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Agon
07-19-2004, 04:28 PM
Don't see this going on enough and I think I should.
Got a Clie NX70 just a few days ago, spent quite a few hours reading this forum, posted one question, learned a lot!
ZLauncher, JackFlash, SplashID, CFUtility, QuickOffice, programs I have learned about in here and did not knew even existed, made my first Clie experience a lot more then I would have expected, and the gamessss ohhh the gamessss !
Like for example I had no idea that extra slot on the Clie was a CF slot, lol, me being into digital photography and with about a dozen CF cards laying around promptly popped a 256Mb in my Clie, again, reading in here from posters who share, I very quickly got all the software I needed to get it running as a storage for apps/files and such!
Also, had a bad crash today, (warning??) I installed Symantec antivirus for PDA, when I clicked scan all was gone, just like a hard reset!! But again, from reading here I had been cautious to makes an exhaustive backups of my Clie, in 5 minutes it was all back!
So, thank you very much to all who post here and take time to answer question, even those already asked, it is very pleasant to find a friendly community when that seems to become rare and "cliks" spoil so many places.
Thank you all

JC

PS:
Being a "n00b" not sure this program has been mentioned, but I have not seen it in here and with some many using external memory to files and programs , will just mentioned this program I found. Hope it might be useful or intersting to some of you.
It is called PiDirect (www.pitech.com) and the introduction in the "read me" file is as follow:

"There are a variety of memory cards (e.g. CompactFlash, SmartMedia, Secure Digital (SD), MultiMedia Memory Card (MMC), Memory Stick (MS), etc.) available for different handheld devices. These memory cards are similar to a diskette in that they are an external storage media. As such, the data and/or programs stored on them must be transferred into DRAM on the handheld prior to use.
The purpose of PiDirect is to enhance the use of these memory cards. This is done by providing a way for read-only programs and data that are stored on these cards to be used without the need to transfer the complete program and/or data file to DRAM on the handheld device prior to being used"

starbuckk
07-20-2004, 03:02 AM
AGON,

First, congrats on your purchase of a great machine.

Second, you deserve extra points for searching through the forum and finding all of these answers. You are living testimony to the effectiveness of the search engine :).

I suspect most people here have heard of PIDirect but it was my understanding it didn't work with OS5. In fact I didn't think PITech updated any of their software.... I am curious what programs you might find the need for PIDirect. Most OS5 compatible programs should be able to utilize the Memory Stick without need for PIDirect.

iixion
07-20-2004, 04:33 AM
I think I share some of the sentiments of Agon. I did just recently got my NX70V and after many days over this forum, I found what I wanted and got on with making full use of my clie.

With regards to PIDirect, it doesn't work with OS5.. the best one is still MSMount...

vw_bugg
07-20-2004, 04:39 AM
Welcome to Cliesource Agon. I am happy you found all that information here.

PiDirect as said doesnt work with OS 5, but, as you said, you discovered Zlauncher. Zlauncher does the same thing as Pidirect only better. Zlauncher will allow you to move the program + all related databases with it to the memory card. This works great, i have well over 100 programs on my PDA all on my card with their respective databases and still have 10 mb free on my NX-80.

(Hi starbuckkhttp://www.1src.com/forums/images/smilie/images/smilies/biggrin.gifhttp://www.1src.com/forums/images/smilie/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)

Agon
07-20-2004, 02:48 PM
Again thank you for the info guys. I have not tried (and guess I won't now) PIDIrect, it was suggested to use with a map program that needs to load very large map files. JackFlash and Zlauncher were the best ones for me, I already have quite a bit of software, but between the free ROM, a CF 256Mb and aMS 128Mb, I still have almost 10Mb free on the CLie :-)

Cheers

theone3
07-22-2004, 06:50 AM
I've learned alot too. Thanks guys. =)