7-Oct-2000 Jalal Al-Muhtadi added decryption feature to Naiview text viewer. That's why Naiview review is extended at Text Works section, describing new decryption feature; the link to Naiview official site is replaced with the link to modified Naiview official site; Decryption utility review is removed from Text Works section; Naiview Ver. 1.03 (onHand version) is removed from the Files/Ruputer Files section, because modified Naiview is compatible with both Ruputer and onHand. The link to Jalal's onHand Downloads is added to the Links section. 4-Oct-2000 Decryption utility application review and link are added to Text Works section. 22-Sep-2000 Ruputer Fan has moved to the new server, so its link is updated at the Links section.

This Web page brings general information on SII Ruputer/Matsucom onHand wristwatch, related links, news releases and detailed help for the novices to let them solve various problems which may be experienced during the using of the watch. Also you will find the reviews of useful applications and various files there. Subscribe to TimexFun mailing list for Web site updates and high tech wristwatch discussion: This useful program will help you to deal with the files from Japanese Ruputer Web sites: Lhasa (This easy-to-use application lets you unpack .LHA and .LZH files. Most of the files on Japanese Web sites have these extensions).

Ruputer was officially launched on the 8th of April, 1998 by SII. There were 2 models of Ruputer wristwatch - Ruputer (Model MP110) and Ruputer Pro (Model MP120). And the only difference between them is the amount of flash disk space - Ruputer Pro got more space. The watch has 128Kb of RAM and 512Kb (Ruputer)/2Mb (Ruputer Pro) of flash memory (for storing the files). The amount of ROM is 512Kb. It is used for Kanji character set, operating system, etc. The LCD screen is dot-matrix and has 102x64 pixels resolution. The PC communication is executed via PC docking station and the speed of data transferring is 19,200 bits per second. Plus the watch can 'talk' to another Ruputer or computer via infra-red 'eye' with the speed of 38,400 bits per second (to Ruputer) and 19,200 bits per second (to PC). The power source is two CR2025 type batteries. The 'heart' of Ruputer is 16-bit processor - MN10200 by Matsushita Electronics Corporation. And its clock frequency is 1.82Mhz. On the 14th of October, 1998, SII released the new model of Ruputer wristwatch - Ruputer Pro4 (Model MP140). This time the flash memory capacity is doubled to 4Mb. Plus some more case and band styles were presented. On the 10th of December, 1998, SII released new series of Ruputer Pro watch (2Mb) - Ruputer ProS. The main difference between original Pro and ProS is that Ruputer ProS goes without docking station. The need of uploading the new files to the watch was smartly solved by SII - they established a special place in Tokyo called SII Data Station, where owners of Ruputer ProS series can upload the newest applications. Official site offers the schedule which shows the new releases which may be uploaded at SII Data Station. Ruputer ProS comes in two styles - silver and black. Also, ProS line got new stylish bands.There is a big number of applications were pre-installed on Ruputer ProS. They include well-known original and home-grown applications and games. The big advantage of ProS series is that they are quite cheap in comparison with Ruputer Pro. Starting from the 12th of November, 1999, Matsucom sells the watch based on Ruputer architecture under onHand name. It is oriented on American and European markets. It has almost the same technical specifications as original Ruputer but there is only 2Mb model in two color styles (no 512Kb and 4Mb versions). The processor speed is 3.64Mhz. The speed of data transferring is 38,400 bits per second. Japanese GUI was replaced with English one which has some extra functions. PC software for the watch was updated, too.

