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From: pdel@zodiac.ADS.COM (Peter Delevoryas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Casio BOSS questions
Message-ID: <11010@zodiac.ADS.COM>
Date: 25 Feb 90 18:40:02 GMT
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In article <8540002@hpspcoi.HP.COM> dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low) writes:
>>   I've been looking at the Casio "B.O.S.S.", and it looks real
>>tempting, but I haven't gotten a look at a user's manual for it
>>yet. What I mainly want to know is, does the "memo" program have
>>any kind of text-editing features (at least cut & paste)? If not,
>>it seems like it would be of limited usefulness to me, since it's
>>not likely to be programmable at the system level.
>
>You can edit memos but it is a simple delete, insert or replace characters
>editing. It's really intended to be a just a memo to yourself to
>do something. It is not an text editor in any sense of the word.
>The BOSS is basically an electronic Daytimer(tm). As such it is
>very successful. I have one and love it. However it is in no way
>a portable computer.
>
>			   Danny Low
>    "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
>	   Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
>     HP SPCD   dlow%hpspcoi@hplabs.hp.com   ...!hplabs!hpspcoi!dlow 



Hi, I hope this posts okay, as I'm *very* new to doing this.  Anyway,
I read your question about the B.O.S.S., and since I have one, I'll try
to give you some info on it.  I have the SF-7500 model; it works fine for
me (my girlfriend got it for me for Christmas, otherwise I *might* have
purchased a different model), but entering data on the touch-pad keyboard
is kind of a pain. Then I bought the mac-pc link interface for it, and
I think it will be a lot more useful.  
The BOSS by itself does not have that many editing functions, such as cut-
and-paste, as you asked about.  BUT, with the mac-link, it does a lot more.
I won't list everything here, but I'll put in some excerpts out of the
PC-link manual. BTW, there is also a PC-Link for IBM-compatibles.

Page 7-4 in the Casio-Link manual says you can delete and insert new text, as
well as entire memos.  You can also do this in the other fields, Phone, 
Business Card, and Schedule.  In addition, you can print out any of the fields.

Chapter 9 says:

You can use commands on the Conversion menu to convert CasioLink Mac records
into file formats that can be read by a variety of database programs or by
HyperCard for use in HyperCard Address and DateBook functions, or in Focal
Point II Daily Planner and Directory functions.

You can also import database files or HyperCard stacks into the CasioLink Mac
functions. This allows you to print reports from CasioLink Mac or transfer the data to the Casio BOSS.

I think that should give you a little more info on the BOSS. If you need more
info, let me know.

PS I hope this posts correctly, if not, I apologize.

Peter