From: Hans Decker <decker@ZUSE.INFORMATIK.UNI-DORTMUND.DE>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 11:18:04 +0200
Subject: PenCell backup
Hi Magicians,
does anyone know if a full backup is a FULL backup, i. e. backs up
everything incl. i. e. pencell packages? I incidentally erased a PenCell
Data Package; a do have a full backup but not an individual file of the
pencell data package.
Who knows if the following procedure works:
1) Make a new full backup(new)
2) Restore the old backup(old)
3) Save the (old) pencell data in a file, save the file on a desktop
4) Restore the backup(new)
5) Copy the old pencell data to the ML and they are available again.
I read a few warnings about backups, so before I try I would like to have a
bit more confidence that it might work.
Thanks
Hans
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Hans Decker, Dekanat Informatik, Universitaet Dortmund
D-44221 Dortmund, FRG
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phone: +49.231.755.2208
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From: Mike Lombrozo <Lombroma@mail.fia.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 22:46:49 -0700
Subject: Re: MCW synchronization
MCW Online wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > I do not have any data on this currently. I will investigate and get back > with an answer if I can. > > Best, > Joel > > At 03:10 AM 9/18/96 -0700, Mike Lombrozo wrote: > >Will the data-sync package include notes and sticky notes attached to > >namecards and datebook items? I use this feature alot and don't want to > >lose this data. > > > >Mike Lombrozo Joel Do you have any data yet on the data-sync package. Will it include notes and stamps attached to name cards and datebook items? Also, what printing capabilities will be included with MCW? My printing wish list includes 1. Print name cards, including the notes, for an address book, with page breaks with the 1st letter of the last name changes 2. Filter to print selected name cards (such as a group or all "L" to update address book 3. Filter to select what stamps get printed. 4. Print appts and To-Dos for the day, week and month with notes. Output for day and week should fit on a single page. Would like option to print a range of days or a range of weeks. Printing options for To-Dos should allow selection of printing before appts with times, after appts with times, or on a seperate page. Will the import/export functions in MCW include a MCW system? This will allow me to sync files on different computers (such as a laptop and a desktop). -- Mike Lombrozo San Clemente, CA
From: Joel Skelton <jskelton@magi.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 12:35:23 +0000
Subject: Re: Voice Recognition
A real voice recognition system probably wouldn't ever be possible with the speed and storage of current MC devices but some variant of the venerable "Clapper (tm)" could probably be implemented! Considering the strategies taken with respect to handwriting recognition in PDAs and applying those same strategies to the audio control of PDAs might produce something usable. The Newton attempts to recognize a user's regular handwritten text. In doing so it expends much of it's power and storage and still falls well short of 100% for many users. Devices that use Graffiti or Scribe require to user to do some of the processing work in the form of simplifying their writing into a series of stylized strokes thus saving processing power and memory and getting most of the same job done. Maybe a similar strategy could be applied to audio control of MC devices. In the simplest case a "Clapper"-like device could be implemented. In more ambitious schemes the device could look for easily recognized sounds and have actions tied to them. The only problem I see with this strategy is that users are going to be uncomfortable with the idea of making odd vocalizations to get their MagicLink or Envoy to do something. Can you picture a user on a crowded flight yodelling at her PDA to get it to download email? Neither can I. jps fa bf
From: Bruce Tong <zztong@MAIL.EV.NET>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 09:22:56 -0400
Subject: Re: Voice Recognition
> A real voice recognition system probably wouldn't ever be > possible with the speed and storage of current MC devices... Y'all might check out this web page: http://www.artcomp.com/ Last I heard (a couple of months ago), they were looking for a developer to write a Magic Cap API for their voice recognition engine. -- Bruce Tong Systems Programmer Electronic Vision / Fitne Work: Phone : (614) 592-2511 Fax : (614) 592-2650 mailto:zztong@evi.ev.net http://www.ev.net/fitne Play: mailto:zztong@eurekanet.com mailto:zztong@aol.com http://www.eurekanet.com/~zztong
From: Gigi Lipori <labadmin.pflugg@shands.ufl.edu>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 09:50:43 -0700
Subject: Microsoft Exchange
Does Magic Exchange have a link available for communication between Microsoft Exchange and the Magic Cap calendar?
