Re: OmniGo Sync

Max Wood (maxwood@mindspring.com)
Mon, 30 Dec 1996 07:01:55 -0600

Ben,

I use Intellilink, but do not use the SRAM card, so I can't answer your
question for sure. My suspicion is it will work much like the HP sync
program. The Intellilink program uses the transfer built into OGO.

At 10:19 PM 12/29/96 -0500, you wrote:
>I have a question on syncing my OmniGo 100 with my desktop:
>
>I have been using Hewett-Packard's Connectivity Pack 100 for a while
>without any problems. I was running out of RAM on my OmniGo, however, and
>so I purchased an SRAM card. One trick that is commonly used to free up
>RAM and give the user more storage space for their data (that is collected
>from OmniGo's built in apps) is this: Using a file transfer utility, copy
>the data files from OmniGo's RAM (which is drive B on the OmniGo) onto the
>SRAM card (which is drive C on the OmniGo), and then delete it from the
>RAM. When the OmniGo starts back up, it doesn't find the data in RAM, so
>it searches the card. When it finds it there, it is good to go from then
>on out. Applications run faster, and you have much more room for your
>data.
>
>The problem that resulted was that my Connectivity Pack couldn't find my
>data to sync it up anymore. Apparently, the data locations (like
>B:\GEOWORKS\DOCUMENT\PHONE.PDB, for example) are hardcoded into HP's
>connectivity pack (whereas my data is now at
>C:\GEOWORKS\DOCUMENT\PHONE.PDB.)
>
>So, my question is: Does the IntelliLink product allow for a changed data
>location? Does it search the card for data if it does not find it in RAM?
>If it is capable of this, I would be very interested in knowing how I could
>purchase this product.
>
>Thanks for your help,
>
>Ben Sykes
>bensykes@usa.net
>
>
- Max
maxwood@mindspring.com