From: Luke Derossi <lderossi@COMCAT.COM>
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 05:58:47 -0400
Subject: Re: Rechargeable Battery Pack
Kent Estep wrote: > > Are the any 'cheap' (meaning cheaper than Sony direct) > sources for the PIC-1000 rechargeable batttery ? > > -kent > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > BOSS Digital Studios > http://www.pacificnet.net/~estep http://www.boss.com > estep@pacificnet.net kent@boss.com Kent, The Lithium-Ion battery pack is also commonly used in Sony camcorders, and is often found in stores that carry audio/video equipment. There have been several versions of this particular battery, all of which work in the PIC-1000 and PIC-2000. The model numbers of the variations are NP-500H through NPF-530. I believe the only one currently being manufactured is the NPF-530, which has a higher capacity than its predecessors. Regards, Luke Derossi for General Magic, Inc.
From: Wayne Sanderson <whsander@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 07:36:13 -0700
Subject: ORA cellular datalink
I was going through some older Mobile Office mags looking for an article (I practice that time honored counterpart of snailmail-snail archiving!) In some of the retailer's ads I saw a discontinued product that on reflection seems tailormade to the PIC1000 and it's inability to be connected to a cellphone via a pc card modem and still be capable of running the Presto! products. ORA made a device called the Cellular Datalink, which was a little bulb shaped device that had an RJ11 jack on the input side and a plug for the specifically fitted cord for various cellphones that could be ordered with the device. It functioned by taking the input from the standard analog modem in the connected computer and converted it to a cellular data format, which was then routed to the cell phone for transmission, and vice versa for incoming data. I guess the wide availability of cellular enabled pc card modems killed it. It's been out of production for a year or two, but there might be some languishing on retailer's shelves or in the bottom desk drawers of mobile users that have long since upgraded to the pc card modems. If there is anyone out there that is still bound and determined to connect their PIC1000 to a cellphone and access their ISPs with Presto!Mail and !Links, this seems like the only way. This will be at 2400 or maybe even slower though. Certainly it will be no faster than the internal modem. There was no connection software mentioned in the ads, so the device will probably function with any analog modem. If you want one, start calling mobile retailers. If they have none left, post to the various forums and newsgroups that cater to computer enthusiasts; somewhere you will find people who have them and will part with them. You might be able to swap for them or buy cheap.
From: jacque@LINUX2.VDOT.NET
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 09:35:18 -0500
Subject: Thanks, all!
Hello... Thanks for having me on the list! Also, I was wondering...have all the 256k SRAM cards been discontinued? Is there any way for the PIC1000 to be upgraded? Thanks again... Jacqueline
From: Luke Derossi <lderossi@COMCAT.COM>
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 11:34:40 -0400
Subject: Re: Thanks, all!
jacque@LINUX2.VDOT.NET wrote: > > Hello... > > Thanks for having me on the list! > > Also, I was wondering...have all the 256k SRAM cards been discontinued? > Is there any way for the PIC1000 to be upgraded? > > Thanks again... > Jacqueline Jacqueline, Welcome to the list! :) I've not seen a 256K SRAM card in some time, when I was actively using my Wizard several years ago. I can't say that they're still not out there, just not very popular. One megabyte cards came into great popularity at about the time the PIC-1000 debuted, for around $50 each. Now, it seems two megabyte cards are the rage as they're becoming more and more available under $100. The version of Magic Cap on the PIC-1000 can be upgraded as far as 1.0f (it ships with 1.0) by calling Sony (800-55MAGIC) and requesting a patch on floppy, or via AOL Email if you have an AOL account. The patch does stuff mostly transparent to the user (memory management fixes, small bug patches, etc.) but is a good idea to have. Also, there are several packages available that give Magic Cap 1.0 similar features of the latestest OS version, 1.5. These packages (Onno's Tools, Steve's Mail Tools, Alarmed Again, etc.) can be found at http://www.spies.com/MagicCap under utilities. Sony is currently not offering an OS ROM or other hardware upgrade (like modem or backlighting) at this time. Regards, Luke Derossi for General Magic, Inc.
From: Arthur Prewitt <ArthurP742@AOL.COM>
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 12:42:14 -0400
Subject: Re: Restoring with MagicXchange
I had a PIC 1000 for a while but changed for a small laptop.. I have the magic link for windows left - any one interested . I have the disks, cables manuals etc. Email ArthurP742@aol.com
From: Shawn Jipp <sjipp@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 19:20:13 -0700
Subject: Cujochat!
I urge everyone with a Magic Link and an ISP to download Josh Carter's CujoChat program from the General Magic WEB site. It has built in drivers for external modems, for the built-in modem, and for the Ricochet. No need even for the Sony wireless modem software. By default it comes set to a new IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channel called MAGICCAP. We could log into that channel and talk (type) to each other real-time. As a matter of fact Josh plans to host the next BAMCUG meeting in October (4th Thursday at 7 PM PST)via IRC channel #MAGICCAP. There is a MAC in our meeting room. He will connect his Ricochet wireless modem to it and type out what is going on at the meeting. Anyone with IRC software (whether on PC, MAC, Magic LInk, or whatever platform)anywhere in the world can select the channel and see what is going on at the meeting in real-time. Afterwards we could have an IRC chat. In this way Magic Cap users could communicate more effectively with each other. But first you'all need the software! If you don't know what IRC is or what I am talking about you might want to read the FAQ on it. Use some Internet search engine such as Yahoo or Lycos or Web Crawler to find such documents. Read them then download the new FREE software that Josh has given to our small but loyal community. By the way, there is no IRC software out yet for the Newton, Psion, Zaurus, Pilot, or HP200LX that we know of. Magic Cap rules... ///////Shawn Jipp Personal Email=sjipp@ix.netcom.com Work Email=apps@nanometrics.com Home=(408)736-5477 Work=(408)746-1600 X109
From: Scott Yoshinaga <scott@HISURF.COM>
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 19:19:53 -1000
Subject: Re: Cujochat!
On Sat, 28 Sep 1996, Shawn Jipp wrote: > I urge everyone with a Magic Link and an ISP to download Josh Carter's > CujoChat program from the General Magic WEB site. It has built in drivers > for external modems, for the built-in modem, and for the Ricochet. No need > even for the Sony wireless modem software. Whats the URL? I wanna try! aloha! \\scott\\
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