Magic Cap Users Mailing List

Sunday November 03, 1996

From: Tony Ventura <tonyv@scvnet.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 06:56:11 +0000
Subject: Re: "Zombie" Magic Link

Don't run your built-in storage below 100k....buy some SRAM cards
from Reboot.

Tony Ventura
"An addicted Magic Link user"

From: Tony Ventura <tonyv@scvnet.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 07:27:01 +0000
Subject: Re: Mitsubishi Device

I wonder if the "Pocket Quicken" package can be beamed from a PIC1000
to a PIC2000.

I work for "The Good Guys!" an audio/video retailer on the West Coast
and I just purchased my PIC2000.

The Newton130 does seem like an awesome device, I don't have to pay
for PIC for 1 year. And I don't feel bad since I've gotten used to using
it and have downloaded all the shareware that I can use.

We're selling the PIC1000 for $249.94 including the Magic Exchange
program for MAC or PC, the telephone headset accessory, and the Aha!
Inkwriter program.

The PIC2000 sells for $699.99 including the Presto Links/Presto Mail
program, Magic Exchange for PC, and the Aha! Inkwriter program.

If you have to deal with a manufacturer with a problem, do not deal
with them over the phone on an issue like yours. It seems like you have
done your homework, and you have documentation to back up your
claim.  If so, you must write a professional business letter to the
head of the division who handles Magic Link products on the sales side
of the organization. Include all of your documentation and pledge
your support to Sony with all of your previous purchases. If you really
want a new unit, write the President of Sony US consumer electronics.
Always copy to the person you spoke to in customer
service for accountability within the organization. I have found this to
work for a lot of consumers in the eighteen years I've been in the
business. Hope it works! And don't give up on Sony!

Tony Ventura
"An addicted Magic Link user"

From: Wayne Sanderson <whsander@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 10:26:06 -0800
Subject: Re: Interest in New Fonts for MagicCap?

Thomas Rusnock writes:
> I'll second that!  I don't have a MagicLink yet,
> but plan to buy one very
> soon and intend to use it for Internet email
> (Hopefully with RiverRun's
> VT-100 emulator... does anyone have any comments
> about that?) dialing into a
> Unix-based system.  A non-proportional font would
> be *very* desirable with
> Pine and many other Unix program I use online.
> -Tom Rusnock, NetNews Administrator, MicroServe
> Information Systems
>    tomr@admin.microserve.net

From the comments I've read here, RRs emulator is overpriced and under
capable, especially for what you want it for. If you have a unix shell account
that you want to access strictly for e-mail, you want Active Paper's
Presto!Mail 1.0. See specs at (http://www.apix.com). The price comparison is
good too, with RRs emulator at $125.US and P!Mail at around $50.00. P!Mail
accesses the account for you and downloads the mail. If the only mail access
you have is through Pine, and/or you want to control or give commands at the
unix command prompt, P!Mail is not your solution.

From: Robert Kantor <r.kantor@POSTOFFICE.WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 18:49:24 +0000
Subject: Re: Interest in New Fonts for MagicCap?

I use both Presto and RR's TE as well as CujoTerm and Cujochat and find all
four useful for different purposes.
At 06:26 PM 11/3/96 +0000, you wrote:
>Thomas Rusnock writes:
>> I'll second that!  I don't have a MagicLink yet,
>> but plan to buy one very
>> soon and intend to use it for Internet email
>> (Hopefully with RiverRun's
>> VT-100 emulator... does anyone have any comments
>> about that?) dialing into a
>> Unix-based system.  A non-proportional font would
>> be *very* desirable with
>> Pine and many other Unix program I use online.
>> -Tom Rusnock, NetNews Administrator, MicroServe
>> Information Systems
>>    tomr@admin.microserve.net
>
>From the comments I've read here, RRs emulator is overpriced and under
>capable, especially for what you want it for. If you have a unix shell account
>that you want to access strictly for e-mail, you want Active Paper's
>Presto!Mail 1.0. See specs at (http://www.apix.com). The price comparison is
>good too, with RRs emulator at $125.US and P!Mail at around $50.00. P!Mail
>accesses the account for you and downloads the mail. If the only mail access
>you have is through Pine, and/or you want to control or give commands at the
>unix command prompt, P!Mail is not your solution.
>

From: Jacqueline Curry <Live4Words@AOL.COM>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 14:15:40 -0500
Subject: settings

[This message may have contained graphics created by a Magic Cap device on
America Online.]

