backup battery will last about PCMCIA 1.0 and JEIDA 4.0 screen makes copying files tions when they are not in eight hours if the Main AA memory card standards. between directories easy. The use. These two applications batteries are completely dead SUNDISK's new Mass directories showing on the power on the serial port. or removed. Storage Cards are specially split screen are default paths Third, when you are RAM card ba tteries engineered Flash ROM cards for ~ (Copy) and ~ finished using the HP 95LX, should last about one year. (Move) commands. that come as large as 10 turn it off. The three to five If you insert new batteries megabytes (see page 10 this minute wait before the HP and you still have a "low issue). I get "PACKED FILES 95LX automatically turns off battery" warning, turn the HP CORRUPT" when I try to can add up. 95LX on and off a few times. How do I change directories install the HP Connectivity Fourth, if you are running If it stays on you may have a in FILER? Pack software on my PC? in DOS mode, the serial port malfunctioning battery level At the DOS prompt A:> (or Move the scroll bar to a listed is powered on. You can exe­ sensor. Send the unit back to whichever drive has the Con- HP for service. directory and press IENTER I. cute the SERCTL 10 com-

62 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER I DECEMBER 1992 What is the proper procedure doesn't open easily, you may by pressing I MENU, Quit. lete). To delete the file re­ for changing the MAIN and need to switch the door lock spond Yes. BACKUP batteries? to the open position. See the How do I delete a file? Before you take out the main diagrams in the User's Guide Files can be deleted in the [Next Issue we'll publish batteries, "AA", make sure on pages 1-9 and 1-10. Filer application by highlight­ some more advanced commonly that the HP 95LX is TURNED ing the file you want to de­ asked questions - Hal.] OFF. Why did I loose my data lete and pressing I!!I (De- Do NOT remove the main when I changed batteries? batteries at the same time as There are a couple of possi­ the backup battery. The back­ bilities. If the system reboots, How Do I Get Help In Using My HP 95LX? up battery provides the pow­ any data in the open applica­ er to maintain RAM disk tions will be lost. That means Several avenues of support are available: memory. If you take both if you have not saved your main and backup batteries data on disk, then it will be • The HP Palmtop Paper - is available from Thaddeus out, all of your internal RAM lost if the system reboots. Computing Inc, 57 E. Broadway or P.O. Box 869, memory will be erased. As If you take the batteries Fairfield, IA 52556; Phone: (800) 373-6114 or (515) 472- added insurance, you can out while the HP 95LX ' is 6330; Fax: (515) 472-1879. leave the HP 95LX plugged ON, applications that were in to the AC power supply running will terminate with­ • Ask Thaddeus! - Technical Support service from the while changing batteries. out a chance to save data. In publisher of The HP Palmtop Paper. Phone: 800-767-4795 some cases this will cause or 515-472-7584; Fax: 515-472-9595. What is the proper procedure damage to data files on the for changing the RAM card internal RAM disk resulting • CompuServe - there is an active user community in a RAM disk initialization. battery? which is supported by HP on the CompuServe Informa­ Make sure you turn the HP When the RAM card runs tion Service. Type GO HPHAND. CompuServe Informa­ 95LX OFF before you take down, the system will dis­ tion Services can be reached at 800-848-8990 or if calling out the main AA batteries. playa message, "RAM CARD On rare occasions, the HP from outside the USA, 614-457-8650. BATTERY LOW". When you 95LX will shut down for lack see this message, you should Hewlett-Packard Support of power and an open file change the RAM card battery may become corrupted. This • General Information - including pre-sales information, as soon as possible. To avoid condition may require a RAM the danger of not having a dealer locations, support information, accessories infor­ disk initialization to recover. battery when you need it, set mation, and prerecorded answers to common questions When the system says "Main an alarm to sound 12 months are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week at Batteries Low", turn the sys­ from the last battery change. 