Zoomer users can now access the PDA forum on AOL, simply by entering the
keyword "PDA." We now have access to the Message Boards as well as the
downloadable files section.
In case someone wants to download a ZIPped file and UNZIP it on their Zoomer,
that information has been provided on AOL, and I have included it in
this message.
On a different subject, Kerry Podolsky has recently released version 2.0
of his TextReader program for the Zoomer. It has a lot of nice, new
features. The announcement was posted on the PDA message boards and can
be found there. If anyone is interested I will gladly send them the info
or post it to the ZOOMER-LIST.
Ray Lopez
lopezr@thorin.uthscsa.edu
Subj: Unzipping your Zoomer - Method 1
Date: 94-09-11 23:22:18 EDT
From: Garland
Unzipping files on the Zoomer - Editing the GEOS.INI method.
Warning: editing your Zoomer's GEOS.INI is risky, it can lock up your Zoomer.
There are several texts around that describe *how* to edit your GEOS.INI,
so I'm not going cover that here.
Why are we doing this? Because we want to unzip files on our Zoomer by
just double tapping the zip file in the file manager.
Put PKUNZJR.COM on your Zoomer somewhere. Because I use many DOS utilities,
I've grouped them all together in B:\DOS_UTIL.000. When you do the edits
below, substitute the appropropriate path to where you put PKUNZJR.COM.
Edit your GEOS.INI. Look for the [file manger] section. If your GEOS.INI
doesn't have a dosAssociations section, add it.
[file manager]
dosAssociations={
*.ZIP=b:\dos_util.000\pkunzjr.com
}
filenameTokens={
*.BAT="gDOS",0
*.COM="gDOS",0
*.EXE="gDOS",0
*.ZIP="FILE",0
}
This edit will allow you to launch all DOS executables. It will also
associate all files named *.ZIP with the unzipping utility so that when you
double tap the file, the unzipping utility will be run with the filename
as it's only parameter. (Your file will be unzipped into the current
directory.) You can get fancy and add other command line parameters,
or have GEOS ask you for parameters before it runs a program, but that's
another kettle of fish.
Happy unzipping!
Garland
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Subj: Unzipping your Zoomer - Method 2
Date: 94-09-11 23:25:29 EDT
From: Garland
Unzipping files on the Zoomer - The Kludgy batch file method.
Using File Manager, create a folder on your Zoomer for your Zip file work
area. I'd suggest a folder named "ZIP" in your DOCUMENT folder.
Using whatever method you use to transfer files, transfer PKUNZJR.COM to
your Zoomer (into your Zip file work area).
Create a text file (either on another computer or using the AOL Lite
editor) named "ZDRIVER.BAT" (contents listed below) and put the file in
your Zip file work area.
Contents of "ZDRIVER.BAT":
for %%x in (*.zip) do pkunzjr -o %%x
Now, to unzip your *.zip files, put them in your Zip file work area and
double tap ZDRIVER.BAT.
**WARNING** All of the Zip files in your work area will be unzipped. Make
sure that you don't have duplicate names across the contents of your zip
files. (If you include the -o parameter in ZDRIVER.BAT, your older files
will be overwritten by the newer files. If you omit the -o parameter,
PKUNZJR will prompt you to verify if you want the file overwritten. At that
point, you have no keyboard control so you can't respond -- your only
option is to reboot the computer using the reset switch in the battery
compartment.)
Happy unzipping ^2.
-Garland