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An Independent Publication for Users of HP Palmtop Computers - u.s. $7.95 THE Q) .0 E :::::l Z <0 ~ .,. N E S "- Publisher's Message .................. 1 Letters to the Editor . .................. ~ It) .... . PPalmtop New Third Party Products and Services . ................ ~ Q) E HP Palmtop User Groups . ... . .......... L :::::l o > User to User .........................
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feral (j8111111l1nlcaiioDl " Recognized for providing "extraordinary service for beyond expectations" - by the HP Palmtop Paper Best Tips 1997 Hardware • HP Palmtop PCs • Windows CE HPCs • Toshiba Librettos • Digital Cameras • Portable Printers • Modems • Memory Cards • Custom Cables • Cases • High Capacity Rechargeable Batteries • Customized Newton Keyboards • Wireless Modems • Accessories ••. Software 'A-fW .
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Publisher's Message The HP Palmtop Paper I 've seen history repeat itself twice, and it is a real shame for everyone involved. In the mid 1980s HP Corvallis engineers created the HP Portable and Portable Plus. These laptops were years ahead of their time. They had Lotus 1-2-3, a time manager, a word processor, and a terminal program built into ROM. At the time, laptop computing was far from the norm - working on an HP Portable at the airport could create quite a stir.
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Letters Addonics Pocket Parallel Port CD-ROM drive, which weighs 15 oz. and is the size of two stacked CD jewel cases, works with the TransPC card on theHP. I now can carry m y Oxford English Dictionary (version 1.0 for DOS) , the complete Gutenberg library CD-ROM, and many other databases of history and literature that run with DiscPassage (the old Bureau of Electronic Publishing DOS CDs) and Folio for DOS.
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New Pr 0 due t s! This section lists new products of interest to users of the HP palmtop pes . New Products includes descriptions of hardware, software, books, videos, training and service offerings. Prices listed in this section are suggested retail. You may be able to get the products for less if you shop around. HP Palmtop Paper Staff HARDWARE! ACCESSORIES ACCESSORIES Chameleon Cases Several of Chameleon's leather cases hold HP 95 / 100/200LX Palmtops .
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and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Reference works are also available at the site. Contact: Owen Samuelson, 500 Brookside Dr., Macon, GA 31210 USA; E-mail: ownesam@hom.net Available at Website: www. ucybershops.com/bookslbook-free.html TEXT EDITOR REFERENCE TOOLS The Palmtop Periodic Table . This new chemistry reference tool was written specifically for the HP palmtop using the Palmtop Application Library (PAL). The program displays the periodic table and some selected data for each element.
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NEW S User to User Hal's candid opinion of Windows CE; the future of THE HP PALMTOP PAPER; Thaddeus Computing to sell upgraded 8 Mg double-speed 200LXs; plus three classic games. By Hal Goldstein I really want to like the new Windows CE platform and the new HP 320LX Palmtop Pc. Frankly, the future of our company, Thaddeus Computing, largely depends on the success of our new Handheld PC Magazine which focuses exclusively on Windows CEbased Handheld PC's such as the HP320LX.
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NEWS: User To User The Future of The HP Palmtop Paper During the past six years many of you have shared your knowledge in the form of tips, profiles, reviews, and as freeware, shareware and commercial products. In fact most of the material these past years have come from you, the reader. Even if you haven't contributed, you have been very loyal in terms of your comments, renewals, and patronizing our advertisers.
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Personally, as an avid HP 200LX user I don't want to see that happen. The HP Palmtop Paper helps me, like thousands of other readers, be more productive and effective. Glance through this issue and you will see plenty of new and useful ways of taking advantage of the HP Palmtop. So what's the solution? From your side you can help us by renewing early, getting other users to subscribe, and supporting our advertisers.
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Knowledge Products From Thaddeus .....,~'L' ""....." I ,,= _::. :':.-; ... ;.::~::.:: .,.. . ~ THE HP Palmtop Paper's '97 CD InjoBase The HP Palmtop Paper's CD InfoBase I , The HP Palmtop Paper's CD In/oBase I NEW 1997 VERSION: Buy or Upgrade This Windows CD contains in hypertext searchable format all 1991-96 The HP Palmtop Papers, detailed adveItiser product descriptions, HP 200LX User's Guide, HPlO0;200;700LX Developer's Guide, and complete DOS and 1-2-3 MicroRef manuals.
