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From: mec@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (michael.e.connick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Portfolio
Message-ID: <3975@cbnewsj.ATT.COM>
Date: 23 Feb 90 15:54:24 GMT
References: <5755.25de248b@vax1.tcd.ie>
Reply-To: mec@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (michael.e.connick,mt,)
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In article <5755.25de248b@vax1.tcd.ie> doherty@vax1.tcd.ie writes:
> Until I got very strict about turning
> off screen display is unlikely to use machine and while I was 
> depending on the auto screen shut off, I found battery life very 
> short only two weeks.

Wow, that seems VERY short. I use the Portfolio every single day,
including often using the Serial and Parallel Interfaces (both real
battery drainers) and have never gotten less than 20 days out of a set
of batteries. Most other Portfolio owners I've talked to get almost 2
months use out of their batteries.

> I did not get the file transfer to work and felt that this prevented me 
> from fully utilising the Portfolio.

The Parallel Interface file transfer? Works like a charm for me. You
may have problem with your Parallel Interface unit, or perhaps with the
parallel port of your PC. Also there's now a PD terminal program for
the Portfolio that works very well with the Serial Interface and
supports XMODEM and ASCII file transfers. The program even has a simple
macro capability, yet takes less than 3K of memory!

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Michael Connick    mec@mtfmi.ATT.COM    201-957-3057
AT&T Bell Labs     MT 3F-113	        (Dept. 79151)