Backing up Graffiti

William M. Miller (wmm@world.std.com)
Tue, 23 Jan 1996 08:58:34 -0500 (EST)

Last week I posted a request for information regarding backing up
Graffiti. Yesterday, I received the following instructions, and the
author asked me to post them to the list for him. Here they are --
thanks, Doug!

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> Hi. I read your inquiry on the Zoomer Web site. I don't belong to the
> Zoomer mailing list, which is why I'm answering you personally rather
> than through the list.
>
> There are three files you need to keep track of when you're backing up
> Graffiti to your SRAM card. First, of course, is GEOS.INI. Among other
> things, GEOS.INI tells GEOS that you're using Graffiti HWR. You should
> always keep a copy of your most up-to-date GEOS.INI on your SRAM card.
>
> Second is a file called GRAFFITI.MCR. This stores all the "short-cuts"
> you have defined, and also holds the default ones, too. The
> installation program puts this file in B:\GEOWORKS\PRIVDATA\HWR, but it
> can go on C:\GEOWORKS\PRIVDATA\HWR instead if you like.
>
> The third file involved is the Graffiti geode itself. It's called
> HWRROM.GEO (the GEOS name is 'Palm HWR Library'), and it's stored in
> B:\GEOWORKS\SYSTEM. This is the file that must be on your B: drive for
> Graffiti to work.
>
> I have moved GRAFFITI.MCR to my C: drive instead of B:. (I also keep a
> copy of it somewhere else just in case. It's not very big.) I also
> keep a copy of GEOS.INI (I call it EXPERT.INI) under C:\GEOWORKS.
> Finally, I keep a copy of HWRROM.GEO under C:\GRAFFITI. After I do a
> hard reset on my Zoomer, I run a batch file called PENRIGHT.BAT from
> File Manager:
>
> copy c:\geoworks\expert.ini b:\geoworks\geos.ini
> md b:\geoworks\system
> copy c:\graffiti\hwrrom.geo b:\geoworks\system
>
> Once I do that, I'm back in business with Graffiti.
> --
> Doug Taylor doug-taylor+@osu.edu The Ohio State University
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