800-443-1254. tem off and change the bat­ The RAM card memory teries as soon as you can. Technical support is available from 5am to 5pm, PST, depends on a constant supply If the Main "AA" batteries of power. When it is not in Monday through Friday, with the following options: and the lithium backup bat­ the HP 95LX RAM card slot tery have both run down, • 90 days of free support - is available for new pur­ or the HP 95LX is turned then all memory will be lost, chases of the HP 95LX. This service begins on the OFF, then the RAM card is including the RAM disk. date of your first call. The number is (503) 757-2004. using its own battery. Only As with any computer, it when the HP 95LX is ON, • Six month support contract - is available for $149.00. is very important to backup can the RAM card draw pow­ This provides access to the support group via an 800 your data at regular intervals. er from the AA batteries in number. The number is (800) 443-1254. To determine the interval, try the HP 95LX. So, to change • A 900 toll number - is available at $2.00 per minute, to determine how much data the battery in the RAM card you can lose before it be­ the first minute is free. The number is (900) 288-0025. with out losing memory, it comes significant. • For repair of your HP 95LX - contact the Corvallis must be in the RAM card slot Service Center. The number is (503) 757-2002. and the HP 95LX must be • For customers outside the USA - the service and ON. Make sure that the HP How do I save a file? 95LX does not time out and For example, to save a phone support phone numbers are printed in the back of the turn off while you are chang­ book file press I MENU, File User's Guide. You can also call your local HP sales ing the battery by pressing an Save. If the file does not have office to get the phone numbers for the service and occasional key or by plugging a name, type one and press support groups in your area. in the AC power supply. The IENTER'. If the filename is dis­ • Written correspondence - can be addressed to: battery is accessible while the played, press IENTER'. The HP Hewlett-Packard Co. Customer Support 1000 N.E. RAM card is in the card slot. 95LX will prompt you with Circle Blvd. Corvallis, OR 97330. This service is There is a battery door that "Replace current file? (Y I N)". free. can be pulled open using Normally you enter "Y" for your thumb nail. If the door yes. Next, quit the application

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through Reg9). To store the displayed number in a card, and any changes you have made will be lilHP Calc specific register, press 1!!1 (STO) followed by the eliminated. While this can be a frustrating feature if register number. To recall a value from a register, you hit I ESq accidentally, it can also be very HP CALC IS EASY TO USE! press ~ (RCL), followed by the register number. useful. Although HP CALC's display seems complicated at This should get you up and going on HP Suppose you accidentally typed over, or first glance, using HP CALC as a regular calculator CALC. For more on HP CALC, see the HP 95LX modified one of your most important PhoneBook is quite easy. Start the application and you see a Users Guide, beginning on page 22-2. entries. Press I ESC 1before pressing IF1 0 1(Done) blank screen with the Words "Calculator Arithmetic" at the top. Type in any number (i.e. "555") and the and the original, unmodified card comes back. If number appears down in the bottom right-hand ~Memo you are adding a new card and change your mind, corner of the screen, below a long horizontal line. press I ESC 1and it just won't be added. The point This is where the numbers you enter and answers HARD RETURN VS. WORD WRAP is that pressing IESC 1 undoes whatever you've you receive will appear. Now press the keypads Open up MEMO, type "Now is the time' and press done to the card, as long as you haven't pressed plus sign (+), type in 555 again, and press the I ENTER I. The little "carrot" at the end of the line a I!!!J. ESC is really the PhoneBook's "undo" key. equal sigh (=). The answer, 1110, appears at the "hard return", sometimes called a "carriage