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1. control keys to work properly That aside this thing is a whiz use it both for remote access by phone and for file manipulation in the office RR has a great file manager and it s far easier to use in my opinion than LapLink Remote one of the 200LX s built in applications CloseUp JD Fleming Jr CompuServe ID 76376 2022 Our office computers are connected with Novell Netware and we use a single dedicated computer running CloseUp ver 6 and connected to a modem to provide remote access Once connected the remote caller can check his E mail as well as work with files and programs on the file servers or the dedicated CloseUp computer When first got my 200LX never dreamed that could use it as a remote user to our office network However it turned out to be quite simple placed CloseUp on the C drive need to remove the A drive in order to use the modem and ran it just like normally would only needed two files on the Palmtop CREMOTE EXE 272K and CLOSE_UP MNU 658 Bytes told the Palmtop that the computer had a black and white monitor to use the COM2 port at 19 200 baud and was connected Excerpt from User Profile by Chris Lott Vol 4 No 1 1995 page 30 of The HP Falmtop Paper 10 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 using a text mode even with V 32bis If you can configure the applications you will be using for 80 x 25 text in black and white With many programs it is possible t
2. sas Sel ee at RS A Computer briefcase 119 00 PCMCIA px COBB sanasan 9 95 We seme aes iN AAE pig IL e Ot 10072001 Leather Cases for Palmtops and Accessories Three new leather cases are available from EduCALC e Palmtop and cellular phone case Has spots for spare batteries business cards pen and pencil PCM CIA cards and papers Dimensions 8 x 9 5 x 2 Black leather Computer briefcase Holds Palmtop and or lap top Also has places for PCMCIA cards modem cables books pens etc Comes with two outside pockets Dimensions 13 x 10 5 x 2 Black leather e PCMCIA card case Holds four type I three type II or one type III card A Velcro patch on the back lets CONTACT EauCALC 27953 Cabot Ad Laguna Niguel CA 92677 USA Phone 800 713 6526 or 714 582 2637 Fax 714 582 1445 Card Drives 1002001 PCMCIA Card Drive for Mac UNIX and IBM Systems This PCMCIA drive works with Apple Macintosh UNIX Workstations IBM compatible PCs and other computers with an SCSI bus Comes with two PCMCIA card slots supports type I Il and III cards and can be used internally or externally Transfers up to 2 5MB of data per second 6 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 PROMPT HP eee cs Pastas Tas 1300 Ae a HOLLAND Ana BOONES 5 EE E et T Te 7 ABET DSTI OH Ts Mere BE 8 Ba ee Kansas USA Fe ee usas dn Maly should contact Marietha Wilson P O Box 1151
3. Contact Aoland Corp USA Phone 213 685 5141 Fax 213 722 091 1 Stacker 4 0 99 95 File compression software See page 9 Contact Siac Electronics USA Phone 800 522 7822 or 619 431 7474 Fax 619 431 0880 SuperKey NA No longer sold Add on macros software See page 10 Contact Borland Intemational Inc USA Phone 800 331 0877 Fax 408 431 4122 Travel Floppy 144 249 Floppy PCMCIA drive See page 39 Contact Accunite Technologies Inc USA Phone 408 433 1980 Fax 408 433 1716 US Robotics V 32bis modem Internal 100 External 149 Portable modem See page 9 Contact U S Robotics USA Phone 800 342 5877 or 708 982 5010 Fax 708 962 5235 User s Groups HP Palmtop See box on page 6 this issue WordPerfect 5 1 299 6 1 319 Word processor See page 10 Contact Word Perfect Novell Com USA Phone 800 451 5151 or 801 225 5000 Fax 801 228 5377 X Tree Gold Ver 2 5 NA Ver 3 0 149 95 Disk file management utility See page 10 Contact Central Point Software Inc USA Phone 800 445 4208 or 503 690 8088 Fax 503 690 8083 JULY AUGUST 1995 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 47 HOW TO CONTACT US 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 mail fax or call Our mailing address and contact information is Thaddeus Computing Inc P O Box 869
4. Memory Multifunction Card from SMART or desktop computer additional hard drive capacity Modular Technologies enables this transformation and increased reliability during data transmission by combining industry high speed fax amp modem Best of all it has the lowest power requirements of capabilities with powerful on board flash any multifunction card made for the HP LX in the memory all on the same streamlined PCMCIA market All told the Fax Modem amp Memory Card Type II compatible card By coupling 14 400 bps from SMART is a Calaveras County like leap for fax up to a full 4 or 6MB of memory and Fax EMN apy PTY ward for palmtop computing and serious Hewlett a 2400 bps modem Packard 100LX and in a single card you can send receive store and 200LX users like you print communications that before now were When you think speed beyond the reach of palmtop computing performance and quality In keeping with our reputation for making Think SMART To order product or for more information call MART EduCALC 1 800 677 7001 or Mobile Planet at 1 800 M PLANET 1 800 675 2638 E SMAR Modular Technologies 45531 Northport Loop West Fremont CA 94538 Toll free 1 800 536 1231 Tel 510 623 1231 Fax 510 623 1434 1995 SMART Modular Technologies Inc All rights reserved SMART Logo isa trademark of SMART Modular Technologies Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies Publisher
5. Unfortunately ADD is NOT recognized as a disability by our district Fortunately the grammar school Resource Specialist the individual who works with kids with a variety of disabilities did not share the administration s atti tude regarding kids with ADD At the close of each school day the Resource Specialist would visit 3 or 4 students at their desks as the stu dents prepared to leave school for the day In Heather s case that meant insuring Heather had the assignments written down and the appropriate papers and books nec essary to complete the tasks This proved to be an excellent solution Heather seldom left information or books at school that were needed for that night s homework Palmtop replaces Resource Specialist Our district has junior highs for grades 7 through 9 and I knew that when Heather graduated to the 7th grade we would lose the services of the Elementary School Resource Specialist Over the summer between Heather s 6th and 7th grade I began trying to think of ways to give Heather the same services When I decided to buy the new 200LX I hit upon the idea of pass ing my 100LX on to Heather The Appointment Book alarm function seemed ideal as a way to remind Heather of things she had to do and NoteTaker could be used to take down homework assignments Heather and I discussed how it would be set up and how things would be handled The only poten tial concern was that we did not know
6. by Phone Note the software in this article was tested on an HP 100LX The points should also be valid on the HP 200LX Later versions of pceANYWHERE 5 0 and above require a 286 or greater processor and do not work on the HP Palmtops This article covers pcANY WHERE Ver 4 5 which is still available through Symantec See page 47 for Symantec contact information By Craug Payne For some time I ve used pcANY WHERE on my desktop PC in Utah to access the home office PC in California It s a robust and reliable program that has let me transfer up to 20MB of compressed files via modem and phone lines without any problems However occasion ally I d be on the road and need to access the home office computer It was a little frustrating until I dis covered that pcANYWHERE Remote V4 5 works flawlessly on my 100LX 4 Using pcANYWHERE Remote on the HP 100 200LX pcANYWHERE is more than a file transfer program It s a remote access program that lets you remotely run one PC computer from another A host computer runs the main ppeANYWHERE pro gram and a remote computer runs a smaller program AWRE MOTE that lets it control the host Remember those terms host a desktop gets controlled by the remote a Palmtop from your HP 100 200LX I copied the AW_REMOT directory 862 073 bytes onto a SunDisk SDPL5 5 5 volt 5MB no Stacker PCMCIA card I used the standard HP Connectivity Cable
7. s SmartCaps feature came to the rescue by allowing us to remap most of the keys with a punctuation marks When activat ed the feature reverses shifted val ues of selected keys So for exam ple when you want to key ina question mark you just press 3 Q DoubleClick This feature lets you press a key twice to get its cap italized character instead of having to press the shift key and the char acter It is handy but you may have to adjust the d click timer upwards for a person with impaired mobility Lower d click settings mean you have to press a key twice very quickly for its shift ed value to appear Higher d click settings mean more time can pass between two key presses Key remapping Limited motor movement in the fingers caused my wife to continually hit the blue hotkeys on the HP 200LX thus launching programs that she was not interested in or were diffi cult to get out of Buddy s Blue Key Controls screen let me repro gram these hotkeys so they did nothing Q In addition Buddy knows to automatically insert the apostrophy shifted value of the 6 key when keying in a contraction So for example to enter the word don t you d key in d 0 E H and Buddy knows shift the 6 to enter the apostrophy This is only a fraction of the fea tures of the BUDDY program But it sure makes typing fast about 30 faster as far as we can figure Buddy 2 0 works on both
8. CGAGRAPH COM CHKTSR EXE TKERNEL EXE CHKT SR OBJ JQBTAUS RI Also gone are all allusions to Cougar and Jaguar and there is only a brief mention of the Lotus Resource Editor REDITOR The first new material in the Guide starts on page 152 For the next forty or so pages there is a wealth of material dealing with System Manager Task Control Blocks TCBs and Intertask Communication ITC There is also a large amount of text devoted to writing normal TSR programs as It s Your Office Away From The Office 7 M So How Come No One Can Reach You There Equip your mobile office with wireless communications RadioMail turns messages through all Internet connected e mail systems your HP Palmtop PC into a versatile two way wireless cc Mail etc and all major on line services AOL etc communicator Now you can have the communications Wireless faxing and more You can also send faxes globally power you need to stay in control everywhere you go receive phone messages as text via RadioMail operators Send and receive wireless e mail nationwide RadioMail service ____ and get stock quotes and news All without wires delivers full messages proposals contracts quickly Now PC Card compatible Best of all RadioMail now works and automatically No logging in No roaming charges with PC Card wireless modems for the ultimate in RadioMail connects you to millions of people around the globe Beca
9. LX will key in the complete phrase A more practical example for our situation was to define iwat as I would like a glass of water please The ability to use these acronyms is wonderful I use it for business and my wife uses it for daily communication 3 A unique feature of this program is that it actually can keep 2 sepa rate dictionaries My wife is bilin gual and must write in 2 languages English and Swedish QUICK LX automatically determines which language you are writing in and uses the appropriate dictionary library Very clever and practical for her use Actually she writes in 3 languages but we just combine the Swedish and Finnish in the same dictionary Buddy saves more keystrokes Buddy 2 0 is a utility for the HP 100 200LX that adds many useful features that save quite a lot of key strokes Here are some Buddy fea tures that my wife finds particular ly useful Q SmartCaps Buddy automati cally knows when to capitalize many letters For example Buddy 26 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 knows to automatically capitalize I whenever it appears alone It also knows to capitalize the first word in a sentence i e the first let ter to appear after a period and blank space or the first When writing general text the shift key must be used extensively to produce many punctuation marks e g to create a question mark you have to press SHIFT 3 Again Buddy
10. Milestones Variable Zoom Multiple projects Max tasks of 1000 activities Mouse and keyboard operated for portability Inmax Publishing Ltd 2674 Terrace Ave North Vancouver BC Canada V7R 1B5 Tel 604 980 9991 Fax 604 985 5597 Files on the Developer s Disk The disks that come with the Revised Developer s Guide contain 139 files about 1 97 MegaBytes Following is a general description of the files con tained in each subdirectory on the disks with a listing of the file name README TXT contains unpacking information and license agreement DOCS contains 5 files 14 803 bytes with the descriptions of the editor icon and world database files GLEDFF TXT ICON TXT LONGMATH TXT MEMOED TXT WORLDDAT TXT DOCS DBDOC contains 4 files 139 401 bytes that describe the internal formats of the database files DB TXT APPTDOC TXT RADIO TXT DBDOC TXT DOCS GRAPH100 contains 3 files 55 057 bytes of low level graphics support for the 100 200LX COU GRAPH ASM GRAPH DOC COUGRAPH H HEADERS contains 39 files 486 721 bytes of C header files needed for creating EXM programs on the 100 200LX CHKTSR C DOSFILE H DTN_EDIT H LSTRING H IC H DB_PVT H KEYTAB H M_CALLS H DATETIME H CHTYPE H G H HELP H APPTS H G_SM H DB_SM H RESBUILD H CAP2 H M_DEFS H SYSMGR H SYSDEFS H EVENT H M_ERROR H FILEIO H LHAPI H DB H SETTINGS H INTER FAC H COMIO H TASK H COUGRAPH H GLED H M_TIME H CBCOD
11. San Jose CA 95131 TEL 408 433 1980 FAX 408 1433 1716 that have Excel or some other spreadsheet as a corporate stan dard The need for 1 2 3 support is real Unfortunately it also turns out that books about the older DOS based versions of 1 2 3 are disap pearing from the shelves of book stores in favor of newer books on Windows versions Without the proper information about 1 2 3 many Palmtop users don t under stand and cannot utilize the power built into the Palmtop in the form of 1 2 3 This need for support gave rise to the column you are now read ing This column a regular feature in future issues will focus on using 1 2 3 and integrating its capabilities with the other built in applications Some of you are beginners and some are more sophisticated users Hopefully we can provide some thing for everyone Feel free to let us know what you would like to see covered in this column Lotus 1 2 3 is deceivingly simple to use for things like simple data entry lists and simple calculations In addition it has some sophisticated features that take a little longer to learn However once the finer points of Lotus are understood the program s ability to make your business and personal life easier and more effective grows by leaps and bounds Where to get help The first topic we need to cover in this column is where to get support for Lotus 1 2 3 Fortunately sup port is available from a number of diff
12. Windows 6 0 Word for Windows 6 0 Casio B O S S Casio Z 7000 Franklin Organiz It Digital Book System HP 95 100 200LX HP OmniBook Psion Series 3 3A Sharp Wizard Sharp Zaurus Tandy Z PDA See advertisemeni page 4 Availability 0 08 Now PPS te eran a tak oeit Floppy disk PEI seit ten ven we wa sete 99 95 Upgrade inai eissor 39 95 CONTACT ntelliLink 1 Tara Blvd Suite 210 Nashua NH 03062 USA Phone 603 888 0666 Fax 603 888 oat 100 200LX Compact High Level Programming Language Use this event driven pro gramming language to pro gram business type applica tions on your Palmtop or desktop OPRO 4 is a high level programming lan guage that only uses 100K of RAM Custom applications can be run on both 1MB and 2MB Palmtops Written entirely in Assembly language QPRO 4 s run time module is 90K Formatted data entry entry screens are created with WYSIWYG screen editor Language includes pop up windows point and shoot data selection light bar menus complete screen management and two dimensional tables A multikey B tree index sequential file handler is included You can have up to 9 multifield indices and up to 100 files open simulta neously Japanese language version and evaluation ver sions available For more information contact vendor See advertisement page 38 Availability i ate td hl Now PSN nc saoaou aa cpp dst Floppy disk PRI viv 4
13. amp G Consultant Co Yokohama JAPAN HP Tech Support said they had heard of the problem you described but that it was very rare To disable the write pro fection run CHECK EXE not CHKDSK from the DOS prompt on your Palmtop CHECK EXE is a utility pro gram that comes with HP FlashDisks It should still be on the compressed portion of your flashcard If you can t find it there check the floppy disk that came with the FlashDisk To do this close your applications enter AppManager press EJ and exit System Manager com pletely by pressing MENU Appl ication Terminate All If CHECK EXE is still on your flashcard log on ta the A drive and the directory it is in type check at the DOS prompt and press ENTER If it is not on the Flashcard copy it from the floppy disk that came with your FlashDisks to your Palmtop s C drive and type check a from the C prompt That should fix the problem If you have any further problems contact HP Tech Support Rich Use Lotus and World Time to Figure Distances Between Cities Several editions of Quick Tips have explained how to calculate the distance between two points on earth using the latitude and longi tude of the points one example is found on pg 57 Vol 3 No 6 94 These JULY AUGUST 1995 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 39 LETTERS Continued examples make use of the HP Calc Solver function While useful this method which necessitates transcrib ing the l
14. household In order to bring some joy to my routine tasks I started entering a running grocery list on my HP 100LX using the NoteTaker files As I shop at the grocery store I delete the items as I go down the aisles Thus I only have an active unfilled list on the screen I find this more helpful and certainly more fun than carrying a written list with a pencil to cross off purchases made Moreover I am apparently connectivity for only 49 somewhat of a curiosity in the local Harris Teeter mar ket as many people ask me what the device is I hold so tenderly in my hand My wife only knows by manual visual inspection the contents of her freezer took inventory of the freezer and added the contents to another NoteTaker file When an item is withdrawn from the freezer compart ment I delete it from the list I find this useful when I am in the grocery store as I often see a special on a meat or frozen product If it is not in my home freezer inven tory I am more likely to purchase the special Also I would not ordi narily bother to check unit prices in the grocery store But having the convenience of a built in calculator in my HP 100LX I often find myself checking unit costs Continued on page 39 So it s as easy to organize your files on your palmtop as it is on your Windows PC And even if you work on one computer in the office and another at home with PalmConnect you re al
15. it with the press of a single key and QUICK LX will finish the word QUICK LX can also be used to correct your most common typos QUICK LX works in programs under the System Manager and in text mode DOS applications QUICK LX can even be used to enter Macros that work in both the System Manager and DOS unlike the built in System Macros QUICK LX also comes swith a DOS version for your desktop computer is is of Lhe usg oF QUICK L Uae We CRA j Ei CL SALINE i DUL ana EN E a 4 To accept the suggested word proses the cursor right Wau o the ri ihe bor amp ght t of the murag a I tupa the characters sophisticated evade using QUICKLY in MEMO QUICK LX Only 39 plus shipping Also available from SHIER Systems amp Software Custom cables to connect your HP Palmtop Computer to a wide variety of serial peripherals Examples include Pocket modems serial printers including the Citizen PN60 and Pentax PocketJet Prices start at 35 call for details JULY AUGUST 1995 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 21 User Profile By Jonathan Graham My wife has Parkinson s dis ease Although her mind is fine she has poor control of the muscles needed to speak and write Thus communica tion oral or written is a major problem for her This is one of the most frustrating effects of Parkinson s disease you re ability to think is not impaired but you re cut off from social interaction The fir
16. might want to take a less expensive route and use one of the share ware freeware C function libraries such as PAL available in the HP Handhelds forum on CompuServe discussed on page xx this issue Remember a single DOS applica tion can be made to swap back and forth with the built in applications You may not need full System Manager compliancy And finally if you re not a C programmer forget about the Developer s Guide By the time you learn C and master the art of event driven programming the HP 200LX will have been superseded by the next generation of Palmtops and will have gone the inevitable route of the out of date computer Programming PAL Library Simplifies Palmtop Programming Use this library to give your DOS programs the look and feel of the built in Palmtop applications By Gilles Kohl Programming the HP 100 200LX Palmtop PCs is in one way easy and another difficult What makes it easy is that the HP Paimtops are DOS machines any DOS pro gram that runs on an XT class machine with a CGA display will run on the 100 200LX Program ming for the Palmtop becomes more difficult if one wants to write programs that operate under the Palmtop s System Manager Writing System Manager compli ant programs from scratch requires new tools and concepts and port ing existing DOS programs over is not all that easy Since you can set up DOS pro grams to run from Application Manager or
17. remember that dBase lll runs on the 100 200LX Craig Payne CompuServe ID 72672 3706 100 200LX Holidays database HOL200 ZIP k is an effort to collect the most common hol idays and include them as EVENTS not appointments in the 100 200LX Appointment Book The holidays that are dependant on the occurrence of Easter are set up to repeat just scheduled through 1995 all other holidays were set up to repeat to 1999 in accor dance with rules for that par ticular holiday as described in the dictionary Columbus Day is entered as observed not traditionally Steven Van Dyke CompuServe ID 70611 2147 Dara Khoyi CompuServe ID 74147 242 also wrote HOL IDAY GDB a a database file also placing each holiday as an event Rich 100 200LX Automatically run a DOS program when closing Sys Manager Here s a way to modify the AUTOEXE BAT file to accom plish the above In this exam ple the DOS program we want to run is DOSMENU i a program that displays a menu of programs you can run from the DOS prompt You could replace DOS MENU in the instructions below with the name of any DOS program Remember the DOS program must be in the root directory of the C drive or in a directory that is mentioned in a PATH state ment in your AUTOEXEC BAT file Open your AUTOEX EC BAT file in Memo and move to the last command line of the file 100 in the 100LX or 200 in the 200LX Replace this line with the fol l
18. s Message So much potentiality in such a small package We could be talking about the HP Palmtop or about quantum mechanical particles Perhaps the idea of great potentiality contained in small packages appeals to the human psyche because it is the story of how the universe works Like a photon enlivening an elementary particle our awareness projected onto the Palmtop turns it into a useful tool Our consciousness as physician teacher or salesperson allows us to use the Palmtop s capa bilities to be more effective to further our goals No matter our profession or personal circumstances the Palmtop appeals to our universal need to order and get control of our lives Every two months for nearly four years these pages have told the story of how someone uses his HP Palmtop We have seen the ways CFO s engineers CPA s physicians farmers students teachers marketers use the palmtop These stories chronicle different needs and how the Palmtop s potentiality can be tapped to fulfill those needs When we read the stories of how other people use their Palmtop it is like variations on a theme we get ideas for how we can better use the Palmtop ourselves This issue is no exception See if you don t find ideas to better your Palmtop usage when you read how a thirteen year old girl with attention deficit dis order and how a woman with Parkinson s disease use the Palmtop to make their lives a little better When I aske
19. s speed Fast low overhead access to data for entry and validation All data stored in ASCII MODERN 4GL Event driven Extensible USER ORIENTED English like syntax allows rapid creation of powerful professional applications WYSIWYG On screen design interface DEVELOPMENT FLEXIBILITY Program on your palmtop or desktop PLus 90 days free phone support BBS support 30 day money back guarantee 400 page manual 50 000 users optional distribution system PRICE 89 95 S amp H VISA MC New customers receive free optional report generator QNE INTERNATIONAL INC 800 333 0448 Fax 215 968 3550 71327 1203 compuserve com 38 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 There are a number of training videos available Call Lotus Selects at 800 635 6887 for more informa As mentioned earlier desktop ver sions Of 1 2 3 offer more extensive built in help and contain tutorials which are very useful for getting an overview of the capabilities of a spreadsheet program In fact the most recent release of 1 2 3 comes on CD ROM and has no manual However its built in help is more Since many of the formulas and macros have the same syntax help available on desktop versions of 1 LETTERS Continued from page 5 You would be amazed at the price difference in simi lar items when you reduce them to unit or ounce cost Quite revealing I am now attempting to develop a model stock plan or an automatic rep
