[comp.sys.handhelds] HP95LX Pager option?

jims@momenta.com (Jim Straus) (04/26/91)

After reading the announcements on here and in various publications regarding
the HP 95LX, I am still confused about the pager option that has been mentioned
as being available later in the year.  Is there any definite time frame?  Will
it be an internal option or an external option?  How will one send the pages,
using a separate modem, or it will be integrated into the pager option?  Will
there be a new verion of the 95lx that has the pager or will existing machines
work with it?  Any info would be appreciated!

-Jims@Momenta.COM

everett@hpcvra.cv.hp.com. (Everett Kaser) (04/30/91)

The pager module for the 95 will be an add-on module that will connect (via
a cradle that will make the unit slightly thicker) to the righthand end of the
95, making the unit almost two inches longer.  The pager itself
is a "receive" unit for receiving pages, and it is pretty much self contained
(other than for the software that runs on the 95 for displaying/managing the
pages).  To send a page, you would need to connect the serial port to a modem
(or directly) to a paging service.

I'm not directly involved in the pager project, so give me a couple of percent
error leeway :-).

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