The HP Palmtop Paper
Volume 3, Number 1 Jan/Feb 1994
Table of Contents
HP's new 100LX sports an additional megabyte of internal RAM storage. U.S.
100LX users can upgrade until July 1, 1994.
Each November in Las Vegas amidst hotel's named "Treasure Island", "Circus
Circus" and "Ceaser's Palace", the mother of all U.S. computer trade shows
"struts and frets its hour upon the stage."
That little slot on the side of your Palmtop can be used for more than
storing data. PCMCIA Input/Output cards let you send faxes, interface with
BBSs, link up to a LAN, and more.
The authors organized and administered a conference involving thousands
of participants. The HP Palmtop helped them evaluate conference facilities,
negotiate accommodations, order the appropriate number of meals, and stay
on a budget.
Check out the different kinds of batteries available for the HP Palmtops
and the advantages and disadvantages associated with their use.
Ed gets out his statistical "crystal ball" and shows us how to use "moving
averages" in a Lotus spreadsheet to spot trends and forecast.
It fits in your pocket, it increases your productivity tremendously, and
typing on it for any length of time is not a fate to be wished for. Ed
gives some very good tips on how to get by on the Palmtops' Lilliputian keyboard.