First of all, if you press MENU button in Filer (graphic interface of the file system), Japanese menu will appear. To completely understand all its entries you should download Ruputer system menu translation from the Files/Images section. This picture shows the translations of every point of system menu. Ruputer PC Application which goes on CD-ROM in the package doesn't work on non-Japanese Windows. But most programs of onHand PC Application are compatible with Ruputer, so they may be used instead of Ruputer PC Application. All sorts of operations like copying, moving, deleting, formatting can be performed from PC Filer, the general program of onHand PC Application. You can download this software suite from the Files/PC Files section. After understanding the functions of onHand PC Application, you can perform the format of Ruputer flash disk. It helps to clean up unuseful stuff and free up some memory. To format the disk, in PC Filer, choose onHand/Format onHand memory...; under format options choose Full Format and press 'Start' button. This action will take some minutes. The next step should be scanning flash memory for errors. To complete that, choose onHand/Check onHand memory..., then press 'Start/Resume' button. Then, if the message 'No error was detected.' appeared, everything is alright. After formatting you will find out that all directories and files, except SYSTEM/SYSTEM.INI, disappeared from Ruputer flash disk. Now it's time to bring back the needed files. Download Ruputer back-up archive from the Files/Ruputer Files section which contains back-up data (all the files of SYSTEM directory and its subdirectories, plus some other files which were originally installed on Ruputer). Before uploading all the back-up stuff to your Ruputer, you can decide which files are not needed to you. The following description will help. Description of the back-up files: * - you must not delete this file. PROGRAMS/ BATTERY.EXF - Use this program to turn Ruputer off before changing the batteries. CALC.EXF - Simple calculator. CHRONO.EXF - Stop-watch. PASSWORD.EXF - Protects PIM data in .ADR, .DFM, .FMM, .SCL, .TDO and .TXM files with your password. REVERSI.EXF - Logic game. TIMER.EXF - Timer. WATCH.EXF - Native watch application. WORLD.EXF - World time. Tells what time is it now in the large cities of the world. SYSTEM/ *ALARM.INI - This file deals with alarm. *FILER.INI - Stores information about what applications are associated with the existing file extensions. *SUBJECT.INI - It is used for the predefined texts when no other *SBJCT.INI files are used. *WEEKLY.INI - Stores the alarm information. SYSTEM/APPS/ ADRVIEW.EXF - Address book (manages names, phones, addresses, etc.). *BLD2.EXF - Displays warning message asking to replace batteries. *CHECK.EXF - Checks an alarm event. No alarms are possible without this file. DFMVIEW.EXF - Credit card manager (you can enter a card number and a date it is valid to). *DSD.EXF - Displays schedule event when it's coming up. FMMVIEW.EXF - Family memo (anniversaries). MMPVIEW.EXF - Viewer of .MMP graphic files. SCLVIEW.EXF - Schedule (manages events scheduled by time and date). SNDVIEW.EXF - Player of .SND sound files. STWVIEW.EXF - Viewer of .STW stop-watch files. TDOVIEW.EXF - To-do list (manages the things you have to do sorted by priority). TXMVIEW.EXF - Short notes editor (allows to create short notes). TXTVIEW.EXF - Viewer of standard .TXT text files. NOTE: To create .ADR, .DFM, .FMM, .SCL, .TDO or .TXM file, just run one of the needed viewers from SYSTEM/APPS/ directory. After that, PIM directory and the file with Japanese name will be created on the flash disk. Just rename it to the one you prefer and use it as you like. SYSTEM/INI/ *ADRSBJCT.INI - Contains custom phrases used by ADRVIEW.EXF. *DFMSBJCT.INI - Contains custom phrases used by DFMVIEW.EXF. *OFCSBJCT.INI - Contains custom phrases for input in 'Company name' field (address book). *SCHSBJCT.INI - Contains custom phrases used by SCLVIEW.EXF. *SECSBJCT.INI - Contains custom phrases for input in 'Section' field (address book). *TDOSBJCT.INI - Contains custom phrases used by TDOVIEW.EXF. *TIMER.INI - Contains the settings for TIMER application. *TXTVIEW.INI - Contains the settings for TXTVIEW text viewer. *WORLD.INI - Contains time zone settings for WORLD application. NOTE: Some .INI files in this directory may be deleted, if an application which uses that .INI file is not installed. For example, if you don't use DFMVIEW.EXF and don't have it on your flash disk, you don't need to store DFMSBJCT.INI file as well. SYSTEM/MMP/ *INITIAL.MMP - Graphic file which is displayed after reset was performed. NOTE: To use your own graphic file instead of SII original one, you should place your own .MMP file to this directory and rename it to INITIAL.MMP. If there is no INITIAL.MMP file in SYSTEM/MMP/ directory, the default image with button layout scheme is shown. SYSTEM/SOUND/ ALARM1.SND - Sound file. ALARM2.SND - Sound file. ALARM3.SND - Sound file. ALARM4.SND - Sound file. ALARM5.SND - Sound file. CHIME1.SND - Sound file. CHIME2.SND - Sound file. CHIME3.SND - Sound file. SCHALARM.SND - Sound file. NOTE: There must be at least one sound file in this directory to let alarms and schedule events to sound. After installing Ruputer original files, you should edit your FILER.INI file to delete the extensions you don't use, add new extensions or associate some extensions with other applications. To complete this mission you should install Ruputer application called FILER.INI Editor. It allows to edit FILER.INI file right on your wrist. The interface is very friendly. You can download it here: FILER.INI Editor (It allows to edit FILER.INI file right on Ruputer. Has very friendly interface).

