anthony@convex.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber) (04/23/91)
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From: brian@king.csd.mot.com
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Subject: uh-oh, Psion Organizer II's are on sale
Keywords: VISA MasterCard $$$ easy-come-easy-go
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Uh oh, Damark is selling Psion Organizer II's for $120. Includes eight
plug-in modules: finance pack, spell check, travel pack, portfolio manager,
math pack, formulator, games, and 64K data pack. MSR $992.36, your's for
only $119.99 + S/H. Call Damark (not DAK), 800-729-9000 (MN 800-733-9070).
I have no connection with Damark or Psion, and in fact I've spent my
computing budget on an NEC UltraLite anyway. It's tempting, though...
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In <11315@uwm.edu> anthony@convex.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber) writes: >This is from Comp.sys.laptops, I got permission from the >original poster to repost this: ...stuff deleted >Uh oh, Damark is selling Psion Organizer II's for $120. Includes eight >plug-in modules: finance pack, spell check, travel pack, portfolio manager, >math pack, formulator, games, and 64K data pack. MSR $992.36, your's for >only $119.99 + S/H. Call Damark (not DAK), 800-729-9000 (MN 800-733-9070). Three questions for you psion enthusiasts out there: Is the above outfit capable of exchanging data with a PC as it is, or is some other accessory needed, at (probably) high extra cost? If some other bit *is* needed, is Damark also selling it and for how much? Does anyone have a non-800 phone number for Damark? I cannot ring 800 numbers from Australia. I seem to recall that Damark will not ship outside the States, that isn't a problem, I can get it shipped to someone in the US who will reship to me. Does Damark or anyone else have a bar code reader for the thing, and if so, how much would it cost? Thanks, Ross -- Ross A. Alford Department of Zoology Internet: zlraa@marlin.jcu.edu.au James Cook University Phone: +61 77 81 4732 Townsville, Qld 4811 Australia
conte@crest.crhc.uiuc.edu (Tom Conte) (04/24/91)
In article <1991Apr24.011045.6724@marlin.jcu.edu.au>, zlraa@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Ross Alford) writes: > In <11315@uwm.edu> anthony@convex.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber) writes: > > >This is from Comp.sys.laptops, I got permission from the > >original poster to repost this: > > ...stuff deleted > > >Uh oh, Damark is selling Psion Organizer II's for $120. Includes eight > >plug-in modules: finance pack, spell check, travel pack, portfolio manager, > >math pack, formulator, games, and 64K data pack. MSR $992.36, your's for > >only $119.99 + S/H. Call Damark (not DAK), 800-729-9000 (MN 800-733-9070). > > Three questions for you psion enthusiasts out there: > Before you jump on this, I called Damark and they're way, *way* back ordered. Chances are if this was a limited-time deal, all of those on the back order list (including me now) won't get anything. (i.e., I expect a call in two weeks that they can't fill the order and would I like to buy something else from their catalog of over 10,000 items....) Bummer, ------ Tom Conte Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing conte@uiuc.edu University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour
anthony@convex.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber) (04/25/91)
In article <1991Apr24.011045.6724@marlin.jcu.edu.au> zlraa@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Ross Alford) writes: >Three questions for you psion enthusiasts out there: > > Is the above outfit capable of exchanging data with a PC as it is, or > is some other accessory needed, at (probably) high extra cost? If > some other bit *is* needed, is Damark also selling it and for how > much? I've called up Damark, and all they're selling is that package. You can get the Comms Link (rs-232 interface) from Psion and various dealers for about US$100. This has the proprietary Psion protocol, xmodem, and plain ASCII transfer. If you buy the Comms Link you have to specify MS-DOS or Macintosh host software. > Does anyone have a non-800 phone number for Damark? I cannot ring Their catalog only lists a fax order number, 612-531-9281, and their customer service fax number 612-531-0380. The others are 800 numbers. > Does Damark or anyone else have a bar code reader for the thing, > and if so, how much would it cost? What kind do you want? There are a couple different bar code readers you can get, including $3000 laser scanners. You can buy Psion's own bar code reader for US$249. It looks just like the Comms Link, but has a Hewlett-Packard bar code wand rather than a DB25 cable coming out of it. They both plug in the same port on top, so you can't have both at the same time. Would you like to be on the Psion mailing list? There are some people on it that have done bar code applications. Do you know of any Psion BBS, user groups, or other Psion related things? -- <-:(= Anthony Stieber anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu uwm!uwmcsd4!anthony Psion Mailing List subscriber submissions psion ----------\ the (human) moderator psion-owner -------+--@csd4.csd.uwm.edu subscriptions and file requests psion-request ----/
vgl@cdp.UUCP (04/26/91)
Anthony! Both EduCalc 1-800-2252, ext. 250 and Personal Computing Tools 1-800-767-6728 have accesaries for the Psion Organiser. EduCalc seems to be slightly cheaper. One thing to note about the Damark deal. . . the model # is Organiser II cm. and it has a 2 line by 16 character display and 8K of Ram. This differs from the model # LZ which had either 32K or 64K Ram. There is one other model # XP which may be equiv- alent to the # cm advertised by Damark but I can't tell from the adds in Personal Computing Tools. I decided to take the risk, bite the bullet, and buy the Damark deal. One other thing to note about the model # LZ is that it has a 4 line by 20 character display. Well that's about the extent of my knowledge so far. I hope this is of some help. Yours, Tub
Ullrich_Fischer@mindlink.bc.ca (Ullrich Fischer) (04/27/91)
how does one join the Psion Mailing List? -- - Ullrich Fischer@mindlink.bc.ca (Let's just have 1 line signatures eh?)
