User`s guide
NEWS
:
User
To
User
Do
you have a Palmtop you no longer use?
The Future of
The
HP Palmtop Paper
Weill buy
it
.•. even if itls broken!
During
the
past
six years
many
of
you
have
shared
your
knowledge
in
the
form
of
tips,
profiles,
reviews,
and
as
freeware,
share-
ware
and
commercial products. In
fact
most
of the material these
past
years
have
come
from
you,
the
reader.
Even
if
you
haven't
con-
tributed,
you
have
been
very loyal
in
terms
of
your
comments,
re-
newals,
and
patronizing
our
adver-
tisers.
Therefore,
I
want
to
be
as
open
with
you
as possible
in
dis-
cussing the
future
of this publica-
tion.
Thaddeus
Computing
(that's
us)
can
always
use
extra
palmtops
for
various
projects.
If
you
want
to
mail
in
your
Palmtop
equipment
and
manuals
to
us,
here
is
what
we
will
pay
.
Palmtop
in
good
working
order
and
good
shape:·
HP
95LX
(with
manuals):
$
55
HP
100LX
(with
manuals):
$75
HP
200LX
(with
manuals):
$100
Broken
Palmtop·
Broken
95LX
(with
manuals):
$25
Broken
100LX
(with
manuals):
$35
Broken
200LX
(with
manuals):
$35
*
Without
manuals:
HP
95LX
subtract
$5;
HP
1
OOLX
or
200LX
subtract
$10.
We'll
adjust
the
price
if
equipment
works
but
has
some
significant
damage
.
Accessories
HP
Connectivity
Pack
with
cable
and
manual:
HP100
or
200LX:
$15;
HP95LX:
$5
Uncompressed
Flash
and
SRAM
cards
:
$5.00
per
megabyte
(e
.
g.,
40
Meg=$240)
Many
of
you
have e-mailed
me
that
the
last
issue
contained
less
advertisements
and
less
pages.
This reflected
an
abysmal
summer
both
for
our
advertisers
and
our-
selves.
HP
grossly
underestimated
the
demand
for
HP
200LXs as the
HP
320LX
was
introduced.
The
result: those users
wanting
to
pur-
chase
HP
200LXs
couldn't
find
Modem
cards,
cables,
software,
chargers,
other
items:
we'll
look
things
over,
but
we
may
not
be
able
to
offer
much.
We'll
adjust
price
as
appropriate
if
accessories
come
without
manuals,
or
if
other
items
are
missing.
Send
equipment
to:
HP
Palmtop
Used
Equipment,
Thaddeus
Computing,
110
N.
Court,
Fairfield
,
IA
52556,
USA.
Include
a
note
mentioning
this
offer
with
your
phone
and
fax
number
.
If
you
need
to
talk
with
us,
you
may
call,
515-472-6330
.
You
will
receive
reimbursement
within
three
weeks
after
we
receive
the
equipment.
When
you
send
in
your
palmtop,
if
you
mention
you
saw
this
box
you'll
receive
a
free
one-year
subscription
(or
renewal)
to
Handheld PC Magazine.
Offer
good
through
December
31,
1997
them,
and
even
the
most
knowl-
Paper
renewals to stabilize at
much
edgeable
dealers
thought
the
HP
lower
levels
than
we
have
been
200LX
was
being discontinued. To
used
to
in
the
past.
In
the
mean-
put
it
mildly,
new
subscriptions
time
the
paper
costs
have
almost
and
even
renewals
dropped
dra-
tripled
since
we
began
publishing
matically.
The
HP
Palmtop
Paper
six years ago.
If
you
have
done
business
with
In
other
words,
the
bad
news
our
advertisers,
you
know
most
is
that
even
assuming
that
sub-
have
knowledge,
a
genuine
inter-
scriber,
renewal,
and
advertiser
est,
and
appreciation
for
the
HP
rates stabilize
at
current levels,
we
200LX.
Many
of
these
businesses
would
lose
money
each
issue
we
depend
on
HP
200LX
sales
for a publish.
significant
portion
of
their
busi-
At
the
same
time,
new
possi-
ness.
Even
those
like
ourselves
bilities for
HP
Palmtop
use
contin-
who
will
support
Windows
CE
ue.
New
hardware,
new
software,
handhelds
are
caught
in
a
tricky
new
imaginative uses of the palm-
position.
Sales
of
the
HP
200LX
top
keep surfacing
and
will contin-
have
decreased
dramatically
(at
ue
to surface as
long
as
there
is a
least
in
Summer
1997) while
we
all
market
and
user
enthusiasm.
Just
must
incur significant
startup
costs
glance
through
this
issue
as evi-
preparing
for
the
new
Windows
dence. I feel
that
six
years
of
HP
CE market.
Palmtop
Paper
issues have
played
a
The
good
news
is
that
now
central
role
in
the
palmtop'S
suc-
that
HP
200LXs
are
back
in
the
cess
and
in
expanding
palmtop
dealer
channel,
sales
have
in-
possibilities.
If
The HP Palmtop
creased as reflected
by
new
Palmtop
Paper
dies,
many
HP
Palmtop inno-
Paper
subscribers.
However,
even
vations,
much
user
enthusiasm,
with
the
HP
200LX available,
we
and
new
HP
Palmtop sales will die
expect
new
subscriber
and
Palmtop
with
it.
6 THE
HP
PALMTOP PAPER SEPTEMBER/ OCTOBER 1997
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