Ruputer LCD screen has 102x64 pixels resolution. And of course, 2 colors - black and white. 102x64 is not really enough for a good image but anyway it is a progress for a wristwatch. The format of Ruputer images is .MMP, which stands for mono-map. It is possible to view images larger than 102x64 pixels on Ruputer. The maximum resolution allowed for .MMP file is 320x240 pixels. You can scroll large images by using the joystick. If you want to view images larger than 320x240, you can view PC .BMP files directly on your Ruputer. And .BMP image can have any resolution but it must be monochrome. You must install BMPViewer application on Ruputer flash disk, then associate .BMP extension with it by using previously described FILER.INI Editor application (see Getting Started section). BMPViewer can be obtained from this location: BMPViewer (View PC .BMP files with any resolution right on your Ruputer). NOTE: After loading .BMP file on Ruputer, it will not appear immediately, just wait some seconds and it will come up. Scrolling an image with joystick is quite slow. By pressing ENTER you may choose the position of an image you want to look at. Press ENTER once again to view that position. One more interesting application was developed for Ruputer. It is called GMPVIEW. It allows to view images with 8 pseudo gray scales on Ruputer. First of all, you should take PC .BMP file with resolution of 102x64 and any color depth. Then you should convert it to .GMP format by using special utility which is included in GMPVIEW package. After that you will receive .GMP file with 8 pseudo gray scales. This program is very useful for viewing PC color and gray scale images. You can download it by following this link: GMPVIEW (It allows to view multi-color and gray scale .BMP images on Ruputer by displaying them in 8 pseudo gray scales. This application uses its own .GMP file format). Now there is an alternative to original .MMP viewer available. It is called Simple MMP Viewer. It easily replaces MMPVIEW application. The main goal of Simple MMP Viewer is speed. It loads .MMP files very quickly and exits by pressing any button. Go for it now: Simple MMP Viewer (Good replacement for MMPVIEW application. Works much faster and exits by pressing any button). If you ever wanted to take a screenshot from Ruputer application for its further publishing on your Web site, for example, this task can be easily done. There is a program called RupCapture which performs such job. When you loaded that application, there seconds (up to 59) are beginning to run. Press ENTER on desired time. RupCapture automatically exits and waits for specified time, then makes a screen grab from an application you are currently running. For example, if you pressed ENTER when the seconds showed '40', a screen grab will be activated after 20 seconds; if it showed '01', screen capturing will be performed after 59 seconds and so on. Note that screen grabs can be made not from every application. A screen grab is saved as .MMP file in RupCapture directory. The program can be downloaded here: RupCapture (This program performs screen grabs from Ruputer applications). The most amazing ability of Ruputer is the possibility of viewing video files. They have .MMV extension. There was no video player for Ruputer and Ruputer Pro in standard package, but with appearance of SII Ruputer Pro4, MMVVIEW application is on Ruputer flash disk and CD-ROM by default. So, if you are Ruputer or Ruputer Pro owner, you can download it from the Files/Ruputer Files section.

