Magic Cap Users Mailing List

Sunday August 25, 1996

From: Luke Derossi <lderossi@COMCAT.COM>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 04:35:32 -0400
Subject: Re: Card won't format.

Lily N. Koessel wrote:
>
> > I ordered the 2MgSRAM card from Reboot, and got them just yesterday.
> >  The invoice said Sharp Zaurus all over it, and I couldn't get my
> > PIC2000 to recognize it for "set it up" no matter what I did.  If
> > you can get it to work, let me know how.
> >
> > Dave Courvoisier
> > courvo@aol.com
> > dcourvo@kvbc.com
>
> Odd, we have received four of the 2 MB SRAM cards from Reboot now
> (all at the original sale price of $49) and they were all GRID cards.
> No problem upon inserting them - ML said the cards were either new or
> unreadable, and did I want to format them? Said yes, and no problems
> at all since, knock on wood, of course..
>
> We've heard that you can remove the battery for anywhere from a
> couple of minutes to a day to get the card to lose it's previous
> format. Some devices have problems reformatting cards with existing
> formats already on them.
>
> If you have another PCMCIA-capable device (other than a Magic Link),
> you can also try reformatting it in that first.
>
> For some reason, it's harder to reformat a card to a similar format,
> I've heard...
>
> Let us know what's up...Thanks and good luck!
>
> Lily Koessel
> lily@koessel.com


  Dave,

  You've probably already tried this, but just in case: power down your
PIC, and take out any cards.  Then power up.  Hold down option, and
while doing so insert the new RAM card.  doing so forces Magic Cap to
default to card formatting instead of trying to recognize it at all.
Perhaps this will circumvent your problem.



Regards,

Luke Derossi
 for
  General Magic, Inc.

From: OAKQM3 <OAKQM3@OAKQM3.SPS.MOT.COM>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 14:38:41 U
Subject: Please resend.

Mail*Link(r) SMTP               RE>bypassing padlocks

Sat., Aug. 24, 1996 @ 11:02 a.m. EDT

Dear O Wise Magicians,
Roderick Sprattling writes:
 ^)   Paul McHugh writes:
 ^)   > Just noticed this. I keep a padlock on my file
 ^)   > cabinet. However, if you option tap "the hand" in
 ^)   > the upper right hand corner and select something
 ^)   > that is in the cabinet, you're in. No code to
 ^)   > enter. Is this right?
It's not right, but it does happen.

 ^)   Yow. It's true.  What a surprising secret door.
 ^)   Rod Sprattling
 ^)   rls@wiseworks.com

Isn't it amusing how these sorts of realizations come up sort of cyclically,
didn't we discuss this a year or so ago and then some time before that as
well?

JadiP            From the desk of Cut Throte1...

From: OAKQM3 <OAKQM3@OAKQM3.SPS.MOT.COM>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 15:34:19 U
Subject: Please resend.

Mail*Link(r) SMTP               Awesome trick too!

Sat., Aug. 24, 1996 @ 11:30 a.m. EDT

Dear O Wise Magicians,
Following Rishi Oswal's lead, i've grown tired of when i want to "format text"
on an incoming message from NetCom using PrestoMail!, having to tap the lamp,
then tap the "format text" icon, and then tapping yes, i've creatively removed
some steps.

1) using the copy tool make a copy of the "format text" icon and set it on
your desk.

2) using Coupon Grabber make an image coupon of any stamp you want (preferably
a small stamp, i used the butterfly found in the stamp drawer) and drag it
over the "format text" icon on your desk to change it to your image of choice.

3) using tinker tool tap the icon you made and deselect "show label" to turn
the text label off.

4) drag the icon to your tote bag and go into a letter in your inbox.

5) place the icon somewhere on the right hand side of your screen (i put mine
between the bottom two icons, the show and file icons).

That's it, option tap the butterfly and it formats the message your viewing at
that time.

JadiP            From the desk of Cut Throte1...

From: OAKQM3 <OAKQM3@OAKQM3.SPS.MOT.COM>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 07:03:33 U
Subject: Please resend.

