Digest Articles Re: Geoworks on poqet. by Anthony Iannone From: Anthony Iannone Subject: Re: Geoworks on poqet. Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 04:12:21 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <199901290610.WAA18311@xxxxxxxx> Zog well kinda... I had a poqet calssic with 2 2mb sram cars. And I stacked on drive using stacker 4.5 (yes stacker 4.5) to about 3.2mb. But it was slow as hell, and only held a very very minimal Geoworks 2 system. I actually had much better luck with Windows 3.0 in real mode. But it can be done of you really want to. > From: Daryl L Hardes > Subject: Re: Digest poqetpc.v003.n034 > Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 00:51:06 -0500 > References: <199901272310.PAA07815@xxxxxxxx> > > A question or two about GeoWorks possibly on the Poqet for > anyone... > > Years ago I loaded GeoWorks on a Toshiba 1000SE (80C86) > with no hard drive. I'd added 6 megs of RAM, configured it as > a hard RAM drive E:, then compressed the drive with SuperStor > (after a magazine guru's article said it couldn't be done on that > machine - my singular semi-techie achievement). The T1000SE > still runs GeoWorks quiet and fast, plus Publish-It and a slew > of other programs. Any reason why GeoWorks wouldn't work > on the Poqet Classic, given a 4-meg card? Might have to dupe > GeoWorks into thinking drive A is C and vice versa temporarily, > I forget? That was part of the trick of loading SuperStor on the > T1000SE (drive E there), by using the old DOS utility "Assign." > > Anybody done this? Or compressed SRAM cards with > SuperStor? Or put GeoWorks on a flash card to run on the > Classic or Plus? Re: Digest poqetpc.v003.n035 by Arr Livingston From: Arr Livingston Subject: Re: Digest poqetpc.v003.n035 Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 20:27:31 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <199901290610.WAA18311@xxxxxxxx> AN ONE THOUGHT OF A COTTAGE INDUSTRY OF BURNING SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS ON EPROM OR SOMETHING FOR THE POQET?? poqetpc-errors@xxxxxxxx wrote: > -------------- BEGIN poqetpc.v003.n035 -------------- > > 001 - Daryl L Hardes 002 - "MOY, WILLIAM" 003 - AnnaBlade@xxxxxxxx - INTERSVR > 004 - Virtual Bob > * This is a Poqet PC Mailing List digest. Information on > * replying to messages in this digest can be found at the > * end of the digest. > > --------------- MESSAGE poqetpc.v003.n035.1 --------------- > > From: Daryl L Hardes > Subject: Re: Digest poqetpc.v003.n034 > Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 00:51:06 -0500 > References: <199901272310.PAA07815@xxxxxxxx> > > Reply to Michael Fetterman's suggestion and question, saying: > The current (or last months') issue of PC World advises how to enable > dual boot into WINDOZE 95 and another OS without other soft(where?); > to make it easier, try System Commander....For that matter, have you > tried > loading Geoworks under the DOS prompt? > > Yes, I've seen a few of these do-it-yourself directions, I even > downloaded one from a GeoWorks fan. His wasn't as simple as > going to the semi-DOS prompt, though. System Commander does > look easier, and safer, and they have a $20 rebate going. > > A question or two about GeoWorks possibly on the Poqet for > anyone... > > Years ago I loaded GeoWorks on a Toshiba 1000SE (80C86) > with no hard drive. I'd added 6 megs of RAM, configured it as > a hard RAM drive E:, then compressed the drive with SuperStor > (after a magazine guru's article said it couldn't be done on that > machine - my singular semi-techie achievement). The T1000SE > still runs GeoWorks quiet and fast, plus Publish-It and a slew > of other programs. Any reason why GeoWorks wouldn't work > on the Poqet Classic, given a 4-meg card? Might have to dupe > GeoWorks into thinking drive A is C and vice versa temporarily, > I forget? That was part of the trick of loading SuperStor on the > T1000SE (drive E there), by using the old DOS utility "Assign." > > Anybody done this? Or compressed SRAM cards with > SuperStor? Or put GeoWorks on a flash card to run on the > Classic or Plus? > > ___________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html > or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > > --------------- MESSAGE poqetpc.v003.n035.2 --------------- > > From: "MOY, WILLIAM" > Subject: Reply to John Mercer re INTERSVR > Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 11:40:29 -0500 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain > > William Moy has suggested using the DOS INTERSVR command with an > /rcopy > switch to copy files to the Poqet. Could he, or someone else, > expand on > this. ... ... > So now I use PQLINK with the Poqet Null Modem/VNA cable. I find > PQLINK > clumsy and slow. I'd really just like to do a full backup of > each card to > my PC. Using PQLINK requires a slow process of finding and > marking each > file. Can someone give instructions for a quicker