Zoomer FAQ - Text Version Part 4

PDAJeff@aol.com
XXX, 12 Nov 1994 09:57:00 -0400 (EDT)

AOL Tips
America Online is provided with the Zoomer. This version is limited to
2400bps by AOL even though 9600 is show under setup.

To delete your screen alias, delete B:\GEOWORKS\PRIVDATA\AOL\USERDB.VM. This
wil require you to setup AOL again.

AOL provides limited access to Zoomers:
PDA, Mail, Stock Quotes, News, and Support.

Save money, compose mail off-line and then call in and send it.

Penright
Penright is available for the Zoomer! Penright is another operaing system for
the Zoomer by AT&T. Many verticle market applications are designed with
Penright.

Penright comes installed on a Sundisk ram card. It allows easy switching
from Geoworks to Penright and vice versa.

Custom applications can be provided for vertical markets by purchasing the
Penright! PRO SDK and the AST GRIDPAD 2390 SDK. To order, call (510)
249-6900.

Call Penright! Corp at (800) 736-3616 for details.

Zoomer Drives and Files
The Zoomer contains the following drives:

A: - ROM boot drive.
B: - RAM storage drive (350k) Alternate boot disk if you have CONFIG.SYS,
AUTOEXEC.BAT and COMMAND.COM.
C: - RAM PCMCIA storage card.
SYS: - ROM Geoworks applications - Only accessible while in Geoworks. Only
visible when using the Zoomer File Manager.

Boot Sequence:

1. If B: has CONFIG.SYS, the system will attempt to boot on B: Remember, you
must have AUTOEXEC.BAT and COMMAND.COM in order to complete the boot. If you
boot from B:, add SHELL=A:\COMMAND.COM /P to your config.sys to save 23k!
WARNING - If you do not have the above files on B:, the system is
unrecoverable and you must do a hard boot.

2. Boot from A:

Geoworks Directory Merge:

1. The SYS: and C: directories and files are accessible to Geoworks when
they occupy the same directory structure. Only \GEOWORKS and its
subdirectories are overlaid.

2. The precedence order is B: ,C:,SYS:. Where B: files are always seen.

In File Manager all files that are underlined are on other drives (SYS: or
C:).

Each address book entry is limited to 32k.

Each note book page is limited to 32k.

The following devices are availabke under dos:
CON: - Displays text on the screen.
AUX: - Not connected to rs-232 or i/r
PRN: - Not connected to rs-232 or i/r

Note: no com ports or lpt ports are defined.