Psion software series 5mx

This allows regularly used sites to be easily reloaded. This is useful for automating regular downloads. The recovery strategy is used in addition to the depth to limit the number of pages recovered. The recovery strategies are: Strict Tree - This strategy only recovers URLs which have the same protocol, host, port and path as the referring page.

Embedded images are handled specially. All the embedded images referenced in an HTML file are downloaded at the same time the file is downloaded provided the images match the recovery strategy. Files: Source code in snaffle. An installable SIS file: Snaffle. SIS Snaffle. Please note: There is no warranty for this code either expressed or implied by either myself or my employers The code is distributed under terms and conditions which closely resemble a subset of the BSD licence.

Portable devices like the Psion 5mx are hard to backup if you are not a regular user of a PC. This program addresses this problem in part by providing a mechanism that takes a list of files and and generates a zip file on a specified ftp site. The program remembers its last settings when the program is closed.

Please note that the Username and Password are not remembered or stored by AutoBack to assist in security. Files can be added and deleted using the buttons at the right of the screen. Some of the error messages are cryptic Java exceptions.

I am still using the two AA batteries that came with the unit. It should also be noted that I have spent a considerable amount of that initial 20 hours using the serial port to transfer software and documents to it and the IR port to print to the HPLJ5MP laser printer at my office.

This was a very nice way for me to be able to really try out the built-in applications before I purchased the machine. I entered sample agenda items and contacts, played with the word processor and spreadsheet, and navigated the system program for example.

Registration is required but it is free and fast. While not as robust as its PC counterpart, Psion does provide an optional Mac connection package. I routinely drag-and-drop documents between the Psion and my Mac. For these simple operations, the Mac connect package works very seamlessly and elegantly.

It would be nice if there were keyboard shortcuts for at least the built-in apps. You can, however, download freeware macro programs that offer this functionality. You can have separate Agenda files, but I prefer to view all my schedules at once. You cannot have multiple contact files. You can purchase a PC Card adapter that allows the use of modem cards, but there is no support for Ethernet cards and other such devices.

Despite these relatively minor shortcomings, I have found the Psion Series 5mx to be the closest thing to an ideal mobile digital companion as is currently available. Okay, not much of a home page, but it links you back to PG for the download….

It moves an interrupted keyboard workflow to much more keyboard-centric workflow. This is, by no stretch of the imagination, an ideal gaming platform.

If you want to mobile game on a black and white screen - carry a GameBoy I keep a Pocket for just that reason. But there are some types of games that this platform does quite well. Proper SimCity.

The original. And with a touch screen and keyboard shortcuts, super playable. My absolute love has to be a port of Frotz. This allows me to play Infocom-style Z-engine text adventure games. The Psion supports FAT16, but can be a little fussy about table setup and formatting. I tried two - a Lexar 4GB card refused to work at all, but a 1GB Transcend card worked out of the box, then failed, then worked again after formatting under Linux.

To install an application, drop the SIS on the compact flash card, then open in System on the device. Applications can be installed on compact flash rather than the limited, battery backed, memory. The device supports hot swapping, so you should have no problems with removing the CF card while in use. Sign up Log in. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book.

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