Mail*Link(r) SMTP               RE>Magic Cap for Windows

Mike Lombrozo wrote:
>
> MCW Online wrote:
> > We are delivering Magic Cap on Windows 95 first because Windows 95 itself
> > provides vastly improved environment support via MAPI and TAPI. These
solve
> > major customer complaints in the area of connectivity to standard mail
> > systems, internet service providers, support for most modems, and
connectivity
> > to Microsoft Exchange. These features are specifically requested by our
target
> > market, which is the Small Office and Home Office market. We are
considering a
> > Windows 3.1 version, but it will be less powerful because Microsoft does
not
> > provide as rich an environment. Magic Cap for Macintosh and Magic Cap for
> > Windows 3.1 are on hold pending the completion and market acceptance of
this
> > first product. If it is received well, we will pursue other versions.
> >
> > On another front, I saw some recent comments about our PIC<->MCW
> > synchronization package on which we're also working and plan to deliver
this
> > year. This is different from IntelliLink and is designed to be a quick
> > synchronization of the Name Cards (a.k.a. Rolodex(tm)) and Date Book.
These
> > are the two items customers told us were most important to synchronize in
the
> > first version, and we wanted to keep the synch simple and as fast as
possible.
> >
> > IntelliLink's product will still provide a more comprehensive version of
> > PIC<->MCW connectivity.
>
> I was hoping the one-button sync with the ML would include everything.
> This should include notepad pages, the filing cabinet, and inbox mail.
> Will the name cards and date book import/export include notes and sticky
> notes?  These are very important to me.
>
> Also, will the import/export feature include a MCW system?  This will
> allow me to sync MCW files on different computers on a network.
>
> --
> Mike Lombrozo
> San Clemente, CA

I agree 100%! This is what I was hoping for also.  Its looks like all
this is not going to happen on the first release.  I would still find it
useful to have the name cards and datebook though.  Having it this way
would allow for it to be released sooner!

Scott Wood

From: OAKQM3 <OAKQM3@OAKQM3.SPS.MOT.COM>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 00:09:25 U
Subject: Please resend.

Mail*Link(r) SMTP               ML & Compuserve?

Dear Magic Cappers,

Can anyone tell me how to connect my PIC 1000 to Compuserve? I have set
up an account on my Mac, but can't find software anywhere. Their tech
people can't seem to help.

Thanks in advance.

Joe Solem

From: OAKQM3 <OAKQM3@OAKQM3.SPS.MOT.COM>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 09:38:51 U
Subject: Please resend.

Mail*Link(r) SMTP               RE>bypassing padlocks

Paul McHugh writes:
> Just noticed this. I keep a padlock on my file
> cabinet. However, if you option tap "the hand" in
> the upper right hand corner and select something
> that is in the cabinet, you're in. No code to
> enter. Is this right?

Yow. It's true.  What a surprising secret door.

Rod Sprattling
rls@wiseworks.com

From: Al Salerno <APSalerno@AOL.COM>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 11:08:21 -0400
Subject: Presto, internetMCI, PacBell

Greetings,
Has anyone tried to configure the Presto apps for internetMCI or PacBell's
Internet Service? I was never able to get through to the right "tech level"
at MCI. The PacBell tech told me that their service "probably" wouldn't work
with a modem slower than 14.4 (the office 486 Windows machine is even
unacceptable according to him because of the UART chip on it).

Thanks,
Al Salerno

From: Dan Hanttula <DarkDan@AOL.COM>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 14:38:43 -0400
Subject: Re: Presto, internetMCI, PacBell

> Has anyone tried to configure the Presto apps for internetMCI or PacBell's
Internet Service?

Hello Al,

Yes, I configured Presto!Mail and Presto!Links with the PacBell service and
it worked fine. However, I *am* using a PIC-2000 (with the 14.4 modem), so
I'm not sure if it will work if you're using a PIC-1000. Check out
http://dialup.pacbell.net/help/config.html for all the information you'll
need to set up your Presto! products. (You'll have to hit it using your PBell
account.)

Dan
-------------------------------------------------------------
Marketing Wizard (for HomeRun Advertising)
& Magic Cap Gnostic (for Pen Computing Magazine)
http://members.aol.com/darkdan/DDDomain.html
"Of course I love my toys, what kid half my age wouldn't???"

