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Thanks. Here is the forwarded message, as you requested.
Since my original message, I've been able to install apps on the sram
card and have them come up on the home screen without any problems.
I usually don't have to shift-on-next reboot.
I have had some problem getting the express menu to list these installed
apps. It is working now, and I'll save this copy of geos.ini before I do
any more further experimenting with "expert mode" settings (Thanks,
Nate).
David
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Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 22:07:48 -0500
From: Man F Wong <Man.Wong@internetmci.com>
Subject: Re: What to use sram for
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-- [ From: Man F Wong * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] --
David M. Elins wrote:
> I bought one of the Direct Mobile 1MB SRAM cards, and now I am trying to
> figure out how to put applications on it.
>
> The Omnigo has built-in support backing up data files to SRAM, and the
Geos
> Installer will happily put new applications there, but these applications
> (e.g. Pocket Quicken) do not show up on the main menu.
>
> Does anyone know how to get applications not in b:\geoworks\world to show
up
> on the main menu? Do I need to enable the express menu?
You do not need to use Express mode. There are two things to consider:
1. If you used Installer to install apps like PQ to the PCMCIA card on the
OmniGo (not internal memory), then try rebooting (SHIFT+ON+NEXT).
2. If you did not install apps via step 1, but used something like omnicomm,
then make sure you installed the apps in c:\geoworks\world or some
subdirectory below it. Otherwise, it will not show up in the Home folder
or such.
>
> A couple of related questions:
> Is there some documentation as to the meanings of the various options in
the
> geos.ini and net.ini initialization files?
The help for the Nathan Fiedler's Express Mode program should explain
nearly all the useful options for the OmniGo. The only other useful one of
which I can think offhand is the option to change the apps mapping of the
OmniGo's hard icons. For example, because I don't use my Spreadsheet app
often, I remapped that icon for launching Pocket Quicken at the end of
GEOS.INI like this:
[hardIconBar]
app7 = Pocket Quicken
Apparently, the icons start from app0 for Home to app11 for Rotate. Use
the exact GEOS app name that the OmniGo recognizes (eg. as shown in the
Home folder or in BMS File Manager).
>
> Does anyone know of a way to remove items from the home screen? I've been
> playing around with omnicom and with DOS mode on the omnigo, and I'm
stumped.
> As far as I can tell, the built-in applications, such as notepad, are not
> really in b:\geoworks\world; it only looks to omnicom as if they are
there.
This is not possible. Common knowledge is that they do not use up RAM
space anyway although I wonder if this is 100% accurate technically
speaking. They do register the use of a small amount of file storage and
can be copied to elsewhere on the ramdisk. In any case, they certainly do
not use up any more RAM space than necessary.
>
> Sorry for the rambling nature of this note; I like the Omnigo very much
and
> I'm really trying to figure out what is going on under the hood
No problem. That's what many of us seem to stick around here for. :)
Have fun! be productive ;-) and enjoy!!
_Man_
PS: Please forward this to the OGO mailing-list on my behalf because my
ISP's mailserver cannot send mail to the list. Thanx.
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