Re: zdos

Rob Miller (rmiller@bsm.biochemistry.ucl.ac.uk)
Sat, 26 Aug 1995 17:07:19 +0100 (BST)

> >
> > > >The program is called <zdos.com> and is available on
> > > >ftp.biostat.washington.edu in the /pub/zoomer directory.
>
> Indeed ZDOS.COM was written by DAvid Goodman CIS 72330,130 in 1993.
>
>

> 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?
>

Just some quick comments on zdos and palmExport:

(1) It's been a while since I used it, but I thought Zdos let you use
*all the commands the Zoomer OS takes* (documented in Chris D.'s faq),
but you can type them at your PC. Thank you David Goodman, it saves
hours of time when you have a geos.ini problem that you'd otherwise
have to do an a-b reset (and then recover from backups) to fix everytime.

(2) Despite the warnings, palmExport works fine on the Zoomer itself,
at least for the few-page files I used it for; now I can just access
everything with ZTE and do ascii to start with, tho...

rob.


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