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Dan

Coffin

and

Chris

Coffin

Grapevine

Publications,

Inc.

P.O.

Box

2449

Corvallis,

Oregon

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Acknowledgments

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book

its

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portion

the

programs

contained

herein,

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form,

printed,

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Publications,

Inc.

Printed

the

United

States

America

ISBN

0-931011-35-3

First

Printing

—

November,

1991

Notice

Disclaimer:

Neither

the

author

nor

Grapevine

Publications,

Inc.

makes

any

express

implied

warranty

with

regard

the

keystroke

procedures

and

program

materials herein

offered,

nor

their

merchantability

nor

fitness

for

any

particular

purpose.

These

keystroke

procedures

and

program

materials

are

made

available

solely

“as

is”

basis,

and

the

entire

risk

their

quality

and

performance

with

the

user.

Should

the

keystroke

procedures

and program

materials

prove

defective,

the

user (and

not

Grapevine

Publications,

Inc.,

nor

the

author,

nor

any

other

party)

shall

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entire

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all

necessary

correction

and

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consequential

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Neither

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Inc.

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Contents

First

Thoughts

Organizing

Information

Analyzing

Information

Sharing

Information

Between

Applications.....ccccceeeeeeees

Communicating

with

Other

Devices

.....ccccccccsreeeeeeeeeeeeees

Optimizing

Your

Work

104

Running/Controlling

Programs

114

Memory

Management

126

Troubleshooting

136

Reference

140

FIrsT

THOUGHTS

About

This

Book

This

book

gives

you

short,

clear

answers

your

questions

about

the

95LX

Palmtop

PC.

does

not

replace

the

User’s

Guide

that

came

with

the

machine.

Rather,

itis

companion

book,

“a

pocket

guide.”

The

User’s

Guide

documents

each

command

the

machine—helpful

reference,

but

not

much

for

prioritizing

information.

contrast,

this

book

distills

out

answers

and

anticipate

your

difficulties,

that,

for

common

topics,

you

need

not

the

User’s

Guide.

About

Your

Palmtop

What

Cannot

The

Palmtop

real

PC—roughly

equivalent

IBM

with

mono-

chrome

display

and

MS-DOS

version

3.22.

And

just

any

such

PC,

itis

limited

the software

available

for

it.

Some

programs

for

desktop

XT-compatible

will

not

work

the

Palmtop—especially

they

need

graphic

display

extended

memory

(see

pages

111

and

123).

What

Can

Do—If

You

Really

Insist

The

Palmtop

not

really

designed

write

books,

publish

elaborate

spreadsheets,

develop

software,

etc.

You

can

those

things,

but

you’d

working

harder

than

necessary;

far

better

use

desktop

for

such

tasks.

For

example,

the

Palmtop

has a

Memo

Editor

with

some

standard

word-processing

features,

but

its

keyboard

size

not

the

best

for

touch-typing

lengthy

document.

Likewise,

the

built-in

2-3

program

great

for

analyzing,

but

you'll

find

convenient

prepare

the

final

presentation

output

spreadsheet

desktop

system.

First

THOUGHTS

What

Was

Designed

The

Palmtop

isn’t

meant

used

for

everything

that

you

use

desktop

for—just

the

things

you

need

most

often

while

“on

the

move:”

personal

information

manager:

offers

you

complete

address

book,

appointment

calendar

and

to-do

list

capabilities.

analytic

tool:

gives

you

the

“what-iffing”

ability

Lotus

1-2-3

and

the

ability

solve

for

missing

variables

(HP

Solver).

Enough

memory

capacity

store

and

manipulate

quite

bit

data.

Ithas

MS-DOS

built-in,

too,

but

that’s

mainly

you

can

add

other

analytic

tools—

and

send/receive

files

to/from

a desktop

for

the

tasks

it’s

not

good

at.

You

Already

Know

About

PC’s

You'll

find

that

many

the

Palmtop’s

features

behave

those

other

PC’s.

All

the

built-in

applications

have

Lotus-like

menus,

from

which

you

select

any

item

typing

the

first

character

its

name.

And,

the

bottom

most

screens

list

highlighted

items

corresponding

the

function

keys

(F1){F©))

the

top

the

keyboard.

execute

listed

command,

press

the

corresponding

function

key.

One

big

difference

between

the

Palmtop

and

other

PC’s

that

you

can

have

multiple

applications

open

simultaneously

the

Palmtop—and

switch

press-

ing

just

one

key

(although

you

can’t

access

the

DOS

prompt

run

DOS-based

application

unless

all

built-in

applications

are

closed

(more

about

this

114).

You

Already

Know

About

Calculators

you've

used

any

HP’s

recent

financial

calculators,

you'll

find

that

the

Palmtop

Calculator

feature

can

just

about

everything

they

can

(though

may

take

you

some

time

adjust

how

those

calculator

features

look

the

Palmtop’s

screen).

The

big

difference

between

the

calculators

and

the

Palmtop

how

the

Palmtop

uses

built-in

Lotus

1-2-3

templates

statistical

and

cash-flow

analyses.

