Volume 2, Number 6 The HP Portable/Portable Plus Users Newsletter November / December, 1987 PortableTHE Paper ";1\ More tn,'~ "-'"-"'"'-'""'""""""'''''''''7"''''':I"I~~''''''''''''~''''''''"""""""fit "Rl!JtJ""'"'"'''''' ,"',," """"""-" " "";w',\'HOOiU/ f"lp ette', the ne,§~p"A7:memory'upgra(re::":':""-"":"A\last\\§ ial file Portabl'_tra:::':":L:":':"follf1'e'HP110~'C::"":\":'",,,·,,·"traHSfer' :,", ram for l/;~'g;;::/')i:;;:;~·~;;;/.~·/;:.~;./~.;:;;/&Hl;it~i.SR~t::;~~~::~:://;/;~;~;:;;;~//;:;tIle~JR9I_ " PI us // if ,II Publisher's Message ...................... 3 News From Personalized Software Letters New Products ........................... 20 Portable Plus Free Upgrade .................. 3 Which Memory Option to Choose ........... 20 Problems Overseas ........................ 4 ROM News ............................. 22 Condor 3 On The HPI50 and Plus ............ 5 Price Reductions .. , ............... , ' ..... 23 Software For Transferring Files .............. 42 Fall Catalog ............................. 26 110% Portable Equipment Exchange .............. 26 Portable Vectra Update ..................... 6 B Drive Portable, External, RAM Disk ................ 7 MultMate 3.31: Professional Word Processor ... 26 Plus Updates and Upgrades .................. 8 MultMate vs. MSWord ..................... 28 The Portables' Battery ..................... 8 A Drive Environment Space and PAM.ENV ........... 40 What is Duette? .......................... 28 Turn On ............................... 40 Ease of Use ........................... 28 PAM and DOS Overhead ................... 40 Benchmark Results ..................... 30 Diskpack Vs. Pack ........................ 40 Special Feature: Foundations Adding Memory To Your HP110 ......... 32 Getting Started with TERM ................. 10 Through The Looking Glass Getting Started with pC2622/Refiection 1 ..... 12 Start Of Something Big .................... 36 Profiles New Products, New Decisions .............. 37 The HPllO Near The North Pole ............. 16 Wizardry Boots ................................. 16 First Look At The Portable Vectra ............ 38 Tidbits From Paul Grimmer ................ 17 User Groups ......................... 44 USED HP PORTABLES AND PERIPHERALS We buy them. We sell them. We guarantee them. No longer using your HP Buying used HP Any used item you buy from us can Portable or peripherals? equipment makes sense. be returned within 30 days for a full Turn them into cash You know HP quality! refund. through The Portable Even used HP machines Equipment Exchange. can serve you well for Prices fluctuate, so years. Call for current call us for current prices. figures. (SIS) 472·6330 For good buys on used-and new-HP The Portable Equipment Exchange equipment, see our 4-page brochure -a division of Personalized Software enclosed with this issue. P.O. Box 869 Fairfield, IA 52556 © Copyright 1987 Personalized Software 7 GOOD REASONS TO BUY portable Pluses NEW NEW UP EQ!JIPMENT FROM US: portable Plus ROMs \-IP portable \/ectras I. Big discounts S. No sales tax portable \/ectra 12-25% off retail prices. if you're outside of Iowa. Peripherals and sottware 2. Immediate delivery 6. 30·day return policy 1 Megabyte Memory Virtually all Portable-related items are in stock and -provided warranty card has not been sent, and cards . are shipped the next day. equipment remains in new condition. \-11'911413 Oisk Onves lhinkJet Printers 3. Liberal trade·ins 7. One·year HP warranty LaserJet printers. on all used HP Portable equipment. through the HP dealer that Hewlett-Packard has \-IP printer Supplies Want to upgrade from HP110 to Portable Plus? .. authorized us to work with. from HP110 or Portable Plus to Portable Vectra? \-IP-IL Cards for 113M Call for current trade-in allowances! PCs fI.\\ \-IP Oesktop 4. Free shipping (SIS) 472·6330 computers, C~lc~lators, on all orders over $200. and fl.ccessones . The Portable Equipment Exchange For good buys on new (and used) HP equipment, see our 4·page -a division of Personalized Software brochure enclosed with this issue. p.o. Box 869, Fairfield, IA 52556 o C Personalized ~Software Products that make HP Portables smarter p.o. Box 869, Fairfield,Iowa 52556 515472-6330 ••• VOLUME DISCOUNTS··· If your company, users group, or dealership needs 3 or more of any of our products, You can sue significantly PRODUCT 3-6 7-19 20+ 100+ 250+ Portable Paper 1 year $55 $55 $49 $45 $39 $35 $29 $25 Portable Paper 2 year 99 99 88 1"81 70 63 52 45 Portable Paper 3 year 139 139 124 ~114 99 88 73 63 DOS Tools 50 40 36 32 28 26 24 22 And ROM Backup 179 169 152 135 118 110 101 93 Duette 100 90 86 81 77 75 73 71 And ROM Backup 195 185 175 164 154 149 144 139 The Editor 100 80 72 64 56 52 48 44 And ROM Backup 195 175 157 140 122 114 105 96 Norton Utilities 100 90 85 80 74 72 69 67 Norton Advanced 150 