From: "Lily N. Koessel" <lily@KOESSEL.COM>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 12:33:28 +0000
Subject: PCMCIA card formatting...

Hi Magic!

This is really in response to the question of formatting PCMCIA cards
in the ML.

Luke Derossi just sent an email responding to my post about yanking
the battery, explaining the method to get the ML to try to format the
card.
(I deleted it when I wanted to save it....)

I just wanted to point out, that in some cases, I've read that people
could not get their units (non-Magic Links) to format cards and had
to resort to the battery yanking, let-it-drain method.  It's worth
doing, instead of throwing away a potentially useful card..especially
if you've paid some bucks for it...

(Just in case, the nice formatting method  doesn't work...)

Lily Koessel

From: Michael Matrix <mmatrix@INREACH.COM>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 14:36:24 -0700
Subject:

Dear Magic,
Does anyone know how to remove the Bastille patch without resorting to a total
system wipe? I am glad to not see the AT&T references, but it took the AT&T
rules with it, specifically, the rule that sets up a time to automatically
collect email!. I would very much like to have that rule back, But I don't
have a pre-Bastille backup that I can use.  Any suggestions would be
appreciated!

thx,
Mike Matrix

From: Paul Linhardt <plin@SONYSOFT.COM>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 16:58:20 -0700
Subject: Re: ML & Compuserve?

>Can anyone tell me how to connect my PIC 1000 to Compuserve? I have set
>up an account on my Mac, but can't find software anywhere. Their tech
>people can't seem to help.
>Joe Solem

When looking for where to get commerical Magic Cap software, you can always
check our web site at:
        http://www.sonysoft.com/sony/magicsource.html
Where we keep a comprehensive list of all commerical Magic Cap software
available and how to get it.

The CompuServe Companion is distributed by CompuServe (GO CS4MAGIC).  I
believe there is a $9.95 download fee.

There is also a good forum on Magic Cap on CompuServe (Go MAGIC) with
downloads, information, etc. run by our good friend Conrado Bondo
(74774,1045).

-Paul

---------------------
Sony New Technologies
http://www.sonysoft.com
1-800-739-7337
E-mail: plin@sonysoft.com

From: Earl Newsome <A5173644694@ATTPLS.NET>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 03:16:55 +0000
Subject: Re: my 2000 cents worth

Dear Magic,
Magic Cap Discussion List writes:
> I am very pleased with my PIC2000 and Magic Cap -
> they're not perfect, but not many things on this
> earth are (especially my PC at work which has
> been down nearly a week!).

I am not pleased.  I have had almost 6 PDAS up from a boss to a 2000.
As soon as a newton has this capabilities (i.e. A modem and a card at
the same time. I'm there

From: "Rick Tasher (via RadioMail)" <palpha6@RADIOMAIL.NET>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 22:44:37 -0700
Subject: Bastille question

Mon., Aug. 26, 1996 12:38 a.m.

I think if you go to the storeroom, you can just pack Bastille up.
Haven't tried that for myself yet.

However, I discovered the same phenomenon about the rules disappearing and
reported it as a bug.  At the time there was no other mail service running
on my Envoy.  To my delight, the rules reappeared as soon as I signed up
for something.  You might want to try that.

RT

From: Wayne Sanderson <whsander@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 22:56:57 -0700
Subject: Sorry: I had to try it!

Mitch writes:
> --
> I am really sorry about my SPAM. I didn't realize
> how wrong
> it was.  Other's articles seemed convincing and
> legal, but I
> guess not.  Please disregard posting: "I had to
> try it!"
> (delete it if your a system administrator).  My
> mistake.

A wise decision. Keep a hard copy of your retraction for when the Postal
Inspectors come knocking- which they just might. And be sure to return all
letters bearing money to the sender, preferrably registered, return receipt
requested. Even though you posted a retraction, if you so much as keep one
dollar of it and it was a dollar sent by the postal authorities to see if you
would keep it, they have you and you will have mondo trouble from that point
on. It might cost you a couple of dollars per, but it's cheaper than bail. In
the future, keep in mind that there is no real legal  'system' to make money
without working for it- and at worst, like this, it is more likely to be a
'Get Arrested Quick' scheme.