Palm Support Free!

DavidBlack@aol.com
XXX, 29 Nov 1993 11:11:56 -0400 (EDT)

A warning and explaination about downloading Ensemble 2.0 apps on to your Zoomer. As many of you have discovered, most of the apps in the Ensemble 2.0 package will not run on the Zoomer, complaining about 'missing libraries'. This error refers to files from the SYSTEM directory that are in the Ensemble 2.0 product, but not on the Zoomer. It should be possible to copy the missing library files to the Zoomer and have the apps work, but you will need to take the time to find out what libraries are missing.

Now for the warning. Even if you can get some of your Ensemble 2.0 apps running on your Zoomer, you may not want to. I downloaded the clock from Ensemble 2.0 on to my Zoomer shortly after I got it, but ran into performance and stability issues with the clock refusing to shut down and hogging CPU time.

Now that developers have both the SDK and Zoomers, there will be more consideration given to making the apps run flawlessly on both platforms. I know with the apps that I am currently writing, I regularly test them on both the Zoomer and Ensemble 2.0 to make sure problems like the ones encountered with Clock, and the infamous 'missing libraries' simply do not happen.

Indiana Clones, the Palmtop Road Warrior
aka David BlackSubj: FTW ZOOMER and Quicken.