User`s guide
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. From
our
side, in
order
to
justify
the
expense
of
The
HP
Palmtop Paper
we
plan
to
offer
additional
Palmtop
products
and
services.
A new Palmtop Business
for Thaddeus
Computing
Some
of
our
loyal,
long-term
10-
year
customers
will
remember
a
similar situation. In 1985
we
began
Thaddeus
Computing
(then called
"Personalized Software")
support-
ing
the
Hewlett-Packard
110
Portable
and
later the
HP
Portable
Plus.
These
portable
computers,
like
the
HP
Palmtop,
were
years
ahead
of their time,
and
were creat-
ed
by
some
of
the
same
HP
Corvallis engineers that created the
HP
Palmtop.
Unfortunately,
HP
was
unable
to
market
these
machines - at the time the laptop
market
was
like the
palmtop
mar-
ket is
now.
The
public
had
yet
to
appreciate the benefits of portable
computing.
Consequently a select
group
of
loyal
users
loved
their
machine~
and
supported
The Portable Paper
for six years - the last
two
years of
which,
HP
Portables
were
no
longer sold
by
HP. With a relative-
ly
small
subscriber
base
(about
2,000)
we
had
20
employees servic-
ing
HP
Portable
users
as
well
as
users
of
the
orphaned
HP
150
Touchscreen desktop. We
did
this
primarily
by
buying
and
selling
used
HP
equipment,
adding
unique
value
such
as
speed
upgrades.
As
other
companies
were
unable
to survive selling
HP
Portable
and
HP150
products,
we
purchased
their
inventory
and
rights to their software. That
meant
even
after
we
stopped
publishing
The
Portable
Paper,
we
were
the cen-
tral
location
to
support
HP
Portable
and
HP
150
users.
We
feel
we
can
continue
to
serve
HP
Palmtop
users
with
The
HP
Palmtop Paper if
we
resurrect
that
side
of
our
business. Starting
August
1,
we
began
an
aggressive
campaign
to
purchase
used
Palmtops which
we
will test, clean,
tighten hinges
and
otherwise refur-
bish for resale. In addition, thanks
to
the
work
of
HP
Palmtop
hard-
ware
expert
Mack
Baggette,
we
will
not
only be selling
used
palm-
tops,
but
our
centerpiece
product
will
be
a refurbished,
upgraded
8
Megabyte double
speed
HP
200LX
that
we
will
warranty
for
up
to two
years! In addition,
we
will
upgrade
existing
machines
and
offer
both
extended warranties
and
a relative-
ly inexpensive repair service.
If
there is interest,
we
may
also
offer a
200LX to 320LX file transfer
service.
That
will
save
users
the
time
and
hassle of converting files
when
moving
to
the
HP
320LX.
POCKETWatch
Palmtop Protocol Analyzer
Turns
Your
Palmtop
into
a Network Analyzer!
Consider the convenience
of
a network analyzer that
fits in your pocket, goes anywhere you need to go, and
costs under
$1500!
POCKETWatch combines LANWatch
~
Network
Protocol
Analyzer with an HP 200
LX
Palmtop PC and a Silicom
Ethernet Card.
If
you wish to convert an existing Palmtop,
the software and
ether net card can be purchased separately.
P~E:CISION
9
Ht.~~w~rk,
Inc.
Five Central Street, Topsfield, MA 01983
(508)
887-6570 (phone) http://www.guesswork.com
(508) 887-6552 (fax) Email: info@guesswork.com
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