Magic Cap Users Mailing List

Thursday September 05, 1996

From: Duke da Monk Seal <duke@HISURF.COM>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 21:12:31 -1000
Subject: Magic Cap 1.5?

I have a new factory refurbished Magic Link. It has Magic Cap 1.0...how
do I get Magic Cap 1.5?

Sorry for yet another Newbie question!

aloha!
\\scott\\
scott@hisurf.com

From: Luke Derossi <lderossi@COMCAT.COM>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 05:52:17 -0400
Subject: Re: Magic Cap 1.5?

Duke da Monk Seal wrote:
>
> I have a new factory refurbished Magic Link. It has Magic Cap 1.0...how
> do I get Magic Cap 1.5?
>
> Sorry for yet another Newbie question!
>
> aloha!
> \\scott\\
> scott@hisurf.com

   Scott,

   Magic Cap 1.5 is available for the PIC-2000 only, not the PIC-1000.
The latest version of the software for the 1000 is 1.0f; you can see the
version number your device currently has by tapping the circled question
mark in the upper-left hand corner of the screen while at the desk
scene.  You can obtain the 'f' patch by calling (800) 55-MAGIC and
requesting it from Sony.

   As a PIC-1000 user, you can also give your device most of the same
features that Magic Cap 1.5 has by installing some of the freeware
available, such as Onno's Tools, Steve's Mail Tools, Alarmed Again, etc.
which are available for download at http://www.spies.com/MagicCap for
installation by various means.  You can also upgrade your device to
remove all references to PersonaLink by downloading the patch known as
Bastille, available at our web site: http://www.genmagic.com.

   Hope you enjoy your new device! :)


Regards,

Luke Derossi
 for
  General Magic, Inc.

From: Duke da Monk Seal <duke@HISURF.COM>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 01:11:09 -1000
Subject: Re: Magic Cap 1.5?

On Thu, 5 Sep 1996, Luke Derossi wrote:

>    As a PIC-1000 user, you can also give your device most of the same
> features that Magic Cap 1.5 has by installing some of the freeware
> available, such as Onno's Tools, Steve's Mail Tools, Alarmed Again, etc.
> which are available for download at http://www.spies.com/MagicCap for
> installation by various means.  You can also upgrade your device to
> remove all references to PersonaLink by downloading the patch known as
> Bastille, available at our web site: http://www.genmagic.com.


Thanks for the advice!

I just found out one dissapointing aspect of my Magic Link and I guess it
only affects me here in Hawaii. I tried to use AOL's service but it cant
find a local access number. I KNOW we have local access to AOL so I
called them. Sure enough we did! But guess what? My Magic Link doesnt
access calls going through AOLNet, which is what Hawaii uses to get Toll
Free Access. *sigh*  So neither personal link nor aol works with my
"communicator"*grin* I seem to be only talking to myself for now!

I placed my order with General Magic for Presto Links and Mail today.
Hopefully it will come soon so I can hook up with my local ISP and start
sending mail. I didnt know other places sold the Presto mail and just
bought it straight from GenMagic! *sigh* I could have saved a few bucks
if I had just ordered it from Mac Zone!

Does anyone know how to get AOL working? Anyone know how to get rid of
the AOL building for us Hawaii people!? tee hee!

BTW I just converted three other people to Magic Link today. Mac Zone is
having a factory refurbished Blowout of the PIC 1000 for a mere $199.95

I have tried every PDA from Newton to Psion to Zaurus and nothing is as
fun or as fast as my Magic Link!

aloha!
\\scott\\
scott@hisurf.com,
duke@hisurf.com

From: Tom Anderson <toma@HALCYON.COM>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 06:39:02 -0500
Subject: Re: PCMCIA card formatting...

>I have a Newton 2 Meg flash Card that i want to use in my magic cap. It
>wont let me format it though. Any suggestions on getting it to work?
>I tried holding down option and rebooting, but it just tells me it cant
>be used...
 It can't be used.  MagicCap only supports dram.  You have a flash ram
card.

Tom

From: Wayne Sanderson <whsander@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 07:20:08 -0700
Subject: Re: Magic Cap 1.5?

Duke da Monk Seal writes:
> Does anyone know how to get AOL working? Anyone
> know how to get rid of
> the AOL building for us Hawaii people!? tee hee!

