SDK oddities

Marcus Groeber (100712.270@CompuServe.COM)
XXX, 31 Aug 11:50:18 1996 EDT

GWSteve wrote in reply to Edward's questions:

> << 2) The CD volume label is "SDK_BETA101". Is that correct? The case it
> That's normal (a slip in production).

This is the disk label of the "real" Geos 2.0 SDK (Target platforms: Zoomer,
Ensemble); the OmniGo CD would have no label, but a directory named OMNIGO in
the root.

> If the target machine has a CD drive, I recommend just copying the target
> software directly from the CD to the machine's hard drive, instead of using
> the installation routine. It's faster than sending the data over the serial

One thing to keep in mind (it got me confused more than once...): in some cases,
files copied from CD to hard disk will have the "read only" attribute set on the
destination files. Obviously, Geos will not run with the INI file and others
being read only, so the loader dies with some strange error message... resetting
the r/o attribute ("ATTRIB -r *.*" on all directories or "ATTRIB -r *.* /S" if
you're using a DOS version supporting the "/S" switch on the ATTRIB command)
should fix that problem.

ciao marcus

ps: Talking about SDKs and reading Nathan's posts regarding the Nokia 9000 SDK -
is it available yet, and, if so, at what cost? I found some hints on
http://www.geoworks.com, but no prices, except for a version including a
five-day training course...