When you were entering your data in PIM applications, you saw that Ruputer has some virtual keyboards which represent Japanese, Latin and other character sets including the icon set. But Ruputer has much more characters in its ROM. How they can be accessed? First of all, you should find HEX virtual keyboard (numeric keyboard with A, B, C, D, E and F letters). Then open one of your Ruputer manuals to access the character table (pages 176-189). Every character in the table has its own 4-digit code. So you have to type needed character code on HEX keyboard then press a button below space to force that character to appear. Typing characters from the table is not an easy work, but if you need Russian characters, for example, you will have to do it. If you want to have Russian characters in Ruputer applications and files (.TXT, .CSV, etc.), you should use Baikal Wordpad program to convert Russian characters of Windows 1251 encoding to Russian characters of Shift-JIS encoding which is used in Ruputer. Download this program here: Baikal Wordpad (This excellent text editor has the ability of converting Russian characters of Windows 1251 encoding to Russian characters of Shift-JIS encoding). Ruputer's original text viewer TXTVIEW is very uncomfortable: it is slow, has very large characters and writes annoying 'Enter' character. It is not a good idea to use it as your default text viewer. There is a number of various text viewers developed for Ruputer. After the following reviews you can decide which one suits you the best. One of the greatest text viewers available for Ruputer is Naiview. The best thing about this viewer is that it can be used along with your default viewer. This means that there is no need to associate .TXT extension with Naiview, because it has file selection box. Other great features of this viewer are the following: it can view binary files; the size of the viewed file can be very large, depending on the mode used; along with standard Ruputer mode (17 characters per line), Naiview has TEXT80 mode which is equivalent to PC standard - 80 characters per line (but the font in this mode doesn't become tiny - it stays the same, and you'll have to scroll a text by pressing RIGHT or LEFT to get all parts of a text); auto-scroll (this mode allows hands-free reading of a text - very practical feature; in this mode you can choose between 3 speeds of scrolling by pressing DOWN to increase and UP to decrease). Along with viewing of text and binary files, Naiview now can view encrypted files with .ENC extension. To encrypt a text file, you have to use PC encryption utility which is provided in the package. After running encrypted file on Ruputer, you will be asked to enter a password. If the entered password is correct, you will be able to view a text, if not - you will see trash on the screen. This application is compatible with both Ruputer and onHand. It can be downloaded from this location: Naiview (The greatest viewer for Ruputer/onHand with the following features: binary, text and encrypted text file viewing; various display modes; file selection dialog box; support of large files; auto-scroll). Another great viewer is FilerLargeTinyText, a modification of TINYTEXT application. The viewer can't view Japanese characters but it can display European characters which are absent in Ruputer ROM. The font which is used by this viewer is quite small but readable. FilerLargeTinyText has built-in European font, but it also supports additional fonts. Every font is situated in .MMP file, so it may be easily edited with any graphic editor. Currently, Russian (Windows 1251 encoding) and Greek fonts are available. To install one of these fonts as default, place the font file TINYFONT.MMP to SYSTEM/MMP/ directory. The size of the viewed file is not limited, but when you reach 16Kb, it then loads the next 16Kb chunk and you can't scroll back before 16Kb cut. Also this viewer has file selection box, so it may be used along with your default viewer. You can get FilerLargeTinyText and additional fonts for it from the Files/Ruputer Files section. Another text viewer is quite extraordinary. It is called JVIEW. It allows to view small 'presentations' on your watch - you can view .MMP graphic files along with the text. If there is a line in a text file - FILE.MMP, by pressing ENTER, it shows that .MMP file. When you create a text, you can insert lines in the needed places with the names of .MMP files, so in the viewing process, a user will be able to execute those graphic files right from the text. Note that correspondent .MMP files must be in the same directory with a text file. Also, JVIEW has unique search function - press ENTER on the needed word, then press UP or DOWN to search that word in the text. You can create a table of contents at the start of a text file, so by pressing ENTER, then DOWN on those entries, you will be able to jump right to the needed part of a text. To use JVIEW, you have to associate .TXT files with it by using previously described FILER.INI Editor. To check all advantages and unique features of this text viewer, you should download Street Gang - Wheel Of Fortune presentation for JVIEW from Street Gang - Wheel Of Fortune Web page. You can download JVIEW from the Files/Ruputer Files section. There was text editor developed for Ruputer. It is called SLED. With its help, you'll be able to create and edit text files right on your wrist. Download this text editor here: SLED (English version) (This text editor allows you to create or edit text files right on your wrist. English version by Aaron J Miller). If you need to take notes on the fly or keep track of your expenses, you should try Vortex application. If you want to write just a phone number or note, use text fields, and put zero number at the last numeric field. The last field is used for keeping the track of your debts, expenses, etc. Then, the numbers from all data are calculated and the final sum is written at the lower right corner. You can get this application here: Vortex (Great quick note and expense manager). Having more text files on Ruputer than flash disk capacity allows is possible now. You can store all text files in compressed form, then use Huff decompression utility to unpack them. To compress text files to Huff format, you need to use a special command-line utility for PC which is enclosed in original Huff package. You can get Huff and PC compression utility from the Files/Ruputer Files section.