20. 200LX One entry for low use EXM programs keeps AppManager uncluttered EXM programs are System compliant programs that can be set up in the Applications Manager program to run on your HP 100 200LX EXM programs are like the built in programs in that you can pop them up on top of other pro grams cut and paste infor mation between them and other EXM programs and more It turns out that quite a few EXM programs have been written for the HP Palmtops Since you can only set up 8 additional EXM pro grams in AppManager you can t indiscriminantly load them on your Palmtop lf you have a number of EXMs that you d like to be able to run occasionally but don t want to leave to set up in AppManager you might try this solution Set up one entry in AppManager to execute an EXM program called TEMP EXM For this example assume that TEMP EXM is on the root directory of your C drive Follow these steps to set up TEMP EXM 1 Go to AppManager and press F2 and you are pre sented with the Add an Application dialog box 2 Type TempExm into the Name field 3 Type C TEMP EXM into the Path field 4 Press and you re prompted to select a hot key combination to activate this EXM program Press the hot key combination you desire 5 Press to complete the process Follow these steps to run low use EXM programs 1 Open Filer and copy the desired EXM program to the TEMP EXM file 2 Open
21. 200LX s major selling points the least they can do is supply some documenta tion to help cushion the fall a little The more I think about it the more the whole thing irks me And no when I bought the 200LX I had no interest whatsoever in 1 2 3 I had no use for it but do now Art Mercier CompuServe ID 72277 3255 The lack of 1 2 3 documen tation with the HP Palmtop has annoyed other Palmtop users Fortunately there are still some good 1 2 3 release 2 x references available For a list of some of them see the sidebar on page xx of this issue In addition Thaddeus Computing has just acquired a large number of Lotus 1 2 3 release 2 4 MICROREF Quick Reference Guides and DOS 5 0 Quick Reference Guides We are selling them for 14 95 each 25 for both 1 2 3 and DOS Guides For ordering information see the sidebar on page xx of this issue Rich Choosing the Right 3 5 Disk Drive I use a fairly extensive Commodore system and recently decided to purchase an HP 200LX for its portabil ity The problem is that I don t own any other DOS machine I received your Subscriber s Power Disk and have no machine to use all of the marvelous files on Reading The Palmtop Paper and EduCalc s catalog I find that there are a couple of interesting options avail able to me Drive 100 200 Portable 3 5 Disk Drive by Sparcom 323 Travel Floppy 144 Floppy Storage Subsystem with PCMCIA Pa
22. Dec 25 1995 is entered as 12 251995 Press to store the date in the DATE2 field Step 3 Calculate number of days Press to calculate the number of days between the DATE1 and DATE2 The answer DDAYS 174 is displayed on the Calc Line at the bottom right of the display and next to Actual days between dates the third line down from the top of the screen We can also use this application to cal culate the number of days till our vaca tion determine the day of the week for any date and determine a future or prior date i e 35 days before or after a spe cific date For more on this function look up Date Calculations in the index of your HP 100 200LX User s Guide EER 100 200 x Stuck trapped no where to go Press The ESC key in the upper left of the key board gets you out of menus dialog boxes and most everything else If you re somewhere you don t want to be and want to get out of it try pressing One thing the ESC key won t do is get you out of an application Press MENU Quit to leave an application com pletely Sima 100 200LX Hot Keys for built in apps Al the major built in applications on the HP Palmtops are activated by pressing a corresponding blue hot key The HP 100 200LX comes with additional built in applications that don t have their own blue key but can be started by pressing a hot key combination two keys at the same time Below is a listing of the application and hot
23. La D ll ae a SEL a E oP ob ofa fa a 2nd pa noeling ST displayed every 15 months view from the HP 100LX 100 200LX Quickly changing APPT start end time From APPT on the HP 100 200LX you press F2 to add a new appointment You enter a description of the appointment and then press ENTER or to move to the Start Time field You can quickly change the start and end times in 15 minute increments by pressing plus 15 minutes or minus 15 minutes Connectivity EEEE 10072001x Don t put Connectivity Cable in upside down It is difficult but not impossible to plug the HP Connectivity Cable into the HP Palmtop upside down A little brute strength is necessary to accomplish this feat and some users are willing to apply it Both the original 95LX cable and the 100 200LX cable have an HP logo on the top side of the connector When you slip the connector into the serial port of a right side up Palmtop if you can see the HP Logo on the Connectivity Cable connector you re OK If you can t don t push 95LX 100 200LX Filer filters help you find files Let s say you want to review the MEMO files you have on your Palmtop and for the moment only want FILER to display files with a DOC file extension On the HP 100 200LX Open Filer and press Filter key in 42 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 DOC and press ENTER Only files with a DOC extension will be displayed Press to reset the v
24. LaserJet To locate an autho rized dealer in the USA call 800 443 1254 You can also purchase the 95LX amp 100 200LX and its accessories from ACE Technologies at 800 825 9977 or 408 734 0100 Fax 408 734 3344 EduCALC at 800 677 7001 Fax 714 582 1445 Global Connections at 608 752 1537 Fax 608 752 9548 HP 38G 79 95 HP F1200A HP 200LX 2MB 699 HP F1061A HP 200LX 1MB 549 HP F1060A HP 1000CX Palmtop PC 449 HP F1203A Price per Palmtop quantity of 50 Individually available through EduCalc HP OmniBook 600C PC 486DX2 50 170MB HD Varies 486DX4 75 260MB HD Varies _ HP OmniBook 4000 PC 486DX4 100 520MB HD Varies 486DX2 50 260MB HD Varies HP StarLink Service Varies Wireless messaging service for one stop communications solution Contact 800 917 LINK 5 MB Flash Disk Card 375 HP F1012A with Stacker 3 0 data com pression software not for the 95LX 10 MB Flash Disk Card 600 HP F1013A with Stacker 3 0 data com pression software not for the 95LX 20 MB Flash Disk Card 999 HP F1014A with Stacker 3 0 data com pression software not for the 95LX Card 149 95 HP F1005A AC DC Adapter HP F1011A 39 95 USA Canada Opt ABA Europe Opt ABB Australia Opt ABG United Kingdom Opt ABU South Africa Opt ABQ PC Connectivity Cable 24 95 HP F1015A Connect 95LX and 100 200LX to DOS compatible PC
25. MAC Connectivity Cable 24 95 HP F1016A Connect 95LX and 100 200LX to Apple PCs MACs 95LX Connectivity Pack 119 95 HP F1001A 100 200LX Connectivity Pack 119 95 HP F1021B HP F1021C International Connect Adapter Kit 24 95 HP F1023A 4 adapters for connecting the 100 200LX to modems printers and PCs Product Index Contact information for products mentioned in articles 100 200LX Accessory Cradle 79 HP F1027A Connects the 100LX or 200LX to U S Robotics WorldPort V 42bis Modem Skytel pager and other products 95LX Accessory Cradle 60 HP F1006A Service Agreements For U S HP Palmtop users Units must be under warranty to extend 95LX 1 year extension 50 95LX 3 year extension 135 100 200LX 2 year extension 85 Contact HP Corvallis Service Center USA Phone 503 757 2002 NOTE Prices listed are suggested retail price OTHER PRODUCTS Base 195 Lotus 1 2 3 add in reads and writes dBase III files See page 34 Contact Personics Corp USA Phone 800 445 3311 or 508 658 0040 Fax 508 988 0108 acClS 3 0 69 On 2MB SRAM card 329 Automates CompuServe access See page 27 Contact Shier Systems amp Software Phone 805 371 9391 Fax 805 371 9454 CompuServe ID 75030 3374 Brief Ver 3 0 N A Ver 3 1 249 95 Text based editor for programmers See page 10 Contact Borland Intemational Inc USA Phone 800 331
26. Pocket Quicken 69 EduCALC is your place to find the newest hottest products available for your Hewlett Packard palmtop Call Today 800 713 6526 JULY AUGUST 1995 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 11 Smart Modular provides you with a 9600 4800 send receive fax modem with either 2 4 or 6 MB memory Fax larger files with your palmtop Stock 3251 2MB version Stock 3252 4MB version Stock 3054 6MB version Programmer s Corner The New and Improved HP Palmtop Developer s Guide HP Palmtop Developer s Guide Programming is fun and can be lucrative If you re thinking about writing software for the HP Palmtop this book has the information you need to know By Ed Keefe The HP 100 200LX Developer s Guide is a book packed with infor mation about the inner secrets of the HP Palmtops It is intended for software and hardware developers who want to create products for the HP Palmtop computers The original edition was available only to those who had been accepted into the HP developers program The original guide along with a computer disk containing propri etary software was provided gratis by HP The Revised Edition of the Developer s Guide out since October 1994 and still referred to as a preliminary copy supersedes the initial release and is available to the general public It comes with a disk full of software and costs 75 00 This article presents an out line of t
27. Pouch for cables and shoulder strap Computer can be attached via Velcro included Snap in tray for the HP 95 200 or 100LX optional USA 1 800 896 CASE 2273 Int l 916 344 5047 Fax 916 782 9306 18 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 E amp B Company omputer Leather Cases o ae En E ea eaae This practical and small case is ideal for your Palmtop Dim 688 x 425 x 15 17 5 x 10 8 x 3 8m Carry your Palmtop i with a pager or Connectivity Pack Dim 9 75 x 45 x 1 75 24 7 x Ld x 44cm Black leather Futura 150 Polyester 45 95 z Leather 117 00 Carry your HP Omnibook So or your Palmtop and a Lia portable printer or a cellular phone or bidirectional modem Dim 11 75 x 7 25 x 2 5 29 8 x 18 4 x dem Regular in polyester 549 95 Leather 130 00 Poe a a ee Slim and Elegant The ideal case for carrying and protecting your Palmtop portable printer and connection cables or your subnotebook and much more Dimensions 13 x 11 x 2 5 33 x 27 9 5 6 35cm Available in black leather Regular 170 00 160 00 Want to carry your Palmtop on your belt or your shoulder strap Ask about our new Futura 20 Black Leather Case Use your Futura 150 or 175 case to carry your HP Palmtop and your Pentax or Citizen portable printer Fc PURCHASE PRICE ly and permits the user to select the character that he wan
28. amp Y Kenneth Leventhal Real Estate Group a business unit of Ernst amp Young LLP He specializes in accounting auditing and consulting regarding real estate and financial institutions He lives in Irvine California with his wife and three children The HP Palmtop is a regular part of their daily activity 32 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 95_JUL DOC EEE EAA EEE AEEa EEE EE EEE EEE EE EERE EE 07 02 95 SUNDAY MESSAGES CALLS TODO TODAY ACCOMPLISHED PD ACTIVITIES DIET HEALTH WORKOUT LOG NOTES ie News Topic 2 As a data gathering device I used to keep a paper log of gas and repairs to my car I now keep a log in a spreadsheet that I update while at the gas pump It automati cally multiplies price per gallon by gallons purchased to tell me if the pump s total price is correct It also calculates the miles per gallon my car is getting per tank and gives me an average for the year Another section of the same spreadsheet tracks oil changes and repairs My Palmtop is always with me mak ing this kind of real time data gath ering possible 3 As a financial analysis tool I have a simple stock portfolio trading spreadsheet that I use to track closed and open positions The Palmtop helps me achieve excellent returns because it gives me the ability to calculate annual ized returns and do what if scenar ios easily In addition worksheets can be created for loan amortiza tions pr
29. available to 1 2 3 users By Carl Merkle I have used 1 2 3 on nearly a daily basis for over 10 years In the early 1980 s 1 2 3 was the most sophisti cated spreadsheet package avail able Lotus 1 2 3 and word proces sors were the killer applications responsible in a large way for the success of the personal computer For common day to day use these two applications were able to han dle 99 of most peoples comput ing needs I ve used a number of different word processors over the years but Lotus 1 2 3 has been a solid constant in my computing life The value of 1 2 3 increased when it migrated to the HP Palmtop Running under System Manager 1 2 3 gained Windows like capabilities You can use the built in clipboard capabilities to copy and paste between 1 2 3 and other applications And you can access Lotus fast with the Palmtop s instant on feature There are now more sophisticat ed spreadsheet programs with more bells and whistles and nicer displays However the version 2 x series of 1 2 3 including version 2 4 on the HP 100 200LX and ver sion 2 3 on the 95LX has all the capabilities you re likely to need Both these versions of Lotus save their spreadsheets in the WK1 for mat Since most other spreadsheet programs let you save and retrieve worksheets in the WK1 format data exchange between the Palmtop and other spreadsheet programs is easy Lotus thrived because it was powertul and fle
30. batteries amp charger ase ar 7 oy ee ee E3 i j hon Bega te i Di PULJ EIR sf G Color OmniBook 600C Flexibility Power and Color Now with the HP OmniBook you can take it with you Desktop performance under 4lbs Super VGA Color external output Patented built in pop out mouse Windows for Workgroups enhanced mode pre installed HP OmniBook Super Portable Systems OB600C 486DX4 75 8MB RAM 170MB Hard Disk OB600C 486DX4 75 8MB RAM 260MB Hard Disk F1054A OmniBook 600C 4MB system RAM expansion card F1055A OmniBook 600C 8MB system RAM expansion card F1044B OmniBook AC DC world wide Adapter F1058A OmniBook 600C Rechargeable NiMH battery pack et F1063A OmniBook 600C External charging Sit F1064A OmniBook 600C Auto power adapter F1071A OmniBook 600C Port Replicator E Ethemet PCMCIA Card for OmniBook Coax e Twisted Pair STEA Adjustable sizes 1X 2X oh and 4X Move lens with cursor keys Pop Up magnification from 1X to 4X y Hotkey activation in any Built in Application Auto alignment with lines and columns in Phone Book v Remembers and returns to last position in each application Move Lens with Quick Keys and Arrow Keys mon a int FAX Moy a CE Tel WIRELESS ACE lt LINK The simplest file transfer program for your 100 200LX s No Palmtop Software to download s Use FILER to view and exchange files with your PC
31. by reviewing the lessons you ve learned in life or remind yourself of people and places you want to visit again Paul Merrill Associate Editor HP Palmtop Paper ENTERTAINMENT Action Is Based on Rest Everyone needs to get a rest from their activities to withdraw so that they can come back to what they were doing refreshed and more effective An integral part of many Eastern cultures is contemplation and other practices that refine one s appreciation for beauty Perhaps it s not surprising that Japan is the ori gin of a program where you can relax by watching trees grow on your Palmtop If you ve ever enjoyed watching the movement of fish in aquarium or waves at the beach you will probably appreciate TREE EXM TREE EXM Screen ON THE PALMTOP TREE EXM is a System Manager compliant program in order to run it you have to install it on Application Manager and assign a hotkey to it to start it It will then be switchable To install the program in Application Manager press App Manager Application Add Fill in the Name and Path fields Press OK and assign it to a hot key Activate the program by press ing the hotkey combination you have chosen then Draw and trees begin to manifest one by one branch by branch When the pro gram pauses press F5 again to add more trees or F to start over For those of us who can t resist fiddling there are a number of options Press F3 Par
32. create the popular HELV fonts PAL Dialog Editor PDE This utility permits on screen visual development of user interface dialogs Once a dialog has been drawn on the screen PDE will create the required resource files in C source format ready to link It can optionally generate a test application that is ready to compile HTML viewer HV HV courtesy of Andreas Garzotto can display hypertext documents in the increasingly popular HTML format the same that is being used on the World Wide Web The PAL reference can be converted into HTML format and HV can be used to view it Conversion utilities A num ber of handy conversion utilities are part of PAL including PCX2IMG which converts a black amp white PCX file into the native 100 200LX IMG format MKBIN which converts a binary file into a C source useful for built in pictures and fonts VFN2HFN which converts any veri cal reader 8 16 bit font VFN to the PAL font format NG2HTML which creates a hypertext HTML file from the PAL DOC files 4 Sources directory This directory contains the PAL C source codes subdivided into 10 modules There are functions for dis playing windows menus and dialogs hardware related functions such as volume serial port control and power management Clipboard and sound support is included as well as multi font output routines Each function group has a DOC file with the descriptions of all the fun
33. displays the most current date at the top of the list F3 Time MUSIC moves the cursor to the Notes field enters the current time and MUSIC the name of the class Note that the macro contains empty spaces between Time and MUSIC and after MUSIC so the time and the word MUSIC don t run together with the assignments Heather enters The macro ends with the cursor positioned next to the word MUSIC in the Notes field waiting for Heather to type in the assignment and press to save the note Additional Assignment Macros The first macro is different because it creates a new NoteTaker entry for the day Since all the assign ments for that day are stored in the same NoteTaker item subsequent macros for Heather s other classes don t need to add another entry with the macro commands F2 Date Alt G HOMEWORK This part of the macro is replaced in other macros by F4 Date Enter which searches for the NoteTaker item with the current date Subsequent macros also differ from the first in that they end with commands F3 Ctrl End which open the Note field and move to the end of it Fn F1 MUSIC in article foa homework ndb Enter F4 Date Enter F3 Ctrl End Enter Time SCIENCE Fn F2 SOCIAL STUDIES More Menujal NoteTaker Menu foa nomework ndb Enter F4 Date Enter F3 Ctri End Enter Time SOCIAL STUDIES Fn F6 ENGLISH More Menu al NoteTaker Menu foa nomework ndb Enter F4 Date Enter
34. higher display available serial port 3 MB available of local hard disk space 286 or higher CPU 450K available conventional memory 1 44 MB 3 5 inch flexible disk drive Quicken is a registered trademark of Intuit Inc ACE lt gt FAX HP 100 200LX Send Receive Fax Software The HF Palmtop p BES ale Highlight Selection Prose Entor _ s Sa inani View ana Print Faxes on your HP Palmtop v Full installation in less than 200k of disk space Requires as little as 30KB on C drive for modem card users Auto installation program included Shy ACE gt FAX 5 Megahertz XJACK System HP 100 200LX compatible w Pop out telephone connection No external phone adapters Easiest way to send faxes ModemSaver Don t let your modem become a fuse Convenient pen sized no batteries req Multi Color LEDs display jack s status Connect your modem safely and reliably CableCard Carry your phone cable conveniently PCMCIA sized integrated case 8 ft length reels in and out easily ACE FAX for HP 100 200LX XJACK 14 4K 14 4KFax modem ACEOFAX ModemSoaver CableCard External 14 4K Pocket Fax Madam ee Direct Sable External 2 4 9 6K Pocket Fax Modem Diect cable Custom Black Nylon case Custom Black Leather case shown cccccesssseeeeed Deluxe Black Leather case shown Executive Black Leather Portfolio 200LX Systems with DoubleFlash Plus Availa
35. is a commercial program from Shier Systems amp Software that remembers the words you type most often When you start to type that word again QUICK LX pops a box up on the Palmtop display suggesting how you might finish the word For example lets say you ve typed in the word sophisticated before When you start typing in sop a box pops up displaying histicat ed This is a sample text entry in Memo As we type along QUICK LX remembers the words we type most often and pops up a box suggesting how we should finish the A word So if we type sop p Type in sop on the Palmtop and QUICK LX pops up a box with its suggestion on how to finish the word Press RightArrow and QUICK LX types it in for you Press the RightArrow key and QUICK LX finishes the word for you If the suggestion is wrong you can keep typing to finish the word Here are some QUICK LX features 1 QUICK LX learns automatically storing in its dictionary words that are typed more than 3 times in any document When you then type the first 3 letters of the word it can be programmed for more or less than 3 letters the word pops up and you can use it or not 2 You can set QUICK LX up to rec ognize acronyms Go into the QUICK DAT dictionary file Start a new line for example asap as soon as possible This tells QUICK LX that asap means as soon as possible Then whenever you type asap QUICK
36. on our life goals or remember a favorite joke ON THE PALMTOP For this example let s create a cus tom database that documents the high points in our life and describes our personal successes The exam ple shown below worked for me but you may want to set yours up differently To define a new database open the DataBase application and press File Define New Database The actual steps for creating a cus tom database are described in the HP 100 200LX User s Guide see database defining new in the index for a page reference You ll need to add the following fields to your Success database Dato me SDi y ie 47 Category Personal Pet Learned Self confidence People are res Sane in geery country Contacles Kole I Jack Pr Tbb PP t ehr a Li Tin yor cu err Halter Frau eke Ini fe Ligdony Tin Orit tien nampeg ree grind eh Pie res Hn Success database Data Item screen showing success information e Event a text box The name of your success e g traveled from England to Japan by myself e Date a text box The date the success occurred The reason to choose a text field for the dates of your success is because the Date box option only allows you to enter one date and not a range of dates if that s what your success needs i e 2 5 1975 3 16 1978 e Age a text box The reason to choose a text box rather than the Number option is the same as above A Number box will n
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38. parts of the description can be viewed by pressing to go to the main Appointments screen More detailed information about the appointment can be entered in the Note field and accessed by highlighting the appointment in the daily weekly or monthly view and pressing F3 Rich Hall Editor HP Palmtop Paper DATABASE 100 200LX What are the real limits to the amount of information you can store in a DataBase Page 17 29 of the original 100LX User s Guide ends with a section entitled Limits While Using the Database Application If you have the newer thinner 100LX manual or the 200LX manual try looking in the Database chapter Here s the basic information given 1 The theoretical maximum number of records in a Database file is about 5 000 This number is further limited by the amount of available RAM disk space on the C or A drive where the DataBase GDB data file is stored 2 A database can have up to 99 data fields on 4 data pages The larger your data fields are the fewer fields you can have in a database 3 The maximum number of data characters per text field is equal to 1 1 2 times the vis ible length of the field but not less than 10 So if you have a text field that is 20 characters wide it can enter 30 charac ters in it 4 The maximum number of data characters in a Note field is 32 KB about 30 full screens 5 The Category field lets you group data items in a data base So if we creat
39. record for each class using April 1 as the date in the Title field Then I set up a Subset named LIST which displays entries with the date April 1 in the Title field The LIST Subset dis played a simple list of the classes with no assignments To create a Subset from the NoteTaker main screen press F F2 For more on creating Subsets see Subset in the index of your HP 100 200LX User s Guide I then created a series of Subsets one for each of the classes Each class Subset was defined to display NoteTaker entries for that class only For example the ENG LISH subset was defined to display only those entries with English in the Category field Ereg aah PEnglish SEngliah English agp prey 5 ta AT is be vacab clue tomorrow wa0a 35 Refined NoteTaker Homework file displaying sequence of English assignments The All Records and class Subsets were sorted first by the Category field i e the class name and then by the Title field i e the date This ensured that all the entries associated with a specific class were displayed together the uppermost record being the most recent one Product Index page 47 share Freeware Index page 48 JULY AUGUST 1995 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 31 HOW TO USE The 1 2 3 Column Find Help Fast for Lotus 1 2 3 173 LOTUS Lotus 1 2 3 has thrived because it is powerful and flexible This first in a continuing column describes SOUICES of support
