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- From: lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun)
- Subject: Re: Psion 3S w/o a PC
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.134746.16610@city.cs>
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- Organization: City University, London
- References: <1992Dec28.164226.26714@alw.nih.gov> <1993Jan4.112408.9355@geosys.co.uk> <1993Jan5.121318.15384@geosys.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 13:47:46 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan5.121318.15384@geosys.co.uk> steve@geosys.co.uk writes:
- >When transfering single files there are few problems, sometimes
- >the Amiga Y-modem does not like some Psion files but that is
- >rare. I normally transfer data to the SPARCstation as strait
- >ASCII files, just because it is so easy.
- >
- >My main comment would be that not having a PC or Mac makes it
- >difficult to backup the Psion, because you do not know all the
- >file names in advance. When I need to make a backup I tend to
- >borrow a PC to do it.
-
- You don't really need a PC. Amiga or Sun is fine. I use a script
- file on the S3 where I just put in all my directories as entries.
- Takes a bit of time the first time round, but with the level of
- automation possible, subsequent backups are just a couple of
- menu selections. I use Y modem to transfer all files in a directory
- once.
-
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