However, PalmConnect does also provide us with at least 2 functions that
are important to me:
- the ability to import CSV formatted databases to the address book
- the ability to access my data in the event my Zoomer goes 'belly-up'
I originally bought Connect to backup my data, but the 5-second PC-slot
XCOPY method has made that function a non-issue. BTW, its possible that
GeoPublish and/or Ensemble may handle the other 2 functions I described.
I keep my Z (lid opened) in a leather dayplanner and I find that this
makes it a little less conspicuous when I use it with a plastic BIC
pencil (sans lead)...looks like I'm writing into a standard planner.
However, maybe ANY dayplanner would stand out in Uganda,
Zaire..etc.
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Longden C. Loo lloo@world.nad.northrop.com
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On Thu, 10 Aug 1995, Information Systems Manager wrote:
> I often read recommendations that people by Palm Connect as a method to get
> files back and forth from the Zoomer to their PC. 7 months ago I installed a
> Western Digital PCMCIA card interface into a floppy bay on my desktop. The
> cost was about the same as Connect, and works a lot better (yea, I fell for
> Connect before I figured out I could do the hardware installation). Backing
> up and copying files is MUCH easier with the drive. Also, formatting a RAM
> card that has gone south doesn't require a laptop for those times when the
> Zoomer refuses to recognize a card. The drives only cost about $60, and
> interface to a standard IDE connector. Highly recommended over Connect.
>
> For anyone interested in uses of Zoomers in exotic places, I am based in
> Kampala, Uganda. I seriously think I have the only Zoomer in either Uganda,
> Zaire, Rwanda or Burundi (places I work in). Everyone out here is fascinated
> with it. I am using it for taking notes in association with AIDS research
> here. I find that Grafitti is great for meetings, esp. since paper is
> sometimes hard to come by here. I am also using it for email connections
> from fairly remote sites when I can get a telephone line. The biggest
> drawback so far is that it hard to take it out to use it without generating
> an inordinate amount of interest in it. My only real problem in using it is
> that I cannot get any of the serial/parallel converters to work driving a
> Citizen printer I also carry. Second drawback is the inability to send faxes
> with the thing. That is the primary means of communication out here.
> Hopefully, the new version will cure that.
>
> If anyone can recommend a specific serial/parallel converter that they
> **KNOW** works, I would appreciate it.
>