NOVEMBER I DE EMBER 1993

An Independent Publication for Users of HP Palmtop Computers U.S. $7.95 Publisher's Message ...... 3 Letters to the Editor ...... •....•. 4 THE New Products and Services ...•....•. 6 HP News: OmniBook 425 ...... •• 10 HP releases a new 486-based Omni­ Book Superportable Pc. PCMCIA Fax/Modem Cards .••...... 11 Existing PCMCIA Fax/Modem cards PPalmtop for the HP 100LX and HP 95LX.

Paper Evolution of the HP Palmtops ..... 14 An HP engineer on both design teams describes the development 01 the HP 95LX and HP 100LX. User to User ...... 23 Hewlett Packard's repair policies; what exactly is a "Personal Digital Assistant;" Palmtop games; ThinCaid, and more! Through the Looking Glass: More Shareware for the HP Palmtops •••..•...... •• 28 Ed reviews some good shareware for the HP palmtoPs Including: 20120, a text GGGANJ0 ON editor for the 100r X that dIsplays large characters; EX,a super-scientific for both Palmtops; and Rebel, a spread­ THE EIGHTH DAY sheet program that does matrix math. HP CREATED THE User Profile: The HP Palmtop As Tech Support Tool ...... •..•• 32 PAL TOP This technicaf support professional uses . ~ the HP 100's bul7t-in applications to manage ... projects, track personnel needs, stay on top of customer support problems, and more! User Profile: HP 95LX: a Road Warrior's Catch-All Organizer ...... 35 When you're on the road for over 200 days a year, it's nice to travel light. This road warrior keeps his "office" In his pocket! 's Corner: Breaking AppManager Limit, More ••...•...... 40 Learn how to break the HP 100LX Application Man(;lger 38 pfQSJram barrier and speed up HF' CALC s Solver function. and users Be aware ofa System Macro bug. Configuring Your HP Palmtop: i saw that it CONFIG.SYS and I wasgood. AUTOEXEC.BAT ...... 43 This intermediate level article discusses 1 ' the use of CONFIG.SYS and AUTO­ THE HISTOR¥ OF"fHE HP-PALMTOP EXEC. BA T files in the HP Palmtops. AS TOLD BY AN HP ENGINEER PAGE 14 BASIC Doing Arithmetic Part II: .•...... 49 SimJ!.le Hands-on Examples Using Five HP CALC Applications, Basic Tips ...... 55-56

1 2 Quick Tips ...... 57-59 Advertisers Index ...... 60 Files on Nov/Dec 93 ON DISK .....•. 60 a 7447083112 9 I Your Complete HP Portable Solution I

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