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fringle
02-20-2003, 08:21 PM
I'm new to PDA's and recently bought the NZ90. I will be working away from computers and books. I plan to recharge the battery with solar cells and straight DC. Anyone with experience with solar cells? Also, what software (ER and Primary care) do you recommend for the NZ90. I think I have decidced on using a ZLauncher.
StatCoder.com
02-20-2003, 09:59 PM
If you aren't going to have convenient access to recharging, why did you purchase the Palm OS device with the shortest battery life? If you don't have computer access, you can't even transfer the nice images that you capture. Wouldn't you have been better off with a film-based camera and a longer battery-life PDA?
fringle
02-20-2003, 10:57 PM
I just have a ton of 128 sticks and plan to load all my programs on them. All photos I take I plan to save on the sticks too. I don't have room to carry a camera too, so I thought I would come out ahead with the NZ90. The fact that the 90 has a removable battery will allow me to plug one into the solar cell to recharge while I have another one running the machine.
roper
03-12-2003, 10:25 PM
WHat I use for both ER & primary care in minimalist environments:

Pepid & US Army survival manuals/ 1st aid manual for naval officers etc.

These are all iSilo documents.
fringle
03-13-2003, 09:43 AM
Sounds like we are in the same business. What other programs or applications do you carry on your PDA?
roper
03-13-2003, 12:02 PM
Actually, I don't use my NX70V out there. I have a Handera 330 that all my info is on. THe battery life in this is exceptionally long (1 week), & I can recharge the batteries with a solar charger also. The Handera 330 is very sturdy. I have also dropped it on the ground 2x (once at a hgt of 6', the other at 3') & it still works.

I also have:
Lexicomp Comprehensive

Hopkins Antibiotic Guide

Clinical Medicine Consult

Wordsmith (of which the files are really, imported from past versions of PDA's ASCII wordprocessors - as I kept all my residency "Pearls" on a PDA from the getgo. I started out with a HP LX95 PDA running DOS in 1991).

iSilo (I have made my own medical books with this. I cut & paste info from webpages or medical CDROMs into MS Word, save it as HTML, then export it into iSilo, or add to Wordsmith if I think I'm going to be updating it).

The only thing the Handera can't do its color (ie: I carry a small book to ID plants, as it has color pics).