About

Your

Palmtop

Looking

the

Keyboard

The

95LX

keyboard

not

the

standard

keyboard,

but

it’s

probably

convenient.

Take

look:

Character

Keys

The

alphabet

keys

are

arranged

the

standard

format.

The

gold

shift

key

(©)

and

the

special

character

key

(CHAR)

give

you

access

special

punctuation,

international,

and

symbolic

characters

(summa-

rized

pages

140-142).

These

keys

are

“sticky”

keys:

once

you

press

(<),,

the

key

you

press

will

produce

the

shifted

character.

Unlike

typewriter

standard

keyboard,

you

don’t

have

hold

down

(&)

while

you

press

other

alphabet

keys.

The

and

(5)

characters

(bottom

row)

are

given

their

own

keys

because

their

common

use

Lotus

functions

and

formulae.

Cursor

Keys

Above

the

numeric

pad

are

the

cursor

keys:

(«,(»),

(),

(a),

(HOME),

END),

DN),

and

UP).

Use

the

gold

shift

key

(©)

get

the

gold-printed,

“shifted”

versions

the

four

arrow

keys.

The

tab

())

and

back-tab

(4)

keys

are

also

cursor

keys,

but

tab

actually

character that

you

can

insert

into

text.

Calculator/Numeric

Keys

Thereisaverynormal-looking

numeric

pad

the

right

oftheqw

erty

keys.

Thebottomrow

oflettersontheqwertykeyboard

(and

theletter(L))

behave

differently

when

the

calculator

(&))

application

active.

These

functions

(),[x),XzY),R¥),

(LAST),

(STO),[Rc)and

are

printed

white—not

gold

the

shifted

functions—because

they're

active

only

one

application.

First

THOUGHTS

Application

Keys

The

keys

marked

blue

give

you

access

the

eight

built-in

applications:

E3,023),3),

(2),

(@),),

and

(SET

LP)

(OI).

Special

Keys

The

key

the

upper-right

hand

corner.

The

and

keys

are

special

control

keys

that

give

you

access

various

commands.

These

keys

work

only

when

pressed

simultaneously

with

another

key,

[CTRL[Z)

(ALT

F1).

There

are

several

keys

that

will

“undo”

something

you've

done:

allows

you

escape

from

your

current

choice,

and

will

return

you

the

current

application,

whichever

appropriate.

Whenever

you

use

nothing

you’ve

done

within

the

current

will

saved.

—

deletes

the

character

currently

underlined

the

cursor.

—

(«)

backspaces,

deleting

the

character

immediately

the

left

the

cursor.

The

(MENU)

key

displays

the

current

built-in

application

(whichever

open

and

current).

Thus,

acts

the

key

does

Lotus

1-2-3

(which

why

slash

printed

under

the

(MENU)

key).

Function

Keys

the

middle

the

top

row

are the

function

keys

(also

called

softkeys),

F1}-F0).

The

labels

printed

above

these

keys

show

their

meanings

the

Lotus

1-2-3 application,

butin

all

other

applications,

the

current

meaning(s)

each

function

key

will

listed

the

bottom

the

display

immediately

above

each

key.

For

example:

[ME

|SEERAS

[REMIZ.

course,

the

space

above

key

blank,

has

current

meaning.

Looking

the

Keyboard

ORGANIZING

INFORMATION

All

About

Files

The

convenience

the

95LX

impressive.

But,

any

other

Information

Manager,

you

must

use

wisely

and

efficiently

gain

its

power

and

convenience.

use

best,

you

must

start

understanding

its

filing

system.

Naming

Files

The

basic

unit

organization

the

Palmtop—as

any

PC—is

the

file.

Files

have

different

structures

and

formats

depending

what

kind

data they

contain

and

what

programs

use

them.

The

95LX

uses

the

filename

extension—the

three

character

suffix

filename

that

follows

the period

(.)—to

classify

the

various

kinds

files

its

built-in

programs

use.

Here’s

list

these

file

extensions:

-ABK:

BAT:

«CHF:

«COM:

CTF:

DAT:

DCF:

ENV:

«EGN:

«EXE:

«ExM:

Appointment

Book

data

file

that

can be

opened

only

from

within

the

Appointment

Book

application.

DOS-based

batch

file—a

kind

“macro

for

DOS.”

file

containing

current

settings

data

for

added

System

Manager

application.

DOS-based

program

system

command.

Character

Translation

Facility

file,

used

translate

characters

when

communicating

with

a system

with

different

character

set.

file

containing

reference

data

used

the

System

Manager.

Datacomm

Configuration

File,

containing

particular

collection

settings

needed

for

connecting

external

source

via

Datacomm.

collection

the

overall

System

Manager

environment

settings.

file

contains

list

Solver

equations

that

can be

opened

only

from

within

the

Calculator.

DOS-based

program

which

can

run

only

from

DOS.

System-Manager-based

program

which

can

accessed

(once

installed)

only

from

within

the

System

Manager.

ORGANIZING

INFORMATION

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