Re: Hex calculator for the OmniGo

Frank Lyon Cox (lyon@nbn.com)
Thu, 20 Jun 1996 22:08:15 -0700 (PDT)

Another difference is the OGO's more advanced operating system that lets you
launch several applications at the same time and then switch back and forth
to each one at the point you left off.

At 03:35 PM 6/20/1996 -0400, you wrote:
>On Thu, 20 Jun 1996, Joel Shandelman wrote:
>
>My opinion lies with the value of the pen-based functionality. If
>keyboardless operation and particuarly Graffiti are high on your list of
>likes, then the OGO is the way to go. If not then clearly the LX series
>are superior in virtually every respect, though some do not like the
>numeric entry part of the keypad. The screen is larger an more
>"standard", DOS based and the spreadsheet etc. apps actually talk to
>mainstream applications. The difference in cost is a judgement call.
> >
>> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>>
>> Given some of the frustrations relating the "uniqueness" of the OG
>> from a SDK perspective, would the extra cost of the HP200LX be justified
>> by the greater availability of public domain software?
>>
>> I haven't yet bought an OG but am rather waiting to make a decision
>> based on the discussions of this list. More and more it looks like
>> an HP200LX is a better way to go given that the free software suite
>> could justify the extra expense.
>>
>> -- Joel
>>
>> On Jun 20, 14:02, David M. Elins wrote:
>> > Subject: Hex calculator for the OmniGo
>> > Before I go off and reinvent the wheel (which might take just about as
>> > long :-) does anyone know of a full hexadecimal calculator
>> > implementation for the OmniGo - there is a nice IZL decimal <-> hex
>> > converter
>> > see Max Mansour's excellent omnigo page
>> > http://www.gis.net/~mmansour/omnigo/omnigo.html), but I'm
>> > looking for something that does full arithmetic, including bitshifts and
>> > logical operations (and maybe even binary and octal).
>> >
>> > David
>> >
>> > --
>> > _____________________________________________________________________
>> > David M. Elins | voice: (617) 229-7036
>> > Xionics Document Technologies, Inc. | fax: (617) 229-7120
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>> > ________________________________________|____________________________
>> >-- End of excerpt from David M. Elins
>>
>>
>>
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