AOL in Hawaii is a lost cause- just ask Joe Solem, another resident of the
50th state that came to the same unhappy realization. To get rid of all
references to AOL, just go to the storeroom, tap the AOL package, and select
Pack Up from the vertical toolbar on the right side of the screen. After you
get Presto!Mail and Presto!Links working, you will not feel deprived of
anything, and the web browser doesn't work through AOL anyway, I believe.
While you are waiting for your software, set about acquiring an SRAM card.
1meg will do, but 2 is preferable. You will need a card to run the Presto!
products on the PIC1000. It's a good little machine, but it has inadequate
internal memory for these large applications.
Hopefully, the next MC communicator will have at least 2megs of onboard RAM,
and the Presto!Mail and !Links products in ROM.
GM is also reportedly dabbling in cooking up AOL client software; maybe they
will introduce an add on package for Presto!-AOL access, or a reengineered AOL
client that will allow access via AOLNet. Stay tuned.

From: Petr Vyhnak <pvyhnak@ATTBCS.ANET.CZ>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 16:26:24 +0200
Subject: Re: Magic Cap 1.5?

 Anyone know how to get rid of
>the AOL building for us Hawaii people!? tee hee!
>
Go to the storeroom and pack up the AOL package. This should remove the AOL
building.

Petr Vyhnak

From: Tom Branham <tbsy@IXL.NET>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 13:32:09 -0400
Subject: Re: PCMCIA card formatting

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Duke da Monk Seal  wrote:
Subject: Re: PCMCIA card formatting...

I have a Newton 2 Meg flash Card that i want to use in my magic cap. It
wont let me format it though. Any suggestions on getting it to work?
I tried holding down option and rebooting, but it just tells me it cant
be used...



Sorry, but the Magiccap devices do not presently support Flash ram,
therefore your Newton 2Meg card will not function on you Link or Envoy....
The 1Meg Newton card works fine as it is an SRAM card....

He Also wrote:

As a new owner of a Magic Link PIC 1000, I was curious if AT&T Personal
Link servics is still available.


Again, sorry, but Personalink closed their doors forever just a few days ago,
after they decided they could not profitably compete with Internet Service
Providers.  You do have several options though for email software, PrestoMail
for Internet mail connections and Web browsing, Mail on the Run for connection
to an MHS based system, and Quick Mail to connect to Quick mail based systems.
You will need a memory card that is compatible (remember to loook for SRAM
cards :-)

Tom Branham
tbsy@ixl.net
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From: Eli Bina <Elbin@MSN.COM>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 19:24:27 UT
Subject: Re: Presto!Mail + Presto!Links

How Much?

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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 15:26:41 -0400
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From: Duke da Monk Seal <duke@HISURF.COM>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 09:57:05 -1000
Subject: Re: Presto!Mail + Presto!Links

On Thu, 5 Sep 1996, Eli Bina wrote:

> How Much?
>
At Mac Zone it appears that Presto! mail is selling for 44.98! $64.70
with the shipping included from Gen magic...i should have looked before I
bought! =( Shipping is only 3.00 at MacZone and they ship overnight! =(

aloha!
\\scott\\

From: "David Devaney, Jr." <daviddjr@SHADOW.NET>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 17:58:18 -0400
Subject: MagicWare Site

Hi Magicappers,

Could someone please post the address at SPIES for software that can be
downloaded directly to my communicator.

I have the address for regular access, http://www.spies.com/Magiccap but there
aren't any .cap packages there and there isn't a link to the other stuff.

Thanks for any help.

David Devaney, Jr.
daviddjr@shadow.net

From: Duke da Monk Seal <duke@HISURF.COM>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 15:07:18 -1000
Subject: Re: MagicWare Site

hello again all!


i have been pulling my hair out trying to find a good place to get PCMCIA
2 meg cards seeing that my Newton Card wont work. No where in Hawaii do
they have any and its driving me nuts!

Any suggestions on where I can get one mail order so I can order it
tonight? Please let me know!

aloha!
\\scott\\

From: Luke Derossi <lderossi@COMCAT.COM>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 22:08:07 -0400
Subject: Re: MagicWare Site

Duke da Monk Seal wrote:
>
> hello again all!
>
> i have been pulling my hair out trying to find a good place to get PCMCIA
> 2 meg cards seeing that my Newton Card wont work. No where in Hawaii do
> they have any and its driving me nuts!
>
> Any suggestions on where I can get one mail order so I can order it
> tonight? Please let me know!
>
> aloha!
> \\scott\\


  Scott,

  Several people have been talking about SRAM cards from a mail order
company called Reboot Electronics.  A poster just a day or so ago was
kind enough to repost the contact information for this company.  It is
as follows:


Reboot Electronics
PO Box 1065
Maywood, NJ 07607

201-457-1980


  Please be aware that while it seems many people have bought and used
2MB cards (rather cheaply too) from this outfit, Sony does not support
or suggest SRAM cards other than the ones they sell for their Magic Link
products, and I've actually heard of one person having trouble
formatting a card obtained from this vendor, so proceed with this in
mind.