SII Ruputer official site (It is all in Japanese but worth seeing). Matsucom onHand official site (This site offers various information on onHand wristwatch (English version of Ruputer). You can get general information along with technical specifications, application descriptions, etc.). Ruputer The Wrist Computer (This site contains a lot of info on Ruputer applications, tons of Ruputer-related links, software library, FAQ, etc. This is the best Ruputer Web site around). Planet Ruputer (This page offers excellent applications such as Maziacs game, Zodiac database and Vortex expense manager). Ruputer Fan (The home of such great applications and games as R-Force, FILER.INI Editor, Simple MMP Viewer and others. Only in Japanese). MATSUCOM onHand PC Review (This detailed review will surely help the potential onHand buyers to decide, to buy or not to buy... Plus there are sections which can be of some help for the current onHand owners). onHand/Ruputer Page - Chez Goodman (This page contains some useful applications for onHand such as Tiny Translator, a multilingual word translator). fton Homepage (This page features the program for communication between Linux machine and onHand - fton. Also you can find Factor application for onHand there). onHand PC Raycasting (The author of this page is developing a new game based on raycasting engine for onHand. Ruputer version is available as well). Quest for onHand (This page features a new RPG game for onHand - Quest). onHand PC Software (This page contains Analog Clock application for onHand). PDABuzz.com onHand forums (If you don't want to bother yourself subscribing on the mailing lists, you can use that forums to discuss any onHand/Ruputer topics). The onHand Security Holes Page (Very interesting page. It tells about password encryption method used in onHand PIM applications and how to recover that password). Jalal's onHand Downloads (Here you can find various viewers with decryption feature and other applications).

onHand emulator source (I created the emulator of onHand. It is based on compiling onHand source code under MS Visual C++. It is very first version, with support of only few graphic functions. For some months I will have no time to continue the development. I guess, further development can be done according to Open Source philosophy. Features: 1. gv_line, gv_circle, gv_kput, cls, dispTitle, gv_clear. 2. Joystick events, MENU and ENTER button events. 3. Support of browser. By Vaclav Prchlik). 1057Kb NOTE: The contents of this archive must be placed to onHand_SDK directory. onHand PC Application (Most of the programs from this suite can be used not only with onHand but also with Ruputer. onHand PC Application includes the following programs: PC PIM and PC Tool suites and PC Filer - the most important application which is used for all sorts of flash disk operations). 8851Kb Ruputer plug-in Version 0.5 beta for FAR. 66Kb (If you are tired of very slow Ruputer/onHand file management via PC Filer, this is what you need. FAR is a nice Norton Commander-like file manager for Windows. To install Ruputer plug-in, create any directory in Far/Plugins/ directory; place all files from Ruputer plug-in archive to the new directory; run FAR; press F9 and choose 'Options/Plugins configuration/Ruputer Plugin configuration' menu; make needed changes in the available options and press 'OK' twice; exit FAR and run it again; press Alt+F1 to open Ruputer/onHand flash disk in left panel and Alt+F2 to open needed local disk in right panel or vise versa; see lower line for function keys' assignments and perform needed actions like copying, moving, deleting, etc. By Alex Gerchanovsky). FilerLargeTinyText (A modified version of TINYTEXT text viewer. It adds several improvements to original TINYTEXT functionality, such as file selection dialog box and large text file support. Works both on Ruputer and onHand. By Chris Clark). 8Kb. Additional fonts: Russian (If it is installed as default font, you will be able to view text files of Windows 1251 encoding on your Ruputer). 1Kb, Greek (If it is installed as default font, you will be able to view text files which contain Greek characters. By George Psomas). 1Kb Huff (Decompression application for onHand/Ruputer. It should be used for decompression of text files. To compress a text file, you have to use a PC utility which is included in the package. By Chris Clark). 114Kb JVIEW ver1.2 (This text viewer allows to view small 'presentations' which include text and graphics. This application has English interface and documentation. By koji). 