return". bottom right. It's that simple. It is a permanent termination to a line of text. The 95LX keypad is almost identical to a If the line has 15 characters in it and you press ~Appt standard calculator's keypad. The division (I), I ENTER I, that line will always print or display as 15 multiplication (*), subtraction (-), addition (+), and characters on a printer or another computer. " APPOINTMENTS ONLY" SIMPLIFIES DISPLAY equals (=) keys are on the right of the keypad, just In most word processors, the hard return at When first using APPT I set the appointments to like a regular calculator. You use them just like you the end of a line is not visible. In MEMO, when you "15-Min" in Settings (press I MENU 1Settings Time­ would on a regular calculator. The memory (M), press I ENTER I, the hard return is displayed as the line). I had a few appointments spread throughout memory recall (RM), memory plus (M+), and "carrot" symbol. The symbol does not appear when a 9-5 day, and scrolling through them was time memory minus (M-) keys are I!!l, I!!I, ~, and the document is printed out. consuming and frustrating. Thanks to Mark Snyder IF1 0 1respectively . The I DELI works like the clear of SomeNille, NJ for the following tip. key on your calculator. But HP CALC is more than a regular calcula­ Press I MENU 1Settings Timeline Appts-Only. tor. The "(" and ")" on your keypad allows you to This sets APPT up to only display those time slots use brackets in an algebra-like manner. The expo­ where you have an appointment scheduled. Instead nent (A) and percentage ("!o) work as expected in of a long list of 15 minute time inteNals, you can Calculator Arithmetic, and the Z, X, C, V, B, N, M, see up to 9 appointments at a glance and scroll and L keys activate other calculator functions. down if there are more. You can quickly look at all .~..: e ;. .t- But what about the rest of the HP CALC Hel Flnd l1~d your appointments. Its easier to see at a glance if display. Why all that space? Press ~ (SHOW) there are any time conflicts. and you'll see the following screen. Robert Roney MEMO screen with hard return symbols ASK THADDEUS! ---Calculator Ari th",et i.Qoc--- "Word wrap" is a feature that automatically ends a Reg0(M) = ~:~ ~:~~ ~ 0_00 line when it approaches a pre-set number of char­ Lotus ~:~~ ~ ~ : ~~ acters. MEMO's word wrap is usually set to 40 II columns (press I MENU 1Settings Wrap). MEMO will Stack: (3) = 0.00 MODIFY BUILT·IN LOTUS WORKSHEETS ~ 1.11~:~~ move the word you are typing to the next line, if it m The Lotus worksheets that come with the U.S. 6.00+ will not fit on the current line. One advantage of :HOII Ftl tl- word wrap is that you don't have to press I ENTERI English version of the HP 95LX are built into ROM HE-I tWI1E -ttl tl+ to end a line. If you export a MEMO file into anoth­ and cannot be erased. However, you can copy any er word processor with a different column setting, of them to another file name or location and modify HP CALC screen showing registers or send it to a printer after resetting MEMO wrap to them in ways that will make them more useful to 80 columns, a word wrapped document will auto­ you. For instance, you can change the text to RegO(M) through Reg4 at the top are "memory matically adjust to the new column settings and Spanish, French or whatever your native language registers", locations where you can store numbers display or print properly. is. But take heed of the note in the 95LX User's and results of calculations. The bottom "Stacks" Manual, page 16-1 : "These templates contain show the results of your last three calculations. formulas and range names that if altered, will cause (Stack (1) in the above screen shows that the II Phone the template to give incorrect results." The built in results of the last calculation was 1,110.00. The files are _CARLOAN.WK1 , _CFLOW.WK1, _EX­ "6.00+" at the bottom indicates that you are in the ESC UNDOES CARD INSERTIMODIFICATION middle of a new addition.) Press IESC 1while inserting a new PhoneBook card PENSEWK1, _HOMEBUYWK1, and _STATWK1 . (Non-English units may not contain all these files). If you press ~ again you will see that you and any information you have entered will be actually have 10 memory registers (RegO(M) erased. Press I ESC 1 while modifying an existing