Best Regards,

Luke Derossi
 for
  General Magic, Inc.

From: Wayne Sanderson <whsander@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 20:48:38 -0700
Subject: Re: MagicWare Site

Duke da Monk Seal writes:
>  have been pulling my hair out trying to find a
> good place to get PCMCIA
> 2 meg cards seeing that my Newton Card wont work.
> No where in Hawaii do
> they have any and its driving me nuts!
> Any suggestions on where I can get one mail order
> so I can order it
> tonight? Please let me know!
> aloha!
> \\scott\\

Sony guarantees only their own 1meg card in the MLs. They also sanction the
use of the Epson 2meg SRAM card. You rarely find this item in a shop, but
Epson products can be ordered almost anywhere. If you cannot find a cheap 2meg
card or do not care to take chances, then find a Computer City or other comp
superstore and order one.  Telling which brands of SRAM do/do not work is
often hit or miss. Besides the two mentioned above, I know that Verbatim and
the old GRiD cards work. The GRiDs were rebadged Fuji cards (yes, the FujiFilm
people: Fuji Electrochemical Company, Ltd.) I am currently using both. There
was a list circulating a while back; would anyone care to repost? It seems
once again timely.

From: Lee Butler <leebu@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 21:07:15 -0700
Subject: Re: MagicWare Site

David Devaney writes:
> Could someone please post the address at SPIES for software that can
> be downloaded directly to my communicator.

Try http://www.spies.com/MagicCap/CapPackages...

From: "David Devaney, Jr." <daviddjr@SHADOW.NET>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 00:32:16 -0400
Subject: Presto!Links Easter Egg

I thought I sent this to the list but apparently
I didn't.

>Dear Magic and two others,
>With the help of A czar and a plumber,  the first easter egg in Presto
>Works has Been found....
>
>On the desk scene Option tap the Web Icon.....
>
>Tricky .....

Be careful with this one.  I went into the scene
and
accidentally ran my stylus across the box and
wound up
dragging the text info.  When I did this and
dragged it up
across the edge of the box I heard the infamous
"Beep" and
my communicator went into a long cleanup.  When
it started
back up I reentered the scene and the text was
not in the
right place and the song stamp was visible.  I
dragged the
text down out of the way then dragged the stamp
out of the
box.  Then I re-centered the text and dropped the
stamp.

If anyone from Active Paper or General Magic is
listening
you should look into making these things
unmoveable.

Gee, a bug in an Easter Egg.  Usually I get Jelly
Beans in
mine!

David Devaney, Jr.
daviddjr@shadow.net

From: "David Devaney, Jr." <daviddjr@SHADOW.NET>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 01:13:20 -0400
Subject: Re: DeckMaker?

On Wed, 31 Jul 1996 11:26:44 -0700, Lee Butler
wrote:

>Magic:
>
>Anyone know what DeckMaker is?  At 300k+ it must be somcthing with a lot of
>features...
>
>It was found on http://www.spies.com/MagicCap/CapPackages.

I know I am replying to an old message but I was
interested in this package and when I went to the
above address DeckMaker wasn't there.  Does
anyone know what happened to it and where I can
get a copy of it.

TIA.
David Devaney, Jr.
daviddjr@shadow.net

From: Kevin Fries <kfries@ROCKY.ORCI.COM>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 06:00:21 GMT
Subject: Re: MagicWare Site

On Thu, 5 Sep 1996 15:07:18 -1000, Duke da Monk Seal 
wrote:
>i have been pulling my hair out trying to find a good place to get PCMCIA
>2 meg cards seeing that my Newton Card wont work. No where in Hawaii do
>they have any and its driving me nuts!
>
>Any suggestions on where I can get one mail order so I can order it
>tonight? Please let me know!

There are three major electronic retailers that sell MagicLinks/Accessories
and one retail/mailorder.  The three retailers are:
   Incredible Universe
  SoundTrack
  Office Depot

the retail/mailorder is:
  ElecTek

I have also purchased an Epson 2M SRAM card from CompUSA for less than
200.00 including tax.  Incredible universe is real good at getting supplies
since they cary PIC-x000 and Envoys.  But the store that is usually
fantastic about carring MLs, is SoundTrack.  Here in CO, the company limits
them to one per store.  They usually have to call arround to find which
store has them at that time you are looking to buy since they do not last
long.  Also, if they do not have what you want, they seem VERY willing to
get it for you.

HTH


Kevin Fries
C-Quad Systems
kfries@cquad.com (office)
kevin_fries@mailzone.com (palmtop)