User`s guide

HOW TO CONTACT US
(Please note: The HP Palmtop Paper does
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Technical Support
HP Technical Support - HP offers tech-
nical
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Phone: [phone].
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How to Submit an Article
The richness of The HP Palmtop Paper
comes from the contributions of Palmtop
PC
users. We and your fellow ·users wel-
come
your submissions. (We do not offer
payment for articles, your reward is know-
Ing that you've helped others.)
1f you have a good idea and want to "go
for it," send it in via CompuServe e-mail
[75300,2443], Internet: hal_goldstein@thad-
deus.com,
or send disk or nard copy to Hal
Goldstein or Ralph
C. Turner at the above
address. Alternatively you can send an
outline of your idea. We will try to guide
)Tou as to when and whether we woufd use
the article
and contact you if we need clari-
fication or have
any suggestions - please
include your phone number. We may
want to use an article but for a variety of
reasons you may not see it for many
months. Please understand that we cannot
promise to
run any particular article at any
particular time.
If you can, especially if you write a
Palmtop Profile, send us a photo of your-
self -
black and white is preferred, but
color is acceptable.
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(PRODUCT) ..•..•..•..•..•..•.•...•........ [PHONEIFAX NUMBERSj .. PAGE NUMBER
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(Two·Way Conversational Translator) . . [800-409·17011 21
(ThinFax Modem) .. . [800 · EXP·6922 ext. 641 or 714-453·1020; Fax: 714·453·13191 .. back cover
(Palm Link) . ... .. .. .. .. . ................. [800 ·476 ·4070 or 704·875·6490; Fax: 704·875-28011 25
(PC CardsiDriversiAdapters) .. .. . .• •. . . . [800·800·5710 or 408·866-4739; Fax: 408-866·83281 30
(CGA VGA Graphics Pack Vision) .................... [604·980 ·999 1; Fax: 604·985·5597J 23
(Peripherals) . . ...... [909·468·0958; Fax: 909·468·07691 9
(Flash Cards) ..
(Personal Food Analyst) ..
(POCKETWatch Pocket Protocol Analyzer)
(PCMCIA Memory Cards) .. ... .. ........ ..
(Cables, software, accessories, Web Browser) .
(CardLink Drives) .....
(HP palmtops and accessories) ........... .
... [800·272-6242 or 213-413·9999; Fax : 213-413.()8281 19
. ........ [800 ·732·7707 or 719·598·5276; Fax: 719·598·5790112
...... [508·887·6570 ; Fax : 508·887·65521 7
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................ [PhoneiFax: 704·588·17801 15
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...... [800·373-6114 or 515·472·6330; Fax : 515·472·18791
(Thaddeus Palmlops: Double·Speed 8 Meg Palmtop , 14.4 Modem, Palmtop Upgrade). . . ...... ..... 8
(14.4 Megahertz Fax/Modems) ........................ 25
(Knowledge products: Subscriptions, HP Palmtop Tech Ref. Manual, Reference Books. CD InfoBase) ........... 29
(Handheld PC Magazine) .. .. .. .. . .... .............. ............ .. ..... inside back cover
(Trans PC Card· Universal Parallel Port).
....... [Phone: 916·462·5599; Fax : 916·462·5598) 22
Shareware and Freeware Index
(September/October 1997)
Software on The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK, CompuServe, or the Web
PRODUCT
FUNCTION CIS FORUM I LIBRARY TYPE
PAGE
1·2·3COMM.ZIP Text file: More online help for 1·2·3 .
NA, 'I Freeware
EZPRJ402.ZIP Application : project manager .
NA, 'I Shareware
FPAINT4.ZIP Application : Paintbrush program for the palmtop.
NA, 'I Shareware
HBUS.ZIP Game: Hearts and Bones for the 100LX .
HPHand,11 Freeware
LXGPS10.ZIP Utility: Interfaces between palmtop and GPS receiver
NA, 'I Freeware
LXPIC.ZIP Application; Version 4.2 of this graphics viewer.
NA, 'I Freeware
LXMAP.ZIP Application: map viewing program.
NA,'1 Freeware
MMINDHP.ZIP Game: A palmtop game which tests logic skills.
HPHand,11 Freeware
MINES.ZIP Game: Like Hears and Bones but with added features
HPHand,11 Freeware
NTKPAC04.ZIP Driver: allows use of Apple's Newton keyboard
NA, 'I Freeware
PALRUNll.ZIP Application : Runs PAL applications on a PC.
NA, 'I Freeware
PPT22 . ZIP Application: Periodic table .
NA, '2 Freeware
SEAHUNT.ZIP Game; Battleship .
HPHand,11 Freeware
TAPEMKI5.ZIP Application: For selecting songs; creating databases.
NA,'1 Shareware
TYME10.ZIP Application; Billing management system.
NA, 'I Shareware
THESPL22.ZIP Application: Thesaurus that runs as a TSR.
NA, 'I Shareware
'I. www.palmtop.neVsuper.html '2. www.hom.neV-owensarnlptidx.html
Software mentioned and included in The HP Palmtop Paper July/August ON DISK
HV . ZIP, utility: Palmtop hypertext Web page viewer, freeware, p. 28
Software mentioned and included in The 1997 HP Palmtop Paper CD InfoBase
ABDDUMP, utility, freeware, p. 13; ABDLOAD, utility, freeware, p. 13, DBV, Application, freeware, p. 14, FASTDB,
TSR application, freeware, p. 14, 15; GARLIC, utility, freeware, p. 13, PE , application, freeware, p. 13
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TO ORDER the CD InfoBase or HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK, see order card page 8
36 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER SEPTEMBER/ OCTOBER 1997