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41. the 100LX and 200LX There is another version of Buddy for the HP 95LX Vertical Reader makes holding a book and turning pages easier My wife s limited mobility also made it difficult for her to turn book pages to read VR vertical reader helped solve that problem VR was developed for the HP Palmtop to enable the user to read E texts from Project Gutenberg see article Vol 3 No 5 Pg 14 Project Gutenberg is a non profit organiza tion staffed by volunteers It takes written material mostly copyright free transfers it to electronic for mat and makes it available free of charge to readers around the world VR displays the text of any ascii document vertically on the Palmtop screen You simply turn the HP 200LX on its side like a paperback book and the text is sideways in a column It is just like a single newspaper column Reading is at least 3 times faster and easier To turn the page just hit the space bar Entire books and libraries can be downloaded and read as easily as a book In addition VR can be programmed to read e mail mes sages and threads with intelligent formatting what an easy way to read through 50 100 messages So now my wife can read books arti cles and CompuServe messages more easily anywhere anytime acCiS simplifies communication via CompuServe One way my wife stays in contact with the world is via CompuServe She uses it instead of the telephone to keep in daily contact wi
42. the big EQN file has been divided into smaller ones Rich Hall Editor HP Palmtop Paper 100 200LX Use KEYBEZ to type alternate character sets for different languages on the HP 100 200LX The KEYBEZ utility built into the HP 100LX and 200LX lets you configure your Palmtop s built in applications to use additional languages The U S English version of the HP 100LX and 200LX sup ports the following lan guages Code Language Character Set BL Byelorussian Cyrillic CR Croatian Slavic CZ Czech Slavic GK Greek Greek HE Hebrew 200LX only Hebrew HL Hebrew based Latin 200LX Hebrew HU Hungarian Hungarian PL Polish Polish RO Romanian Slavic RU Russian Cyrillic SL Slovak Slavic SV Slovene Slavic TK Turkish Turkish UR Ukrainian Cyrillic KEYBEZ also sets the Palm top s built in applications up to display the dates times and currency according to the conventions of the particular country specified HOW TO USE KEYBEZ Follow these steps to set KEYBEZ up on the HP 100 200LX 1 Terminate SysManager on the Palmtop by going to AppManager and pressing 46 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 MENU Applications Terminate All 2 At the DOS prompt type keybez and press ENTER KEYBEZ will ask you to Specify one of the following parameters and display a menu of the Languages sup ported similar in content to the one shown above 3 Type keybez followed by the code for the additional language y
43. the entire font visual HOS ASCII B8 I SIZE Suis sdk eiii PP egea cpee fo Siem pF OAECOEFGRIIE TUVWEN EIT VD A ABCDE WOPRGESTUVWHYZELT EFEI iddtaeeoadodd goa t iil L F J H G a t jesja ii it oth d86dddppe _ e se we The PAL Font Editor lets you edit the look of a character aS Protect your palmtop with this zippered case and carry it in your suit pocket Dim 6 5 x 3 75 x LATS 16 5 x 9 5 x 3 49em Black lesther Regular 45 00 Protect your palmtop F 60 with this small and beautiful case Dim 6 5 x 3 75 x 1 75 16 5 x 9 5 x 4 dem Ideal for traveling and meetings Also fits calculators and electronic organizers Dim 8 x6 xI 20 3 x 15 2 x 3 Jem Notepad included Black or burgundy leather Regular 569 95 64 95 goo from gon Protect your HP Omnibook with the smallest case available Dimensions 1 5 x 7 0 x 1 757 29 2 x 17 8 x 4 4em Available in black leather Regular 574 95 69 95 Included Features I E Specially designed for HP Omnibook 300 5xx only Fits Sharp Casio BOSS Apple Newton Psion ee Fits Compaq Contura Aero Gateway 2000 etc Fits on airplane table Pen pencil holder Pockets for PCMCIA business or credit cards Pocket for checkbook bills etc ispad aterm pockets for tickets and more Internal file folder Pull out mouse pad see pictures
44. to run WordPerfect 5 1 remotely Most amazing to me was that I was able to use WordPerfect 5 1 s page pre view when it was running in VGA 640 X 480 black and white mode With the 100LX screen in 640 X 200 mode the horizontal resolution was fine but it was vertically squashed I would grade it usable in a pinch The screen on the desk top PC was in black and white so I don t know if or how pcANY WHERE would handle color map ping to the 100LX s 640 X 200 mode I was also able to run a simple CGA graphics application 320 X 200 in four colors Running in any graphic mode is much slower than Running pcANYWHERE on the HP 95LX Page 46 of the March April 1993 issue of The HP Palmtop Paper has an article by J D Fleming Jr describing in detail how to set up the 95LX to run pcANYWHERE 4 5 The 95LX cannot run AWREMOTE so you have to use the built in COMM pro gram or another DOS communication program J D used SuperKey to make keyboard macros that would let him access function keys on the desktop PC that were unavailable in the 95LX VT 100 emulation He also used SuperKey macros to scroll around the 80x25 screens displayed on the 95LX s smaller 40x16 screen The 95LX does not display CGA EGA or VGA graphics If the screen display of the program running on the host requires these modes you won t be able to see it on the 95LX s screen In addition programs contig ured to display in color may not dis play
45. waited long enough for Windows connectivity trade up to PalmConnect for only 49 But Windows isn t all you ll get PalmConnect gives you the simplest most automatic and painless solution for synchro nizing the data on your HP palmtop with justice to our unique little machine s higher level potential and all the ingenu ity that went into its design I personally believe that the Palmtop Paper should cater a little more to the technically minded section of its readership and devote more space to articles by contributors like Mark Scardina and Ed Keefe The Palmtop after all is sup posed to be a very capable DOS machine and not all your readers are complete beginners as some of the Quick Tips would suggest Robert Amram St Cloud FRANCE The readers of the Palmtop paper range from the expert to the first time user For this rea son the Palmtop Paper tries to have a mix of articles tips etc that are of interest to both groups We appreciate your observation and will try and keep the mix of articles bal anced You ll notice that this i particular issue has a lot of information for the technically sophisticated user Paul Palmtop Organizes Grocery Shopping My wife recently broke her leg Because of the severity of the break she is saddled with an unusually heavy cast She cannot do anything without assistance so have taken over as caregiver and head of running the
46. you wanted to enter the first line of the above macro as the Fn F1 macro follow these steps 1 Press Shift Fn together and then whichever F key you want to assign to the macro F1 for this example 2 Begin entering the commands and keystrokes you want the macro to playback For the first line of the above macro you would press these keys amp A C TRC MEMO MENT 3 End and save the macro by pressing Shift Fn Fi again Whenever you want to run the macro press Fn F7 You can also run the System Macro application from AppManager and key in the macro commands directly For more on this see System macros in the index of your HP 100200LX User s Guide The first line of the macro above up through Enter Enter closes any other open applications opens NoteTaker and loads HOMEWORK NDB the NoteTaker file in which Heather keeps assignments chose to close all other applications to make sure there was enough memory available to load Note Taker Since this is the first class of the day F2 adds a new NoteTaker item to contain the day s assign ments The Date command places the current date in the Title field of the new entry AlttG HOME WORK moves the cursor to the Category field and enters HOMEWORK as the category Please note that I ve set the date format on Heather s 100LX to YY MM DD go to Setup and press MENU Options Date Time so the Note Taker list sorts the items properly and
47. 004 You might try one of the follow ing numbers J Lotus Prompt Call 800 223 1662 Cost free with product purchase first 90 days 129 per year there after 4 900 number Support Call 900 454 9009 Cost First minute free 2 for each additional minute J Lotus Customer Service Call 800 343 5414 Call this number to hear a list of technical support options or to order products 6 Magazines and newsletters PC World publishes the PC World Lotus Edition which provides use ful information on what is happen ing with Lotus products Unfor tunately the Lotus Edition ends with this August s edition Back issues are available while in stock The Cobb Group publishes the 1 2 3 User s Journal which has a number of in depth Tips and Techniques for getting the most out of 1 2 3 They note in the article which versions of Lotus the article is applicable to From my perusal of fairly recent editions the bulk of the material was applicable to all versions of 1 2 3 including 1 2 3 Release 2 x It is a good journal for an intermediate to advanced user hungry for knowledge 7 Users groups A variety of users groups meet periodically typically once a month They hold workshops conduct tutorials and host product demonstrations from company rep resentatives The larger of these organizations also have special interest groups SIGs that focus on a particular product or type of product Attending user g
48. 0877 Fax 408 431 4122 cc Mail for DOS Network version Varies E mail software See page 9 Contact Lotus Development Cop USA Phone 800 343 5414 Fax 617 693 3899 CloseUp Ver 6 0 199 Computer remote control software See page 10 Contact Norton Lambert Corp USA Phone 805 964 6767 Fax 805 683 5679 CompuServe Varies Online information service See page 22 Contact CompuServe USA Phone 800 848 8199 ext 231 or 614 457 0802 Fax 614 529 9463 DOS 5 0 NA DOS 6 0 59 95 Operating System See page 37 Contact Microsoft Corporation USA Phone 800 426 9400 Fax 206 635 6100 Canada 800 563 9048 International 206 936 8667 Drive 100 200 323 Portable 3 5 disk drive See page 39 Contact Sparcom Corporation USA Phone 503 757 8416 Fax 503 753 7821 Flash RAM Cards Varies PCMCIA memory storage cards See page 10 Contact Sundisk Corporation USA Phone 408 562 0595 Fax 408 562 3403 Or Contact ACE Technologies USA Phone 800 825 9977 or 408 734 0100 Fax 408 794 3344 HP Palmtop Paper Back Issues Contact 7haddeus Computing USA Phone 800 373 6114 Fax 515 472 1879 HP Palmtop Developer s Guide 79 Kit to assist developers of Palmtop software and hardware products See pages 12 16 Contact Thaddeus Computing USA Phone 800 373 6114 Fax 515 472 1879 Magellan 2 0 3 0 NA No longer sold File and text se
49. 11 Free ADVERT ZIP Text Descriptions products advertised this issue na na HOL200 ZIP Utility Common holidays listed as APPT Events HPHAND 100LX Gen 11 Free HOLIDA ZIP Database Common holidays listed as APPT Events HPHAND 100LX Gen 11 Free HV ZIP Application Hypertext viewer for HTML format HPHAND 100LX Gen 11 Free LIBDB ZIP Database Description of files in CIS HP Forums HPHAND 100LX Gen 11 Free MILEAGE ZIP Lotus Files From article in Letters section HPHAND 100LX Gen 11 NOREP ZIP Utility No repeat typing helper HPHAND 100LX Gen 11 na PAL ZIP Programming Application library for 100 200LX HPHAND Programming 15 PROFILE ZIP Misc Files mentiond in Enabling Disabled Profile _ HPHAND 100LX Gen 11 PTP22 ZIP Text The HP Palmtop Paper July August 1995 na PTPDSK22 ZIP Database PTP OnDisk Index in 95 100LX formats na README ZIP Text Cover letter for HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK na TREE ZIP Game Displays patterns of trees HPHAND 100LX Gen 11 UNZIP EXE Utility Utility to decompress ZIP files HPHAND General 1 BaodBRBBSURSB TERS SD Software mentioned and included in past issues of The HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK The Subscriber s PowerDisks or CompuServe s HP HAND Forum BIGDDB 100 May June 94 Text On 100LX Phone Dbase files HPHAND 100LX 11 Free Q5BUDDY ZIP July August 93 Utility adds features to 95LX HPHAND 100LX 11 Share BUDDY ZIP BestTips 95 Utility BUDDY 2 0 for 100 200LX HPHAND 100LX 11 Share CLO
50. 4 3252 How to get PAL The latest version of PAL is avail able as PAL ZIP i in library 15 of the HP Handhelds forum GO HPHAND on CompuServe It is also available with the HP Palmtop Developers Kit see page 16 for more information Product Index page 47 Share Freeware Index page 48 ULY AUGUST 1995 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 19 A Detailed Look at PAL PAL files come compressed in the Z P format The files inside the ZIP are organized in 5 major subdirectories as described below 1 General documentation These files are kept in the PAL subdi rectory DOCS 2 Library files These will automatically be created by the PalMake utility and reside in the LIBS directory 3 Useful utilities The PAL utilities located under UTIL simplify developing and compiling PAL programs or accessing docu mentation PalMake PM is a make util ity that simplifies both the building of the library and the compiling process of any application written with PAL PM is aware of several popular com pilers and will automatically use the correct commands and switches If PM is run from the SRC directory the complete library will be created PAL Font Editor PFE The utility written by Harry Konstas sup ports character sets from 4x4 to 16x16 bits of size It can load edit Save and convert fonts in and between the native PAL format the format used by Vertical Reader VR il and the FCL format thal was used to
51. 5 8707 TOLL FREE 800 476 4070 WORLDS BEST SELLING CONVERTER mula The actual tinglindes and latitudes in degrees from the HP World Time list go in cells B4 and B5 for city A and cells B7 and B8 for city B respectively Since Lotus calculates triigonomet ric functions using radians the translation of degrees into radians is made in cells C4 C5 C7 C8 NOTE Don t forget the second parenthesis at the end of the main formula in cell B1 At the World Time List create a customized Smart Clip by pressing Clip Define f Field Select City in the Field Name box and press OK Hard return Do the same for Latitude and Longitude press F2 Field select Latitude press OK ENTER Hard 40 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 return Press Field select Longitude press ENTER OK ENTER Hard return Press OK and name the Smart Clip type Location Press OK Press OK again to return to the All Cities list Now that this custom Smart Clip is defined choose a city in World Time press Clip select Location and press OK The city name lati tude and longitude are copied to the clipboard Now open the Lotus MILEAGE WK1 spreadsheet and put the cursor on cell B3 Press fn Paste The contents of the clipboard are copied to the appropriate cells Repeat the sequence for the second city starting in cell B6 The only nuisance with this pr
52. 82 9306 18 800 713 6526 or 714 582 2637 Fax 714 582 1445 11 800 227 8292 or 415 494 6600 Fax 415 494 1995 31 800 368 6971 or 602 892 0954 Fax 602 892 0029 29 800 EXP 6922 ext 641 or 714 453 1020 Fax 714 453 1319 inside front cover 800 235 7576 or 208 322 7575 Fax 406 587 9170 27 608 752 1537 Fax 608 752 9548 34 Palm Link A Printer 800 476 4070 or 704 376 1021 Fax 704 335 8707 40 Connectivity FlashCards AC DC Adapter 800 443 1254 or contact nearest HP dealer 23 CGA VGA Graphics Pack Vision 604 980 9991 Fax 604 985 5597 14 603 888 0666 Fax 603 888 9817 4 Liberator Shoulder Holster 800 588 OPUS or 718 706 6787 Fax 718 706 7034 35 PalmConnect 800 881 7256 or 415 949 9560 Fax 415 949 0147 5 QPRO 4 Programming Language 800 333 0448 Fax 215 968 3550 38 Personal Wireless Service 800 597 6245 dept R34 15 acClS CompuServe Access Program amp Quick LX 805 371 9391 Fax 805 371 9454 21 510 623 1231 Fax 510 623 1434 inside back cover Phone Fax 704 588 1780 13 LX100 LX200 41 Series lt xxcheck ad xx 610 588 2600 Fax 610 588 1727 16 800 373 6114 or 515 472 6330 Fax 515 472 1879 8 HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK Shareware and Freeware Index ia rae Meet a j rve Software on The HP Palmtop Paper ON D PRODUCT FUNCTION CIS FORUMVLIBRARY TYPE PAGE SK or Compu ADBMOON ZIP Utility Creates APPT file with moon phase info HPHAND 100LX Gen
53. 95 Good reference book for 1 2 3 Be sure to ask for release 2 4 which is out of print but still in stock Que has a free catalog available describing Que s complete line of books including other 1 2 3 titles Contact Que Development Group 11771 N College Carmel IN 46032 Phone 800 428 5331 or 317 573 2500 fax 317 573 2583 1 2 3 for Dummies 16 95 1 2 3 for Dummies Quick Reference 8 95 Entertaining writing style and good technical coverage of 1 2 3 Contact DG Books Worldwide 7260 Shadeland Station Suite 100 Indianapolis IN 46256 Phone 800 762 2974 or 415 312 0650 An Easy Course in Using Lotus 1 2 3 9 95 Lotus in Minutes 9 Contact Grapevine Publications inc P O Box 2449 Corvallis Oregon 97339 Phone 800 238 4331 or 503 754 0583 Fax 503 754 6508 Understanding 1 2 3 release 2 3 amp 2 4 for DOS 29 95 Lotus 1 2 3 release 2 3 amp 2 4 for DOS Quick amp Easy 19 95 The Basics of 1 2 3 Release 2 4 for DOS 19 95 Contact Sybex inc 2021 Challenger Drive Alameda CA 94501 Phone 800 227 2346 or 510 523 8233 Fax 510 523 2373 1 2 3 release 2 4 The Complete Reference 29 95 Large collection of spreadsheet templates Contact Osbome McGraw Hill 2600 Tenth Street Berkeley CA 94710 Phone 800 227 0900 or 10 549 6600 1 2 3 User s Journal 59 yr Monthly publication offering tips and techniques for getting the most from 1 2 3 Contact 7he C
54. A Drive 189 Call for Complete Catalog MC AMX VISA Accepted ENVOY DATA CORPORATION 953 E Juanita Ave Suite A Mesa Arizona 85204 Tel 602 892 0954 Fax 602 892 0029 1 800 368 6971 objections In fact we received their whole hearted endorsement of use of the HP 100LX Appointment Book an excellent reminder As mentioned earlier Heather needs to be reminded of tasks Fortunately the Appointment Book application on the Palmtop is an excellent reminder Repeating appointments remind Heather to take her medication three times a day at the right time In addition appointments remind Heather at the appropriate time to write down her homework assignments I have two appointments set for each class The first goes off at the time the teacher normally gives homework assignments displaying a message saying Write down homework assignments This appointment can be at the begin ning or end of the class depending on the teacher The second appoint Sample Macro Fn F1 First class of the day Note Sample files from this article are found in PROFILE ZIP t j Music is Heather s first class in the day and the macro is a little different than the others The Macro looks like this More Menu al Note Taker Menu foa homework ndb Enter Enter F2 Date Alt G HOMEWORK F3 Time MUSIC The easiest way to create a System Macro is to record it as you press the keystrokes For example if
55. ANDARD VRS 30 482 WPQRS 17 034 WP51 INS 2 307 WP WP US LCN 16 WP WP SET 5 551 When get a bigger memory card want to put all of WP5 1 on it so can con vert WordPerfect for Windows 6 0 documents on the 100LX and work with my real work documents Thomas Glen Leo 76360 2533 A Meshar CompuServe ID 71414 2112 used CLOS FLR W to remove Filer from System RAM and give him some more memory to run WordPerfect 5 1 Michael Schuster CompuServe ID 70346 1745 discovered that WordPerfect 5 1 crashed on his HP 200LX whenever it automatically powered off after 3 minutes or when he pressed OFF The solution he discovered was to go to the WP setup menu and under cursor speed option select the last choice 6 Normal Rich HP CALC 1002001X Transferring Solver EQN files from the 95LX to the 100 200LX The HP 100 200LX should be able to use EQN files creat ed on the 95LX However Solver on the 95LX can work with a slightly larger EQN file than Solver on the 100LX can accept Hence there is a pos sibility that a 95LX EQN file will not work on the 100LX or 200LX If you discover this problem with a large EQN file 40K and above load it on your 95LX and split it up into small EQN files Do this by loading the EQN file deleting some of the equa tions and saving the file under a different name Reload the original EQN file and repeat this process until
56. AppManager and run TEMP EXM or just press the hot key combination that you selected for TEMPEXM Judson Hardeasile CompuServe ID 71155 1761 APPT BOOK 100 200LX Set a repeating appointment for the last day of every month Many people pay bills and do other things on the last day of each month To set such a repeating appointment on the 100 200LX press F2 in the main Appointment Book screen to enter a new appointment Key in the appointment descrip tion and press F8 and arrow to the Daily Repeat Options dialog box TL TTE J Meeks C k Herth Yearly Opala Hami BOL i555 rms E y Bepeat every diah Ending NA O mal 1 Appointment Book s Daily at Options dialog box From the Daily Repeat Options dialog box do the fol lowing 1 Select the Monthly option 2 Make sure the Frequency is set to repeat every 1 month s 3 Go to the Monthly Repeat Type box and make sure the 44 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 By Day Number button is selected 4 Put 31 in the By Day Number box 5 Set the Duration of the appointment as desired and 6 Press to save the appointment This gives me a repeating appointment on the 31st day of each month For months that don t have 31 days the appointment comes due on the last day of that month It even works with February in leap years Fon Viecel CompuServe ID 73310 3663 100 200LX Entering appoi
57. August 1995 Executive Editor Publisher Hal Goldstein Managing Editor Richard Hall Associate Editor Paul Merrill Department Editors Ed Keefe Mark Scardina Contributing Writers Jonathan Graham Gilles Kohl Carl Merkle Craig Payne Jini Scammell Tinling Heather Tinling Advertisin keting Brian Teitzman Margaret Martin Diane Wimett Circulation Sharon Ash Sharon Dilmore Cindy Ericson Tom Gibson Tiffany Lisk Colleen Rodibaugh Executive Advisor Rita Goldstein The HP Palmtop Paper ISSN 10656189 is pub lished by Thaddeus Computing Inc at 57 East Broadway Avenue Fairfield LA 52556 Second class postage paid at Fairfield Ilowa Subscription rates payable in U S dollars checks drawn on a U S bank or by credit card one year 39 two years 69 Postage U S and U S possessions free Canada Mexico add 6 per year other countries add 18 per year Published bi monthly plus two bonus issues one in April and one in November Please allow four to six weeks for receipt of first issue Executive Editorial Circulation Marketing and Advertising Offices P O Box 869 Fairfield IA 52556 Telephone 515 472 6330 FAX 515 472 1879 Copyright 1995 Thaddeus Computing Inc all rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission Reasonable efforts are made to provide accurate and useful informa tion but the reader must make his or her own investigations and decisions
58. ES H COMERRS H It also includes GLED INC an assembler include file and the macro files SYSDEFS MAC TASK MAC SERVICES MAC INTERFAC MAC LIBS contains 20 files 262 764 bytes of Object and library files for use with and assembler compilers BB LIB GLED LIB CAPREA LIB TSR LIB MCSVC_HP LIB SCSVC_HP LIB SRSBLD LIB MRSBLD LIB MLHSTUB LIB SCSVC LIB MCSVC LIB CAPEMU LIB CAPTKO LIB SLH STUB LIB CHTYPE OBJ COUGRAPH OBJ GLED OBJ DOSFILE OBJ LSTRING OBJ DATE TIME OBJ SAMPLES has 4 files 28 927 bytes that contain the source code for a keyboard stuffing TSR program on the 100LX The COM file for the 200LX is contained in DABIN directory on that machine KEY100 ASM KEY100 COM KEY100 FIX KEY100 TXT tively complete index All the pages are numbered in a single sequence rather than in chapter page format The next thing that raised an eyebrow was that some of the text material in the BIOS interrupt chapters is missing from the Revised Edition of the Guide It s hard to tell if this is an oversight or if it was done intentionally Much of the missing text was superfluous anyway 14 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 SAMPLES HEXCALC has 9 files 62 878 bytes that contain Andy Gryc s hewbin dec calculator written as an example of an EXM program MAKEFILE M BAT CHKTSR C HEXCALC C E2M EXE HEX CALC EXM HEXCALC ICN COUGAR MAK DOS FILE OBJ SAMPLES PAL has 30 files 173 906 bytes that
59. F1015A and the modem adapter from the HP Adapter kit F1023A to connect the 100LX to a US Robotics V 32bis modem I have pcANYWHERE on my desktop configured so that when I call in from my other office the desktop automatically hangs up and calls me back This trick keeps me from racking up a big phone bill and having to go through the process of submitting paperwork for reim bursement Unfortunately the automatic dial back feature can not be used while traveling since the host doesn t know your current phone number This arrangement worked fine on the 100LX The minimum set of files needed to run the Remote part of pcANYWHERE 4 5 is File a a a Filesize Kb AWREMOTE EXE 413 770 AWR MSG 214 762 BTRIEVE EXE 42 524 AW RC 123 182 AW HW 14 096 AW HIL 6 144 Total 683 478 If eliminated any of these files AWREMOTE EXE bombed out with an error message AW RC1 AW HW1 and AW HI1 contain my specific configuration information Since your configuration may be pcANYWHERE lets you use your HP 100LX or 200LX and a modem to access your desktop PC in the office or on the road to transfer files and run programs different than mine these files may have different sizes on your machine You may be able to use a file compression program like Diet or Stacker to cut disk stor age requirements in half Setting up remote control soft ware is painful but do able Here is some advice 1 Use the same t
60. F3 Ctri End Enter Time ENGLISH Fn F3 MATH Fn F7 HOMEWK More Menuj al NoteTaker Menu foa nomework ndb Enter F4 Date Enter F3 Ctri End Enter Enter Time MATH Fn F4 NEWS More Menu al NoteTaker Menu foa homework ndb Enter F4 Date Enter F3 Ctri End Enter Time NEWS Fn F5 SCIENCE More Menu al NoteTaker Menu More Menujal Appt F9 F10 F4 Homework Enter F3 NoteTaker F4 Date Enter Enter F5 Enter Appt Paste F10 Fn F9 Quiet Alarm More Menu al Appt Menu ob Alt F10 Fn F10 Loud Alarm More Menujal Appt Menu ob Alt C F10 JULY AUGUST 1995 THEHPPALMTOP PAPER 29 HOW TO USE Learning disabled student ment goes off a minute later This appointment runs a macro that opens a special NoteTaker file where Heather keeps her assign ments For example to set an appointment to run the Fn F1 macro press to add an appointment key 11 into the description field set the Start Time make sure the Alarm is Enabled and your Leadtime is set prop erly and press F10 The symbol in 11 is the shifted value of the key found next to in the upper left of the keyboard For more information on this topic see Appointments run ning programs in the index of your HP 100 200LX User s Guide Please see the sidebar on the previous page for a detailed des cription of the first macro and a complete list of all the macros we use Before the first class period
