User`s guide

New Pr 0 due t s !
This section lists new products
of interest to users of the HP
palmtop pes . New Products
includes descriptions of
hard-
ware , software, books, videos,
training
and service offerings.
Prices listed in this section are
suggested retail. You may be
able to get the products for less
if you shop around .
HP Palmtop Paper Staff
HARDWARE!
ACCESSORIES
ACCESSORIES
Chameleon Cases
Several of Chameleon's
lea-
ther cases hold HP 95 / 100/-
200LX Palmtops . Their
model SlO1 Premier Leather
Wallet holds credit cards
and memory cards. Their
Junior model S102 is a
zipped case. The Deluxe
model S103 is a zipped case
with detachable
hand strap
and extra storage space for
batteries
or a pen.
Price :
Premier: .... . ..... $39 . 99 US.
Junior: ... ......... $49.99 US.
Deluxe: .... ..... .. $59 . 99 US .
Contact: Chameleon Distribution Ltd,
United Kingdom ; Phone : [phone]-
5736 ; Fax: [phone]; E-mail:
[e-mail]
Sc re en Cleaning
"Brain Wash" is a two-step
cleaning system that
removes dust and debris
from screens and provides
an anti-static coating .
Disposable . Also available
from Conceptkitchen is a
reusable "Karma Cloth,"
which cleans a screen with a
gentle material that buffs
out minor scratches.
Price:
Brain Wash .. . . ... ..... $14.95
Karma Cloth ... ... ...... $9.95
Contact: Conceptkitchen; Phone : 415-
252-3333; Fax : [phone]; E-mail:
[e-mail]; Website :
www.conceptkitchen.com
NETWORKS
POCKETWatch Provides
Portable Network Access
POCKETWatch, from Preci-
sion Guesswork, combines
an HP 200LX Palmtop, a
Silicom PCMCIA
Ethernet
adapter, and LANWatch.
This allows users to look at
a network anywhere they
can plug into a 10BaseT
port . It doesn't require an
external power source and
its power usage is limited,
thus facilitating portable
network viewing . If a net-
work problem proves to be
too complex to solve on site,
POCKETWatch can be
used
to save trace files of infor-
mation, and upload them to
a
desktop PC for future
analysis.
Contact: Precision Guesswork ; Phone :
508-887-6570, Fax: [phone] . E-
mail: info@precision . guesswork . com ;
Website: www.guesswork . com
WIRELESS
TM
PDexpress Portable
WirelesslWireline Docking
Station
Packet Data Express (PD-
express ™) is a soon-to-be-
released wireless modem /
docking station specifically
designed for the
HP 100/ 200
LX Palmtops.
The HP Palmtop con-
nects to the PDexpress dock-
ing station through the seri-
al port leaving the PC Cards
slot free for additional
mem-
ory or flash card applica-
tions. PDexpress lets users
send Faxes, send and receive
e-mail, access
the Internet,
connect to numerous on-line
services,
and more.
PDexpress is
equipped
with advanced battery man-
agement electronics allow-
ing the user 50+ hours of
continuous operation on a
single
2-3 hour charge.
The
unit is configured
with a radio modem that
supports either ARDIS
(DataTac) or RAM Mobile
Data (Mobitex) and a 14.4
kbsp V. 32bis wireline
Rockwell modem (for use
when out of range of a wire-
less network, or at any time.
PDexpress has a stan-
dard RS-232 DB-9 (9-pin)
serial port that can be used
to connect the unit to a
printer or a PC without hav-
ing to use a null modem.
PDexpress, which is
about an inch wider and
deeper than the palmtop
(actual measurements are
7.9 x 5.2 x 1.1 inches) ,
weighs 1.6 pounds without
the palmtop
The
unit comes with an
automobile adapter and a
120V AC adapter , which can
be used to charge the bat-
tery and at the same tim e
power the unit and th e
palmtop.
Price: .. ..... ... . .. ........ $895.
Contact: E-Com International, Phone :
800-671-9970 or 503-671-9900; Fax :
503-646-2938; E- mail:
marketing@ecominc . com
FREEWARE &
SHAREWARE
COMMUNICATION
LXGPS .
LXGPS interfaces your HP
100/200LX Palmtop to a
GPS (global po s itioning
satellite) receiver that com-
municates using the stan-
dard NMEA 0183 protocol
over a serial line.
LXGPS has the follow-
ing features:
- moving
map display using
user-supplied maps in
PCXformat.
- navigation to user defined
waypoints, including
graphical bearing indica-
tor,
distance to waypoint
and estimated time
enroute.
- satellite tracking
and sig-
nal strength display.
-
route logging and play-
back.
LXGPS is a DOS program
written using the Palmtop
Application Library (PAL),
giving it the standard HP
LX application look and feel.
LXGPS has been tested
with the Delorme Tripmat e
and the Garmin GPS II.
This first release is a
beta release, since it has not
been extensively tested by
anyone other than th e
author. Bug report s,
enhancement requests and
other suggestions would be
appreciated by the author,
who will e-mail a MIME-
encoded ZIP file containing
the
program (150K) to an y-
one interested.
Type : Freeware
Available at Website :
www.palmtop.net
Contact: Greg Renda ; E-mail :
[e-mail]
INTERNET
Free ETEXTs
University Cybers hop s' Free
Book Database
maintain s a
Webpage database contain-
ing (at last count) over 351
e lectronic text versions of
popular books.
Among the author s
represented: Lewis Carroll,
Virginia Woolf, Samuel
Clemens, Herman Melville,
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