Re: PCMCIA Card
Jack Sharp (jsharp@clark.net)
Thu, 10 Aug 1995 22:52:12 -0400 (EDT)
> 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.
>
Interesting use of the PCMCIA Drive. Are you also using Geocomm on your
card as your terminal program?
I can't claim to be in any remote places, such as you -- nor is paper
supply short here in Baltimore -- but the Zoomer/Graffit combination is a
meeting stopper wherever I go as I take notes. It really helps me to stay
organized --and I love not having to retype my notes when I get back to
the office.