Re: [at-l] H/PC's and BellSouth Pager/Hike

["Ryan K. Brooks" <ryan@inc.net>]

I've found that most pagers don't work that well on the AT... not sure
what other people's experiences have been.

A 9kb message is 9,000 characters;  a typical line of text in a message
is 80 characters.

Ryan

KC wrote:

>  I am considering taking a very small Palm PC or the new BellSouth
> Pager,,,the pager can hold 500 character messages containing up to 500
> characters each
>
> You can send 50,000 characters for $25 a month. I forget my computer
> basics,,,how many pages would that be? How many characters are in a
> 9KB message? Any suggestions from you computer wizards about using one
> of those Organizers or Palm PC's or this pager? I would be willing to
> carry up to 1 1/2 pounds in gear. Right now I am leaning towards using
> a micro cassette but that would mean more work for Leapfrog. Thanks KC
> aka War Eagle

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