way? > > Using INTERSVR /RCOPY is simple. Connect Poqet to desktop via Null > Modem or Poqet's VNA cable via serial port. Run INTERSVR/RCOPY from the > desktop. Intersvr will guide you through. Intersvr requires MODE.COM > to be on the destination PC, and Poqet does indeed have Mode in c: > drive. Please refer to HELP INTERSVR for more detailed instructions and > other syntax usage from your destop's DOS (I forget which DOS version > first introduced INTERLNK/INTERSVR.) Likewise, if you copy the two > files INTERLNK.EXE and INTERSVR.EXE to the Poqet, via PQLINK, you will > then be able to link up to another PC with just a null modem serial > cable; no floppy is needed to install VNA and PQLINK on to the desktop. > :) Using the INTERLNK/INTERSVR connection is wonderful because it > recognizes the other PC's drives and you can run programs from them, > something you can't do with PQLINK. To answer John's other question, > you can then copy multiple files and subdirectories to the desktop or > desktop's floppy with greater ease with XCOPY or DOSSHELL or Windows3.0. > :) > > In rereading the Help file, I was reminded that there are some > limitations with INTERLNK/INTERSVR. Using SYS.COM is one of them; this > answers my question why I was *not* able to make a Poqet card bootable > form the desktop's DOS. So I ask again to Poqetland, has anybody found > a way to make a bootable SRAM card with a DOS greater than Poqet's 3.3 > without having a PCMICA drive on their desktop? If I did not own a > Poqet PC Plus (which has DOS V5 in ROM), I would have to be limited to > the Classis' DOS 3.3. > > --------------- MESSAGE poqetpc.v003.n035.3 --------------- > > From: AnnaBlade@xxxxxxxx > Subject: INTERSVR > Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:33:17 EST > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > John Mercer wrote: > > William Moy has suggested using the DOS INTERSVR command with > an /rcopy switch to copy files to the Poqet. Could he, or > someone else, expand on this. > > INTERSVR and the companion program for the paired computer, INTERLNK, are > available with MSDOS 6.0 and later. Copy to Poqet this way: > > 1) Connect computer pair with null-modem serial cable. > 2) At computer with INTERSVR and INTERLNK on path, command > intersvr /rcopy > 3) Follow the prompts. > > The "boss" computer can be either one, but INTERLNK has to be loaded on it > as a device in config.sys. eg DEVICE=A:\UTILS\INTERLNK.EXE might be on > your Poqet. **see note below > > No device driver is necessary on the server computer. Just command > intersvr > on that computer when ready to transfer files. > > 1) Attach null modem cable to computers. > 2) intersvr command on server > 3) interlnk command on client (boss) > 4) use xcopy or other program to transfer, manage, or print > files. > > **note The computer using INTERLNK is going to be using > its own DOS. Poqet DOS will be able to use a floppy drive, > RAM drive, or printer on the second computer, but not a drive > appreciably larger than 30 megs. For full use of all drives > install INTERLNK on the computer with the later DOS. > > Regards, > Anna > > copies to jmercer@xxxxxxxx and to poqetpc@lists.best.com > > --------------- MESSAGE poqetpc.v003.n035.4 --------------- > > From: Virtual Bob > Subject: Re: Digest poqetpc.v003.n034 > Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 15:06:12 -0600 (CST) > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > In-Reply-To: <199901280558.VAA19032@xxxxxxxx> > > >>to make it easier, try System Commander....For that matter, have you > >>tried loading Geoworks under the DOS prompt? > > >Yes, I've seen a few of these do-it-yourself directions, I even > >downloaded one from a GeoWorks fan. His wasn't as simple as > >going to the semi-DOS prompt, though. System Commander does > >look easier, and safer, and they have a $20 rebate going. > > There are other free ones floating around -- notably those packaged with > FreeBSD and Linux. If you kiss up with someone owning OS/2, you can also > try that (which is also packaged with Partition-It or something). > > >... > >of other programs. Any reason why GeoWorks wouldn't work > >on the Poqet Classic, given a 4-meg card? Might have to dupe > >GeoWorks into thinking drive A is C and vice versa temporarily, > >I forget? That was part of the trick of loading SuperStor on the > >T1000SE (drive E there), by using the old DOS utility "Assign." > > I think I was able to get a old GeoWorks (v 1.1 or something) to work on a > 512KB machine -- but never tried on the Poqet. I imagine the first problem > will be the storage. And since I only got one 2MB card, I probably would > never try that. Have you try to unload everything to free up the memory > before running GeoWorks? > > ------------- clip here with virtual scissors -------------- > ************************************************************ > Keyboard stuck error. 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