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> On Thu, 24 Aug 1995, Jay Wallin wrote:
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> > >The program is called <zdos.com> and is available on
> > >ftp.biostat.washington.edu in the /pub/zoomer directory.
> > >
> > Barry, Andre;
> > This may be what I am looking for. Could you please explain a
> > little about what this will allow me to do.
> >
> > Wanting to use my Zoomer with my PC.
> >
> >
> I don't remember all the details but it has a number of features. I use
> it simply to transfer files from the Zoomer to the PC and vice-versa. It
> does this very easily. I have a batch file set up so I only have to
> connect them and go to where I want to put the file on the Zoomer,
> and put the Zoomer in file transfer mode, type ZSEND filename,
> and it's on it's way.
>
> It's actually a sort of remote control program. It lets you run the
> Zoomer, to some extent, from your PC. But it only lets you do a few
> things like copying files or deleting them, etc. I think there are 5
> or 6 commands but I forget what they are. I only use the transfer
> capability.
>
> It's a small, simple program that I suspect someone wrote as a personal
> tool, and it works very well.
>
> Barry
Barry,
Indeed ZDOS.COM was written by DAvid Goodman CIS 72330,130 in 1993.
I got ZDOS.COM (from biostat.washington.edu) as mentioned above, and it
works fine to upload files from the Zoomer to my PC. I have also downloaded
from some other site on the Internet the Palmexport utility, which is
supposed to translate the Zoomer files into ascii format.
The readme.txt file that comes with Palmexport describes how to use it
with the PalmConn software. How do you use it *directly* i.e., without
using the PalmConn software? What I mean is, how do I use the export.geo
file (part of Palm Export) to translate my Notebook.000 file, now residing
on my PC, into some sort of ascii file?
The answer to the above is probably obvious to a person knowledgeable
about Geoworks, but I am not (and I would imagine many readers are in the
same predicament).
Thanks in advance
Andre Kesteloot