ljg@ecosoft.uucp (Lowell J. Gray) (10/24/90)
To get off the track of HP 48SX, anyone interested in other handheld
technology?
I just got the new Wizard. It has a 240x64 (40 x 8 char) LCD display and
a QWERTY keyboard. It's a pretty awesome handheld for us business-types
who need built-in functions like calendar, telephone list, memo pad, etc.
The PC-link (written by Travelling Software) works very well. I can back-up
its memory quickly to my PC hard disk and exchnage files in 1-2-3 and other
formats.
I have a question for anyone else using a Wizard: how do you hook up a
modem for use by the built-in terminal emulation software?
--
Lowell J. Gray UUCP: {cfi.com,uunet}!ecosoft!ljg
EcoSoft, Inc. tel: +1 508 651 8722
13 Priscilla Path, Wayland, MA 01778 USAbrandonl@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Brandon Lovested) (10/25/90)
Could tell us about the differences between the OZ-7000 and 8000? I was wondering if they still used the same cards, if there are new cards, and how much the OZ-8000 costs. ============================================================================== BRANDON G. LOVESTED ::::=:::==::===:==== FOR EVERY VISION, Software Design Engineer ::::=:::==::===:==== THERE IS AN Grass Valley Group ::::=:::==::===:==== EQUAL AND OPPOSITE brandonl@gold.gvg.tek.com ::::=:::==::===:==== REVISION. ==============================================================================
ljg@ecosoft.uucp (Lowell J. Gray) (10/28/90)
In article <1614@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> brandonl@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Brandon Lovested) writes: > >Could tell us about the differences between the OZ-7000 and 8000? >I was wondering if they still used the same cards, if there are new >cards, and how much the OZ-8000 costs. > The OZ-8000 has the following major differences from the OZ-7000: - 64K standard memory (a 128K model, the OZ-8200, is coming out soon..) - oriented in a landscape vs portrait orientation - QWERTY keyboard - larger screen (240x64 pixels) - more built-in programs (business card database, outline processor) - user-definable fields in telephone database Since I never has a 7000 series, I might have missed some other improvements. The 8000 accepts the same cards as the 7000, although I think it will emulate the lower resolution screen of the 7000. I paid $299 at the Harvard Coop. - Lowell -- Lowell J. Gray UUCP: {cfi.com,uunet}!ecosoft!ljg EcoSoft, Inc. tel: +1 508 651 8722 13 Priscilla Path, Wayland, MA 01778 USA
mec@cbnewsj.att.com (michael.e.connick) (10/29/90)
In article <1990Oct27.175736.11748@ecosoft.uucp>, ljg@ecosoft.uucp (Lowell J. Gray) writes: > The OZ-8000 has the following major differences from the OZ-7000: > - 64K standard memory (a 128K model, the OZ-8200, is coming out soon..) > - oriented in a landscape vs portrait orientation > - QWERTY keyboard > - larger screen (240x64 pixels) > - more built-in programs (business card database, outline processor) > - user-definable fields in telephone database > > I paid $299 at the Harvard Coop. For the same price, you could buy an Atari Portfolio and have a real programmable MS-DOS computer. The Portfolio has 128K of RAM, 256K of ROM, and built-in applications including a text editor, Lotus 1-2-3 compatible spreadsheet, simple calculator, name/address/phone book, and appointment diary. It can be expanded up to 640K and there's even a third-party 20meg HD available. It supports battery-backed-up 128K memory cards that are addressed as pseudo-floppy drives. It also has optional serial and parallel interface units. The parallel unit is particularly nifty in that is comes with software for the PC that allows either the PC or Portfolio to act as file servers for the other. But the best feature of the Portfolio is the fact that it can run well-behaved MS-DOS applications. I've found it very easy to develop software in Microsoft C on a PC and transfer it to the Portfolio. I've even got Tiny BASIC 8086 in my Portfolio for knocking off the odd little program. All-in-all I think the Portfolio is a better deal for the money than the Wizard units. ----------------------------------------------------- Michael Connick AT&T Bell Labs mec@mtfmi.ATT.COM
dug@kd4nc.UUCP (Doug Drye KD4NC) (10/31/90)
ljg@ecosoft.uucp (Lowell J. Gray) writes: >I have a question for anyone else using a Wizard: how do you hook up a >modem for use by the built-in terminal emulation software? >-- >Lowell J. Gray Lowell, I'm sorry, I did not answer your question in my last posting, I was carried away with extoling the virtues of the OZ-8200. I use the cable from the OZ-791 Organizer Link Interface (powered) when at home or work and the passive cable that came with my original Traveling Software Wizard Link package (1.0). Both cables are useful, depending on the situation. I connected the Wizard to a SparcStation 1 the other day and logged into SUNOS. I then used the Download option that is presented when you press the "menu" key. Turning this on causes the OZ-8X00 to capture whatever comes down the data line into an entry in a file (in this case a memo, I'm not sure if it would capture into Tel or other files (I didn't try it now that I think of it)). When you close the download (menu option 2 again) it completes the "record" just as if you pressed the enter key and stores the item. Upload is started from the same menu and allows you to pick a memo entry in a similar fashion that the INDEX function does (a list of numbered lines that are the first line of each memo entry).. You page through those till you find the one you want to upload.. press the number then iti displays the entire item you press enter to send it up the data line of C-CE to cancel.. Hope this answers your question. Doug Drye -- Doug Drye KD4NC {emory,gatech}!kd4nc!dug
mckay@ecn.purdue.edu (Dwight D. McKay) (11/01/90)
Where did those of you who responded to this thread get your OZ-8X00 series machines? I have a OZ-7000 and the 8200 in particular sounds like a good upgrade. Does any major store carry the 8X00 series? -- Dwight D. McKay, Purdue University, Engineering Computer Network -- mckay@ecn.purdue.edu --or-- ...rutgers!pur-ee!mckay