Re: Running Zoomer apps under Ensemble

Scott Johnson (srj@nsd.3com.com)
Tue, 18 Jun 1996 16:06:22 -0700

dkim> Well, I tried to do this, in conjunction with my
dkim> corrupted addressbook file. I copied all the
dkim> \SYSTEM\*.* into c:\geos20\system, skipping any files
dkim> that are already there. Now I can run addressbook,
dkim> datebook and notebook on my PC under Ensemble 2.01.
dkim> Pretty nice! I wonder if this would also work under
dkim> GeoPublish (the shareware version of Ensemble).

It does and it works well. I'm running it at home. A Zoomer with a
keyboard on my PC? Cool! With all the same datafiles as in my
pocket? Even cooler!

Even the Chinese characters I have in parts of my address book come
out correctly on the PC.

dkim> Still, it will be easier to update addressbook on the
dkim> PC, with keyboard, than using Graffiti. I wonder if
dkim> there is a way to print to a text file, open text editor
dkim> in desktop system, and then cut and paste into a new
dkim> addressbook? Hmm, well, there is no support for
dkim> CTRL-INS/SHIFT-INS so I guess not. :(

I need to pull my old PC-LINK Casio BOSS addressbook into the
addressbook on the Zoomer. I'm not looking forward to hand typing
(much less hand-Graffiti-izing) 300 addresses...

Does anyone know what the addressbook file format looks like? I seem
to remember that the file format is proprietary, I was just wondering
if anyone had reverse engineered it... I might put together a
BOSS->Zoomer converter program (I think my BOSS will pass on to my
wife, if I can get it working again)

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