The HP Palmtop Paper
July/August 1992
Table of Contents
95Buddy and Switch! add a number of useful features to the HP 95LX, and
make it easier to run system compliant and DOS programs. Useful Notes adds
electronic "post-its" to your Palmtop and Useful Macros greatly expands
the 95LX's macro capabilities.
This small utility adds a number of useful features to the 95LX, allowing
you to launch an application from file in FILER, close and save all your
built-in applications at once, change your default directories, and much
more.
A utility that makes it easier to run system compliant and DOS programs
on your 95LX, set up system options, and get system information.
This small, fast, freeform database lets you create notes that can be edited,
searched, and indexed at any time, whether in DOS or the built-in applications.
This program lets you record and play back key sequences on your 95LX.
You can create as many of these "macros" as you need, and assign them to
any key combination you like.
Mark Scardina compares the life and cost of Alkaline, NiCd, NMH, and Lithium
AA batteries, and gives you other information to help you decide which
batteries are best for you. Mark also reviews BATTman, a utility that monitors
your batteries, no matter what the type.
This doctor uses APPT to schedule, MEMO to edit correspondence and reference
patient data, PHONE to keep track of lab text information, Lotus to track
patients in Intensive Care, and HP CALC to use 25 common medical equations.
HP Tech Support gives you some tips on backing up your files. We take a
look at HP's new 1.3-inch 20MB hard drive -- it's sure to set standards
for size, power consumption, and economy, but will we see it in a 95LX
any time soon? The new SkyStream Mobile Data Link Receiver is shipping.
And you can win a FREE RAM Card by telling HP your story!
Hewlett-Packard has introduced the world's first 1.3" hard disk drive,
a device the size of a small matchbox. The initial version of what HP is
calling the "Kittyhawk Personal Storage Module" (PSM) has a formatted capacity
of 21.4 MB, equivalent to 14,389 typed pages. HP hopes to begin shipping
the Kittyhawk to OEM clients in August (OEMs use HP and other manufacturers
parts to make their computers).
The success of the 95LX and the general popularity of HP handhelds has
prompted CompuServe to create a new forum for HP Handheld devices.
Small Companies Produce Exciting New Products!
Ed automates file backup and restoration using ZIP.COM from the 1992 Subscribers
Disk and some clever batch files. He also gives advice on file backup and
battery replacement when you get the "LOW CARD BATTERY" message on your
HP 95LX.
Tom talks about when not to use the 95LX, describes a clever way to transfer
Solver equations to Lotus, and relates his experience with the new lithium
batteries.
Ed gives a brief overview of BASIC and then reviews Swift!BASIC, a programming
language developed specifically for the 95LX.
DOS Fundamentals -- Directories
New Non-HP Products designed to work with the HP 95LX