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User To User (cont.) Users send us a disk, flash card, or an HP Palmtop, and we will return a disk and simple instructions for transferring files to a Windows CE machine from a Windows 95 or NT desktop. Making the plan work business-wise will be a little tricky. We will have to engage in two marketing efforts - one for buying palmtops and another for selling them. At least for a while, unless we can make a large buy, we won't have much control as to how much inventory of Palmtops we can build up.
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NEWS: User To User avy er Hal's Cleet O!::~~l AdMiral • • •• i I'!~: , ~ B= • • @j ) -t! • L'. • • [oJ Read • ¥Of ire . @J • • @ ~ @ • • • AdMiral. Screen 1: Battleship running on the LX. ...... !:::iii:::::::::~::: : :: ::: •.......©.........® erMind! EG I S T E RED COPY! t f1 ;:]gcnta Re d B r own c 11 c A '" IJ .. H .... hit e Cl;HJn Ye llow '" C "' V Green '" G Blue '" B .... ::::\'?i:::::::J~:::::.............. I· .. ••••••••••••• .. • .... • ...... • .......
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OW TO USE YOUR PALMTOP Through the Looking Glass: Fixing and Speeding Up Database Files What to do when you get "Record Not Found" or "Cannot Open File" error messages with any of the palmtop's built-in database applications (ApptBook, Database, PhoneBook, NoteTaker and WorldTime). By Ed Keefe I t's been said before, but it bears repeating: the database applications make the HP 100j200LX unique among all its competition.
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HOW TO USE: Fixing your database files Fortunately, it seems to happen most often to programmers. It's indeed fortunate for us, since they've taken the time to create some very useful techniques and tools that will help us fix broken database files. The most secure cure: use an up-to-date backup The best way to cure a broken database is to throw it away. Delete it from the disk and start over with a recent backup of the database file. However, before you delete the damaged file, do the following.
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the (Menu) Eile Merge command and try to bring the broken file into the new one. This simple technique may not work every time, but it's a good thing to try. ABDIO either in the HPHAND forum on CompuServe, or on The HP Palmtop Paper's 97 CD InfoBase. Sort and Copy The "Cannot Open File" error message will appear if you've inadvertently moved your database file to another drive or directory or swapped one PC card for another one. In this case the message means that the program Cannot Find the File.
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HOW TO USE: Fixing your database files open any file for editing. There are apparently no restrictions on the size of the file . Of course, once you bring the database file into PalEd it, you'll be faced with the daunting task of going through the document and deleting all the non-text characters. What you'll be left with is the raw data of the database file, minus any records that were totally corrupted.
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that the PC card needs to be "wear leveled." Heavily used sectors on PC cards eventually wear out. One symptom of this is that it takes more time to save data. The PC cards from San disk and HP come with a utility program called WEAR that will flag the worn out segments of the PC card as unusable and move your data to a part of the card that still has a lot of life in it. You only need to run the program once or twice a year.
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l ow USER PROFILE TO USE YOUR PALMTOP Administrator's HP Palmtop Helps Him Organize a 65·Workstation Network This user shows that the HP Palmtop has its own value, even on the site of a large network of workstations. Using pcANYWHERE on the palmtop while traveling, he checks dBASE files on the Network. The palmtop also comes in handy for Bible study and genealogy research.
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Organ iGe FieLds Go To Exit CODE DESCRIPT 1244 INVENTORY: OX: SHERTH 6FR SUPER RRROWFLEX ~~ 581228 PROCEDURE: LHC/C INE/ CORONRRY RRTERIOGRRPHY 1218/17/ 97 581412 1213/17/ 97 581288 ~~88~B8~~; In~G~R~~~oe2Ecg~~~R~Ys~~G68~~ft~RY RNGIO 1218/17/97 58141t PROCEDURE: IMRGE/ INJ-VENT,RTRIRL RNGIO 1218/ 17/97 58141219 PROCEDURE: INJECT LT VENT/ RTRIRL RNGIOGRRM 1218/17/ 97 HYPR CONTRRST: 145 ML HYPRQUE -76 1218/ 17/97 6812112166 ITEt1: CCL S eo 0 SUPPLI ES 1218/ 17/ 97 6812112152 ITEM: HYPRQUE 76 2121121CC 1218/17
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HOW TO USE: Network Administrator profile Screen 3. The author uses QuickVerse to access the King James version of the Bible. Transferring data between Windows 95 and the palmtop I attached my palmtop to my Toshiba laptop computer via the serial port and ran the Connectivity Pack software to download several Mb of data to the Palmtop.
