Zoomer FAQ - Text Version Part 3

PDAJeff@aol.com
Sat, 12 Nov 1994 09:55:01 -0400 (EDT)

Applications that Work
The following applications work on the Zoomer:
Geoworks:
ALARM.GEO - Alarm, doen't wake up the Zoomer.
BTTLRFT.GEO - Game - Battle Raft
CLOCK.GEO - Displays Time
CMPIT.GEO - Compress It text file compressor
FF.GEO - File Finder
GEOGO.GEO - Game - Like Oki
IZL.GEO - IZL Program Interpreter
MAZE.GEO - Game - Maze Runner v1.0.6
MINES.GEO - Game - Mine Sweeper
MG_HELPV.GEO - MG's Help Viewer
PIANO.GEO - a Piano
PREF4PAC.ZIP - A set of preferences
TETRIS.GEO - Tetris provided w/Ensemble
TXTRDR.GEO - TextReader v1.1
TOWERS .GEO - Game - Towers of Hanoi
ZCOMLITE.GEO - Terminal Program

DOS:
PKUNZIPJR.COM - Pkunzip file unzipper
DIET.EXE - File Compressor - no real gain since all file get uncompressed by
the file manager.
Stacker - Works great to double the amount of disk space available.
Recommended for use only on PCMCIA cards.
Debug.com - only older versions.
sysinfo.exe - Norton advanced utilities v4.5

Applications that Don't Work
The following applications do not work on the Zoomer:

Geoworks:
File Peeper
PERF.GEO - Geoworks Performance Monitor

DOS:

*** Any Application that REQUIRES input from the keyboard.

FTP/BBS Sites, Mail Lists, Newsgroups
The following FTP sites have Zoomer files on them:

ftp.biostat.washington.edu - /pub/zoomer
ftp.netcom.com - /pub/palm
arginine.umdnj.edu - /pub/geos
tech-ftp.geoworks.com

Here's a BBS that has Zoomer files:

CyperPort (408) 227-1635, 14.4k bps

Let me know if you know of other FTP or BBS sites that have Zoomer files on
them.

Zoomer Mailing List:

To subscribe send a mail message to:

listserv@grot.starconn.com

with the following commands in the message body:

subscribe zoomer-list firstname lastname
quit

Replace firstname and lastname with your real name.

To unsubscibe send a mail message to:
listserv@grot.starconn.com
with the following command in the message body:
unsubscribe
quit

Newsgroups:

comp.os.geos - Geoworks software questions.

comp.sys.palmtops - Palm based PC systems

comp.sys.handhelds - handheld calculators & PCs

comp.sys.pen - pen based PCs.

Mosaic Access:

http://www.eit.com/mailinglists/zoomer/zoomer

PCMCIA Cards
All PCMCIA cards for the Zoomer are 5volt and 8 bit. The following cards
work with the Zoomer:

SRAM Cards:
Apple Newton 1mb SRAM p/n 649-0013A
Simple Technologies 1mb SRAM
Flash Cards:
All Sundisk 5 volt flash cards. Sundisk (800) 535-2943

Maxtor MobileMax flash cards (2,4,8,12,16 and 20mb) Maxtor (800 462-9867

AST:
G44-1410 1.8mb SunDisk flash card
G44-1412 2.6mb SunDisk flash card
G44-1415 5.2mb SunDisk flash card

HP 128 RAM card

Modems:
AMT Starcard 2400 modem
AMT Starcard 14.4k modem (714) 375-0306

Pagers:

Motorola EMBARC Newscard

Remember, SRAM cards require a separate battery to power the card. It must
be replaced periodically or you lose the data.\(about once a year). Most
cards will work for about 10 minutes or longer without a battery.

Also, SRAM is faster than Flash.

The following cards do NOT work with the Zoomer:

Megahertz 14.4 gold modem
Megahertz XJack 14400
Apple Newton Flash cards (1 and 2mb)