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From: rochlin@arktos.pa.dec.com (Max Rochlin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds,misc.wanted,comp.misc
Subject: Re: CASIO Electronic Diary Info wanted...
Keywords: CASIO Electronic Diaries, UNIX Links, Cables
Message-ID: <2269@bacchus.dec.com>
Date: 12 Dec 89 19:35:23 GMT
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Reply-To: rochlin@arktos.pa.dec.com (Max Rochlin)
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snoopy@ixos.UUCP (Snoopy Schmitz) writes:

> I am about to go out and buy a CASIO SF7500 electronic diary.

Great choice, I bought one about seven months ago and love it.

>  What exactly is the CASIO BOSS ?

The new Marketing name for the SF-X where X > 6900.

> (complaints about the cable and cost)

There's a lot of electronics in the DB25 side of the cable.  
I haven't taken the time to decode it all.  The cable and PC
software work well, I haven't gotten a hold of the Mac version.
There is no plan yet for a native UNIX version of the SW.

> need to know the dataformat of the data out of and into the SF
> 7500, so that I can write a proggie myself.

The data format is simple ASCII, but the handshaking that goes 
on is rather significant during uploading and downloading. 
(good luck).


DATA FORMAT: ( Scheduler meets Accounting 101)

PhoneBook entries start 	:0000LAST FIRST
BusiCard Entries start		:0100COMPANY PNAME
Memos				:0200StartOfMemo
Schedule:	:0300YYYY-MM-DD STIME ETIME ATIME SchedText

Setting the low order bit on indicates a marked record eg:
PhoneBook entries start 	:0001LAST FIRST is marked

The "next line" button in text fields places a   \0D in the 
record.

Basically each record is stored in prompt order and prefixed 
with an 'area identifier.'

Very easy to edit on a worstation or PC, move to your favorite DB
or whatever.

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