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NaMe Bo~n Bapt i2ed Died Bu~ied Othe~ Ref MichaeL Steckbeck u1 SeH: M in in NoveMbe~. 1787 in in SaLeM Luthe~an Chu~ch. Lebanon. Penna. in MICHREL1.TXT Occupation: TaiLo~ Ma~·~au,.~) Mo~aue~ in u2 Screen 4: Brother's Keeper on the palmtop, showing the author's genealogical records . Pricing and Contact Information for products mentioned in this article RipOff Holster #3000, $14.95 IntelliLink #2517A, $94.95 EduCALC, 29753 Cabot Rd.
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W TO USE YOUR PALMTOP Making The Transition To The New HP 300/320LX Palmtop PC Transferring data from his HP lOOLX to a newly purchased HP 320LX Palmtop PC wasn't effortless for this new Windows CE user, but what he learned can help others out. By James A. Robertson A s soon as I saw the description of Hewlett-Packard's new Windows CE palmtops, I knew I would have one.
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machines that morning. One sold when the store opened; I bought mine at noon. Back at my office, the first task was to check the package contents. When you open the box there are two manuals, a large setup instruction sheet (useful for explaining the battery insertion order and reset procedure), an add-on product catalog, warranty, licenses for H/PC Explorer and the other software, and two CD-ROMs containing the software for the desktop (or laptop) partner machine you must have to connect with the 320LX.
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HOW TO USE: Transition to the HP 3001320LX the order displayed): (1) install Microsoft exchange updates (not required if you already have installed this update from Microsoft's Internet download site, or if you have Microsoft Outlook, released with Office 97); (2) install Microsoft Schedule+ 7.0a (not required if you have Microsoft Outlook); and (3) install H/PC Explorer, which is the heart of the desktop interface with your new HP palmtop. Next, load the HP CD.
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Moving 1 00/200 LX NoteTaker and Database files To Pocket Word and Pocket Excel on the HP 320LX By Hal Goldstein HP 1OOLX and 200LX NoteTaker and Database files can be accessed on the HP 320LX in either Pocket Word and Pocket Excel. In fact, like Lotus 1-2-3, Pocket Excel can be used as a tabular database. The trick in either case is to make use of F5 (Smart Clip) in NoteTaker and DataBase. Smart Clip is a powerful, easy-to-use formatter that lets you output data in any format you want.
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HOW TO USE: Transition to the HP 3001320LX The missing database engine I have a sizable number of 100/200LX database, notepad and HP Calc equation files (.GDB , .NDB and .EQN) that cannot be converted into usable format for the 300/320LX. (However, see sidebar for conversion of Database files.) The new machine has database files for appointments, tasks and contacts, but these functions are entirely different from the 100/200LX databases . I made extensive use of the database functions on the 100/200LX.
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Windows CE on the 300/320LX. I read all The HP Palmtop Paper prerelease articles and comparisons on the 300/320LX's built-in software, so I was aware of the missing database engine. But until I was reviewing my files during the transfer process, I did not realized that I made more frequent use of the database applications than any other program in the 100LX PIM suite. My largest files were the Phonebook and a Lotus 1-2-3 file on which I keep my pilot's logbook entries.
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W TO USE YOUR PALMTOP Web-enable Your 1-2·3 Data Use Lotus 1-2-3's ability to print to a file to create dynamic World Wide Web page templates By Carl Merkle T he growth of intranets and their powerful potential to enhance the way people work and communicate adds a whole new dimension of value to the version of Lotus 1-2-3 on the palmtop that didn't exist before the popularization of the Internet/intranets.
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view the linked sections with a Web browser. Web browsers take little or no training to use. Thus people who are new to computers can instantly benefit from viewing documents with them. Create a simple Web page HTML markup codes are surrounded by special markers to set them off from the text displayed by the browser. These symbols are the right and left angle brackets shown as follows: "<" and ">".