61. Find on coin or beard On the 100 200LX searching for text Press F4 and key in the word number or phrase for which you are searching Press again and PHONE wili jump down to the next occurrence of that word Press F3 and it will move back ward to the previous occurrence If noth ing is found it will beep and display Text not found The Find feature is also avail able in Appointment Book Database Note Taker World Time and Memo On the 95LX searching for text Press F7 key in the text you are looking for and press next Occurrence or previous occurrence If nothing is found it will beep and display String not found 100 200LX Selecting multiple records Suppose you want to execute a com mand for several phone records at once such as to export them to a new file How do you select multiple records so that you don t have to repeat the com mand for each one Highlight and press for each record you want the command to operate on Pressing again de selects the record Try pressing lt Shift gt lt Spacebar gt a couple of times to select and de select all records Then try ESHRS lt UpArrow or SHAS to select and move the cursor at the same time Multiple selections work in the Phone Book Database NoteJaker World Time and Filer but not in the Appointment Book JULY AUGUST 1995 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 43 AAA QUICK TIPS 444 APP MANAGER 100
62. Gilles can be reached under CIS 100114 3146 JULY AUGUST 1995 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 17 REVIEWS PAL Programming Library Programs created using PAL Although the first official version of PAL numbered 1 0 has been available for a short time only a number of applications have already been written or are cur rently under development that use PAL Below is a list of some of these applications Others are in development and should be avail able soon 0 HV E HTML viewer for the palmtop This is one of the more ambitious projects to date HV can display hypertexts in the increas ingly popular HTML format used on the World Wide Web There are many Gigabytes of valuable infor mation available in HTML format this information is now accessible from the palmtops Sister MAME CESCRPTON Bila tm etian kep labels at the botina af the screen SOS Hine lac pal h void hop foryps char ps APTS Ger pies pelater to an array of ten biv labels The PAL HTML Viewer showing a page of PAL documentation In version 1 1 of HV one still has to download any documents to the HP before one can browse through them Future versions of HV might directly access WWW documents on the Internet Q PFE PAL Font Editor Though included as a tool with the library archive this application is popular among non programmers PFE is an easy to use and powerful font modification and conversion tool PFE displays
63. Mb 339 00 F1014A 20 40Mb 949 00 ST75P5_ SMb Uncompress 329 95 ST710P5 10Mb 499 95 S1720P5 20Mb 849 95 ST740P5 40Mb We have gr u re lookin t solutions pe he Pe A a e a AIT 6 As a text outliner or text reading device On some occasions I have used 1 2 3 to open and look at data files reading a line or a number of char acters at a time Open an empty spreadsheet press MENU File Import_Text highlight the desired file and press ENTER I ll also open a 1 2 3 file and start outlining thoughts It s easy to sort and move entries in Lotus and simple to copy and paste them to another application later Since I always have Memo open with my diary loaded I also use 1 2 3 to take meeting notes 8 As a programming language 1 2 3 s macro command language can be seen as a limited but rea sonably sophisticated program ming language Lotus macros let you create spreadsheets that will prompt you for input carry out repetitive tasks display results in Global Connections 170 South Jackson Street Janesville WI 53545 OrderLine 608 752 1537 FaxOrder 608 752 9548 Bal a de a Se A oR Ce A i a a a a PERRREEEI DI IIIE III EBL II III IED IBID Your One Stor CALL for a Free copy of the Most Extensive HP Portable PC Catalog E Palmtor aop P Accessories for Omnibook F H K4 530 4Mb RAM Exp 295 00 K8 530 amp Mb RAM Exp EXP ThinFax 1 4 4 for HP200 100LX bps Fax aN Modem Ee E
64. ON 1 CONVENIENT PCMCIA CARD EXP s award winning MiniFax software High speed fax modem 2 or 4 MB Flash memory They re all built into the ThinFax 1414LXM card That s why ThinFax 1414LXM is the one upgrade that s a must for your HP palmtop So call the toll free number today for complete ThinFax 1414LXM specifications and the name of an EXP dealer near you Call 714 453 1020 or Fax 714 453 1319 EZP MOBILE COMPUTING EXPERTISE IS BUILT INTO OUR NAME Running Out of Space Capacity Store up to 80MB Lowest Cost Per MB Built in LZS Data Compression Performance Palmtop Optimized Drivers 50 4000 Faster File Access 32K Read Ahead Buffer Reliablity Laser Welded Stainless Steel case Withstands Shock to 1000g s BATTman Power Mangement 5 Year Warranty Your Total Palmtop Storage Solution To Order Call Doubleklash SRlus Price DoubleFlashSPlus Te east 800 825 9977 6M up to 6MB 229 40M up to 40MB 699 10M up to 10MB 299 60M up to 60MB 899 20M up to 20MB 439 80M up to 80MB 1 249 Ask about special pricing on Palmtop DFPlus systems ACE Technologies Inc PP623
65. SFLR ZIP PwrDsk 94 95 Utility Recovers 100 200LX memory HPHAND 100LX 11 Free DIET12 ZIP PwrDsk 94 95 Utility File compression utility HPHAND 100LX 1 1 Free PAT ZIP May June 95 Utility Alarm sounds for 100 200LX HPHAND 100LX 11 Free SHASS ZIP BestTips 95 Application Automates shopping HPHAND 100LX 11 VR100 ZIP BestTips 95 Application Vertical text reader HPHAND 100LX 11 Share TO ORDER the HP Palmtop Paper ON DISK see order card page 41 SESON 48 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 The Only HP Palmtop Upgrade That Has It All To get the most from your HP 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 HP function keys and commands you already use without the hassle of downloading software and without consuming precious hard disk space Third you need Flash memory for fast easy access to all your software applications and for efficiently storing data Plus you need to fax from and receive faxes into your Flash memory for extra convenience And most of all you need the flexibility to use all your upgrade features together or independently without inserting and removing separate fax modem and memory cards Now you can have it all with ThinFax 1414LXM ALL THE ADVANCED UPGRADE FEATURES YOU NEED
66. This woman has difficulty moving and speaking She uses the HP Palmtop to communicate p with the world MM Vvercoming gt Se Disabilities Wa IP Palmtop the The HP Palmtop helps this student with a learning disability remember assignments o HN 74470 83112 and bring them home 0 83 08 4G mi np Publisher s Message sssssecsssessseesees OE Letters to the Eqitor csessssssssssssseeees 4 New Third Party Products and Services usses 6 HP Palmtop Users Groups inian maid f ji REVIEWS Run Your Desktop PC from your HP 100 200LX by Phone With pCANYWHER E ssssssssssssssssssessees 9 pcANYWHERE lets you use your HP 100LX or 200LX and a modem to access your desktop PC in the office or on the road to transfer files and run pro grams Programmer s Corner The New and Improved HP Palmtop Developer s Guide sssr 12 _ Programming is fun and can be lucrative If you re thinking about writing software for the HP Palmtop this book has the information you need to know Programming PAL Library Simplifies Palmtop Programming 0s0s00 Tea N y Use this library to give your DOS programs th look and feel of the built in Palmtop applications The Fruit of PAL or 2 as 18 Check out a font editor alarm player and some of the other applications already written in PAL ae a OW TO USE _ Kiei Pal
67. XP200 14 400 EXP200 2 Same with 2Mb RA EXP200 4 Same but with 4Mb RAM This is cme ONLY FaxModem for sen receive faxes that works on HP s Palmtops 369 L T ak ak as ae ak T A Te Ta T T a The Executive Leather Cases T XLC100 For HP Palmtops 59 95 ak XLC200 For HP Palmtops 29 95 ak XLC300 For Omnibooks 69 95 Eh T k ae ak T T ae T T T a T T T T T Trade In your used HP Palmtop PG receive the highest i aden pcg amp bave a NEN HP200LX Omnibook GO06 tomorrow LX or an HP We have the World s Largest Collection of Software on PCMCIA card Solutions Isn t that what you really want That s r today S personal and business challenges numeric or graphical format and more For a common user the 1 2 3 macro command language is prob ably simpler to learn and easier to find mistakes than in true pro gramming languages 9 As a database reader manipulator and scrubber In my work with financial institu tions I have often downloaded loan databases or we have created data bases that later needed certain fields to be cleaned up scrubbed for consistency e g records in a database City field may read L A LosAngeles Los Angeles etc and we need them all to be Los Angeles for consisten cy A 1 2 3 add in product by the name of base which reads and writes dBase III files has been extraordinarily useful for this and for
68. aah Aia 89 95 CONTACT ONE Jnfemational ine 136 Granite Hill Ct Langhom PA 19047 USA Phone 800 333 0448 Fax 215 968 3550 BBS 71327 1203 com puserve com 100 200LX More Languages Available The Entente Corporation announces the availability of the following language translator programs using non latin based alphabets Russian Arabic Chinese using Taiwanese alphabet Japanese Hiragana and Korean This adds to the list of previously available lan guages Spanish French Portuguese Italian German Hungarian Polish Serbo Croation Chinese main land Latin alphabet based phonetic method and Japanese Latin alphabet Romaji Contact Entente Corporation for information or see page 14 Volume 4 Number 3 1995 Availability Now Medium 42 c4eeee Floppy disk Pricing English amp 1 language 49 95 Ea additional language 29 95 CONTACT Entente Corporation 1447 Mariposa Ave Boulder CO 80302 USA Phone 800 409 1701 BBS ramole aal com TULY AUGUST 1995 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 7 WARNING Your subscription may be abou RENEW OR SUBSC THE HP PALMTOP AND GET ALL THIS THE HP PALMTOP PAPER Super Ken Cutler Terrific Mark Gitlitz truly the most rewarding maga zine I have ever subscribed to with tons of information and products specifically for the HP Palmtops I don t have to go to the n
69. allow changing the colors on the CPACK100 program on the desktop There s no guarantee that this will work with the CPACK200 MAKEFILE COUG ASM CHKTSR ASM MAK BAT PAL C HELP C PAL MAIN C CHKTSR COM PALHELP EQU CHKT SR EXE PAL EXE PALHELP H PAL H PALERRS H COUG H HELP H PALUS HLP PAL HLP PAL HS PAL ICN MAIN LIB COUGAR MAK PAL MAP PAL OBJ COUG OBU HELP OBJ PALMAIN OBJ CPACK100 PAL MAIN RC README TXT SOURCE has 4 files 25 453 bytes of necessary include files for EXM assembler and C programs CSVC ASM CRT0 ASM DBEVENT C IC C TOOLS has 1 file 13 105 bytes that converts a spe cial EXE file format into an EXM program The EXE file must be built with the SOURCE files above E2M EXE TOOLS DBDT has 5 files 53 843 bytes that contain a utility to dump a database file for fixing it up with a text editor Largely supplanted by the GARLIC pro gram DDT C UNDEAD C UNDEAD DOC DDT EXE UNDEAD EXE TOOLS DD has 2 files 118 614 bytes automate the design of dialog boxes in a database program DD EXE DD TXT TOOLS FIXEDA has 2 files 1 650 bytes fix errors from swapping memory cards FIXEDA COM FIXE DA DOC TOOLS ICON100 has 2 files 25 170 bytes contain ing an icon viewer and editor ICN100LX EXE ICON TXT TSR has 7 files 548 810 bytes that Checks to see if the TKERNEL and CGAGRAPH TSR programs are resident before running a 100LX program on a desk top CHKTSR ASM CHKTSR COM
70. ams or F4 Advance to control the speed at which trees are drawn the num ber of trees drawn the dimensions of the trees and so forth I have the program set on auto start and auto repeat so trees start forming as soon as the program starts After the pro gram is finished with a screen it pauses for five seconds erases the existing screen and starts afresh Another TREE EXM option is Boulevard which is shown in the following screen Trees lining Boulevard To start Boulevard press Params and select Boulevard The trees appear along an imaginary boulevard that you are in the mid dle of And you can mix and match you can start a screen off in Tree switch to Boulevard and vary the contrast on each successive group of tress If you like one of the result ing screens you create you can save it as a PCX file from the screen you like press F10 Save type FILENAME PCX which you can use as an Opening screen topcard or display and edit in another graphics program that reads PCX files Thanks to Shozo Ito for provid ing the English translation Hal Goldstein Publisher The HP Palmtop Paper JULY AUGUST 1995 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 3 Please More Articles from Palmtop Users in Other Countries Even though Hewlett Packard doesn t hold a big market share in Argentina the number of HP Palmtop users here is increasing The need to be up to date with Palmtop news is mandatory T
71. arch See page 10 Contact Lofus Development Corp USA Phone 800 343 5414 Fax 617 693 3899 Megahertz Xjack 14 4 Fax Modem Card 219 PCMCIA fax modem card that works in the 100 200LX See page 10 Contact Megahertz Corporation USA Phone 800 527 8677 or 801 320 7000 Fax 801 320 6022 MICROREF Quick Reference Guide Lotus 1 2 3 Version 2 4 14 95 DOS 5 0 14 95 Both 25 See page 37 809 5803 or 5154726390 Fax 515 472 1879 pe ANYWHERE Ver 4 5 179 Remote access and file transfer software Previously discontinued now available again See pages 9 11 Contact Symantec Corp USA Phone 800 441 7234 or 503 334 6054 Fax 503 334 7400 Practical Pocket Modem 14 4 459 Portable modem See page 9 Contact Practical Penpherals Inc USA Phone 404 840 9966 or 805 497 4774 Fax 805 374 7200 Procomm Plus for DOS 85 Communications software See page 11 Contact Datastorm Technologies Inc USA Phone 314 443 3282 Fax 314 875 0595 QUICKLX 39 Typing helper See page 22 Contact Sysyems Shier Systems amp Software Phone 805 371 9391 Fax 805 371 9454 CompuServe ID 75030 3374 ReachOut Remote 109 95 Remote access software See page 10 Contact Stac Electronics USA Phone 800 522 7822 or 619 431 7474 Fax 619 431 0880 Roland Sound Canvas SC 55 NA SC 55 Mark Il 895 Sound module over 300 instrument sounds See page 4
72. backpack ing Hi my name is Heather am 13 years old and live in Davis California enjoy many things and one of them is computers Which brings me to my story have A D D Attention Deficit Disorder and have trouble remembering to write down my homework assignments So my mom gave me her HP 100LX when she got her new HP 200LX Mom set the alarm to ring at the end of each class to remind me to input my assignments in the HP s NoteTaker application Well the standard beeping in class caused some embarrassment cause everyone would groan or yell at me to shut it off had seen Mom program her LX to play The Impossible Dream as her alarm so asked her to help me get started followed the instructions in the User s Manual and Mom s advice had to play around with the octaves a bit because the instructions were not very clear on that subject The rest is as they say history Below is the alarm code wrote for the tune It s A Small World Open up the Memo application and key in the code exactly as it is shown below SMWORLD SWD ii Notes The alarm function doesn t care whether the letters are in upper or lower case but the letter L is shown below in upper case to distinguish it from the number 1 Also spaces are optional Finally the code is displayed below on four lines to fit the format of the Palmtop Paper However the characters should be entered on one long line in Memo Let Memo wrap the lines automa
73. ble only from ACE this complete package contains everything that you will need to start enjoying the full benefits of the HP 200LX wv ACE LINK file transfer software with HP PC serial cable DoubleFlash Plus hi performance storage card v BATTman 2 0 Two 1200mAH high capacity NiMH batteries AppMAN gives you complete control of DOS applications HP world wide universal AC adapter 200LX l MB Systems with DoubleFlash Plus 1MB with AppMAN 1MB with ACE LINK PC Serial cable and AppMan 2MB with AppMAN 2MB with ACE LINK PC Serial cable and AppMan ACT fr HP Pakilons vanati Best Selling Contact Management now available for the 95 100 200L v High speed reliable transfers with ActWin DOS Store up to 4 000 contacts and 400 activities v Daily and weekly calendars for quick reference to activities s Multi scheduling capabilities calls meetings and to do s v Customized contact record fields to suit any business contact v Import and Export capabilities including the HP Phonebook ACTI for HP Palmtops version 1 1 1 C1255 BATIMAN version 2 0 Battery Management Software for HP 100 200LX v Use NiMH NiCd Alkaline or Lithium batteries in your HP Palmtop y Predictive algorithm prevents loss of your valuable data BATTman 2 0 Battery Management Software c esccsseseesessesseess BATTman 2 0 with 2 NiMH 1200mAH batteries SEN BATTman 2 0 with 2 NiMH 1200mAH
74. ctions in a standardized format These descrip tions can be read with any text editor they are in ASCII format but PAL also includes utilities to create Norton Guide and even HTML the popular World Wide Web format versions of the documentation for easy and fast reference 5 Samples directory This contains a number of program ming samples that illustrate program ming in PAL PAL Source Code Directory Function list and description As mentioned in point 4 above this subdirectory is divided into 10 mod ules Below is a description of each module 1 Low Level Graphics The low level graphics routines are interface functions to the palmtop specific INT5Fh graphics calls With these functions one can set graphics mode pen color pen position select and display text using the built in fonts scroll save and restore a rec tangular area of the graphics screen or define shape and blinkrate of the graphics cursor The routines include the following 20 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 GraphMode Switch to 640x200 monochrome graphics mode TextMode Switch to text mode SelectFont Select one of the 3 built in fonts SetColor Select the pen color black or white SetRule Sef the graphics replace ment rule SetPos Set the graphics pen coordinates SetMask Set fill mask SetLineType Set the graphics line type SetClip Define a rectangular clipping region Scr
75. d my wife what she thought of the cover she told me it looked more like People Magazine rather than a technical publication We hope you don t mind After all how people use the Palmtop to better their lives is the real story of The HP Palmtop Paper Part of the latent power of the Palmtop is that it is a DOS computer That means programmers can write Palmtop applications which provide users with more tools to solve individual needs In this issue we review Palmtop technical reference information found in the newly released HP Palmtop 100LX 200LX Developer s Guide Then we examine the work of an independent team of programmers The fruit of their project is software tools by which any Palmtop developer can make a DOS application which will look and act like a Palmtop built in application We have written and organized these two articles in such a way that non technical users can read them and appreciate what is involved in in creating Palmtop applications Finally we want to wish Robert Roney the best of luck Robert has been our technical editor for the past few years He has left his position with us to teach at the Maharishi Management University in Chicago a school which examines management concepts in light of human consciousness Wolk Lerlhltc Top Hal Goldstein Bottom Robert Roney and Richard Hall The HP Palmtop Paper NCREASING YOUR PERSONAL POWER BY EXPANDING YOUR PALMTOP S POTENTIAI Volume four Number four July
76. ders VA195 JULY AUGUST 1995 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 5 NEW THIRD FARTY PRODUCTS Third Party Products of Interest to HP Palmtop Users This section lists products new since the last issue and includes hardware software books videos training and services of interest to HP Palmtop users The icons above the product name indicate which Palmtop the product is suitable for for the 95LX 00x for the 100 200LX in some cases the product may be suitable for the 100LX or the 200LX but not both Prices listed are suggested retail ne mai vendors ane ae N to send us information about almtop related products they discover We rely EEE ten E wee on information we receive from the geile Pehee M manufacturer and cannot test every E E T NS E bargier oe piece of hardware or software We wel RST RM ra appeal veers in Aust should contact U Hoesch A 1111 Vienna PO Box 50 come any user feedback on product Saee QHIUSA s Ng yao nthe Cleveland area shoud contac Craig de Fassel suitability Bon MA USA i RA OPAR he Sen a ane tac Boar Kahane BRAZI as ROOL users i Brazil should contact Marcas L Padhaza Rua Train 647 Ap 104 8 By Paul Merrill you place it where you Denver O USA or 25 11 OD PROLX users in te Denyer area should contact Bil Hooter 5044S t Black leather s i l l uara aD See advertisement page 11 ProM SA ono weno Ptah es a cones E BA Availability POTET IE O NS Now SES ame erie E os ao ya aba afi Pricing rape
77. doing cross tabulations on large databases that otherwise exceed 1 2 3 memory limits This will be an 34 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 advanced topic covered by a future article 10 As a form or label generator 1 2 3 can be used as a database to generate simple form letters or labels This activity is really quite easy to do however it is not initial ly very intuitive A future article will explain how to do this The birth of this column reflects the need for 1 2 3 support The above are just a few examples of how someone familiar with the basics of the program and support ed by adequate documentation can accomplish a lot with 1 2 3 Unfortunately documentation and support for 1 2 3 on the HP 100 200LX Palmtop though avail able is not easy to find Many of the new users buying the HP Palmtop do not know 1 2 3 In addition many work in companies Travel Floppy PCMCIA Floppy Drive No less indispensable than your HP 100 200LX Unparalleled performance from the Travel Floppy makes file transfer and archiving i both simple and inexpensive Includes 3 5 1 44 Mb floppy drive PCMCIA Type I compatible Small and portable take or use it anywhere Versatile plugs into the PCMCIA slot of a variety of subnotebook notebook and other portable DOS based systems including the HP 100 200LX Uses the convenient economical universally accepted floppy diskette FACCURITE PAAA SS 231 Charcot Avenue
78. e The easiest way to find a name in a Phone Book list is to start typing the name The cursor will jump right to it Make sure you enter your names con sistently last name first so PHONE alphabetizes them properly Let s say you have entries with similar last names e g Stanley and Stevens and you want to go to Stevens Start typing the name you want After typing st the cursor will rest on the first ST it finds Stanley As soon as you ve typed in ste the cursor will jump down to Stevens If you have two Stanleys and you want to go to the second Stanley the cursor will rest on the first Stanley until you start typing the second Stanleys first name lf you can t remember someone s last name and want to search by first name phone number or some other unique word you have in one of the data fields use PHONE s find feature An important trick is to enter key words into a new Phone Book entry especially when you are entering a new acquaintance whose name could be easily forgotten Suppose you just made a new business contact with a gentle man that trades in coins and who has a beard On the last line of the address field 95LX or in the Note field 100 200LX you could type the words coin and beard Coin and beard are words to remind you of the individual Six months later when you want to recall the gentleman s name you might remember he had a beard or that he sold coins You could do a
79. e 100LX 200LX Developers Guide and the PAL project Developer s Guide Price 79 Shipping 5 U S 12 outside U S Marketing information only points 3 5 above 9 Order from Thaddeus Computing 57 E Broadway Fairtield 1A 52556 800 809 5603 515 472 1875 tax 515 472 1879 CompuServe 75300 2443 Internet 75300 2443 compuserve com Payment Method Visa Mastercard American Express or a check for U S dollars drawn on a U S ban Merchandise shipped on receipt of payment well as function calls for writing special TSRs that will be started by System Manager or by a third party application Such TSRs have the extension TSR and are usually put in the C _DAT directory This new section ends with some tips on developing a System Manager compliant application and a page of time sequenced memory maps of System Manager in action Another new section of the Guide pages 239 to 245 deals with System Manager Event Manage ment Services The section on Database formats beginning on page 376 also appears to be new However much of this material has been made available in electronic form Some of it even made it onto last year s HP Palmtop Paper Subscriber s Power Disk The section on DOS is new to the Revised Edition as is the sec tion on PCMCIA cards Who needs the Developer s Guide If you re a developer new to the HP 100 200LX you may be won dering if you need the Developer s Guide On the
