on Mar 20 05 15:35, Robert Bull wrote to Kay Shapero:

 KS>> Actually I think they do, or at least one that recharges separately 
 KS>> so you can carry it with you.  Haven't needed one, so haven't 
 KS>> bothered checking the details.

 RB> Must be pretty good life as standard?

Apparently reading is one of the less energy intensive uses, even though it
means having the screen turned on all the time.  I can get something like
four hours before I have to recharge, and even a partial recharge extends
it nicely.  If I'm home, it sits in the charging cradle while I work on the
computer, while when I'm driving Vicky to school I can plug it into the car
with the car-charger, so I usually don't have to worry about running out of
power unless I spend a lot of time playing games on it.

 RB> If that's a traditional clock and watchmaker, they might have a lathe 
 RB> good small enough to turn a new screw, if they can work out its 
 RB> dimensions.  

Very much so, but he hasn't got the equipment for that.  Yet - he's
considering buying a device for generating one-up clock parts when he can
afford it.  Lots of times people bring in clocks that have unusual parts.

 RB> OTOH, maybe a polite e-mail to Palm would be in order...

A plaintive wail to the folks in one of the palmtop newsgroups caught the
attention of a nice machinist in Connecticut named Carmine Castiglia who
had the same problem but better connections than the rest of us.  He now
sells T3 screws (and styli and things) over the net at
http://www.infosystemspro.com/pdaparts.htm.  I ordered a batch, and my T3
now has all its screws again.  (We won't say anything about the user. :) )

 RB> They might be going for ones that are out of copyright, to avoid 
 RB> didn't realise there were quite so many versions, though.  I should 
 RB> thought a complete version would be a major undertaking.

They also have a number of versions and concordances for sale.  Yes, I
would think so too.  It's very easy to switch between versions on the
handheld, which can be fun when checking out their take on individual
verses.  

 RB> Just finished:  THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY  by  Alexander 
 RB> McCall Smith

I've read that one myself.  Very good.

CBIP: Several.  I'm still wandering through _War and Peace_ at odd moments.
 A bit over halfway through.  Also reading _Love and Freindship_ (sic) by
Jane Austin - a collection of the title story, and a lot of fragments of
early works.  She seems to have started out by satirizing the popular works
of the day; you can see where _Lady Susan_ came from.  I'll probably
download _Sense and Sensibility_ next, that being one of my favorites. 
I've also been going on a mild Lord Dunsany binge, and am currently reading
_Welleran_.  All hail Project Gutenberg!

 Bye!

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