Dear MAGICCAP List,

When using cujoterm, is there a way to set space settings so that the screen
won't advance down too far?

Sometimes, when accessing bbs, it's imposible for me to enter the password
because the screen advances too much, or sometimes the request for ID
repeats, making it impossible for me to sign on.  Anyone else experience
this?

Btw...I'm glad to be able to have this program.  Better than forking over
over $100 for RiverRun

-Jacqueline

From: Kevin Fries <kevin_fries@MAILZONE.COM>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 20:42:39 GMT
Subject: Re: Mitsubishi Device

On Sat, 2 Nov 1996 23:35:58 -0800 Mark D. Nomady =

wrote:

>did you see the post from the guy that had an Office Depot unloading PIC
>1k's for $50.00?  There's your answer.
Yea, no kidding there's my answer.  But, I do not remember ever seeing =
this
posting.

>Though generally I have received excellent service from Sony, I did have=
 a
>tech once who refused warranty service without the receipt.  Like May of
>this year, and the PIC 2k had only been shipping for a few months.  I
>called back the next day and spoke to a different tech, and it was a =
piece
>of cake... for what it's worth.
I had a reciept, I did not send it in but told them if they wanted it I
would fax it immediately.  They did not seem to care.  The original tech
was supper uncooperative so I asked for her supervisor.  He was a little
more cooperative but no more help.  It apears that the problem is with
someone they will not let me talk to.  And in case their was any debate
over whether the 1k is still being made, the answer is no.  The CS rep =
was
trying to cut me a deal on a new or referbished 1k, but they do not exist
at Sony.  It is for this reason that I feel the stone walling is comming
from someone who does not want to speak with me.  Personally I think this
was a ploy to get me to buy a 2k, which I was considering up until this
incident.

On Sat, 2 Nov 1996 23:35:58 -0800 Tony Ventura  wrote:

>I wonder if the "Pocket Quicken" package can be beamed from a PIC1000
>to a PIC2000.
yes it can, and that is a posibility

>We're selling the PIC1000 for $249.94 including the Magic Exchange
>program for MAC or PC, the telephone headset accessory, and the Aha!
>Inkwriter program.
Thats about $100 less than what I paid for the same package here when I
originally bought my ML.  I already own Presto!Mail/Links, MXExchange for
PC and Aha!InkWriter (a program I will very much miss is I go with a
MP130).  That is one of the main reasons that I would like to stay with a
MC platform and praying that the Mitsubishi device is affordable and
worthwhile.
>The PIC2000 sells for $699.99 including the Presto Links/Presto Mail
>program, Magic Exchange for PC, and the Aha! Inkwriter program.

>If you have to deal with a manufacturer with a problem, do not deal
>with them over the phone on an issue like yours. It seems like you have
>done your homework, and you have documentation to back up your
>claim.  If so, you must write a professional business letter to the
>head of the division who handles Magic Link products on the sales side
>of the organization. Include all of your documentation and pledge
>your support to Sony with all of your previous purchases. If you really
>want a new unit, write the President of Sony US consumer electronics.
>Always copy to the person you spoke to in customer
>service for accountability within the organization. I have found this to
>work for a lot of consumers in the eighteen years I've been in the
>business.=20
Thats a great idea, does anyone have the address?