From: Nick Zimmerman <ZIMMERMA@SMTP.LMN.USACE.ARMY.MIL>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 09:44:37 -0500
Subject: Presto!Mail
I have access to the Internet but do not have an email account via my ISP. I am thinking about buying Presto!Mail and upgrading my USA.NET (to allow reading email via browser, ie Presto!Mail). Therefore, I would use my ISP to allow my Envoy to access internet and use Presto!Mail to read mail. Does anyone know if this will work? If not, any suggestions? Would prefer to read mail offline. NickZ@usa.net
From: "Joel Apisdorf (CTR)" <apisdorf@MCI.NET>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 13:10:53 -0400
Subject: Re: MCI Internet
>Has anyone successfully got MCI Internet to work with Presto Mail? >///////Shawn Jipp Until I got the new Presto!PPP 1.106 (1.103 was what shipped in my shrinkwrap Presto!Mail Presto!Links) I kept seeing the "a communications failure has occurred" message. I think the CHAP (challenge handshake authentication protocol) was implemented wrong in presto at first. Good Luck! Joel Apisdorf work email apisdorf@mci.net work phone (703) 715-7107 home phone (703) 860-0299
From: Paul Linhardt <plin@SONYSOFT.COM>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 10:24:07 -0700
Subject: Re: Data Exchange
>Can anyone advise on an easy way to transfer a large amount of text from >an eMail message to my notepad? I mailed myself a text document that I >want in the form of a notebook page. >Steve Eyler Steve, There are two easy ways to cut & paste large text: (1) Position the cursor to the bottom of your e-mail message. Then scroll up to the top by tapping the up arrow. Then option-touch the the position at the beginning of the message. This will highlight the entire message which you can cut into the totebag and paste into the notebook. (2) There is a freeware packaged called Textualizer which allows you to drop a coupon on a text to copy the entire text into the totebag. It's on the spies site (which can be linked to from our site). -Paul --------------------- Sony New Technologies http://www.sonysoft.com 1-800-739-7337 E-mail: plin@sonysoft.com
From: MCW Online <mcwonline@genmagic.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 09:46:32 -0700
Subject: Re: Data Exchange
At 04:45 PM 9/30/96 -0700, Steve Eyler wrote: >Can anyone advise on an easy way to transfer a large amount of text from >an eMail message to my notepad? I mailed myself a text document that I >want in the form of a notebook page. > Steve, Go to the email message. Place the cursor at the very begining of the text. Option tap the down arrow to go to the end of the message. Option tap after the very last word in the document. This should highlight the entire text and bring up the text editior window. Select the Cut command and wait while the text is dropped into your tote bag. Go to the notepad and drag the data onto it. Hope this helps, ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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: Paul Linhardt <plin@SONYSOFT.COM>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 10:48:40 -0700
Subject: Re: PenCell backup
>does anyone know if a full backup is a FULL backup, i. e. backs up >everything incl. i. e. pencell packages? I incidentally erased a PenCell >Data Package; a do have a full backup but not an individual file of the >pencell data package. > >Who knows if the following procedure works: >1) Make a new full backup(new) >2) Restore the old backup(old) >3) Save the (old) pencell data in a file, save the file on a desktop >4) Restore the backup(new) >5) Copy the old pencell data to the ML and they are available again. > Hans, My understanding is that atakes a snapshot of what is in memory and that Pencell normally stores your data in main memory. Incidentally, a DOES NOT backup anything on your SRAM card. Those packages must be backed up individually (or with the freeware package BATCH UP on the spies site). I believe that you can use the file option in the magic lamp to file your spreadsheet data into a package. In that case, you can simply use Magic Xchange to backup your spreadsheet data package. If you want the definitive answer, you should contact tech support. Contact information for Pencell, IntelliLink (Magic Xchange), Sony Electronics and Motorola are on our web site (under "Sources of Magic Cap" Software and "Magic on the Web".) Pencell's site says that Sony and Motorola are handling tech support for Pencell. Sony Magic Link tech support can be reached at mlinfo@pipd.sel.sony.com -Paul --------------------- Sony New Technologies http://www.sonysoft.com 1-800-739-7337 E-mail: plin@sonysoft.com
From: Bill Berthoud <billb@MV.MV.COM>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 15:14:35 -0400
Subject: Re: Restoring with MagicXchange