Ullrich_Fischer@mindlink.bc.ca (Ullrich Fischer) (04/29/91)
Can you get me on the Psion users mailing list? Can you tell me how to get on it?. Thanks. -- - Ullrich Fischer@mindlink.bc.ca (Let's just have 1 line signatures eh?)
adrian@cs.hw.ac.uk (Adrian Hurt) (04/29/91)
In article <140400008@cdp> vgl@cdp.UUCP writes: > >Anthony! Both EduCalc 1-800-2252, ext. 250 and Personal Computing Tools >1-800-767-6728 have accesaries for the Psion Organiser. EduCalc seems >to be slightly cheaper. One thing to note about the Damark deal. . . >the model # is Organiser II cm. and it has a 2 line by 16 character >display and 8K of Ram. This differs from the model # LZ which had >either 32K or 64K Ram. As previously noted, the LZ variants have 4 lines of 20 characters. The LZ64 is the one with 64K RAM. There are several disadvantages to the CM, quite apart from the fact that the machine uses some RAM for its own purposes so you don't even get all 8K to play with. (And you can use up 8K very soon, I can tell you!) There are several types of plug-in modules to add memory. Datapaks come in several sizes, vayRying from 8K to 128K. Except that the CM can't use the 128K version; the biggest it will use is 64K. Datapaks each contain a CMOS EPROM of the appropriate size, plus a little supporting PCB. There are also Rampaks, which as the name suggests use battery backed CMOS RAM instead of the EPROM. These are 32K. Unfortunately, the CM won't accept them at all. There are several advantages to the LZ types, apart from the better display. They have larger OS ROMs, and a lot of extra features. Among these are world time and telephone dialling codes; a notepad with a built-in limited calculator; password protection, both for notepad files and for the whole machine; and a few utilities, including sound toggle, optional French or German main menu, and directory of all files. Conclusion: if you're buying an Organiser, don't bother with the CM. If possible, get one of the LZ types. The 32K LZ is not much more expensive than the 32K XP, and well worth the extra. Disclaimer: I don't work for Psion. I do own both an LZ64 and an XP, and will answer questions by email. "Keyboard? How quaint!" - M. Scott Adrian Hurt | JANET: adrian@uk.ac.hw.cs UUCP: ..!ukc!cs.hw.ac.uk!adrian | ARPA: adrian@cs.hw.ac.uk
anthony@convex.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber) (05/01/91)
In article <140400008@cdp> vgl@cdp.UUCP writes: >[useful information] Thanks for the information. I haven't yet seen the latest Damark catalog and didn't know which model they were selling. Here is a list of Psion address's I've compiled. Company: PSION Inc. Address: 3980019@mcimail.com Work: 203-274-7521 technical support 800-548-4535 Fax: 203-274-7976 Postal: 118 Echo Lake Road, Watertown, CT 06795 Company: Sumner Electronics bang!path: Work: 708-991-8500 Postal: Illinois Notes: Hitachi dealer, Psion microprocessor Company: Hitachi bang!path: Work: 800-HITACHI (800-448-2244) Notes: makes HD6303X processor in Psion Organiser Company: Code Industries Work: 312-459-6770 Postal: 664 Milwaukee Avenue - Suite 210 Prospect Heights, IL 60070 Notes: Psion dealer for Mid West Company: Personal Computing Tools Work: 408-395-6600 Fax: 408-354-4260 Postal: 17419 Farley Road, Los Goatos CA 95030 Notes: free scientific calc with order Notes: Psion dealer, scientific, data coltection,CAD, serial ports, IBM hardware, software, tech support 800-767-6728 Company: EduCALC Work: 800-633-2252 x356 (orders),800-677-7001(customer service) Fax: 714-582-1445 Postal: 27953 Cabot Road, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 Notes: Notes: Psion, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Cambridge Z88, Sharp, Casio Company: XEC Products Work: 813-531-1422 Postal: 13630 58th Street North, Suite #103, Clearwater, FL 34620 Notes: has good user support Notes: Psion dealer Company: TPC Work: 800-444-3199 Notes: may carry Psion in the future Notes: Atari Portfolio $379, Sharp, Casio Company: Recreational Electronics Work: 214-563-8944 Postal: P.O. Box 792, Terrell, TX, 75160 Notes: Psion dealer Company: Curry Computer Address: CI$ and MCIMail Work: 602-978-2902 Postal: P.O. Box 5607 Glendale, AZ 85312-5607 Notes: from PIG Journal Company: Sharp's Inc. Work: 804-746-1664 Postal: Rt. 10, Box 459 Mechanicsville, VA 23111 Notes: from PIG Journal -- <-:(= Anthony Stieber anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu uwm!uwmcsd4!anthony Psion Mailing List subscriber submissions psion ----------\ the (human) moderator psion-owner -------+--@csd4.csd.uwm.edu subscriptions and file requests psion-request ----/