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From: Scott.Schad@f9600.n7104.z8.uafcveg.uark.edu (Scott Schad)
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Subject: HANDHELDS W/BASIC INTERPRETER
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Date: 23 Sep 90 04:04:59 GMT
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Sounds to me like what you want is the Psion Organiser (British, so you spell it with an "s" instead of a "z").  It has all the necessary time and day functions, calculator, alarms, splendid address database, nice communications capability, etc...plus a nifty version of Basic called OPL.  Actually OPL is pure structured Basic that you write in a full-screen editor, then compile!  You have the choice of retaining either source or object code, and there are lots of options for enhancing the screen display.  

You can program it in a PC emulator program (extra $), but the
slickest thing about it is the ability to save programs and data files to non-volatile eproms.  The Psion has two eprom ports on the back, and you can plug in up to two, 128K "datapaks" for storage.  Unless you intentionally erase the paks with UV light, they are rock solid storage devices.  The Psion Organiser is a little shorter and thicker than the HP41, and takes a nine volt battery. <STS>

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