> My problem is with two different kinds of physical storage on the > built-in storage shelf, namely BOXES and PACKAGES. I suspect that the > ML1000 does not have this feature, so if you are using the ML1000 you may > not know what I am talking about. > > In any case, boxes have different properties from packages. For instance, > you cannot remove a box from the built-in storage shelf and you cannot > create a new box. You can, however, copy its contents into a new package. > The ML2000 has 5 boxes in its built-in storage (appointments, name cards, > sent mail, received mail, and notebook). Hi Athanasios - I developed Magic Xchange, and from day one have been puzzled by the different storage boxes and their associated behavior. I have never quite understood what system storage boxes (what you call "boxes") provided that storage boxes (what you call "packages") did not provide, other than the limitations on use that you mentioned. I went through all the same confusion that you are experiencing when I first started playing with Magic Cap at the beginning of the Magic Xchange project, and am surprised that more people haven't found the model to be confusing. > On my shelf I now have the default box labeled "name cards" and a package > labeled "name cards", created by MagicXchange when I tried to restore a > backup of the box. What I want to do is transfer everything from the > package to the box. I know how to do it one item at a time. I suspect > there is no other way. You should probably, for memory utilization's sake, be using an SRAM card, and be filing all your namecards into a data package on the SRAM card, as Paul has mentioned. You can then create full backups to capture those few builtin namecards (GM etc) that cannot be filed, and package backups of the data package on your SRAM card to backup and restore the rest. I guess that since you have a 2000, you may not need/have an SRAM card, but filing to a separate data package in main memory would work the same way. > If the ML1000 does not have the boxes I am talking about, then > MagicXchange is designed only for that, and it now needs to be upgraded > to comply with the new memory management of the ML2000. The memory models on the 1000 and 2000, at least for purposes of this discussion, are the same. Hope this helps. Bill Berthoud billb@mv.mv.com IntelliLink Corporation http://www.ilink-corp.com/
From: jacque@LINUX2.VDOT.NET
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 14:53:31 -0500
Subject: Re: Presto!Mail
I don't know the answer...but I'm curious about PrestoLink. Is a shell account accessable through it? I have the PIC1000 and would think that viewing graphics at 2400 baud would take too much time. Also, is there a company (mainly one that sells PL) that would (after purchasing) download the soft ware to an SRAM card for you?
From: Karen H <MindFire@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 16:30:28 -0400
Subject: Re: Data Exchange
[This message may have contained graphics created by a Magic Cap device on America Online.] Dear Magic, Magic Cap Discussion List writes: > At 04:45 PM 9/30/96 -0700, Steve Eyler wrote: > >Can anyone advise on an easy way to transfer a large amount of text from > >an eMail message to my notepad? I mailed myself a text document that I > >want in the form of a notebook page. > > > Steve, > Go to the email message. > Place the cursor at the very begining of the > text. > Option tap the down arrow to go to the end of the > message. > Option tap after the very last word in the > document. > This should highlight the entire text and bring > up the text editior window. > Select the Cut command and wait while the text is > dropped into your tote bag. > Go to the notepad and drag the data onto it. > Hope this helps, > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Joel Connors / Magic Cap For Windows Support There is a shortcut to highlight text. Option tap anywhere in the first line that you want, then, without lifting the stylus, drag left. The entire text will be highlighted. It takes some practice, and for some reason does not always work more than once on any particular text, but it us easier than scrolling to the end. Karen H http://users.aol.com/mindfire/mindfire.html mindfire@aol.com Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
From: Charles Ashley <charlesa@NETVENTURES.CO.UK>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 23:52:00 GMT
Subject: Infrared printing?
Hi all - I see the HP LaserJet 5MP has a infrared port they describe as = "Walk-up wireless printing - HP has taken the lead to ensure your = printer will remain useful as printing becomes increasingly mobile = by including an infrared port." Has anyone used this with a ML? Is it possible that it could be = as easy as clicking on the beam option? Thanks in advance for any feedback. C.
