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From: everett@hpcvra.cv.hp.com. (Everett Kaser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: 95LX and Macintosh
Message-ID: <25590157@hpcvra.cv.hp.com.>
Date: 2 May 91 22:19:20 GMT
References: <1991Apr30.145734.1267@netcom.COM>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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/ ric@netcom.COM (Richard Bretscheider) writes...
>Apparently, when the product was announced, an HP
>rep was asked about Macintosh connectivity.  The response was quite
>negative...

>What advice can those in the know offer?  Do I need the PC Connectivity
>pack for the cable, even though the software is of no use?  Is Traveling
>Software working on something for the Macintosh?  What about the 
>storage format, is it some easily parsed ASCII that I could write something
>for myself?  Is the PC software compatible with Soft PC?  Should I just 
>give up and go with the OZ 8200?
>
>Ric

The cable is available as a separate part, so purchase of the connectivity
pack is not necessary to obtain the cable.  Part of the connectivity pack
is Traveling Software's DOS Connect software (a server that runs on Jaguar
and the client driver that runs on the PC).  I'm not at all familiar with
Macs so I don't know if Traveling Software has anything that could run on
a Mac and talk to the server running on the DOS HP 95LX.  The storage format
is standard DOS files on an e-disk formatted as a standard DOS disk.  I'm
not certain whether the PC software will run on Soft PC.  It's not been test-
ed.  No, you shouldn't give up :-).

Everett Kaser                   Hewlett-Packard Company
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