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38400 connect, but give me errors. II Lotus t8 Battery C Carrying Cases 19200 is reliable, and it works, but slow. BUILT-IN WORKSHEET & KEEPING RADIO SHACK CARRYING CASE Bob Berardino 95LX CLOSES A DEAL BATIERY COSTS DOWN On my last visit to Radio Shack I CompuServe 10: [71620,520J I used the 95LX to help me buy my If you use rechargeable Nickel found a rather nice pouch for the wife a new car. Before I went to the Metal Hydrides the cost of 500 95LX. The Cordless Telephone dealership, I logged on to Compu­ recharges comes to pennies per Carry Case Cat. No. 43-190 is only mloos Serve and downloaded Consumer use! Heavy users (8-10 hours a $5.49, made with simulated black Reports (GO CONSUME) reviews day without adapter) will need to leather, and has a belt/hand strap, LITE SLEEP of cars I was interested in, and charge every couple of days. Users fold-over flap secured with velcro, To conserve battery power, the stored them in the 95LX. with adapters in strategic locations fits snugly and has room at the 95LX enters a light sleep mode At the dealership, I used the (on desk top, next to easy chair,on bottom for a serial cable and 2 AA when it is waiting for keyboard built-in _CARLOAN.wK1 worksheet night stand, next to throne!) will get batteries. input. DOS programs which poll the (on English 95LX only) to figure out months of use from one charge. Dave Goodman keyboard (regularly check if a key our monthly payments using differ­ Smart users of NHD recharge­ CompuServe 10: [72330,130J has been pressed) but continue to ent interest rates and down pay­ abies will change at regular inter­ process will still cause the 95LX to ments. It was very accurate. It came out to the penny to the quote vals to avoid the dangerous drop off D Connectivity go into light sleep mode. Such the dealers computer came up with. of power inherent in rechargeables. programs are slow on the 95LX. He was very surprised that my (See page 13, Jul/Aug 92 issue for For example, suppose you have USING COMPUSERVE AND "calculator" could be so accurate, complete description of various a program that prepares a report OTHER SERVICES ON and I explained it was a computer, battery options). from a database. It has to read not just a calculator. Frank Me Laughlin THE ROAD information from all records in the In the heat of negotiations, when CompuServe 10: [72110,535J To do this, you'll need a few more database, but the programmers I mentioned that I was going to buy items in your road warrior kit: also wanted you to be able to inter­ a competitive car unless he brought LITH EONS REST IN PEACE 1. A list of European access nodes rupt the program in the middle of a his price down, the salesperson The other good thing about Ever­ for CompuServe . Type GO report. started to say bad things about the eady Lithiums AA Energizers, be­ PHONES look for the local CIS So the program reads a few competitive vehicle. So I brought sides having twice the life of Alka­ phone numbers for the countries records, then checks the keyboard, out the 95LX and showed him the lines, is the extremely long and you will visit. reads a few more records, checks Consumer Reports article praising stable shelf life. They would make a 2. Phone system adapters. At the the keyboard, etc. If you run this the competitive vehicle. great carry along in an emergency very least, take along some alligator program on the 95LX, it will take I can report that I ended up when using rechargeables or going clips and short lengths of wire. forever to finish. The 95LX will see getting a great price on the car, on a long trip. I keep sets in the 3. Take an MNP modem; line noise the constant keyboard polling and thanks in part to the power of porta­ desk drawer, in the attach case, in can be a major problem. assume that the program is idling, ble information and the 95LX. the backpack, in the glove compart­ 4. Get power supplies for the 95LX just waiting for keyboard input. Larry Lefkowitz ment, and in the handlebar bag. and the modem suitable for the To successfully run the program, CompuServe 10: [76711,731] Fred Kaufman countries you will visit. you'll need to disable light sleep CompuServe 