9Kb Master RemCon (It is a learning remote control application. It means that you will be able to record IR signals right from your existing remote controllers and later control your technics with your watch. This version is fully translated to English and works both on Ruputer and onHand. Original version by STEAR; modification by Alex Gerchanovsky). 52Kb MMVVIEW (This application allows you to play video files with .MMV extension on your Ruputer). 6Kb NOTE: To use MMVVIEW on Ruputer or onHand, place MMVVIEW.EXF file to SYSTEM/APPS/ directory. You don't need to associate .MMV extension with MMVVIEW, because it already exists in original FILER.INI file. .MTV files for Multi Time Viewer (This watch allows to use plug-in .MTV files which carry the information on some events and time difference between them and current time): Game and computer systems (My version of original GAME.MTV. Includes the information on how much time passed since the release of some game and computer systems). 1Kb, World time (My version of original WORLD.MTV. It lists all the cities signed in WORLD.INI file and the difference between their and current time). 1Kb, 21st century (My version of original FUTURE.MTV. It shows how much time is left until 21st century). 1Kb NOTE: It is very convenient to use Multi Time Viewer as your anniversary and appointment viewer (instead of FMMVIEW and SCLVIEW). Find the details of how to do it at the Files/Texts section - see How to organize your anniversaries and How to organize your appointments files. Ruputer back-up (This archive contains all the files which are needed to be placed back to Ruputer flash disk after its formatting). 193Kb Ruputer CSV Viewer v1.4 (English version) (This application allows to view .CSV files (comma delimited files) right on your Ruputer. It is very fast and features such functions as search and sorting. It may be a good replacement for the most of Ruputer PIM applications. This version has one character more width. Compatibility includes both Ruputer and onHand. Originally developed by Y. Odagiri; modification by Chris Clark). 8Kb Temperature converter between Celsius and Fahrenheit (This onHand application lets you easily convert temperature values between Celsius and Fahrenheit systems. By Vaclav Prchlik). 35Kb Ruputer button (You will find Windows 'Start' button replacement featuring Ruputer logo there). 1Kb for TClock (This program features advanced clock in the tray, the ability to change 'Start' button image and other desktop enhancements). SII Ruputer wristwatch skin v.1.1 (It transforms your digital music player into SII Ruputer wristwatch. You can execute major player functions with virtual Ruputer's buttons and joystick). 26Kb for RealJukebox (That program's slogan says it all - 'your digital music center'. Basically, RealJukebox is used to record, organize and listen to digital music tracks of various types). 'Announcing the arrival of Wearable Computing' brochure (This brochure features Matsucom onHand wristwatch. It is provided by various onHand suppliers. Scanned by Kerwin Robertson. 2 pages - 2355x1253x32bit .jpg and 2361x1254x32bit .jpg). 2315Kb 'Dick Tracy's wristwatch gets an upgrade' article (This is the scan of 'Dick Tracy's wristwatch gets an upgrade' article from Australian 'Computer Choice' magazine (Jan/Feb, 1999). It describes Ruputer and Ruputer Pro4 watches as seen by Australian press. Scanned by Sean Flanagan. 907x389x32bit .png). 627Kb Ruputer system menu translation (This image features the translation of every system menu entry. The must-have for every new Ruputer user. Part of translation by Hiroyuki Uziie. 886x574x256colors .png). 16Kb How to organize your anniversaries (Explanation of how to organize your anniversaries in Multi Time Viewer application). 1Kb How to organize your appointments (Explanation of how to organize your appointments in Multi Time Viewer application). 3Kb Manual for Rail (Short explanation of how to use Rail timetable viewer for Ruputer. By Werner Habel). 6Kb onHand cheater's guide (If you are school/college/university student and you need to pass your tests or exams flawlessly, follow these simple steps and you'll probably do fine. If you find this stuff unethical, make sure to read the following articles - Unscrupulous uses of portable technology and Legitimate educational uses of portable technology. You can get them from the same section. By Werner Habel). 3Kb Unscrupulous uses of portable technology (The complementary article to onHand cheater's guide. By Andrew Garrard). 11Kb Legitimate educational uses of portable technology (Second complementary article to onHand cheater's guide. By Andrew Garrard). 13Kb Ruputer Shell Station (Replacement icon for Ruputer Shell Station. 32x32x32bit). 1Kb

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