80. e your notes Take Memos from your Palmtop and convert them into Mac word processing documents such as Microsoft Word ClairisWorks etc Your formatting such as bold underline etc will remain intact You can also convert word processing files from your Mac into HP Memo files Don t leave your numbers behind In addition to PIM and Memo translations MacLinkPlus can also convert your Mac spreadsheets into Lotus 123 format on your HP Formatting and formulas all remain intact Once you ve made changes on your Palmtop you can convert your file back into Mac format Databases too Use your HP databases in FileMaker Pro Microsoft Works database and other Mac database programs All of your data and its formatting such as date and time will be translated Everything s included Just connect the two computers with the included serial cable MacLinkPlus HP Palmtop will do the rest Call for more information Sooo 733 0030 MUMINI 55 Corporate Drive Trumbull CT 06611 JULY AUGUST 1995 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 33 HOW TO USE Lotus 1 2 3 Column HP200LX Palmtop PC F1061A HP200LX 649 00 F1i060A PAO AIME 495 00 HP Omnibook 600 Portable PC F1065A 4MbRAM 170Mb 2 499 00 F1066A 8MbRAM 170Mb 2 999 00 F1110A 4MbRAM 260Mb 2599 0 F1111A 8Mb RAM 260Mb 3 199 00 HP Accessories for HP200 100LX F1021B Connectivity Pack tg Fh E F1011A AC DC Adapter Flash Cards for all HP Portables F1012A 5 10Mb 00 F1013A 10 20
81. each day the Appointment Book ran the Quiet Alarm macro which sets the appointment alarm sound to Chime My objective was Give your PALMTor Bar Cope CAPABILITIES For INVENTORY DOCUMENT TRACKING Our systems are turn key complete with all the hardware and software necessary to print bar code labels scan bar codes and transfer data into PCs or MACs 919 N E 2nd Street Corvallis Oregon 97330 Telephone 503 752 4419 1 800 733 5017 Fax 503 752 7037 NoteTaker Homework file open to item for today s assignments Cursor positioned next to current class awaiting assignments to minimize disruption of the class and the Chime alarm is less obtru sive The Loud Alarm macro sets the alarm back to Custom which plays an alarm Heather created for her Palmtop By the end of the day Heather would have a single Notepad record with all her assignments on it The final phase was running a macro that moved the contents of the NoteTaker Notes field to an Appointment Book ToDo item labelled HOMEWORK We decid ed to do create a separate ToDo list so that Heather could check off assignments as she accomplished them and see what she had left to do Creating a custom alarm for your Appointment Book By Heather Tinling Heather is a good student and an excellent flutist and artist She attends Oliver Wendall Holmes Junior High School in Davis California Her interests are art music soccer camping and
82. ed a data base of wines we might define a category field named Type that contained entries like white red sparkling etc The Category field has the following limitations A You can have only one category field in any data base B You can define many different categories for that field but you can use no more than 255 characters for the combination of all unique categories you define Lets use the wine database exam ple again to help clarify this Say you have defined three distinct categories for your wine DataBase white red sparkling The total number of characters used by those three categories is 17 You have 255 17 or 238 char acters left for other cate gories C You can enter more than one category in the Category field by separating the categories with a semi colon For example an entry in the wine database described above might have sparkling white in the cate gory field The Category field can contain many categories but the enteries can total no more than 127 characters including separating semi colons tested these parameters by creating a sample database similar to the PhoneBook and entering bogus data It max ed out between 3000 4000 records See the file BIGDDB 100 for some simple minded benchmarks that did and some com ments by the author of the database engine Andy Gryc lf the built in database can t hold enough data for your needs
83. ee the unified font routines that pro vide a common interlace to both inter nal built in monospaced and exter nal proportional fonts LoadHin Load a font in memory InitHfn Initialize a given font WriteHfn Writes a string using one of the loaded fonts TextExtHfn Compute text extent of a string in a given font FontHeightHin Returns height of a given font DiscardHfn Discard a loaded font 10 Unified font routines The unified font routines permit trans parent usage of both the built in fonts and the loadable fonts that the HFN module supports A font is identified by a handle with the unified font rou lines regardless whether it is a built in or a loadable font A collection of loadable fonts is provided with PAL The routines include TextOut Output a string at a given screen position in a font you specify TextExt Compute the length in pixels of a string in a given font without actually drawing the characters FontHeight Returns the height of a given font in pixels LoadFont Loads an external font in memory DiscardFont Discards a font loaded by LoadFont and recovers the memory associated with it Typing aid 1 for the HP Palmtop a QUICK LX learns the words you type most often then f suggests them after you type just a few characters The suggestions are displayed in a box on the screen You can ignore the suggestion and keep on typing or accept
84. er HP calculator prod ucts The book uses a learn by doing approach to take a user from novice to advanced proficiency 4 Get assistance from an on line bulletin board service On line BBS services provide excel lent support from fellow users and Lotus experts CompuServe users can type GO LOTUSA to go to the Lotus Forum There is a section for users of the 2 x versions and there are libraries with a variety of templates avail able CompuServe s HP HAND forum supports HP Palmtops and also has some 1 2 3 templates available in its libraries There are a variety of other ven dors of publications that cater to 1 2 3 users which have a presence on CompuServe Among these are PC World which publishes a Lotus Edition of its magazine type GO PWOFORUM and ZiffNet which makes macros and templates from their publications like the 1 2 3 User s Journal available Internet provides 1 2 3 informa tion at http ww Lotus com 5 Lotus technical support by telephone Lotus provides free technical sup port to new 1 2 3 users but some complain about the length of time it takes them to answer a call Lotus also offers paid support lines that are described as being more responsive Editor s Note Our understanding is that HP Mobile Computing Support is responsible for JULY AUGUST 1995 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 37 HOW TO USE Lotus 1 2 3 Column Lotus 1 2 3 support for the HP Palmtops Their number in the U S is 505 757 2
85. er of distinct types For example I have CALLS I need to make things I want to READ items I want to BUY places I need to GO etc The problem with Appointment Book s ToDo list is that I wasted a lot of time scrolling through the list For example if I had some time for phone calls I had to go through a list of 50 or so unrelated ToDo items to find the calls I needed to make I needed a way to quickly list all the ToDo s of a particular type sorted by importance The NoteTaker Solution Open a new NoteTaker file on the HP 100 200LX and save it as TODOLIST Then start entering your ToDo s as individual items in NoteTaker press to add a new ToDo item Enter your ToDo items as described below 1 In the Title field Enter the general type of the ToDo You can create your own types but I use those listed below Don t forget to put a colon after Go etc or when you sort for these Subsets you will pull up entries that include words like Golf and Got If you enter more than one type of activity in the Title field e g Go shopping can be a Go and a Buy you can bring the item up in more than one Subset thereby cross referencing it e Write Letters I want or need to write Go Things I have do do away from home for example mail a package at the post office e Buy Items I need to buy Call Any phone calls I need to make Do Anything I want or need to do at
86. erent sources These include books materials and assistance available via CompuServe Internet and other on line bulletin boards or other electronic services Lotus Technical Support by tele phone newsletters and magazines users groups and training centers and training videos One of the most important is the F1 Help key on your Palmtop 1 Press Fi for help One of the elements that made 1 2 3 so popular through the 1980s was its excellent context sensitive help built into the program This means that when you are doing something in 1 2 3 and press F1 1 2 3 displays a help screen with information related to what you are doing For instance let s say you want to write an if formula in 1 2 3 and you do not remember the syntax for the formula Type if into a cell and then press F1 to get thescreen displayed at the top of the next col umn showing the syntax of the command Context sensitive help is also available for 1 2 3 macro com mands For most experienced users the syntax displayed on the HP Palmtop is sufficient to allow them to complete a formula or 1 2 3 context sensitive help screen displays syntax of Lotus if function macro command Although 1 2 3 on the HP Palmtop also contains context sen sitive help the amount of informa tion available on the Palmtop is substantially reduced from the original version due to Palmtop memory constraints For less expe rienced 1 2 3 users the
87. esent value calculations budgets real estate pro formas and so on My list goes on and on 4 As a sophisticated calculator Occasionally I have needed to do backsolving with some complex calculations HP CALC combined with 1 2 3 has made this a snap 5 As a simple calculator I can set up a spreadsheet to add up a column of numbers and do sorts and subtotals on data I may want to check for input errors HP 200LX DATA HP 100LX HP 95LX Tel 203 268 0030 Fax 205 268 4345 MacLinkPlus HP Palmtop Mac d the Missing Link Use Palmtop files on your Macintosh and vice versa Backup your palmtop on your Mac Backup your entire Palmtop on your Mac with just a click of a mouse MacLinkPlus will move all of your Palmtop files onto your Mac The directory structure will remain the same on the Mac as it was on the HP Don t retype all those names MacLinkPlus can translate your phone book files onto your HP No need to retype all that information And you can translate your HP Phonebook names back into your Mac phone book as well No excuses for missed appointments Appointment book alarms don t do and good if your not at your desk to hear them With MacLinkPlus you can convert your Mac appointment book files such as Now Up to Date or DateBook Pro into the HP Appointment Book format Now your appointments and your alarms will be on the road with you where they belong Manag
88. ews agent to browse the PC magazines for informa tion re palmtops anymore Thank you very much Khundry Kumulia BEST PALMTOP TIPS Maximize your palmtop productivity with this collection of the most useful tips tricks shortcuts and hidden features we ve discovered in our two years of writing The HP Palmtop Paper Great for users at any level New issue each year 7 95 cover price sent to you each April pa aal IBEST TIPS YOU RECEIVE TWO ADDITIONAL BONUS ISSUES FOR EACH YEAR YOU SUBSCRIBE 1 et hae etn ANA SA AA A tne ak a AG RA A te a A eS et A E E hit A PC CARD REVIEW A special report with all the information you need to make sense of the many types of PCMCIA cards becoming available SRAM FLASH FAx MODEM NETWORK WIRELESS MORE An invaluable reference item NEW ISSUE whether you re looking to buy EACH YEAR or just looking 7 95 cover price sent to you each November THE SUBSCRIBER POWERDISK A different PowerDisk for every year you subscribe Loaded with the best Programs Games and Utilities we can find many subscribers have told us that the PowerDisk alone is worth far more than the cost of a sub scription But you can t buy it You can only get it free with your subscription to The HP Palmtop Paper 33 if purchased separately sent to you each September BACK ISSUES AVAILABLE Ld Run Your Desktop PC
89. f ProComm because you can turn the status line off and get 25 lines After installation I was able to cut Telemate 3 01 down to about 300K The latest version 4 12 but I don t know how big it is TeleMate is available on CompuServe s IBM COM forum Download the follow ing files TM4201 ZIP TM4202 ZIP TM4203 ZIP and TM4204 ZIP So that the display of the desk top PC fits the 100LX screen make sure that the desktop PC s screen is set up for 80x25 Also make sure you have a full 25 lines in Data Comm or your other communica tions program Fn ZOOM should eliminate the title line at the top and the status line at the bottom Also ESC T and ESC B are pc ANYWHERE commands that should make bottom lines visible pcANYWHERE gives best results I use pcANYWHERE every day and have tried other remote access programs pcANYWHERE works flawlessly on my 100LX and has consistently given me the best results If you need to transfer files and run another PC from a dis tance this package is definitely worth your consideration Product Index page 47 Share Freeware Index page 48 Increase Productivity with your Palmtop Palmtop Printing CITIZEN Quick Financing Intuit Multi Functional EZP You will have total communica tion ability com bined with the convenience of Flash memory tech nology EXP s Thin Fax 144LXM Modem has 14 4 bps send receive flash memory Faxes you receive can be stored
90. from the DOS prompt why bother with System Manager compliancy at all The answer Users like the features of System Manager compliant programs including the pull down menus dialog boxes hot keys and cut and paste capabilities Program mers were stuck between a rock and a hard place It became evident that they needed a PAL to help them out PAL The Palmtop Application Library PAL is a collection of C language functions that provide DOS pro grams with the look amp feel of the HP 100 200LX built in applica tions The library is the result of a common development effort from independent programmers located in the U S Canada and Europe Contributors communicate via e mail and messages in Library 15 Palmtop Programmers of the CompuServe HPHAND forum When HPHAND Sysop Mark Scardina suggested the original concept and was looking for some body to lead and coordinate the project I volunteered I liked the idea and knew that it could work from the impressive results of the Stone Soup Group creators of FRACTINT Much of the work that was needed for PAL had already been done HPCLIB a graphics library written by Harry Konstas served as a basis for what should become PAL PAL Includes everything but the C compiler PAL comes complete with source code and many useful program ming utilities All the files in PAL are copyrighted freeware and may be used to develop public domain shareware or com
91. h new sound This met her needs admirably until the early spring when her use of the 100LX began to diminish Occasionally she d leave her HP at home After discussing things with her at great length Mom s a bit dense about these things I discov ered she simply wanted to put her own imprint on the process Two changes were made as a result of our conversation First Heather programmed her own custom alarm the tune to It s a Small World She was beaming after she d written and debugged it It was the first computer pro gram she d ever written The second change was a little more complex Heather not only wanted to be able to see all the assignments of a given day she also wanted to view assignments Attention VARs OEMs Call for Factory Direct GEM Pricing HP 200LX Palmtop PC NEW with 200LX Intuit Palmtop Quicken HEWLETT PACKARD K Both Available in 1MB or 2MB HP 200LX pictured Call for Dealer OEM Pricing j Carry wiih yOu your bank check credit card and cash account balances And do reconciliation PC Compatible lt runs your off the shell DOS based soltware Your favorite sotware right in your pocket Must be DOS based CGA Compatible 1MB 2MB RAM DOS 5 0 and Expandable Memory Supports up to 32MB with optional plug in memory cards one slot PCMCIA Type Il gt c Mail Remote is Built In You can altach a modem to access e mail plus a wide range of communica
92. he HP Palmtop Paper fills an evident gap between Hewlett Packard and their Palmtop users especially here in Argentina where we don t have a single user s group As a subscriber I would like to point out what I con sider are some Palmtop Paper drawbacks Q I haven t seen any arti cles related to my profes sion land surveying Since we surveyors are among the most eager consumers of HP handheld products I and my colleagues would be very glad to see someone on your staff write something about our business J Another weak point is the fact I have seen very few articles from outside of the USA I am not just talking about the foreign countries that American readers know the most ie France Italy Germany Korea etc Down here far south of the border some really interesting things are going on As an example in Argentina right now in the state I live in we are work ing on a project that will entail re surveying approxi mately eight million urban lots alone There are many opportunities for HP Palmtop users to effectively use their Palmtops in such tasks I think addressing some of these topics will broaden the scope of the magazine and increase its reader base Greatfully Hugo Mendez PLS La Plata ARGENTINA The majority of our articles are submitted by our readers That s what gives the Palmtop Paper its unique perspective and variety If you haven t seen any articles relating to land survey
93. he Revised Edition with as much detail as space allows and indicates which parts of the Guide are new or improved No attempt has been made to assess the accura cy of the information in the Guide Overview of the Palmtop from a programmer s perspective For those thinking of developing software for the HP Palmtops for the first time here is an overview of the machine from a program mer s perspective Think of the HP 100 200LX as a miniature PC XT computer that uses an Intel 80186 microprocessor and comes with MS DOS 5 0 built into the Palmtop s ROM memory 5 0 is the last version of MS DOS that will be able to be built into ROM memory The non backlit LCD screen has a pixel count of 640 X 200 and emu lates a CGA screen with four gray scales The keyboard uses extended keycodes and is software driven rather than driven by a dedicated controller The machine does not support EMS XMS memory It comes with either 1MB or 2MB of RAM which may be partitioned between working RAM and an Edisk designated as the C drive The Palmtops have one PCMCIA Type 2 card slot a standard serial port COM1 and an infra red transmitter receiver but no parallel port The HP Palmtops feature an extension to MS DOS Lotus System Manager which lets a user task swap between various built in programs at the touch of a hot key Three levels of programming Three levels of programming may be employed for the HP Palmtops At the f
94. home This item does not include Calls Writes or Reads Read Anything I want or need to read Things I need to think about e g What should I get Mom for her birthday 2 In the Category field I use the Category field to list items by 2 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 inporta You can Tevis your own ranking scheme I prioritize my ToDo s as follows 0 Do today 1 Important 3 Not important 9 Don t bother for things I might want to do someday but I don t want to delete 3 In the Notes field Enter a description of the ToDo here e g Get Bill s birthday present etc 4 Use Subsets to display ToDo s The Subsets are the key to this system I have Subsets defined to display my Gos Calls Buys Dos Reads and s For exam ple to define the Buy Subset in NoteTaker I press F Subset F Define and key in Buy in the Title field I press F10 name the Subset Buy and press Fi0 again Whenever I select that Subset only my Buy ToDo s are displayed Paul Merrill Associate Editor HP Palmtop Paper SELF DEVELOPMENT Uplift Your Spirits by Focusing on Your Goals and Successes We all have within ourselves at any moment thoughts that can provide us with inspiration at a moments notice When bored or not feeling up to snuff we can remind our selves of the successes in our lives We can decide to do things we know will make us happy focus
95. how the Junior High School administration felt about a student bringing a personal computer to school Fortunately once we explained the purpose of the Palmtop to Heather s teachers and the administration there were no ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jini Scammell Tinling right is the Chief of the Division of Water Resources for the U S Fish and Wildlife Service Sacramento California office Her avocations are computers genealogy the out of doors and model building She is a wife and mother of two Heather and Colleen Her husband Steven Tinling is a biomedical researcher and laboratory manager for the Department of Ear Nose and Throat s Otology Laboratory at the University of California at Davis Medical School Heather left hasa bio in the second sidebar of this article 28 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 Palmtop Accessories for the 100 200 LX Omnibook Memory Cards IMB SRAM ccccccssenssecsnsessceseeeeee S129 2MB SRAM ccsseoscsessesseenscessecseseeee 9229 e 5MB Flash w Stacker Card 289 10MB Flash w Stacker Card 435 20MB Flash w Stacker Card 795 e 130MB Hardrive Omnibook 339 1 0 Cards e 14 4K Fax Modem Card 9140 Lan Combo T 2 Card s 0s0 9140 e Fax Modem for LX 5149 IC Card Drives e Internal Flash HD Drive 99 e External Printer Port Drive 189 e External Serial Port Drive 249 o Internal Dual IS
96. iew to display all files You can also press MENU Options Sort select Extension and press Fi0 Filer will organize files alpha betically by file extension displaying for example BAT files first COM files next and DOC files after that On the HP 95LX The 95LX is a little more limited in the way it can sort and display files You press File Sort Extension in Filer to display files organized alphabetically by file extension BAT first COM next etc If you want to get a listing of a par ticular type of file only first make sure all other applications are closed down Then press System to exit to the DOS prompt and use the DOS Directory command to list the files For example to list all Memo TXT files type dir txt at the DOS prompt and press ENTER 100 200LX Number of days till Xmas Use the Date Arithmetic function The HP 100 200LX version of HP Calc comes with a Date Arithmetic applica tion that lets you calculate the number of days between two dates For example let s say it s October 17 and we want to know how many days till Christmas Dec 25 From HP CALC press MENU Applications Date Calcs and follow these steps this example assumes the date format is month day year Step 1 Key in the first date Enter it in the following format MM DDYYYY For our example enter July 4 1995 as 07 041995 Press F3 to store the date in the DATE1 field Step 2 Key in the second date For our example
97. iliar with one of the big three 1 2 3 Excel or QuatroPro These spread sheet programs have many similar ities and the experienced user may be able to provide you with the answer you need even if they do not use 1 2 3 on the HP Palmtop If they can t help you they may be able to send you to someone who can or suggest a good book on Lotus 1 2 3 3 Get a good Lotus 1 2 3 book Search your local bookstores com puter stores used book stores or garage sales for a reference or tuto rial on 1 2 3 Just about any book on 1 2 3 releases 2 x or even 3 x will do so long as it has a complete description of the syntax for 1 2 3 s formulas macro command key words and a description of the command menu If you do pick up a manual on a higher release there may be a few elements that are not applicable but many features are the same The following books are often mentioned as favorites Contact information for these and addition al 1 2 3 books are described in the sidebar on this page Using 1 2 3 by Que Que has a reputation for publish Inexpensive easy to use 1 2 3 and DOS reference guides By Hal Goldstein Over the past year we have received lots of mail from HP Palmtop users complaining about the lack of 1 2 3 and DOS reference material in the HP 100 200LX manuals Recently we had the opportu nity to purchase a large number of Lotus 1 2 3 2 4 and DOS 5 0 MICROREF Quick Reference Guides found these guides comple
98. in memory right on the card so you get both functions in your one PCMCIA slot Stock 3057 No memory Stock 3058 2MB version Stock 3059 4MB version SMART A Poney Wir Oj Thinking Attention 100LX Users Now you can reap the benefits of the 200LX with Intuit s Pocket Quicken for the 100LX The fastest quickest way to organize your fi nances on the go Quick easy access to your data and the information you need to make the right decisions on the spot Track and cafegor ize your financial or travel business expenses Now you ll be able to print anywhere your palmtop goes This plain paper printer has great resolution 360 dpi and allows you to print last minute life saving charts and graphs in color Small 10 x 2 x 1 85 and light 1 1 Ib the Citizen PN60 prints 2 pages per minute on cut sheets letterhead and transparencies Prints approximately 30 text pages on a black cartridge or 3 5 pages with a color cartridge Don t sacrifice office printer performance while working on the road Versatile portable and perfect for to day s palmtop user Stock PN60 PN60 Printer 374 95 Stock 3289 NiCad Battery bers Stock 3290 Car Ada Spt me Stock 3061 100 200 Cable S34 o5 Stock 3292 2 Black Carts 8 95 Stock 3293 2 Color Carts 13 95 with the only software that completely syn chronizes with desktop versions of Quicken von be makers of the 1 desktop financial Stock 3274 100