>Hope it works! And don't give up on Sony!
I told the support guys that I would buy a Newton before buying another =
SML
and they practically gave the the phone number to MacZone.  They had no
solution for me other than paying $400.00 and that was that.  If I didn't
like it, I was clearly encouraged to buy the MP130 I subsequently looked
at.  Give up on Sony?  Try the other way arround.  This is truely a =
company
that could care less, and the faster I can get rid of them the quicker I
can get on with my life.  I bought the ML for certain functionallity and
right now I am having to do without that.  If Sony would have only done
what was right, I would still be encouraging my friends to buy them for
themselves.  But since this started, none of them are overly encouraged =
to
go buy the ones they were looking at.

Kevin Fries
kevin_fries@mailzone.com

From: Josh Schrier <0schrier_j@SPCVXA.SPC.EDU>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 16:02:55 -0400
Subject: Accessing VAX mail accounts

Hello all!

Presto!Mail 1.0 accesses mail from UNIX accounts, correct?

Is there a Presto!Mail product that can access mail from a VAX account?
No, it doesn't have PPP...it's just a VAX shell account?  Any dice?

Thanks
--Josh

From: Greg Satz <satz@SPRINTMAIL.COM>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 16:26:11 -0700
Subject: Re: Interest in New Fonts for MagicCap?

I tried creating a new package that added a font. It has some severe
trade-offs due to some limitations within Magic Cap available today (1.0
and 1.5). Basically there is no provision to handle fonts that have been
added by a package and then removed once they are in use by other parts of
the system. Here is the scenario:

1) add package containing new font. It installs font into Magic Cap for use
by other packages.

2) New font used in email and note book telecards.

3) Decide to remove font package.

Accessing the email or note book telecards with the missing font creates
cleanups.

The easy solution is to install the font into main memory permanently. This
means you can never reclaim the main memory space used by the font without
cold booting your device. Admittedly this was much more painful when
personalink was around.

Greg Satz

At 11:12 AM -0800 11/2/96, TC Lai wrote:
>As a typeface designer, I was wondering if there would be sufficient demand
>to port some new bitmap fonts to MC devices.  I recently released a new set
>of shareware fonts for Mac and PC, and thought it might be nice to port
>them over to MagicCap.
>
>The questions I have are thus:
>
>  * Would people actually pay for new fonts - if so, how much ($.50, $1, $5?)
>  * How much space would you allocate for fonts (I think each point size is
>10-15k)
>  * How would you like to register/pay for shareware:
>        - via e-mail
>        - via the WWW
>        - Postal Mail
>        - Using cash, check, credit card, first virtual, purchase order
>
>Thanks in advance for your replies!

From: Wayne Sanderson <whsander@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 21:37:55 -0800
Subject: settings

Live4Words writes:
> Sometimes, when accessing bbs, it's imposible for
> me to enter the password
> because the screen advances too much, or
> sometimes the request for ID
> repeats, making it impossible for me to sign on.
> Anyone else experience
> this?
> Btw...I'm glad to be able to have this program.
> Better than forking over
> over $100 for RiverRun
> -Jacqueline

Did you know that you can drop text coupons onto the Cujoterm screen? Make up
text coupons of your user name and password and you can quickly drop them when
you see the prompts.

From: Jacqueline Curry <Live4Words@AOL.COM>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 01:30:58 -0500
Subject: settings

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America Online.]

Dear MAGICCAP List,

How do you make text coupons?

From: Wayne Sanderson <whsander@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 22:58:47 -0800
Subject: settings

Live4Words writes:
> Dear MAGICCAP List,
> How do you make text coupons?

Hold down the option button and tap the keyboard icon. This brings up the coupon mode keyboard. You type out whatever you want on the coupon, and when you
are finished you drag the coupon away from the keyboard, and the keyboard
disappears. You can then drag the coupon to wherever you want it, or to the
totebag for safekeeping until you are ready for it.
For an eyeopening lesson on the coupon maker, go downtown, make a text coupon
with the word  parade  on it, and drop the coupon on the street.