From: Curt Steindler <Steindler@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 19:14:37 -0400
Subject: Jumpin' the gun
[This message may have contained graphics created by a Magic Cap device on America Online.] Zalman Stern writes: > I was planning on buying a second generation > (2.0) Magic Cap device, but it doesn't look like > I'll even have to make that decision. At this > point, buying a PIC-2000 would be like buying a > ticket to a show that's already over. (As in the > PIC-2000 still needs a lot of work to be > worthwhile to me and I don't see that happening.) > Nascent products need a chance to eveolve in the > hands of users. The pricing and upgrade > strategies that went with Magic Cap prevented > that from happening very effectively. (Not just > for me, but for a lot of people.) So its history > now. Yes, I hope some lessons were learned. Well, someone has learned some lessons, but it sure weren't you, Zalman. (And I say this with some respect.) Zalman has incorrectly seen the PDA race as over, apparently with the Newton as the winner. I suppose that this might be true if there were a finish line. His comments appear to be limited to the world of PDAs (a problem MC devices have always had, they are neither fish nor fowl, not quite computers and definately more than PDAs.) However, General Magic is making MC available as a paradigm for the Windows environment. This opens up an entirely new world for the ML. Presumably more and more people will grow to love the simplicity and ease of MC as an environment. Having MC for Windows, and seeing the neat little devices that run the same environment (that is, cross your fingers, if Sony doesn't run out on the ML just when it could hit the big time) they will want them. What amazes me is that GM waited so long for MC for Windows. A demo version of this software sold me on the ML. Zalman complains of a lack of upgradeability. I can understand this. I do wish that upgradability were built into the devices as easily as one could upgrade DOS (OK, not DOS, but some idealized, perfect DOS.) If a new ML device came out that had the same jump in improvements as the PIC-1000 to the PIC-2000, you have got to believe that I would buy a new device in an instant! In the interest of fairness, I will state a short list of improvements, both to the hardware and to the operating system, I would like to see: 1) A color screen (hey, I didn't say I was reasonable!) 2) A built-in keyboard which would fold to protect the screen. (I already always use the keyboard anyway; not having it built-in is NOT an advantage to me. However, I worry about damage to the screen constantly.) 3) A higher speed modem. Better still, an UPGRADABLE modem, so that when 640,000 baud becomes common, the ML will still be in there swinging. (As an aside, I still have a 14.4 modem in my desktop computer, so I am way behind the curve.) 4) As Zalman said, an upgradable operating system. 5) A slightly different paradigm for the datebook. I used to use a Franklin System day planner extensively. (In fact, I joke that my ML is the world's most expensive day runner!) The system grouped to-do's by catagory (A=important and immediate, B=important but not immediate, etc.) and then number the tasks by importance within those catagories. Unfortunately, the ML only offers 3 levels of catagorization. It would be great if GM would enter into a partnership with Franklin or a similar company and incorporate their system into the ML. It already has all of the pieces available. 6) Bring back PersonaLink or some other telescriptable service so that the true power of the ML (and also of MC for Windows) can shine through. Well, I've probably put my foot in it far enough for one day. Of course, comments are highly appreciated--just don't tell me that MC is dead and I should buy a Newton from that devil-spawned fruit company! Curt Steindler
From: Will Stillwell <SirWill@ricochet.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 18:50:05 -0700
Subject: Re: Presto!Mail
jacque@LINUX2.VDOT.NET wrote: > > I don't know the answer...but I'm curious about PrestoLink. Is a shell > account accessable through it? I have the PIC1000 and would think that > viewing graphics at 2400 baud would take too much time. > > Also, is there a company (mainly one that sells PL) that would (after > purchasing) download the soft ware to an SRAM card for you? You would want to use a VT100 Term program for a "Shell" Account. Speaking of wich... Does anybody know of one? An affordable one?