10: [72560,36J 5. Develop a way to get data off the mode, or keep your finger on a key rnAdapter 95LX and onto diskettes. that won't disrupt the program but A SECOND JOB FOR ALKALINE Ted Dickens (HP Forum Sysop) will overcome the light sleep mode. I swap out my alkalines the first To disable light sleep mode, you POWER 95LX AND MODEM CompuServe 10: [76701,272J WITH ONE ADAPTER time the "low main battery" warning can use HP95CTRL.COM Iii avail­ Check out a Power Adapter Y-Cord flashes. Saves on my back-up bat­ CONNECTING THE 95LX TO AN able on the CompuServe HPHAND (Radio Shack # 273-1649). It's a Y tery, which gets fried in fairly short OS/2 SYSTEM forum and on the free 1992 HP cable with on molded female socket order if it has to support the 95LX I was able to get DOS Connect to Palmtop Paper Subscribers Disk. that accepts the power adapter's while the main batteries are dead. work with an OS/2 system by Ted Dickens (HP Forum Sysop) output jack and two male plugs on I throw the 95LX rejects into my switching the OS/2 system to a CompuServe 10: [76701,272J the other end to connect to the Sony "Sports" FM-stereo headset, slower speed. I type in this to get a 95LX and a modem (providing it and the batteries hold down their connection: dc95 -p:c1 -b:19200 -d:e. has the appropriate adapter port). second job very well. (Batteries no (This assumes that your serial port III Filer I've been using one on the road for longer strong enough to power the for the connection is COM1 and some time now to allow me to use HP 95LX will power other devices that the 95LX's A: and C: drives will SHUTIING DOWN FILER my modem's AC adapter to power for some time more). Put your old map to the PC as E: and F: (I have DOESN'T SAVE RAM MEMORY! both my SupraModem and 95LX. batteries to work somewhere less drive 0: on my PC.) The -d: portion Leave FILER open. HP and LOTUS Frank Lam critical! is optional.) decided that the functions in FILER CompuServe 10: [76711,731J Thomas Glen Leo I tried higher speeds, but 115200 would need to always be available. CompuServe 10: [76360,2533J just doesn't connect, 57600 and For example, if an application runs

66 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1992 out of disk space, you can always files or subdirectories. If a file gets sages like this one. Of course, none flip into FILER, delete some files or corrupted, you will get an "110 error" of this is based on personal experi­ ~ Printers move them to another drive, and when trying to read it. ence. Really. then flip back into the first program The problem mayor may not 12. You miss your plane and you A FAX LETS YOU TRAVEL and let the operation continue. occur depending on where files were sitting right next to gate. WITHOUT A PRINTER No matter what you have open, happen to be located on the built-in If you don't have much printing to System Manager always reserves RAM Disk. The problem will not Dave Goodman do, a portable fax designed to work the memory required for FILER to occur on 1-Megabyte units with a CompuServe 10: [72330, 130J with the HP 95LX can replace your open. So even if you shut down RAM disk size of 512K bytes or with addition by Larry Tachna printer. (WorldPortlU.S. Robotics FILER, you don't gain any extra less. CompuServe 10: [76520, 1630J and New Media produce such Fax system RAM. One way to test for corrupted / Modems). Files can be faxed to Ronald Vieceli files is to enter DOS and copy them INCREASE CONTRAST local fax machines for hard copy. CompuServe 10: [73310,3663J to nowhere using the copy *,* nul To increase contrast, press and Rich Hall Ted Dickens (HP Forum Sysop) command. (The DOS CHKDSK hold and then press the + Editor, The HP Palmtop Paper CompuServe 10: [76701 ,272J command will not detect the error) . (plus) key. To decrease, do the If no errors occur, your files are all same thing with the· (minus) key. right. Hal Goldstein BlSet Up mHP Calc I have written a utility to be dis­ Editor, The HP Palmtop Paper tributed by ACE technologies called TOPCARD REWARD SCREEN HOW LONG WILL A PEN LAST UNRESET that will fix the problem. PRESS ICTRll FOR CUT, Misplacing the 95LX is an ever USE SOLVE on the 95LX to enter Dave Goodman COPY, AND PASTE present worry. If it happens, you the following