99. ing it s only because no one has sent us one We would welcome a proposal possibly a User Profile on this interest ing subject If you would like to volunteer for such a task please let us know and we will pro vide you with a brief Writer s Guidelines to help you formu late it into a usable article for The HP Palmtop Paper See page 48 for information on how to contact us Probably the main reason there are fewer articles from outside the U S A is because of the demographics of our sub scriber base the majority 65 are from the United States We welcome article sub missions or proposals from out side the U S A Since The HP Palmtop Paper is published in English and since we are not set up to translate from other Prevent Invalidating Your HP Palmtop PC Warranty Hewlett Packard Company is noticing an increasing trend of users tam pering with the internal components of their HP Palmtop PCs Hewlett Packard Company would therefore like to advise HP Palmtop PC users not to disassemble any parts of their HP Palmtop PCs with the exception of replacing batteries Any existing warranty will be void should the HP Palmtop PC break down as a result of such dis assembly As a reminder there is a statement in the Limited One Year Warranty section of the HP Palmtop PC manuals which warns users against any unauthorized product modifications The statement reads This warranty does not apply if the prod
100. irst level you can lever age the fact that the HP 100 200LX emulates an Intel 8086 DOS machine So if your programs run on a PC XT computer they ll most likely run on the 100 200LX Even some TSR programs and device drivers will run However TSRs that write to a text mode screen can t pop up over the built in soft ware which uses a graphics mode screen At this level of programming you can use any computer lan guage C and Assembler program mers may write programs that use any of the memory models com mon to Intel based machines Many people have written generic DOS programs for the 100 200LX without referring to the Developer s Guide The second level of program ming involves writing programs that have the look and feel of the built in applications Such pro ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ed Keefe is an author programmer computer science instructor and long time contributor to support publi cations for HP computers He is the president of the FastAid Company 314 S W Logan Ankeny IA 50021 Ed s CompuServe ID is 75300 3667 12 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 Easy File Transfer Between Your Palmtop and Desktop F a aa E Add the SCT CL680 Card Link to your desktop PC gt Fast 80 000 Bytes sec Fasy to use works just like a floppy disk drive gt Convenient plug in installation to your parallel printer port Reads writes SRAM and FLASH cards Only 189 95 Steele Creek Technol
101. key combination On the HP 100 200LX CTRL MEMO 1 ee Note Taker eau Glut peers ar esas peihy Stopwatch sens een a WorldTime kea VRE Get tee DOS Prompt feu 5 C2 erence System Macro Teala ABREU eum cern edencheveuaneeant ext Setup PRONE A r ctrant DataBase CTRL cc Mail eee Datacomm On the HP 200LX Only CTRL QUICKEN Datacomm Eta GEEZ enaa ed cc Mail ACT PHONE 5 cca cians cc Mail Auto Directory Exchange You can also go to the Application Manager and start the built in applica tions by highlighting the application icon and pressing ENTER 100 200LX Customize list view by adjusting columns You can adjust the columns of data dis played in the list view of the PhoneBook NoteTaker and Database applications From the All Items view press Columns The Column Arrange screen appears allowing you to resize add delete and move columns Move the cursor to the field you want to modify and use the Function keys as follows Move column right Move column left Increase width of column F5 Decrease width of column Delete field column from this view F2 Add another field column to this view This procedure only modifies the All items display It does not remove data fields or data from the Phone Book Database or NoteTaker file 100 200LX Finding a name and Searching for text in Phone Book On either HP Palmtop Finding a nam
102. lenish ment plan for my 100LX I have inventories on all those items such as sugar flour salt pepper etc in Lotus am working out what our minimum inventory of these items should be for normal weekly use The idea is to take inventory on occasion and enter the amount Lotus will then indicate to me when to add or how dan gerously close we are to replenishment time I admit this visionary objective is fraught with problems and I am far from having a model stock sys tem that is fully operational I keep trying to work out the bugs Needless to say my wife thinks I am crazy She can hardly wait to get back to operating her kitchen the old fashioned way Ervin Jackson Jr Charlotte NC There is a dedicated share ware shopping list program named SHASS H Hal 1 2 3 Documentation for 200LX Lacking The Palmtop is a first class helper But I can t figure out why HP doesn t provide adequate documentation for the built in Lotus 1 2 3 application The program is so old that you can t find decent documentation for it If you d been with me the past few evenings as shopped around for 1 2 3 Ver 2 4 reading material you d be inclined to think the same way HP must feel most users already know 1 2 3 so they don t need to bother including any docu mentation How does that help 9 out of 10 of us who know exactly zero about it If they want to claim an aged version of 1 2 3 as one of the
103. lion networks gt Lotus 1 2 3 rel 2 4 The industry standard spreadsheet wilh database graphics and macros gt HP Financial Calculator Business amp scientific lundtions eluding TVM amortization cash flows statistics date anthmetic unit currency conversions sum list Also includes HP Solve unction graphing and 1 2 3 BackSolve Complete Organizer Software ap Manage your lime tasks and data and retrieve information instantly with a fully integrated set of tools Including appointment book phone book database memo editor with oulliner notetaker Stopwalch and work lime Express Exchange Coverage for 1 year 50 if your 200LX tails you merely call for a replacement which arrives nex day Then just send back the old unit 2 yr additional coverage optional e SALES TO DEALERS ONLY CALL FOR CONSULTATION ON ACCESSORY PRODUCTS CALL TOLL FREE 1 800 227 8292 OR FAX US AT 415 494 1995 760 SAN ANTONIO ROAD PALO ALTO CALIFORNIA 94303 4695 on a class by class basis In other words she wanted to be able to just look at the semester s music assignments or math assignments etc The way we had things set up this was not possible I set up a new NoteTaker file Each record had the date in the Title field as in the first file However this time I put the name of the class English Math etc in the Category field The Note field contained the assignment Initially I created a dummy
104. many windows as memory allows can be opened A number of window styles are supported The functions avail able are as follows OpenWin Open a window with a given style CloseWin Closes a window WinText Output text in a window 5 Menu support PAL menu functions support horizon lal amp vertical pull down menus hotkeys line separators bitmaps and even scrollable menus Menus are described in PAL using structures a MENU structure that holds general information on the menu that PAL should display and a MENUITEM structure actually an array of these that describes a single item of a menu Each MENU structure repre sents a pulldown and has a pointer to its item array The functions include HandleMenu Handles the complete menu process MenuSelect Show a menu and let user select from it Comparable to HandleMenu but easier to call for simple menus just pass a string containing the menu items to be displayed separated by vertical bar characters 6 Dialog box data entry support A dialog box is a special kind of win dow that handles user interaction Inside of if interface elements called controls or dialog items contain and handle the actual information PAL currently has edit fields check boxes radio and control buttons combo boxes bitmaps group frames static labels static line elements Ssepara tors and the possibility to add your own custom made ite
105. mercial applica EF Edhi a new blank won 3 Edit icon under cursor E Detete icon under cursor ie lconVue is a sample menuing application for the Palmtop created with the help of the PAL programming library tions there are no royalties or obligations beyond giving credit to the PAL group All that is needed beyond PAL is an ANSI C compli ant compiler At the time of this writing PAL comes with built in support for the following C compil ers Borland Turbo C Borland C Microsoft MSC Microsoft QuickC MIX PowerC Symantec C Programmers can use PAL on both the Palmtop and on a desktop writing programs for the Palmtop Complete documentation in ASCII text and hypertext formats is included in PAL Sample source codes illustrate the use of the library The library provides graphics functions support for windows menus bitmaps icons dialog boxes configuration files built in and proportional fonts and even access to System Manager specifics like the clipboard _ ABOUT THE AUTHOR _ Gilles Kohl is a native of Luxembourg living in Karlsruhe Germany He works as a software developer and project engineer for PROCAD GmbH amp Co KG a german company specializing in CAD CAM and electronic data base management systems for technical applications As a TeamHP mem ber Gilles enjoys helping other palmtop owners in the German and French section of the HPHAND forum on CompuServe
106. mory on 100 200LX Graphic interface for DBUTIL and ADBIO import export to the DataBase program Diet 1 20 file compression utility Diet 1 45f file compression utility Speeds up Phone Appt and DataBase Changes file attributes Lets you modify 100 200LX fonts Fix corrupt Phone Appt Database files Importlexport 100 200LX Database Phone file Alternate 100 200LX screen fonts Contains alternate 100 200LX font Graphical DOS Menu program Print text clipboard files to HP IR printers Read DataBase files in NoteTaker Vertical Reader fonts bold tiny amp script File compression and archive utility Make Palmtop a TV VCR remote control Run your 100 200LX from a desktop PC Spell checker Make ALT CTRL keys sticky Lets you change auto shutoff time Lets you decompress ZIP files A file transfer program for all HP Palmtops TO ORDER fill out the form on the opposite page OR PURCHASE BEST PALMTOP TIPS ON DISK FOR ONLY 33 Get the two 1 44 MB disk set Best Palmtop Tips on Disk by itself To order check Best Palmtop Tips on Disk on the order form on the opposite page and send 33 includes U S shipping HP Palmtop Papel A SUPPLEMENT KON DISK NOT A SUBSTITUTE eee BASIC TIPS eee Tips by Rich Hall unless otherwise noted Many of these tips are elabora tions on tips found in the APPS INI and NOTES NDB files found in the HP 200LX EAEg 100 200Lx Backup Lotus files eve
107. ms and han dlers Comparable to Visual Basic custom controls that you can write yourself The functions include InitDialog prepares a dialog lo be used e Send Faxes and Postal Mail Send Receive Electronic Mail Read the latest News Stock Quotes Communicate With Pepi Around Now you can have the world of electronic communications in the palm SetDigltem used to set the value of a dialog item ShowDialog view dialog window and all its items HandleDialog will take care of user interaction GetDigltem retrieve data from a dialog item CloseDialog close the dialog window free all resources 7 System Manager services This is a subset of the HP System Manager functions that can be suc cessfully called from non SysMar compliant DOS programs The func tions includeed m_play Play a sound string in HP alarm sound format M_sound Generate one of several sound patterns m_soundoff Turns off sounds generated by m_asound m_open_cb Claim access to the clipboard and lock it m_cb_read Read data from clipboard m_cb_write Write data to clipboard m_fini_rep Terminate writing to clipboard m_close_cb Releases the clipboard for access by other applications m_new_rep Prepare sending a new representation of your hand with acCIS and CompuServe acCIS automatically uploads and downloads messages guickly You can read and write messages
108. mtop WISCOM cces00 BEERE wd Lever your time by cross referencing your ToDo list by activity plift your spirits by focusing on your goals and successes Relax and watch the trees grow User Profile _ Enabling the Disabled With the HP Palmtop sscssessssscsssseese22 A woman with Parkinson s disease who has diffi culty moving and speaking uses the HP Palmtop to communicate with the world User Profile HP Palmtop Helps Learning Disabled Student Remember Assignments and Bring Them HOME cssssesssessessseesareeen 28 The combination of Appointment Book and NoteTaker helped this student with Attention Deficit Disorder ADD remember to write down her assign menis and bring home materials needed to complete hem The 1 2 3 Column Find Help Fast for Lotus 1 2 3 ens 32 Lotus 1 2 3 has thrived because it is powerful and flexible This first in a continuing Lotus 1 2 3 column describes sources of support available to 1 2 3 users Basic Tips race en se 42 43 CRICK TIPS dions EES 44 46 Product Index E e et 47 Advertiser s Index EA EMIIPOR 48 Files on July August 95 ON DISK 48 YOUR HP PALMTOP With just one SMART move your Hewlett Packard your life easy this powerful multifunction card Palmtop can jump from a portable organizer to a provides all the functions you need easy data mobile communications center The Fax Modem amp _ transfer between your HP LX and your notebook
109. n Application Manager Oak menitis HMM Try pressing Escape A It s from my computer wiz brother asked him for a file and he sends me FILER ZAPP can be used to make Filer closeable protect your installed applications from accidental dele tion change the AppManager hotkeys of built in applications or even entirely remove them from the list that AppManager displays Future additions The great advantage of a library is that one can add as much function ality as one wants programs that use the library only grow by the size of those functions that they are actually calling So the potential for addition is endless The next PAL version will have an entirely new module that permits handling of palmtop specific files phone data bases general databases notes databases application manager databases and eventually even MEMO text files In the dialog department list boxes will be added and a file selection box will be built using them A help system is currently under development as well Thanks The following people are part of the PAL group or have con tributed in the past in alphabetical order NANG iiinis inin See CompuServe ID Ron CHAIR is cead sew io daceet a 7001 1 307 Andreas Garzotto 73064 1657 Gilles HOW i ihacicardead ees 100137 637 Harry Konstas cece ees 72540 620 Barry Marks 3 2ccisacersavs 70020 527 David Vickers sicer erren 7633
110. ntments so that information displayed in weekly and monthly views is understandable This tip inspired by message from Sam Azar CompuServe ID 72570 3060 The week and month views of Appointment Book give you a good overview of when you have appoint ments but do not display very much information about the appointment Press from the main Appointment screen for the monthly view This view will display the first 9 characters of the appoint ment description of up to 4 appointments OEN OK APET ADE ES Fae Help Add BE ICES TI Find Lote J RAN i 0 Tanek a On i ee 2 68 ar iian 3 2 36 vai ENEN Datti A z aiia f 3 88 lt 3 30 errr ANY 438 MWE 430 T ES 5 00 eee nd pm End pm 2nd pm end pm l 5 38 CON mab a amb dam nmb da l AmE d iag 16 Ho nth Honth Press to go to the weekly view If your Appoint ment Book was set to display hourly appointments none of the appointment description is displayed just a gray band on the day and time of each appointment that week Press Fn Spacebar to zoom to appointments being dis played every half hour and you ll get the first 8 characters of each appointment dis played in the weekly view Press Fn Spacebar again to zoom to the every 15 min utes display and the first 16 characters of the appoint ment description will be dis played for each appointment Make two changes to the way you ente
111. o have more than one configura tion so you could have color when using your desktop directly and black and white when running it remotely You may have to play games with batch files that copy configuration files around Some programs have command line options like m that will start up in monochrome I used the pcANYWHERE util ity AWSEND on the desktop PC to send a 47K file to the 100LX and back to the desktop machine AWSEND also transfers Word Perfect 5 1 files The 100LX received the file in 39 5 seconds and sent it in 29 1 seconds V 32bis is limited to 14 4 K baud but it also does up to 4 1 compression on a very good day with a tail wind The throughput on the 100LX was roughly comparable to what I get when using my desktop PC remotely to another desktop Using Datacomm to access pcANYWHERE You can also use the Palmtop s built in Datacomm application to dial into AWHOST on the desktop PC This approach saves having to load 300K to 600K of pcANY WHERE s software on your 100LX pcANYWHERE supports ANSI and VT 100 terminals which the Datacomm application on the Palmtop can emulate See Calling a Host from a Terminal page 230 of 4 5 s documentation However performance using Datacomm is a bit sluggish Fortunately there are other alternatives ProComm or TeleMate are fair ly small communications programs and are more responsive than the built in Datacomm TeleMate is better than my old copy o
112. obb Group 9420 Bunsen Parkway Suite 300 Louisville KY 40220 Phone 800 223 8720 or 502 493 3300 Fax 502 491 8050 Misc Lotus Books and Products Carries a variety of enhancement products for current versions of 1 2 3 including training videos books and software Contact Lotus Selects Catalog Center A 440 Lincoln Street Box 100 Worcester MA 01653 0100 Phone 800 635 6887 Fax 617 693 3899 PC World Lotus Edition 7 single copy price Ceasing Lotus special edition after August 1995 issue Back issues available while in stock Contact PC World Subscription Department P O Box 51833 Boulder Colorado 80321 1833 Phone 800 825 7595 Fax 415 882 0936 MICROREF Quick Reference Guide Lotus 1 2 3 Version 2 4 14 95 See sidebar on the next page for description Contact Thaddeus Computing see next sidebar 36 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 1 2 3 or other spreadsheet pro grams on your desktop PC their more extensive built in help may be valuable Another important resource available to many users may sit at the desk next to you at work 2 Find an expert Since spreadsheets are used within most organizations there may be resources available where you work Find someone who is com fortable with the subject and pig gyback off of their knowledge Use that to become familiar with the spreadsheet environment and spreadsheet metaphor Most good spreadsheet users will be fam
113. ocess is that the clip board transfers the latitude and longitude values as text not numerical data To recti fy this go into each of the longitude and latitude cells press F2 to edit f HOME to get to the beginning of the entry to eliminate the apostrophe and allow Lotus to recognize the data as numerical You could devise a macro to accom plish this but I didn t include one in this example The correct distance in miles will appear in cell B1 after you move the cursor out of the last cell you have cor rected Product Index page 47 Share Freeware Index page 48 All the best HP Palmtop tools are now on one disk set Best Palmtop Tips on Disk contains the very best tips and tools from every issue of The HP Palmtop Paper Never before has so much HP Palmtop productivity been available on one disk set Best Palmtop Tips on Disk contains two 1 44 MB diskettes packed with the good stuff all the best freeware and shareware we ve found over the past 3 1 2 years You ll find programs utilities games and more As you may know a lot of the best software for the HP Palmtop 1s free or shareware And that s not all Best Palmtop Tips on Disk also contains all the text from the Best Palmtop Tips issue This includes 48 pages of the most useful tips tricks shortcuts and hidden fea tures of the HP Palmtop Locate useful tips fast The text of the Best Palmtop Tips issue i
114. off line saving on connect charges and phone bills accis is the only CompuServe access program that is designed specifically for your HP Palmtop computer By using acCIS to join the HPHAND forum on CompuServe you can correspond directly with Palmtop experts and programmers from around the world and easily download software directly to your Palmtop In addition to the Palmtop version you receive a copy of acCIS for your desktop or laptop PC at no extra cost SHIER Systems amp Software Inc 920 Hampshire Road Suite A 29 Westlake Village CA 91361 Phone 805 371 9391 Fax 805 371 9454 CIS 74777 2477 m_rep_index Get info about a representation m_reset_cb Clear clipboard get ownership fm_get_cb_info Get clipboard state info 8 Configuration file support This set of functions allows easy retrieval of information from user editable plain text config files much like the Windows WIN INI files The functions include ReadConfig Read contig file given full name ReadMyconfig Read config given program name as in argv 0 GetConfigString Retrieve a string from config data GetConfigint Retrieve an integer from config data GetFirstEntry Used to scan sections init scan GetNextEntry Used to scan sections continue scan GetCigLine Retrieve line number info during scan 9 External font routines These functions support loading and discarding of proportional fonts also s
115. ogies Inc 14035 Appling Lane Charlotte NC 28278 Phone or Fax 704 588 1780 grams will have a COM or EXE extension but will emulate the graphical user interface of the Palmtops Here too almost any computer language will work as long as it supports CGA graphics As of this writing several C pro grammers are working on function libraries that emulate those provid ed by HP For more information on this see the PAL article on page xx of this issue So for this level of programming the Developer s Guide would be optional The third level involves creating programs that rely on the Lotus System Manager Application Programming Interface API and the Lotus Handheld API LHAPI For this level of programming you will need the Developer s Guide HP also recommends using Microsoft C 6 00 AX and or MASM 5 1 as programming lan guages Other compilers may get the job done but none of them have been tested by HP or Lotus and the Developer s Guide doesn t support them At this level of programming you can access code that is built into the Palmtop making your job a little easier Your programs will be able to task swap with the built in applications and may even have some of the features of the built in database engine The restrictions are that neither your code or your data segment may exceed 64K And you can t use the standard argv argc or env variables In this type of programming you develo
116. oll Scroll a rectangular area of the screen PlotDot Set a pixel to current color WriteText Write text on the graphics screen Gellmg Get and store a rectangular bitmap from screen Putlmg Output a bitmap at a given coordinate position with a given output rule DefineCursor Define the shape af the graphics cursor BlinkRate Specify the graphics cursor blink rate Cursor Cursor control function CURSOR_ON CURSOR_OFF CURSOR_BLINK CURSOR _ NOBLINK CURSOR_INIT MoveCursor Move graphics cursor to the specified X Y location of the screen SaveState save he current PAL graphics state into a structure RestoreState restore the graphics state from the above structure 2 High Level Graphics The High level graphics routines can be used to create lines rectangles and handle PCX and ICN images Some of these functions are calling low level graphics functions and are used by higher level routines in PAL such as windows and menus The routines include the following Line Draw a line on the screen Rectangle Draw a rectangle on the screen RevBlock Reverse colors of an image block CirBlock Fill an image block with WHITE or BLACK Loadimg Load an image file ICN format in memory LoadPex Load an image file PCX format in memory Savelmg Save an image ICN format to a file ShowKeys Show function key definitions ShowTopLine Displa
117. omma delimited PC modem or printer format r HP F1021B Connectivity Pack English manual Multi lingual software U S List Price Connectivity cable Connectors ES 119 95 HP F1015A DOS connectivity cable cceccsessseneererneree ee 24 95 HP F1023A Connectors for PC Modem Printer 824 95 HP F1016A Mac connectivity cable 24 95 a dealer list by calling 800 443 1254 See your local HP Palmtop dealer or contact one of the HP Palmtop advertisers in this issue In the U S obtain STORAGE Keep more data run additional programs wherever you go by using HP Flash Disk Cards e Back up your vital phone appointment 1 2 3 Quicken database and other palmtop files e Plug your HP PCMCIA flash card into the Palmtop and it works just like a hard disk e Double the storage space of your HP Flash Disk Card Stacker automatic compression software comes preloaded U S List Price HP F1012A 5 MB Flash Disk Card 375 HP F1013A 10 MB Flash Disk Card 6600 HP F1014A 20 MB Flash Disk Card 999 AC DC ADAPTER Extend the battery life of your HP Palmtop and charge rechargeables with this light weight adapter HP F1011A iiss PEPEE EERS PA 39 95 U S List Price OPTION ABA U S CANADA JAPAN OPTION ABB EUROPE OPTION ABG AUSTRALIA OPTION ABU UK OPTION ACQ SOUTH AFRICA Kip HEWLETT PACKARD Requires DOS based PC with EGA or
118. on the screen This made it a little difficult to read Switching to the default 1 200 baud the screen worked normally Text only programs or DOS commands were easy to run However DOS programs that use graphics or pull down menus may give you some problems For instance the DOS EDIT program would load and you could enter text but it would lock up after pressing ALT File Save As to save a file The ZCOPY tile transfer program mentioned above was easy to use Just press ALT Transfer select Upload or Download and give the full path of the file and its destination This looks like a very handy way to transfer tiles to and from your office computer In general PCREMOT2 seems to work better if you are not running Windows on the desktop or System Manager on the Palmtop You will have to experiment to tind what combinations of soft ware and hardware will work with PCREMOT2 on your system We aid not do extensive testing Reachout Remote 100LX look good If you haven t tried it get a copy of Reachout Remote RR from Stack Electronics 619 794 4777 It works bushels better than peANYWHERE with the OmniBook 300 and preliminary trials with the have not used RR extensively with the 100LX yet but so far have found only one quirk If access WordPerfect 5 1 or Office 3 0 for E mail on my desktop an HP Vectra QS 16S everything works right except that it seems to be necessary to hold down the shift key in order to get the cursor
