Technical Notes

Freeing Memory on the Zoomer

Ways to Free Occupied Memory on Your PDA Z-7000:

State files are used by the system to keep track of where you were in all of the applications you've opened since last resetting the computer. These are what make it possible to return to exactly the same spot in a game of solitaire, maintaining "Home" in the international clock, and leaving you where you left off in a notebook. However, they do use some memory, which you may need from time to time. You may delete state files from the File Manager. Applications for which you've deleted the state files will open in the default file for that application.

Here's how to manage your state files.

• You may do a soft reset of your Zoomer. This will recover all available memory, but it will also cause the Zoomer to forget where you were in all applications, including the Home and Destination in the World Clock. See your User's Guide for information regarding Resets.

• Tap the Launcher icon on your Zoomer and open Utilities, File Manager. The state files are in the B:[Internal]\GEOWORKS\PRIVDATA\STATE directory. Usually, when you open the File Manager you will see the B:[Internal]\GEOWORKS\WORLD directory. Click on the folder icon in the upper left corner of the window to go up one level to B:[Internal]\GEOWORKS. Open the PRIVDATA folder, then open the STATE folder.

  You may delete, by dragging the name or icon to the trash can icon, all of the files for any applications you don't need to keep your place in EXCEPT: zmanager app. (transparent), UI State, and any state files for applications you currently have open. You may also want to keep the wclock app. file to save Home for your World Clock.

Please note that these state files are necessary and unavoidable -- you may only delete the ones you're not using, and each time you open a new application it will create the file again.

Note: Be careful to check the size of files on PalmConnect before linking them over to your PDA. It is easy to create Address Books and Note Books which exceed the available memory. You may find that for large files a PCMCIA memory card is required.

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