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From: jimomura@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Omura)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: A bunch of Portfolio notes...
Message-ID: <1991Jun26.013817.27450@lsuc.on.ca>
Date: 26 Jun 91 01:38:17 GMT
References: <9106252030.AA24372@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu>
Organization: Consultant, Toronto
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In article <9106252030.AA24372@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu> graff@mlpvm2.vnet.ibm.com writes:
>Regarding the HP 95LX calendar function,
>jimomura@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Omura) writes:
>
>>  the HP seems to only display on 1/2 hour increments.
>
>Actually, there are several options.  Press {MENU} Settings Timeline,
>and you have the choice of 15-Min, 30-Min, 60-Min increments, or
>appointments only.  I typically use the latter which uses one line per
>entry, so you can see up to 10 entries at a time.

     I didn't get that far playing with it.  I think that that
"appointments only" setting is equivalent to what the Portfolio has
as its only mode.  Indeed, I expect it's what most people will use.

     A couple of minor points I've confirmed since my last posting:
First, the pixels of the HP are, as I surmised, oblong rather than
square which is not ideal for pie-charts and any general graphics.
Also, for some reason the HP only shows 28 characters in the appointment
mode for each entry's detail line while the Portfolio shows 30 (didn't
that just thrill you to bits? :-).

     In general, the HP screen formats look very neat and impressive,
but they tend to be a tad wasteful.  If you look at the function key
definitions on the bottom of the screen, they use 2 lines instead of
1, probably just to have longer labels, and then they end up with
wasted space because they didn't need as much as they allocated.
It's like they got carried away with how much more screen they had
compared to the Portfolio and the "dinky little" screens on the
dedicated pocket organizers and forgot that compared to "real computers"
they are still pretty dinky themselves.  Compare this wastage to
the efficiency of the latest Casio BOSS organizers that show 2 months
of calendar on the screen at a time.
-- 
Jim Omura, 2A King George's Drive, Toronto, (416) 652-3880
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