From: Al Salerno <APSalerno@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 21:02:40 -0400
Subject: Re: MCI Internet
Shawn, I tried to set up internetMCI without success. I made the mistake of calling their tech support to ask if a PPP log-in script was needed. They assured me that it was not. I set up a provider card with my password etc. and no luck. Presto support was much more informed. They determined that a PPP log-in script was required for internetMCI and they were working on a functional version. I have not recontacted Presto support since August to see if they posted a working script on their Web site. If you have any luck, can you post the solution? Regards, Al Salerno
From: jacque@LINUX2.VDOT.NET
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 20:40:26 -0500
Subject: Re: Jumpin' the gun
When I first heard about the ML, I was immediatly interested. I didn't buy it (my 1000) a year ago, but more like a month ago. As much as the ML can do, I was still rocked with disapointments (like the ending of PersonalLink) and the lack of software (although there seems to be a bit of shareware/freeware on the net) and the fact that it's being ignored on AOL's part (far all those who don't use AOL through the ML, the news retrieval has been down for...only GOD knows how long. When I call and ask about it, I receive the same 'Yes, we are aware of this situation, thank you for your patience...' The last time I called, I was told to contact them by the end of this week.) To me, that's a lot of knocks, but I'm not giving up. I'm not ready to put my ML in the closet just yet. I just hope that all the companies involved will take notice. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only person with a ML that's starting feel put upon.
From: Kevin Fredrick <Fredkr01@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 21:44:27 -0400
Subject: Untitled
[This message may have contained graphics created by a Magic Cap device on America Online.] Dear MAGICCAP@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU, Could someone make a rule that will stripp off the Header information on AOL messages?? some of the headers are larger then the messages.
From: Wayne Sanderson <whsander@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 18:00:50 -0700
Subject: Infrared printing?
Charles Ashley writes: > Has anyone used this with a ML? Is it possible > that it could be as easy = > as clicking on the beam option? Sorry, the MC communicators do not speak SIR, the HP Serial InfraRed protocol. I wish they did. That would be a killer synchro feature should those that are developing MCW for commercial release choose to tackle that one. There are add on IR ports for PCs available. If MCW was written with built in support for such a port, with the ability to use the Sony IR on the MC communicators.... Wireless printing, maybe even eventually wireless backup and package exchange? You listening MCW team? You want to bury Newton? Think this might help?
From: Ted Sullivan <tsullivan@SNOWYMTN.COM>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 18:58:50 -0700
Subject: Re: Infrared printing?
You know I have been thinking about this for a few weeks now. If the MC OS is really just a bunch of objects can the IR driver be overloaded with a IR new driver. I am wondering out loud if anybody knows how to get into the operating system at that level and take a look. Because if that could be done all kinds of things would be possible within the speed limits of the processor. Things like faster modems, flash cards .... We could add things just like the lunix community does. Ted >---------- >From: Wayne Sanderson[SMTP:whsander@IX.NETCOM.COM] >Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 1996 6:00 PM >To: Magic Cap News Mirror Mail List >Subject: Infrared printing? > >Charles Ashley writes: >> Has anyone used this with a ML? Is it possible >> that it could be as easy = >> as clicking on the beam option? > >Sorry, the MC communicators do not speak SIR, the HP Serial InfraRed >protocol. >I wish they did. That would be a killer synchro feature should those that are >developing MCW for commercial release choose to tackle that one. There are >add >on IR ports for PCs available. If MCW was written with built in support for >such a port, with the ability to use the Sony IR on the MC communicators.... >Wireless printing, maybe even eventually wireless backup and package >exchange? > You listening MCW team? You want to bury Newton? Think this might help? >
From: Kevin Fredrick <Fredkr01@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 21:51:41 -0400
Subject: Re: Presto!Mail
[This message may have contained graphics created by a Magic Cap device on America Online.] > >You would want to use a VT100 Term program for a >"Shell" Account. > >Speaking of witch... Does anybody know of one? An affordable one? River Run Software has a VT100-220 term program but it is ??$115.00?? I think.