equation: CompuServe 10: [72330,130J Cut, Copy and Paste are generally, want to encourage its return. Where weeks=SQRT(costl2.618) although not always, found as better to do that than on the top­ YOU USE IT TOO MUCH WHEN .n CTRL key combinations on most card. Under SET UP, select Owner I derived this formula based on You know you're using your 95LX System-Manager compliant applica­ and enter the following information: years of personal research on los­ too much when: tions. Press ICTRLI and an alter­ Name: ing pens. As you can see, the for­ nate menu may appear over the mula is not linear, but appears to 1. You mis-dial a number on your Title: RETURN FOR REWARD! Function Key template. Press IAl T I approach a practical limit on the telephone and you look for the Company in FILER to see other FILER func­ amount of time that one can keep backspace key. tions. track of a pen. 2. You try using AL T-Arrows on Gary Oliver Fred Kaufman I keep a box of a dozen Uni-Ball your desktop PC to bring back Milsons Point, NSW, AUSTRALIA CompuServe 10: [72560,36J pens in a desk drawer. Each pen scrolled text. costs about 95 cents. Each pen 3. You get so used to getting info OPTIMUM RAM DISK! PACKET RADIO ON 95LX lasts me a little over 4 days before from your '95 that you reach for it SYSTEM RAM SIZE I use the 95LX with my packet it's lost and I have to take another when someone asks you how the Dividing up the 95LX's RAM memo­ radio, with both a PK232 and a from the box. weather is. ry between the RAM Disk and the PacCom Handipacket. The PK232 On the other hand, a $42 Cross 4. You haven't read a book in over System RAM is done from SET UP also allows RTTY, AMTOR and (close applications, press System pen will last at least a month. a month. CWo COMMO lets you do all this Memory and use Right and Left Please note: The above formula 5. Your wife starts leaving little with a split screen, but the built in Arrow Keys). You have to consider has been uploaded as SHARE­ notes to you in MEMO. COMM program also works fine. how you use the 95LX when decid­ WARE. If you find it useful, please 6. You start checking your mail box Phil Bullock ing how to divide up the RAM . register with the author. The regis­ more than once a day looking for If you have a lot of data and only tration fee is one Bic pen. This will the next issue of The HP Palmtop CompuServe 10: [70571, 1741J use the built-in applications, set the allow me to continue to develop Paper. System RAM at the minimum need­ new formulas (for about 3 days). 7. You can't bear the thought of doing without it long enough to II Phone ed to run the applications (about David Shier 250-300K). That way you have the send it to HP, even for little repairs CompuServe 10: [75030,3374] largest possible RAM Disk to store like a cracked screen or smoke FIRST AND LAST ITEMS text, data, and configuration files. coming out. IN PHONE If you have some big programs DMisc 8. You have AC adapters plugged Start a name with a 'space' charac­ and very little data to store, then set in next to the bed, your desk, your ter to force it to be the first listing in the System RAM as high as you easy chair, and the toilet! the phone book. To create a last SERIOUS "HARD RESET" BUG can (394K for the 512K 95LX and entry in the phone book start a When all else fails in curing a 95LX 9. You start hiding your credit card 640K for the 1MB version). This name by holding down AL T and problem such as system lockup or bill (with its charges from the HP allows you to run larger programs. serial port not working, you can do 95LX CompuServe section) from typing 255. Works great for a There may be a multitude of a hard reset on the HP 95LX by your wife. prompt in the phone listing that gradations between A and B, so pressing ICTRLI- I< Shift > I-ION I 10. You have a dream where you never moves. you may have to experiment to find (no reformat). However, due to a stand up in front of a group of peo­ Fred Kaufman the right balance. problem in the HP 95LX, this may ple and say, "Hello. My name is CompuServe 10: [72560,36J Frank Nagle corrupt one of your built-in C drive Dave, and I'm a 95LX user." CompuServe 10: [71140, 1253J 11 . You laugh out loud at silly mes-

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