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HOW TO USE: Web enable your 1-2-3 data ABC D 1 INPUT RANGE: 2 3 Title June Report E F G H Month_end June 30, 1996 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 OUTPUT RANGE: --------------_._-------
June Report ABC Project Financial Statements Month Ended June 30,1996 11 12 13 14 Cash $ 300,000 15 Work in Progress 5,000,000 16 Accounts Receivable 1,000,000 17 18 Total Assets $ 6,300,000 19 ============= 20
21 Box 1: Creating an HTML file in Lotus 1-2-3.
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useful your HP Palmtop is. Why not own the~.........~ Maximum GREAT WAYS to get the most from the World's #1 Palmtop PCI 1. Buva DoubleSpeed 8 Meg 200ll! Pure Palmtop Power at Pre-Owned Palmtop Prices! HP 200LX (upgraded, refurbished, like new) 8 Megabytes! 1& DoubleSpeed! 1& 90-Day warranty! (extendable to lor 2 years) Get your own DoubleSpeed 8 Meg 200LX and give your current palmtop to a friend, colleague or family member. Or use it as a backup palmtop. Or, get Trade-In credit (see below).
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LETTERS: continued from P.2 kinds of numbers in sales to cause the changes we users want and speak about to become reality (improved features, etc.). I for one am enjoying the ride. I have owned and used the HP95LX, HPI00LX, OB300, Newton 120, Sharp Zaurus, Casio A-ll, and now an HP 320LX Palmtop Pc. None of the machines prior to the WindowsCE devices. allowed me to leave my laptop home on trips. None of them.
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• •• B ASIC TIPS ••• (All tips are by HP Palmtop Paper Managing Editor Ralph C. Turner, unless otherwise noted. You can contact Ralph at ralph_ turner@thaddeus.com) Speed search If you're like most palmtop users, your C:\_DAT directory is filled with so many files that, when in FILER, it's difficult to quickly locate and highlight a particular file. Although you can use the ArrowKeys, as well as the PageUp and PageDown keys, to scroll through the files, there's an easier way : speed search.
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one little piece of paper you filed somewhere or other. .................................. .................................................. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .•.• • • • • • •.•• • • • ••••.•.•. .•••! Fax 1 ! 2i.~;~;~~.~.~.~?:~.~•.•. •. .•. ••.•. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..•; E - l'Iai 1 Pi?~~:~~~f.~ ~!?i?~ii.~i:i~~~I:i:iC?~ . . . .... . ...... . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ . .. . Ti.t.l<> iVp;····· Ap"x ···Hf'g·:·······Inc ..
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~~~ QUICK TIPS ~~~ [?[Rj~~W&[Rj~ mr ®[X]&[Rj~W&[Rj~ IlfiIE: ....... .~.~~~~~~ rA'D~~"';u< ~ AFRIKANISCHE STRASSE AHREN S FELDE AHRENS FELDE FRIEDHOF AHRENS FELDE NORD New programs from the S.U.P.E.R Internet site One of the best Internet sites out there today for the HP palmtop is S .U.P.E.R . (Simply Unbeatable Palmtop Essentials Repository) . The page is hosted by Mitchell Hamm and the other members of the S.U.P.E.A.
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amount of blank tape left) and acts as a database for your album collection. Finger Paint . (137 K) Version 4.00 by Poisson Technology. Finger Paint is a very nice shareware "paintbrush" application for the palmtop. The program also allows you to load other graphics files, such as scanned images (Screen 3). Thesaur Plus . (224 K) Version 2 .2 by Derrick Burgess (see Screen 4) . Thesaur Plus is a shareware TSR thesaurus with over 10,000 main words and 50,000 synonyms .
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three batteries so they don't corrode in the unit. Shareware Freeware mentioned in this article All the following programs available on HP Palmtop Pap.r Septembsr/Dctobsr ON DISK. EASY PROJECT . - This DOS-based project manager works on the palmtop. Shareware. FINGER PAINT . - Paintbrush program designed for the palmtop. Shareware. Lotus 1·2·3 Commands . - This utility adds more information to the online help in 1-2-3. Freeware.
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HOW TO CONTACT US (Please note: The HP Palmtop Paper does not and cannot provide techntcal support.) There are a number of ways to get in touch with The HP Palmtop Paper staff. You can write, mail us a disk with your comments, send CompuServe or [nternet email, fax, or call. Our mailing address and contact information is: Thaddeus Computing, Inc., 110 N. Court St., Fairfield, IA 52556, U.S.A. Phone: 515-472-6330 or 800-373-6114 Fax #:515-472-1879 Internet: letters@thaddeus.
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The Only HP Palmtop Upgrade That Has It All. To get the most from your lIP 100/200LX palmtop, you need 3 advanced upgrades on 1 convenient PCMCIA card. First, you need to send and receive both faxes and data at an exceptional 14,400 bps speed. Second, you need fax/modem software that operates easily with the same lIP function keys and commands you already use ... without the hassle of downloading software and without consuming precious hard disk space.