119. ongitudinal and lati tudinal values and then key ing them in for each loca tion can be used for any programmable calculator It ignores the real power of the Palmtop for this application using Lotus 1 2 3 and and the Smart Clip func tions For example set up the following Lotus spreadsheet MILEAGE WK1 To do this open Lotus 1 2 3 In each of the following cells enter Cell A1 type Distance Cell A2 leave blank Cell A3 type City A Cell A4 type Lat A Cell A5 type Long A Cell A6 type City B Cell A7 type Lat B Cell A8 type Long B Cell B1 enter the formula 3956 0788 acos sin c4 sin c7 cos c4 cos c7 cos c8 c5 Cell C1 type Miles Cell C2 leave blank Cell C3 leave blank Cell C4 enter b4 2 P1 360 Cell C5 enter b5 2 PI 360 Cell C6 leave blank Cell C7 enter b7 2 PI 360 Cell C8 enter b8 2 PI 360 In the above worksheet Lat Latitude and Long Longitude Cell B1 contains the main formula This for mula calculates the distance between two points using an adaptation of a standard for Easy Prin ting From Your Palmtop Only 79 h Paes ire PALMTOP LINK A PRINTER GA935 SERIAL TO PARALLEL CONVERTER ALLOWS DIRECT PRINTING FROM PALMTOP TO ANY PARALLEL PRINTER AUTO ON OFF FIXED 9600 BAUD RATE SUPPORTED BY XON XOFF PROTOCOL PRINTER OR BATTERY POWERED FCC amp DOC REGISTERED TEL 704 376 1021 FAX 704 33
120. or a portable communications device that my wife could take with her wherever she went I set out to customize it to suit her needs Creating a no repeat keyboard on the Palmtop As you remember the problem with any computer including the Palmtop is that if you hold a key down too long the computer types out a long string of the character associated with that key i e hold down 2 and you get ZZZZZZZZZ People with impaired motor control tend to make a lot of these kinds of typing mistakes The HP Palmtop has its own CompuServe Forum type GO HP HAND so I e mailed the members of that Forum asking them if a no repeat program was available to disable this feature The next day I was sent a small program NOREP i written for persons with mobili ty problems using DOS based com puters I transferred this little 195 byte program to my HP 200LX and placed the command line norep com in my AUTOEXEC BAT When I pressed CTAL ALT DEL to reboot it was loaded NOREP fixed the problem Suddenly she could type again The best part is that because she carries the Palmtop with her she can type out messages and write letters whether she is sitting out side on the sofa in bed or waiting in the doctors office QUICK LX finishes your sentences for you As my wife s speech degenerated it became obvious that the HP 200LX had to be used to communi cate on a daily level Thus in con versation I
121. ot allow you to enter a hyphen if your age entry needs to be 16 18 e Category a category box I categorize my successes under Personal Physical Social Spiritual and Financial e Learned a text box The most valuable things you learned from the experience e g self confi dence Contacts Notes and Memories two labels These are labels for the note box described below Because this phrase uses more characters than you can fit in the Field Name field split the phrase in half make two labels and line them up next to each other C a note box Put things in this field like names of people you met phone numbers memories e g Almost got mugged in Hampstead Heath in London or notes e g visit Cornwall next time The title associated with a Notes field always goes to the left of the field If I had titled it Contacts Notes and Memories the field displayed in the individual Data Item view would have been very small That is why I chose to create the two separate labels above and use a single letter C to title this field Position and size the fields as described in the User s Guide With your Success Database you can reflect on your successes when ever you need inspiration You can create Subsets to view your success es from different perspectives ie all the successes you have had in the social area of life And you can see how much you ve grown
122. other hand if you re experienced at Palmtop program ming perhaps even a member of the HP ISV club you may be wondering if you should spring for the new revised version of the Guide Here are some guidelines that may help you with these deci sions If you re a chips and dips kind of person who wants to devel op a hardware add on for the HP 100 200LX then you ll absolutely need the Developer s Guide It s the only known source of informa tion about the pin outs and power requirements of HP Palmtops If your job or the fulfillment of a software contract depends on your designing System Manager compli ant software for the HP Palmtop then by all means get the Developer s Guide You can proba 16 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 Buy Sell Trade Repair v 100LX Y 200LX Y 41 C CV CX v 71B Y Hash Cards Peripherals Please ed joey for a sis ate guot ae 00 cf PA 18343 610 588 2600 Fax 610 588 1727 bly get your company to pay for it or you can charge it back to the contractee Or if you re a semi professional programmer who has an applica tion that may sell hundreds or thousands of copies you will prob ably find the Guide useful indeed The more your application adheres to the look and feel of the Palmtops built in software the more likely it will appeal to the typical Palmtop user However if you just want to try your hand at programming some thing for the HP 100 200LX you
123. ou want to be able to use and press ENTER For example if you wanted to be able to access Greek you would type keybez gk at the DOS prompt and press ENTER 4 Type 100 200 on the 200LX and press to start System Manager Open Memo or any built in application and start enter ing some data When you want to switch to the alternate language you have just set up press and that lan guage will be active Press again to restore English or your default language You can place a KEYBEZ command line in the AUTO EXEC BAT file to automati cally configure your Palmtop for a specific language when ever you reboot Note that when you re in the alternate language you may have some minor difficul ties with the application com mands For example the let ter Q does not seem to be available in Greek When pressed MENU Quit to exit Memo nothing happened had to press File Exit instead The layout of the alter nate character keyboards is found in an HP Palmtop User s Guide index titled South and East European Language Support It is index E in the HP 100LX User s Guide and index D in the HP 200LX User s Guide Further instructions on how to use the KEYBEZ program is found in the HP 100LX and 200LX User s Guide Check KEY BEZ in the back index for page references Rich Hall Editor HP Palmtop Paper ke g 100 200LX Cleaning Sticky Stuff off your Palmtop Spill orange juice coffee o
124. owing four lines Use 200 instead of 100 above if you have an HP 200LX Loop 100 dosmenu goto Loop Press to save the file and CTRL ALT DEL to reboot the system The command line 100 starts System Manager Whenever you ter minate SysMgr by pressing MENU Applications Ter minate All the next line of the AUTOEXEC BAT file is exe cuted and DOSMENU is started When you quit DOS MENU the last line of the AUTOEXEC BAT file is exe cuted taking you back to Loop and then executing 100 which starts System Manager again Thomas Runde CompuServe ID 100023 2477 100 200LX Setting WordPerfect 5 1 for DOS to work on the HP 100 200LX got WP 5 1 to work on my 100LX by doing a minimum installation on a memory card i e installing only those WordPerfect files absolutely necessary for the program to operate used the Mini mum Installation option from WordPerfect s install program to install the files to my desk top s hard drive Then copied them to my Palmtop s memory card and ran the pro gram from the DOS A prompt by typing wp and pressing JULY AUGUST 1995 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 45 ENTER It took approx 4 5 sec onds for the program to load The minimum installation installed these WordPerfect files File name File size Kb WRENS S ridai 233 472 xia ee e bas 649 175 KEYS MRS A 5 oni 4 800 WP MRS 6 072 4 905 STANDARD PRS 1 942 ST
125. p a working EXE program using C When you ve completely debugged the code you run a pro gram called E2M EXE to convert an EXE program to one that ends with EXM This will make your program System Manager compli ant Programmers who are familiar with event driven programming like that used in Windows will be at a distinct advantage Proced urally oriented programmers will have a moderately steep learning curve Object oriented program mers will probably experience con fusion and disappointment The Developer s Guide refers to objects classes and messages However the terms are used in a non standard fashion certainly not What s in the Revised HP Palmtop Developer s Guide Here is a partial table of contents for the new Developer s Guide Topics that are new to this version of the Guide are flagged with the word NEW BIOS Overview including the BIOS data area BIOS Interrupts Int 02 08 Int 09 Keyboard Translate Int OA Hornet Hardware Interrupts Int 10 Video Services Int 11 14 Equipment Serial Port Int 15 System Services Int 16 1F Keyboard Printer Time Graphics Int 44 Alarm Interrupt Int 63 Execute In Place Services Battery Considerations Power Management System Manager Overview Structure of EXM Files Task Management Task Control Blocks NEW Intertask Communication NEW Memory Management NEW DOS TSRs and SysMgr NEW Developing an Application NEW Application Con
126. properly on the 95LX s mono chrome screen You may also encounter some word wrapping prob lems due to the 95LX s 40 column screen Alternatives to pcANYWHERE PCREMOT2 cannot run peANYWHERE on the HP 100LX because a it requires about 630K disk space and b because use a Megahertz Xjack 14 4 PCMCIA modem Since have to remove the SunDisk flashcard to use the modem have no room on drive C to run peANYWHERE Instead use a freeware program found on CompuServe in ZiffNET TIPS PC Magazine Utilities called PCREMOT2 by Terry Lahman and Kevin Sims It lets a remote PC control the keyboard and monitor the screen of a host PC through modems or a null modem cable It s not flashy only CGA or MDA text and does not support graphics But it fits easily on the C drive since it requires only 37K of disk space only 12K if you get rid of the SETUP EXE program after finishing your initial setup or moving it to the A drive It even supports two way file transfer with a special version of i ZCOPY COM included in PCREM2 ZIP use it on my HP 100LX when am traveling to retrieve my E Mail from a Microsoft Mail post office David G Vickers Editors Note We installed PCREMOT2 on a SunDisk flashcard and used the HP connectivity cable to connect to a desktop PC At the 19 200 baud rate the 100LX screen could not keep up about half way through writing the characters would start appearing in random location
127. r Product Index page 47 Share Freeware Index page 48 JULY AUGUST 1995 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 27 User profile HP Palmtop Helps Learning Disabled Student Remember Assignments and Bring Them Home The combination of Appointment Book and Note laker heloed this student with Attention Deficit Disorder ADD remember to write down her assignments and bring home materials needed to complete them By Jini Scammell Tinling My daughter Heather was diag nosed with two distinct disabilities when she was 9 years old in between 3rd and 4th grade The predominant problem is Attention Deficit Disorder ADD It is char acterized by extreme distractibility which usually translated to an inability to complete assigned tasks For instance Heather was assigned the task of setting and clearing the table for dinner each night It was common for me to call her back to her tasks 5 and 6 times before it was completed This was a burden on everyone but most especially on Heather s self esteem In addition testing revealed a hardwire problem of translating information in her brain to a writ ten page She had trouble manipu lating a pen for text but is a won derful artist and has exceptional verbal skills and deductive reason ing Our physician informed us that writing the letter L is more dif ficult for the brain than striking the L of a typewriter The physician therefore recommended that Heather learn to type
128. r Coke on your Palmtop s key board Here s some advice 1 Don t eat or drink around computers or other electron ics equipment 2 Clean off spills immediate ly Turn the Palmtop or key board upside down so the liquid doesn t seep further into the guts of the machine 3 Lightly wipe off the upside down keyboard with a facial tissue or some other very absorbant towel 4 Use Q tips dipped in alco hol to clean off the outside of the keyboard and the case Use a glass cleaner to clean the screen If the liquid has gotten inside the Palmtop it can cause real problems Sugar gums things up and cola is corrosive You may have to call HP Technical Support at 503 757 2004 U S only or your local HP dealer send it in and have them take it apart and clean it up Some Palmtop users claim to have had success disconnecting the AC adapter removing the batter ies taking the Palmtop apart rinsing its internal parts in distilled water drying them out thoroughly for a day or two reassembling the Palmtop and reinserting the batteries Hewlett Packard Company does not recom mend this procedure see sidebar in Letters to the Editor page 4 this issue Rich Hall Editor HP Palmtop Paper Share Freeware Index page 48 See Advertisers Index next page for additional product references HP PRODUCTS Contacts Authorized HP computer dealers worldwide i e the same place you can pur chase an HP
129. r PDA PC Week April 17 1995 This is truly excellent software vital if you want to use a pocket computer very useful if you need to move data between formats even just software formats Computer Shopper UK April 1994 IntelliLink surpasses other desktop to palmtop links in its ease of use its smart way of handling of data files and its error correction features during uploads and downloads Windows Sources June 1993 All products listed are trademarks or trade names of their respective entities One Tara Blvd Suite 210 Nashua NH 03062 Word Perfect for Windows Tel 603 888 0666 Fax 603 888 9817 problems The Roland Sound Canvas MIDI comes with a convenient serial interface to a PC Since the HP Palmtop s standard seri al port works just like any other PC s it ran perfectly I ve recorded from my MIDI synthesizer keyboard thru the Roland sound module to the Palmtop and played back the sequences no prob lems no glitches at all Jeff Hirai CompuServe ID 74200 2450 Palmtop More than a Sophisticated PIM It seems to me that the image of the HP Palmtop your journal projects is pri marily that of a sophisticat ed PIM because of the emphasis which your editor ial content places on the machine s relatively trivial Appointment Book ToDo PhoneBook and suchlike applications I feel that this editorial policy hardly does Get great Windows You ve
130. r appointment descriptions and the informa tion displayed in your weekly and monthly views will be more understandable 1 Put a key word describing the activity first 2 Compress information by deleting spaces between words and using capital let ters A few examples will clarify these points ll enter Meet Paul ReTips to discuss the next Quick Tips section with our Associate Editor Paul Merrill l Il enter Call Lu ReSitter to remind my wife that we need a babysitter for tonight lll enter AutoTuneup Bobs to remind me that have to ee ae ce a eee eT a o n a TEREN 12 8 EET ZIE Tue 27 Wed 28 Fri 30 dl Sat 31 E meh fishies bday Paata UW tals Weekly appointments view shows first 9 characters of appolainient description when set to display appointments every 30 minutes More info displayed if an appointment spans more than 30 minutes SS eee E Appt Bo LUi a te ERIE fan noh enee elk nue aia ndd Fi w Fabien S siren fe prove gt 6 rh nth 2 apet mp 1 13 12 17 pm l Saturd fen snigrenoe fe e i a Appointment book Monthly view shows the first 10 characters of the descriptions of up to 4 appointments take the Car in These sample appoint ments would appear on the Weekly view as shown on the bottom of the previous page and the Monthly view as shown above In either view can see what have to do and who have to do it with Additional
131. rations Testing JULY AUGUST 1995 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 13 REVIEWS HP Palmtop Developer s Guide the same meanings given to these terms in modern C What s in it for you The Developer s Guide is strictly a reference manual It does contain some computer code but in no sense is ita how to manual It assumes familiarity with the C pro gramming language and or PC Assembler The hardware section of the manual assumes that you re able to read block diagrams and can interpret electronic specifica tion charts A partial list of the Developer s Guide Table of Contents is found in the sidebar below How new is new To evaluate the Revised Developer s Guide I put it along side the initial version and spent the better part of three days com paring them The first thing that caught my attention was the improved appearance of the revised docu ment Gone are the smudged pages the barely legible handwrit ten notes the rubber stamped dates the upside down pages and the deskjet printer font The new edition uses a LaserJet or typeset font that produces more white space per page There s a new Table of Contents and a rela Project Vision Gives YOU Planning In Your Palm For 99 For HP 100 200 and DOS based PC s F Features include ree Dem gt One Hour Learning Curve PC Disk Uses 300K with Max file size from 80K to 1MEG Logic Networks Timelines Resource Histograms Critical Path
132. roups is a good way to meet local spread sheet experts who can assist you with your particular needs Call Lotus s user group manager at 617 693 1606 to find out if there is a group near you tion on training videos 9 Built in help on desktop versions of Lotus 1 2 3 8 Training centers and training videos Lotus authorizes companies across the United States to conduct 1 2 3 training sessions These companies must meet certain minimum requirements in order to become an authorized Lotus training cen ter For information about autho rized training centers call Lotus at 617 693 1454 Or call the Com puter Professionals Network at 212 288 2800 This is a national referral information and marketing service that matches independent trainers programmers and consul tants with client organizations extensive than most manuals 2 3 can be very beneficial HP Palmtop Plus Q PRO 4 Yield Platform Power for Field Applications e g data collection inventory surveys delivery utilities etc 4GL FOR PALMTOPS Compact 100 commands plus a multi key ISAM file handler in less than 100K bytes Custom applications run easily on a 1MB palmtop POWERFUL Formatted entry screens Keystroke by keystroke editing Light bar menus Pop up windows Point amp shoot data selection Context sensitive help ASTOUNDING SPEED The Q PRO 4 interpreter written in hand honed assembly language rivals C
133. ry 15 minutes to provide security never do more than 15 minutes of data entry in Lotus or a word processor with out saving the file sometimes keep sequentially numbered intermediate backup files to keep track of the changes I ve made to a file For example might have the following backup files for a Lotus spreadsheet I m working on FILE1 WK1 FILE2 WK1 FILE3 WK1 and FILE4 WK1 the last being the most current Then when know the final file is perfect save it back it up and get rid of the intermediate files Stanley Dobrowski CompuServe ID 71031 2162 f00 200LX Changing length of appointment time slots Open APPT and the first thing you see is the daily appointment list APPT came configured from the factory to display hourly appointment slots However you can change this to display appointment slots every 30 minutes 15 minutes or just display actual appointments On the HP 100 200LX From the main Appointment Book dis play press to toggle between APPT s 15 min 30 min 60 min and Appointments only displays You can also change the Appointments screen display by pressing Options Timeline and selecting the desired option see screen top next column On the HP 95LX From the main APPT display press Settings Timeline and select the desired display u E 5 di IF 2 id 13 4a iF _ ai ZE i i a3 Di iM ii rrt Appol nto nt Tale Liat Sie ae ELAI SY
134. s Connects at speeds up to 115K No installation Can run from a floppy s Transfer Files using InfraRed with JetEye Works under Windows NT and OS 2 Triar i E EET AAEE Er Pentax Palmtop PocketJet Smallest Lightest Portable Printer v Ultra sharp 300dpi printing v Up to 3 pages per minute s Print directly from your PC Palmtop v Premium bonded thermal paper included s 24 Hour Hot Swap Exchange warranty included Serial to Parallel Converter Connect to any parallel printer Connects with HP PC serial cable No batteries required Palmtop PocketJet with Parallel amp DIRECT cables 489 PocketJet with Parallel cable Bonded thermal paper 100 sheets ACE Serial to Parallel Converter hal 800 825 9977 A le ACE Technologies Inc 592 Weddell Drive 6 Sunnyvale CA 94089 U S A Tel 408 734 0100 Fox 408 734 3344 SEs ties 9541004 2 Ons oe tanked ond Thain coms Of HOW TO USE Enabling the Disabled SEST 9610A Infrared Serial Adapter For Your 200LX Supports HP Connectivity Pack for 200LX Point and shoot data transfer o Fast reliable and easy to use pom Extended Systems 5777 North Meeker Ave Boise ID 83713 Te 800 235 7576 or 208 322 7575 Fax 406 587 9170 another special program designed for the HP 200LX only that enabled her to type out complete ideas and sentences with fewer keystrokes QUICK LX
135. s stored in ASCII format so all you have to do is read the text file into your word processor Then do an automated search for any key word The information you re looking for will appear on your screen instantly How to get Best Palmtop Tips on Disk free When you subscribe to The HP Palmtop Paper on Disk you ll receive Best Palmtop Tips on Disk free Every two months you ll receive all the great information from the HP Palmtop Paper on disk plus all the freeware and shareware pro grams mentioned in the issue Plus you ll receive in depth descriptions of many of the products advertised or listed n the printed issue To subscribe to The HP Palmtop Paper on Disk fill out and send in the order form on the opposite page You ll receive Best Palmtop Tips on Disk free Check order form for disk size preference Tf you decide to use shareware you will need to pay the author a fee usually between 5 and 45 a fraction of the cost of equivalent commercial programs 57 powerful software tools 275 useful tips on one 2 8 megabyte disk set Software on the Best Palmtop Tips ON DISK Product Description BESTTIPS Text of the Best Palmtop Tips 1995 APPLICATIONS CLOCK Full screen system compliant digital clock COMMO Powertul comm program for the 100 200LX ICON Draws icons for 100 200LX AppManager KERM2 PC comm program with VT102 emulation KERMIT Macintosh communications program LIST Text viewer with man
136. s a remote computer the Internet and other BBS s Comprised of an internal programmable wireless modem antenna software and optional wireline modem Weight 1 7 Ibs Avallabilitf lt socii iiris Now PCIE saratani npt 1 495 CONTACT EnBloe ine 6447 S W Canyon Court Suite 280 Portland Oregon 97221 USA Phone 503 292 3252 Fax 503 292 3365 BBS enbloe broughion com Software Writing Development 1002001 Thoughtline Use this writing tool to help you conceptualize develop and organize your writing project Start with an idea and end up with a rough draft that you can print view onscreen or import to your wordprocessor for editing Uses 640K of RAM Availability sensa iini canas Now ME iepenst Floppy disk ie ARTARRAI e E 79 95 CONTACT Experience in Software 2000 Hearst Avenue Berkeley CA 94709 USA Phone 800 678 7008 or 510 644 0694 Fax 510 644 3823 100 200LX IntelliLink for Windows Ver 3 3 1 Now Available Use IntelliLink for Windows to exchange data between your Palmtop s built in applications and the differ ent format of another appli cation on a PC or PDA IntelliLink 3 3 1 supports ACT for Windows 1 1 and 2 0 ASCII CSV Files CaLANdar 2 55 Commence 2 x dBASE IIT IV ECCO Excel 5 0 Lotus Organizer NEW THIRD FARTY PRODUCTS 1 x 2 0 Microsoft Schedule Plus PackRat 4 1 Paradox Sidekick 2 0 for DOS Windows Cardfile and Calendar WordPerfect for
137. ssportCard by Accurite 249 Having read your review of the Accurite drive in the 1994 PC Card Review Page 36 Travel Floppy with PCMCIA Interface I would like to know the pros and cons of these two prod ucts and possibly your rec ommendation I don t want to purchase a DOS system as I am fully satisfied with my Commodore system Your advice would be most appreciated I love my 200LX and am looking for ward to the addition of a 3 5 drive Chauncey Westbrook Philadelphia PA Both drives have their strong points It depends on your par ticular needs The Accurite drive is faster and more reliable than the Sparcom drive but the drive uses the Palmtop s PCM CIA slot So you can t copy files directly from your 3 5 disk ta your PCMCIA card You have to copy the files to your Palmtop s C drive then remove the Accurite drive s interface from the Palmtop s card slot put your PCMCIA card into the slot and then copy the files from the Palmtop s C drive to your card The Sparcom drive uses the serial port so you can copy files from a 3 5 disk to your PCMCIA card directly Paul Disable Write Protection on HP FlashDisk I use a 5MB HP FlashDisk with Stacker on my HP 200LX Recently it devel oped the problem that can t save or delete files on the Flashcard If I try to I get the error message Disk is Write Protected What do I need to do to release the write protection A