From: Wayne Sanderson <whsander@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 17:19:24 -0700
Subject: Re: Restoring with MagicXchange
> > My problem is with two different kinds of physical storage on the > > built-in storage shelf, namely BOXES and PACKAGES. I suspect that the > > ML1000 does not have this feature, so if you are using the ML1000 you may > > not know what I am talking about. I know what you are talking about, and I just got done doing what you want to do-restore all of your namecards back into the built in box on the first shelf. Get yourself a copy of Eternity. It is a freeware package designed originally to allow PIC1000 users to pull the batteries on their devices to clean out the glop in RAM that seemed to accumulate at several k a day. In the main Eternity window, you will have the opportunity to choose whether or not to save the 3 types of info in the boxes- name cards, note cards, and appointments. You just check off for each type, and when you touch the save-your button, the Eternity package saves all of the things you checked, plus your personalization info. After you pull the batteries and then cold boot, touch the save-your button again(it will now say rez-erect since the package now has the info saved), and Eternity reinstalls your personalization and whatever other info you checked off for the application to save, and the namecards, notecards and appointments that you saved will be in the original boxes. I know for a fact that Eternity works on PIC2000s. Recently, a friend with a 2000 had a problem; somehow the device developed a glitch- we still havn't figured out what- His device changed his password seemingly all on it's own, and locked him out of his own device. Needless to say, he was frantic. All of his cards and vital info were in internal storage. If we pulled the batteries and reset, the password would be off, but the info would be lost. We tried reloading from a backup, but the scrambled password stayed in place. What I finally did was to use a package that I have that I affectionatly call Burglar. It was originally another application, but it has the added side benefit(bane?) of allowing one to penetrate the password security function about = the time on a MC device, MC vers1&1.5. Anyway, I hacked into my friend's device, saved everything I could move to a 2meg SRAM card, and then saved his personalization with Eternity. Eternity's rez-erect function worked perfectly. I can say with confidence that it is safe on the PIC2000. P.S.- Please don't innundate me with mail asking for the package that I used to hack the password; I will tell long time aquaintances from the MC lists if they ask, but no one whom I do not know anything about. Those who have been users of these devices for long enough probably know about it already and where to get it. Unless mine is a one of a kind corrupted package, that is!
From: "Tim J. Clevenger" <TClevenger@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 22:44:38 -0400
Subject: Re: Infrared printing?
I don't see why that can't be possible. It looks like the IR can be reprogrammed, as the PIC-1000s all come with a package that allows control of Sony audio/video equipment from the ML.
From: Wayne Sanderson <whsander@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 18:00:24 -0700
Subject: Re: Jumpin' the gun
Curt Steindler writes: > In the interest of fairness, I will state a short > list of improvements, both > to the hardware and to the operating system, I > would like to see: > 1) A color screen (hey, I didn't say I was > reasonable!) > 2) A built-in keyboard which would fold to > protect the screen. (I already > always use the keyboard anyway; not having it > built-in is NOT an advantage to > me. However, I worry about damage to the screen > constantly.) > 3) A higher speed modem. Better still, an > UPGRADABLE modem, so that when > 640,000 baud becomes common, the ML will still be > in there swinging. (As an > aside, I still have a 14.4 modem in my desktop > computer, so I am way behind > the curve.) > 4) As Zalman said, an upgradable operating > system. > 5) A slightly different paradigm for the > datebook. I used to use a Franklin > System day planner extensively. (In fact, I joke > that my ML is the world's > most expensive day runner!) The system grouped > to-do's by catagory > (A=important and immediate, B=important but not > immediate, etc.) and then > number the tasks by importance within those > catagories. Unfortunately, the ML > only offers 3 levels of catagorization. It would > be great if GM would enter > into a partnership with Franklin or a similar > company and incorporate their > system into the ML. It already has all of the > pieces available. > 6) Bring back PersonaLink or some other > telescriptable service so that the > true power of the ML (and also of MC for Windows) > can shine through. > Well, I've probably put my foot in it far enough > for one day. Of course, > comments are highly appreciated--just don't tell > me that MC is dead and I > should buy a Newton from that devil-spawned fruit > company! One more thing: Due to the slowness of processing of encoded messages with Presto!Mail and images in Presto!Links, perhaps it is time to build MC communicators with a beefier processer. Assuming that there is one out there that is not a total power hog; I'd hate to trade processing speed for battery life!
From: Wayne Sanderson <whsander@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 20:32:37 -0700
Subject: Re: Infrared printing?
Tim J. Clevenger writes: > I don't see why that can't be possible. It looks > like the IR can be > reprogrammed, as the PIC-1000s all come with a > package that allows control of > Sony audio/video equipment from the ML. Sorry, this won't work. The reason is that the PIC1000 has 2 IR diodes in the window, one for IR beam communication, the other for the remote capability, totally separate from the comm beam hardware. The PIC2000 is not equipped for the remote as the diode and ROM package were omitted. This is why copying the remote package over to a PIC2000 still does not enable the remote function.
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