Registered: Mar 2000
Location: NC, Indiana
Posts: 465

Hey Guys
I finally opened my Stowaway today. It's very neat, and I look forward to using it at school for those long note taking sessions. I couldn't get it to work for about 10 minutes after I plugged it in. I tried multiple things, and after a while I got it to work. It works fine now. I really like it but I have just two gripes. When I'm in SmartDoc (it's this way in other apps too I think), when I press Tab, it doesn't tab over, I have to use the Function+Tab. Is there a hack to fix this? Do you think the next version of the driver will fix this? Also, when I depress a key, and it starts repeating, it only does it so far. I have a habit of going back and erasing two lines or more, but it just stops after about 9/10 of a line. Does everybody else's do this too? But the design is very impressive. I was dissapointed to see it wouldn't fit in my Otterbox2K though--too wide. But overall--glad I bought it. I'm sure I'll feel it's more useful when schools starts in a few weeks. Thanks for coaxing me into getting it guys!

PS What software do you guys use? I tried QED but the nag popup was too much--so I'm trying SmartDoc right now.

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-Vincent
All these guys have no game, I wish I would have stayed

Registered: Mar 2000
Location: NYC
Posts: 287

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Originally posted by Vinny:

PS What software do you guys use? I tried QED but the nag popup was too much--so I'm trying SmartDoc right now.

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Registered: Jun 2000
Location: Walnut Creek, Ca, USA
Posts: 16

I've tried several, including Peditxx, and found that for the cost and footprint (memory size) that qed was the best for my purposes. Yes it had a nag but that goes away after you register. PEditpro broke up my doc into multiple pieces that I didn't care for while qed uses one file. QED may not have all the features/functions of some of the others but it works great for me as all I needed was to take notes - then I can polish them on the desktop using word.

Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Connecticut USA
Posts: 2682

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Originally posted by Vinny:
Also, when I depress a key, and it starts repeating, it only does it so far. I have a habit of going back and erasing two lines or more, but it just stops after about 9/10 of a line.

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From the Stowaway ReadMe file:

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5.3 Characters stop repeating after 16 characters

The Stowaway software limits the maximum character repeat to 16 characters.
The limit was set to prevent the characters from repeating when the Visor is removed from the keyboard while a character is held down.

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This is a "feature', not a "bug"...

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MarkEagle - Ice is nice!

[This message has been edited by MarkEagle (edited 07-24-2000).]

Registered: Mar 2000
Location: NC, Indiana
Posts: 465

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Originally posted by MarkEagle:
This is a "feature', not a "bug"...

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Registered: Mar 2000
Location: NYC
Posts: 287

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Originally posted by lbdyck:
PEditpro broke up my doc into multiple pieces that I didn't care for while qed uses one file. QED may not have all the features/functions of some of the others but it works great for me as all I needed was to take notes - then I can polish them on the desktop using word.

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