Magic Cap Users Mailing List

Monday August 12, 1996

From: Mark Marshall <MaxLink644@AOL.COM>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 05:48:46 -0400
Subject: Re: BAMCUG#2 MINUTES

No flames here....

In a message dated 96-08-11 22:43:55 EDT, you write:

<< IMOO,  I think MC for win will be the biggest flop since MS Bob.  Great
 we sync our communicators,  but how many of us have or will still want
 MC on a PDA.  I will take bets...>>

I seriously doubt that the sole reason for GM to create MCW was so MLs could
be sync'd to pc's.  To the best of my knowledge, there is no single app which
provides all the functionality of MC for the average user, along with all the
bells and whistles.

 <>

Hey...how about a Pilot!  :)

MM.

From: "Michael H. Phillips" <michael_phillips@USA.NET>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 09:39:31 -0400
Subject: TravelClock

Hey Cappers,

Just wrote a package that can turn your Magic Cap
device into a nine dollar travel clock. Check it
out at:
http://www.tradingtech.com/~people/mphillips/magic.html

Regards, Mike Phillips
michael_phillips@usa.net

From: Bob Arsenault/US/3Com <Bob_Arsenault@3MAIL.3COM.COM>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 07:43:09 EDT
Subject: Re: NP500 vs. NP530 rechargeable batteries

Just got off the phone with SONY sales. They have confirmed that the NPF530
does indeed work for the ML1000 (which I have). I will be purchasing one
today.  I have also had no luck on finding a 500H, and probably spent 2 days of
my life scouring the countryside looking for one - not knowing that I could use
a 520 or a 530 instead. I have run across several 530's in several retail
store's shelves, but didn't know I could use it.  SONY sales stated that their
batteries are on backorder. Check your local retailer that carries SONY
camcorder batteries, that's where I have seen them.

Maybe SONY should send e-mail out to this newsgroup when they "enhance" the
capabilities of their product, it would save many of us some time......

By the way, their sales support was GREAT! Friendly, patient, and
knowledgeable. They really stick to their SRP though, therefore, unless you
can't find the accessory some place else - you don't have a reason to go to
them for it.......

/BobA

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From: pvyhnak @ attbcs.anet.cz (Petr Vyhnak) @ UGATE
Date: Saturday  August 10, 1996 07:29 PM
Subject: NP500 vs. NP530 rechargeable batteries
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I've asked a local Sony retailer if they have a NP500H LiIon battery (I have
the PIC-1000). I was told that NP500 is not manufactured anymore and that
NP530 is intended to be the replacement for NP500 and NP520. It's probably
ok to replace NP500 with NP530 in a camcorder, but I'm not sure about
PIC-1000. Can I use it ?

If someone from Sony is reading this or someone is using NP530 in PIC-1000,
please let me know.

Thanks,

Petr

From: Wayne Sanderson <WHSanderson@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 16:51:49 +0000
Subject: WorldNet and MCW

I recently set up AT&T WorldNet on my desktop, to try out the service. Hey,
5 hours a month free. Anyway, after setup was complete, MCW stopped
processing incoming mail. I can still send out mail, and the modem shows me
that it is receiving incoming data when I try to download mail, but MCW
never gets it.
After digging in my sys and ini files and other areas, I found that WorldNet
setup installed a new OLECLI.DLL file in my windows directory in place of
the standard one. Since object linking and embedding has much(if not all!)to
do with the function of MCW, I think this new file is the culprit. If anyone
has both running together successfully, then I am obviously wrong and please
let me know! If not, if you love your MCW, don't try out the free WorldNet
software until a workaround is found for this problem.

From: MCW Online <mcwonline@genmagic.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 10:45:05 -0700
Subject: Re: WorldNet and MCW

Wayne,

The Pre-Release version of MCW is an isoloated communications environment.
It use its own modem files, the comms is all built in and such. Most
probably something else happend around the time that you installed WorldNet.

Please call me at MCW Support 408-774-4041 and I will be glad to help you
fix your problem.

Best
Joel Connors

At 04:51 PM 8/12/96 +0000, Wayne Sanderson wrote:
>I recently set up AT&T WorldNet on my desktop, to try out the service. Hey,
>5 hours a month free. Anyway, after setup was complete, MCW stopped
>processing incoming mail. I can still send out mail, and the modem shows me
>that it is receiving incoming data when I try to download mail, but MCW
>never gets it.
>After digging in my sys and ini files and other areas, I found that WorldNet
>setup installed a new OLECLI.DLL file in my windows directory in place of
>the standard one. Since object linking and embedding has much(if not all!)to
>do with the function of MCW, I think this new file is the culprit. If anyone
>has both running together successfully, then I am obviously wrong and please
>let me know! If not, if you love your MCW, don't try out the free WorldNet
>software until a workaround is found for this problem.
>

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Joel Connors   / Magic Cap For Windows Support
Email at: mcwonline@genmagic.com
Phone at: (408) 774-4041
Fax at: 800-774-3311
Support hours are 9am to 5pm (PST) Monday through Friday, excluding holidays

From: Lee Butler <leebu@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 19:20:58 -0700
Subject: Re: TravelClock

Michael H. Phillips writes:
> Hey Cappers,
> Just wrote a package that can turn your Magic Cap
> device into a nine dollar travel clock. Check it
> out at:
> http://www.tradingtech.com/~people/mphillips/magic.html
> Regards, Mike Phillips
> michael_phillips@usa.net


Pretty cool!, for version one...  Now for that ever present new feature list:

How about a snooze bar?  Touch the screen for a 7 minute break from the
alarm...

Two alarms?

A radio option?  Just kidding of course...

There is also one bug...  Eventhough I can choose sounds later in the list
than 'alarm' it always says alarm in the sound field...  It does play my
chosen sound however.

Thanks,
Lee Butler
Consultant
leebu@ix.netcom.com
Phone:303.843.1738          Pager:800.480.9079

From: Johnny Culver <A5133644645@ATTPLS.NET>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 03:18:57 +0000
Subject: Re: TravelClock

Dear Magic,
Awesome.

Love to beta it.



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From: Martin Simoneau <simoneau.martin@UQAM.CA>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 23:03:15 -0400
Subject: PrestoMail 1.5

I'm beginning to use Presto!Mail 1.5.

When I'm sending email to Internet users they received my email as a =
uuencoded enclosure (with all the magic stuff like my address, phones =
etc...). Is this normal behavior for Presto!Mail? How can I send plain =
text (Internet mail)?

Thanks in advance!


Martin


Martin Simoneau
simoneau.martin@uqam.ca

From: Dana Moore <Dana.Moore@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 23:05:40 -0400
Subject: BAMCUG#2 MINUTES

Shawn,
Thanx so much for reporting on BAMCUG meetings.  It's a super service to us
all! I am so envious of you ladies and gents on the left coast.  I'm here in
Annapolis, MD and so can only experience your excitement vicariously.
>Q:  Will their be a new PDA based on Magic Cap OS?
>A:  They didn't want to release that information but they alluded to a
>positive answer.
>At least that was the vibrations that I got from them.  Good vibrations.

>Q:  Is a new version of Magic Cap being worked on?
>A:  Yes.  Magic Cap V2.0 is being worked on.

Both of these items are _very_ good news indeed! I think we're beginning to
get hints from a number of places that the MC platform is readying the next
round of products (PICs, ScreenPhones, SmartCard factored devices) and
services (farCast, Magic Broker, and the Prestos) and this is another
valuable data point.
Thanx again Shawn, and keep up the good work of informing the rest of us.


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