129 122 114 107 103 99 96 PrinterTalk/Formatll0 90 60 63 56 49 45 42 38 RightWriter 95 89 86 82 79 77 75 73 And ROM Backup 274 268 252 235 219 211 202 194 SHELP 55 50 45 40 35 32 30 27 SideWinder + Utils 80 70 65 61 56 54 52 49 Shelp+SideWinder Disks And ROM backup 230 215 200 185 171 163 156 148 Tur bo Pascal 70 65 63 61 59 58 57 56 And ROM Backup 165 160 151 143 134 130 126 121 T/Master 295 279 261 243 225 216 207 198 Typing Whiz 50 40 36 32 28 26 24 22 And ROM Backup 145 135 121 108 94 88 81 74 Webster SNeller 80 70 66 62 58 56 54 52 And OM Backup 259 249 233 217 201 193 185 177 Webste~ RahtWriter An R M backups 533 517 436 407 378 363 349 334 ShelftFormatll0+Editor Side inder+PrinterTalk And SuperROM backup 474 409 368 327 286 266 245 225 WorldPort 2400 & cable 389 339 328 316 305 299 293 288 2 Megabyte RAM card 2995 2695 2627 2559 2491 2457 2423 2389 1 Meg RAM/8 Socket ROM 1995 1695 1660 1625 1590 1572 1555 1537 Used HPllO's 750 750 695 650 595 HOW TO ORDER: Use the chart above to determine the discount price. If you do not find the product you want listed on the chart, contact us for discount pricing. Enter the desired quantity on the order form in the back of this issue, or use company purchase order. PRICES GOOD THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1987 ______ ..... "" •• ..., .... "' ....... ".& ....,.,.&_ ... .&UJ.7 UI<3 ........ D. Our best-sellin Portable software now on ROM c ips • Pack your favorite programs into just a few slots in your ROM drawer! the field, locating the most reliable • Save valuable memory space sources of Roms and ROM services. • Eliminate need for disk drive In addition, we have formed special ROM -Custom ROMs available too! agreements with our leading software sup­ pliers, including Borland International (Tur­ Now you can simultaneously free up bo Pascal), Simon & Schuster (Webster's software you buy, because the same agree­ memory space in your Portable Plus and save Spelling Checker), and Southern Software yourself the trouble of using a disk drive. ment applies to the corresponding ROM (SideWinder). Backup. In most cases, this means you may How? It's simple: Some of our best-selling For numerous legal, economic, and software products are now available on ROM use the software on only one computer sys­ logistical reasons, we offer ROMs to you as a tem. Remember, you are buying a backup Backup-as many as five products per chip. Backup Service. This means you may pur­ Insert one or more of our ROM Backup chips copy of your software, not a second copy. chase a product on ROM provided you Having to buy both the disk version and its in your ROM drawer and you'll never have to already own the product on disk. (If you pur­ load those programs again. ROM Backup is not without advantages. For chased a disk product from us-Personalized one thing, many disk products include extra It's the ultimate in convenience. It's much Software-we have that in our records. If you faster than running programs off a disk drive. utilities that have to be deleted from the purchased a product elsewhere, you must ROM chips in order to save space. Also, if And it leaves your computer's internal show us proof of purchase before we can sell memory free for data and other programs. your ROM drawer gets full, you can remove you the ROM Backup.) a ROM chip and still run the corresponding ROM BACKUP: HOW IT WORKS Also, it is important that you read and program off your disk drive. Before we could offer software on ROM to adhere to the licensing agreement that our customers, we thoroughly researched comes with the disk-based version of the EASY TO INSTALL We supply a ROM insertion tool (makes in­ stallation simple), plus clear instructions SOFTWARE AVAILABLE ON ROM with diagrams. Here are the programs we're offering on ROM Backup. (For product detailS, see individual ads elsewhere in LIFETIME MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE this issue.) Note that in many cases you can save space in your ROM drawer by buying two or more programs on Our ROM Back-Up Service comes with a life-a the same chip. All our ROMs come with complete, easy-to-follow installation instructions. time guarantee: If a ROM proves defective at." any time-as long as you own the computer You must own (or order) the disk versions of any products you buy on ROM Backup. To order, use order form inside back cover. in which it is installed-we will replace it at IMPORTANT: no charge. In addition, our regular 60-day guarantee of satisfaction also applies: If, within 60 Product Notes Size of ROM Prices days, you are dissatisfied with a ROM Back­ Shelp Includes improved version of note extraction 32K $55. up product for any reason, you may return program. it for a full refund. However, we don't think SideWinder Does not include any of the utility programs that 32K $55.