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From: mpj@sequoia.cray.com (M. P. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: HP95 questions...
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Date: 28 Jun 91 11:03:05 GMT
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Hi all,

I tried the HP95 here in France - I love it! The screen really is
readable like they said. I have a few questions before I buy one:

1) In terminal emulation mode (or indeed running PC programs)
can one pan the physical screen around the whole of the 80*25 virtual
screen? Or does one need to set LINES & COLUMNS for vi ?

2) Does BASICA or GFA BASIC run completely compatibly on the 95 ?
If so, is it possible to put the HP in sleep mode, setting an alarm
to make it wake up and run a program or continue the current one?

3) Can BASIC programs interface with the data entered with all the
built-in applications (ie are the data-files easily readable) ?

Although the keyboard is small and really a calculator keyboard,
I still found it possible to type at 3cps, enough for note-writing!

Finally, if anyone has info regarding compatibility with full-size PCs
I would be interested in their experiences.

Thanks very much,

Marvin Johnson.