138. st way we dealt with her decreased ability to write was to use a good old electric typewriter This solution worked well until her motor movements slowed down further At this point the repeat function of the typewriter became a problem It is set up so that when you hold a key down the type writer generates the same letter over and over again The same function is found in computers Because she could no longer pull her fingers off the keys fast enough she had to deal with an enormous number of corrections Although there are utility pro grams that disable the repeat func tion on computers the size of a desktop typewriter or computer made its use as a means of commu nication difficult For one thing it tied my wife down to where the machine was located And since her physical immobility affects her entire body just getting to the typewriter or desktop computer is a major production Also because these devices are so big using the keyboards was difficult and frustrating Enabling the Disabled with the HP Palmtop A woman with Parkinsons disease who has difficulty moving and speaking uses the HP Palmtop to communicate with the world A Palmtop portable communications device I was already using an HP 200LX in my business mostly as a portable replacement for my note book computer and to send and receive E mail via the CompuServe Information Service The Palmtop s small size made it an ideal candi date f
139. syntax may not be understandable without more explanation and may need to be supplemented by more material Even so the F1 key should be the first place most 1 2 3 users go for information It is very convenient and is as portable as your HP Palmtop Note If you have Lotus Pocket Linerator Palmtop Holster The PL PTH is a top carrying system designed to allow 100 mobility to keep your information safely securely and at your fingertips The Main Compartment is designed to hold most palmtop brands It can also hold most cellular phones walkmans and items of similar scale The Secondary Compartment is piggy backed to the Main Compartment to house beepers flashcards batteries business cards etc The fronts of the PL PTH is made of 100 fine leather Avoid dropping or losing a valuable business tool This unique hands free design will integrate your palmtop to your active lifestyle you ll input more data because you ll carry it more often FOR EXECUTIVE OR CASUAL USE NEW HOLSTERS AVAILABLE SOON 2P us 63 sign Lab inc voice 718 706 6787 43 49 10th Street 3rd Fl L L N Y 11101 fax 718 706 7034 1 800 588 0PUS JULY AUGUST 1995 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 35 HOW TO USE Lotus 1 2 3 Column Lotus 1 2 3 Support Publications Listed below is contact information for some of the support publications available for Lotus 1 2 3 on the HP Palmtop Using 1 2 3 release 2 4 Special Edition 29
140. te and exceptionally easy to use and suitable for the entire range of users from novice to pro They are obviously well thought out and designed by educational professionals These guides feature Comprehensive coverage of commands Step by step outlines of procedures Numerous examples and illustrations Spiral bound pages lie flat turn easily Graphic tabs for fast access to sections Convenient pocket size that can travel with you Cross referenced index locates subjects fast Glossary of terms with command summary John Dvorak of PC Magazine stated Far superior to any other guide cheat sheet or original docu mentation an excellent guide for all users highly recommended gave the guides to our circulation director Sharon Dilmore to see what she thought She said Three years ago when joined the staff at Thaddeus Computing Inc was the ultimate DOS dummy Lotus Forget it Sure there were the manuals classes the Quick Start guides but who has time There s work to be done Yesterday found my salvation The big guy Hal Goldstein came to me and said Sharon would you review these Microref quick reference guides for PC MS DOS and Lotus 1 2 3 and see what you think What do think Wow even can follow this Ever try to look something up in the index of a manual Not to worry The graphics tabs in Microref provide such easy access to infor mation that it almost makes the index
141. th family and friends I do most of the actual upload ing and downloading of messages using acCIS on my HP 200LX Although it s possible to connect up to CompuServe and compose messages on line this approach is expensive CompuServe charges you a fee based on the time you are logged into a forum acCIS cuts these connect charges by allowing my wife and I to compose all of our messages off line i e while we are not connected to CompuServe I then connect my Palmtop to a phone line via my PCMCIA modem card log on to Compu Serve using acCI5 and quickly upload all the messages we ve composed acCIS then down loads any e mail messages wait ing for us and disconnects from CompuServe acClIS is designed for the HP 100 200LX but may be used on any PC compatible com puter After I download messages from CompuServe I ll give my wife my Palmtop to read her messages She types out brief responses on my Palmtop and gives the Palmtop back to me to send them If she wants to take her time writing a longer message she types it up on her 200LX in Memo I then transfer it to my unit via our IK ports or memory card and e mail it out for her Often I will download disabili ty related threads and move them to her Palmtop so she can read them with the Vertical Reader pro gram described above Flexibility and features One simple feature that turns out to be important to my wife is the fact that you can
142. the Publisher and Editorial Staff cannot assume any responsibility or liability for the use of information contained herein POSTMASTER Please send any address changes to The HP Palmtop Paper Attn Thaddeus Computing Inc P O Box 869 Fairfield LA 52556 JULY AUGUST 1995 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 1 Palmtop Wisdom Personal Effectiveness Using i the HP Palmtop The editors of The HP Palmtop Paper welcome you to Palmtop Wisdom Palmtop Wisdom takes current think ing about leadership human relations time manage ment finance self development travel and entertain ment and shows the concrete application of these concepts using HP s100 200LX Palmtop PCs We welcome your feedback ideas and contributions TAYIN RGANIZED Make the Most of Your Time by Sorting and Cross Referencing Your ToDo List by Activity Effective time management means avoiding unnecessary repeat actions that waste time and money With a busy schedule and a long list of ToDo s it s easy to find yourself running in circles going back to a store to buy forgotten items or call ing someone two or three times when once was all you needed Grouping your ToDo items by activity can solve this problem ON THE PALMTOP I use a custom NoteTaker ToDo list instead of Appointment Book s ToDo list because the custom list lets me use Subsets to sort my ToDo s in useful ways I developed this system because my ToDo s tend to fall in a numb
143. tically Do not use carriage returns kito4L32e L32f L16g 05L16e L16c L32d L32c L16c 04L16b L16b L32d L32e L16f 05L16d 04L16b 05L32c o4L32b L16a L16g L16g L32e L32f L16g 05L32c L32d Li6e L32d L32c 04L16a 05L32d L32e L16f L32e L32d o4L16g o5L16f Li6e L16d Li2c After you have finished entering the desired tune save the file as C _DAT ALARM SND file also available as SMWORLD SND Copy to C _ DAT and change name to ALARM SND Then open Appointment Book press MENU Options Alarm Beep and select Custom You can press Test to hear your new alarm If you like it press F10 and the new sound will be used for your Appointment Book alarms 30 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 Day s assignments transferred to Note field of an Appointment Book ToDo The Fn F7 macro described in the sidebar on this page opens to ToDo Notes field goes to Note Taker uses a smart clip to copy the day s assignments to the Palmtop clipboard goes back to the ToDo Notes field and copies them there Heather looks at the ToDo list at the end of the day for the day s assignments and assembles books and other material she needs to bring home Refinements needed About a third of the way through the school year Heather suc cumbed to a common problem amoung Palmtop users She started ignoring the appointment alarm We quickly switched to a custom alarm I downloaded from the HP HANDHELD forum on CompuServe to give her a fres
144. trol NEW system Manager Services API Management Clipboard Management Collating Sequence Communication Services Date and Time Services Event Management NEW File 1 0 Help Services Memory Management Miscellaneous Services Printer Services Process Management Resource Services Sound Services LHAPI Lotus Handheld API Overview NEW LHAPI Structures Revised Messages Revised Call Descriptions Revised LHAPI Base Classes Built in Classes Object Dialog Control ListBox Special Purpose Time Date Edit Path DirList Progress Meter TitleBar Some NEW Menu Classes High Level Classes Dialog Box Multiedit Messages and File Open Dialog Box Database Formats NEW structures Used in the Database Database Records Sample Database Appointment Book Overview Database Programming Functions Miscellaneous Sorting Omnibook Files User Defined Records DOS NEW ROM DOS Startup File Processing Internal External Commands Disk Device Drivers Power Mat PCMCIA Hardware Overview Power Guidelines Software Architecture Wakeup Example Hardware Overview Block Diagram I O Address Summary Hardware Components GPU Bus Interface Memory Controller Display Controller BitBit Co Processor Keyboard Controller General Purpose I O Serial Communication Interrupt Control Timers Oscillators Clock A to D Converter Working With the IC Power Management Hardware Conside
145. ts to edit Once a character is selected for modification PFE can perform transformations beyond the setting or clearing of pixels including rotation scrolling inversion width and height alterations and more Q ADEMOON H This utility creates an Appointment Book ADB file with moon phase infor mation entered as appointments Local Tine UTC A From fear 1945 E Create fgpainbeants In Month s Sehodule E In Week s Schedule Full Aeon Hoon Full Jed Quarter Keon ird ADBMOON setup screen ADBMOON lets you create Appointment Book ADB file with moon phase data listed as appointments ADBMOON will prompt you for a starting and ending year and other information and create an ADB file that can be merged with an Appointment Book ADB data file Q PATH Play Alarm Tune This utility lets you play customized alarm tunes for different types of appointments This way it is easy to tell what kind of alarm is ring ing without even having to look at the display Q WEEK Provides an improved weekly overview for the palmtop appointment book in development Q zAPP Application database edi tor under development Permits enhanced control of the Appli cation Manager Nanu acl 155g is Path A SROCIS ACCTS EIH Bit fiag i amicn i SRS lau ip and dows keys fen Rasien 2 ops te zoloet Leon istant Flags 18 D se numeric flags Bise bli flags ZAPP enhances the HP Palmtop s built i
146. turn a Palmtop off without closing any application The advantage of this is very real to a disabled person who can acci dentally turn off the unit or move between applications Another advantage about the programs I I airared Printing Fr From Your HP 100 and 200LX Cable free printer connection Works with any parallel printer Fast reliable and easy to use systems Systems 77 North want J Ave Botse ID 83 Tk O05 ot 108 322 7575 Fa MS 917 have discussed is that they are System compliant in the HP 100 200LX This means you can cut and paste between these applica tions and the built in programs More time and keystrokes saved The HP 200LX was not specifi cally designed for the disabled but it s the one we chose to use We tried other palmtop computers Some had better displays and less complex operation However their keyboards did not have the HP s positive feedback and they lacked the ability to be customized Because the Palmtop is a DOS com puter there are countless programs that can be used with it to cus tomize it for new and unusual pur poses That customizability along with the built in applications the serial port infrared port and PCM CIA slot add up to a very flexible computer that fits in your pocket purse or tucked into the side of a wheelchair The HP Palmtop has made a world of difference to my disabled wife s ability to communicate and interact to the world around he
147. u Serve E Mail 75300 2443 Internet 75300 2443 com userve com or send disk or hard copy to al Goldstein or Rich Hall at the above address Alternatively you can send an outline of your idea We will try to guide you as to when and whether we would use the article and contact you if we need clari fication or have any suggestions 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 If you can especially if you write a Palmtop Profile send us a black and white photo of yourself Products advertised in this issue of The HP Palmtop Paper COMPANY PRODUCT PHONE FAX NUMBERS PAGE NUMBER Accurite Floppy Drives for 100 200LX 408 433 1980 Fax 408 433 1716 34 ACE 800 825 9977 or 408 734 0100 Fax 408 734 3344 center fold 24 25 Palmtop Omnibook Products includes ACT for HP Palmtops ACE lt gt FAX Fax Software and Modem Bundles ACE lt gt LINK File Transfer Software BATTman Battery Monitoring and Data Protection Software Carrying Cases Desktop Card Readers Acoustic Modem Couplers HP 200LX Palmtop Systems HP Color OmniBook Software NiMH Batteries Printers and Accessories X JACK Megahertz Modem Bundles ACE DoubleFiash Plus FlashRAM to 80MB 800 733 5017 or 503 752 4419 Fax 503 752 7037 30 800 733 0030 or 203 268 0030 Fax 203 268 4345 33 800 896 2273 Intl 916 344 5047 Fax 916 7
148. uct has been damaged by accident or misuse or as the result of service or modification by other than an authorized Hewlett Packard service center Asia Pacitic Personal Computing Division languages articles must be submitted in English Writers for whom English is a second language should have a good command of English and its idioms If you would like to send us a letter tip bit of Palmtop Wisdom or some other smaller piece please do For those a Supports the HP 95LX 1OOLX and 200LX Transfers Translates important data between your HP Palmtop and Windows PC Reconciles data notifying you when conflicts are found Controls what data is transferred how it s formatted and where it s transferred Keeps your HP Palmtop and PC data in synch Hewiett Packerd Company Writer s Guidelines is not nec essary Paul Palmtop Goes Musical I have recorded directly to my Palmtop from a Roland Sound Canvas MIDI sound module SC 55 I ve tried both recording and play back and I ve noticed no To order contact 4 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 IntelliLink Corporation Supported Software ACT for Windows dBASE PackRat 4 1 ASCII CSV Files ECCO Paradox CaLANdar Excel Schedule Commence 2 x Lotus Organizer Sidekick 2 0 IntelliLink for Windows Only 99 95 IntelliLink is the only solution for keeping network based scheduling and contact information synchro nized with you
149. unnecessary and the step by step guides within make all things possible for this DOS dummy Sorry Hal you can t have them back Possession is nine tenths of the law Thanks Ordering information MICROREF Quick Reference Guide Lotus 1 2 3 Version 2 4 14 95 MICROREF Quick Reference Guide DOS Version 5 0 14 95 Both the DOS and 1 2 3 guides ordered at the same time 25 Shipping for one or both guides 4 U S 9 outside U S Call 800 809 5603 or 515 472 1875 Fax 515 472 1879 EMAIL 76125 1773 compuserve com Mail Thaddeus Computing 57 E Broadway Fairfield IA 52556 Payment Method Visa Mastercard American Express or a check for U S dollars drawn on a U S bank accepted Merchandise shipped on receipt of payment ing high quality books and has many titles covering the topic of 1 2 3 in varying depths of coverage I have had excellent success with their products over the years and strongly recommend this book as a must have reference book for the serious 1 2 3 user At the time of writing this article they still had about 3 000 copies of Using 1 2 3 Release 2 4 still available for sale but out of print 1 2 3 for Dummies The new series of Dummies books have been best sellers because of their entertaining writ ing style and good technical cover age An Easy Course in Using Lotus 1 2 3 This is a friendly tutorial on 1 2 3 by the publisher of excellent tutori als on oth
150. use RadioMail gives your HP Palmtop PC a representatives And discover how to make your portability 7 To find out more call one of our sales m E wireless Internet address you can send and receive RadioMail mobile office as well connected as a real one Act now for special pricing options on RadioMail two way wireless communications service Call 1 800 597 6245 dept R34 Or e mail us at palmtop radiomail net When you subscribe to RadioMail you receive a wireless modem extemal or PC Card and software for your HP Palmtop PC 1995 RadioMail Corporation All trademarks are property of their respective holders REVIEWS HP Palmtop Developer s Guide HP Palmtop Developer s Guide Ordering Information Thaddeus Computing will be distributing the HP 100LX 200LX Developers Guide The HP Palmtop Developers Guide Kit consists of 1 Aprinted 3 hole punched loose leaf copy of the Developers Guide 2 A3 1 2 inch disk containing HP developed and copyrighted freeware programs and utilities for Developers 3 HP Palmtop PC Developer s Marketing Guide 4 The HP Palmtop Paper Marketing Kit 5 Marketing kit for HP Palmtop Catalog from Grapevine In addition from Thaddeus Computing 6 PAL software tool kit a collection of C source code for developing HP Palmtop applications from a collaborative effort of HP Palmtop developers on the CompuServe HPHAND forum 7 Reprint of The HP Palmtop Paper reviews of th
151. ways up to date When you re at either computer plug in the cable run HotSync and your palmtop your Windows PC carries all your most current data PalmConnect takes a radical new approach to PalmConnect back up and synchronization it s called HotSync the painless way to back up This one step backup and synchronization technology and synchronize your data keeps track of your files and updates any files that have changed both on your Windows PC and on your palmtop And if both files have changed no problem HotSync con ducts a record level synchronization for your Note Taker Phone Book and Appointment Book entries automatically What s more PalmConnect ensures that your other palmtop files including Quicken Lotus 1 2 3 and database files are always up to date both on your palmtop and your desktop Once connected to your Windows PC your palmtop eam Works just like a disk drive within the Windows File Manager Developed in cooperation with Q dopady AAN Special 49 trade up offer for owners an HP 100 200 Connectivity Pack for DOS only Proof of ownership required Or get the complete PalmConnect package cable included for only 129 To order call 1 800 881 7256 B o t al _ O 1995 Palm Computing Inc Palm the Palm Tree logo HotSync and PalmConnect are trademarks of Palm Computing All other trademarks are property of their respective hol
152. would speak and she would type out her end of the con versation on the Palmtop Because of her very limited finger mobility her typing is slow This didn t mat ter when writing correspondence but slowed conversations down quite a bit We had to somehow speed this process up I found ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jonathan Graham is president of Nortek Holdings a specialized group of companies supplying mega yachts with navigation systems control systems and hydraulics Eva Graham a Finnish citizen is a for mer medical technician She was diagnosed with Parkinson s disease 10 years ago She has recently had two brain surgeries pallidotomies to help con trol this disability Jonathan and Eva reside in Ft Lauderdale Florida Their primary pastime is sport fishing Questions and comments are welcome via CompuServe at 74277 3470 22 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER JULY AUGUST 1995 TNG ULIL WW Palmtop software for your PC a CONNECTIVITY Transfer files effortlessly between your HP 100LX or 200LX and any DOS based PC e Run on your PC HP 100 200LX Phone Appointment Database NoteTaker and HP Calc software e Synchronize and merge Quicken phone appointment and database files between your Palmtop and PC Export and import HP100 200LX phone appointment database and s i 7 i i f notetaker data to and from other PC a freon Serial connectors for applications using c
153. xible Lotus 1 2 3 thrived because it could help solve an incredible variety of business and analytical problems Many people including me found uses for the product that were never intended I describe some of my uses below but it would be interesting to hear of your uses also Hopefully some of your ideas can be incorporated into future articles Here are some of the ways I use Lotus 1 2 3 on the HP Palmtop 1 As a formatter for MEMO A long time ago I stopped using the ToDo section of APPT because ABOUT THE AUTHOR it was too slow I now use a Memo Journal to track my month s activities I have a template set up in 1 2 3 that I use to format a Memo file for the next seven days of activity Every Sunday I open the template in Lotus and use the Palmtop s cut and paste to copy the template to a Memo file I use to track todo s messages received actions taken accomplishments etc The resulting Memo file becomes a monthly diary which can be searched and reviewed quite easily I save each month s ToDo journal separately naming by year and month e g 94_DEC 95_ JAN etc The example at the top of the next page shows how the first day of the template appears when copied over from 1 2 3 to the built in Memo program I still use Appointment Book but mostly for appointments I want to be reminded of by the alarm and for matters I want to see in the monthly view Carl Merkle is a senior manager with E
154. y features PCOUTL Outliner program helps organize your work QEDIT Word processing program SHASS Automates shopping on the HP 100 200LX SSFAXS5 Fax program for the 95 100 200LX VDE171 A compact and powerful Memo alternative VR100 Vertical text reader for the 100 200LX DATABASE FILES amp LOTUS TEMPLATES COVEY A goals tracking database GDB file _HPWK1 Lotus worksheets for all Palmtops TODO A sample ToDo list database GDB file GAMES AG Contains Chess and Space Invaders KLON Standard 7 pile Klondike solitaire REVER4 Reversi an outflanking game SOKOB LX Travel through maze pushing blocks TETRIS Tetris game runs sideways on 100 200LX TYPER Improve typing on the Palmtop PROGRAMMING AWK High level programming lanquage PCC C compiler for the Palmtops PROHLP Tool to help programmers PYGMY Small Forth language compiler BUDDY ADBIO ALARM APLOAD ASERCL BAT100 BATSET CLIPVU CLSFLA DBIO DBUTIL DIET12 DIET145F FASTDB FATR FCL GARLIC GDBIO HELV HLVSRC HPMNU IRPRNT N2GDB NOMURA PK204G REMCOM REMKEY SPEL95 STICK TIMOUT UNZIP ZIP UTILITIES Adds 100 s of useful features to 100 200LX Convert Appt file to from comma delim format Musical alarm sounds for 100 200LX Makes 100 200LX AppManager flexible Adds serial port control for the 100 200LX Reports status of 100 200LX batteries Reset the charge time on the 100LX Makes clipboard work with DOS programs CloseFiler recovers me
155. y title time strings on the top line ShowTopTime Display title amp time on the top display line FormatDate Format a date string in SysMar format FormatTime Format a time string in SysMar format 3 Miscellaneous functions These are for special operations such as control of the volume serial port light sleep and timeout of the palmtop reading scan and ASCII codes from a pressed key and much more Paillnit Initialize PAL library PalDelnit Shut down PAL library FatalExit Error exit from PAL and return code to DOS Check5f Check for presence of INT 5Fh services CheckSysMar Check for presence of INT 7Eh SysMoar services WhichHp Returns the model number of the palmtop AnnuncPos Set the annunciators position Shift Fn GetKey Get a key with ASCII and Scan code KeyWaiting Check if a key is waiting PushKeys Push a sequence of keys for GetKey to deliver Volume Set the volume level of the palmtop SetSerialPort Turn on off ihe serial port GOM1 SetLightSleep Enable disable light sleep Power management SetTimeOut Set the timeout delay of the Auto Power Off MsDelay Wait a specific number of milliseconds MsgBox Display a message box with title text and buttons AskYesNo Ask user Yes or No 4 Window functions The window functions can be used to create or remove a graphical window that displays information As
156. ype of modem on both ends V 32bis is getting more standard but it is not perfect At least try your modems together and return one if it can t connect reliably 2 Do a test run Try out your con figuration in a room with both machines modems and two phone lines Debugging this stuff when the machines are physically sepa rate is tough 3 If you haven t bought your modems yet make sure they are both V 32bis 2400 baud is livable but sluggish A V 32bis is cheap these days and will soon pay for itself in connect time There was a review of V 32bis modems in PC Magazine June 29 1994 volume 12 The Practical Peripherals Inc 14 4 pocket was one of the Editor s Choices There is also an inter operability chart on page 282 of the same article which will be very helpful when choosing modems for this purpose Software I ran remotely files I transferred was able to run the following desktop software remotely from my HP 100LX ce Mail for DOS JULY AUGUST 1995 THEHPPALMTOP PAPER 9 REVIEWS pcANYWHERE fordPart act sees LET ead Wat hey bel Seaga gtamamt E H pete sndeas Boi Abre eee apre r Scenes ee iaheeted ee EER erodes E S50 beke FSS Fe FAHETH RESP eae dedeed ee iaai eae Pe je ane Pie mado ll DELT rE B alae Dorr Peery ines fad ees WordPerfect 5 1 page preview screen as seen on the HP 100LX network version Xtree Gold 2 5 Brief 3 0 and Lotus Magellan I was also able

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