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04-16-2003, 11:34 AM	#1
Shrink Registered User Silver Contributor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Ocean, NJ Posts: 1,012	Yes ePocrates from card! There's a new app on PalmGear, "AdvantageRx" that says it will allow you to run and sync ePocrates from your expansion card but it's OS5 only. alan __________________ Alan B TX- 1GB SD Mem.Card Last edited by Shrink : 04-22-2003 at 07:46 PM.

04-16-2003, 06:38 PM	#2
XCalibur Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 29	For those interested this is the link http://www.palmgear.com/software/sh...BD&prodID=48853 This guy is going to make a fortune!! __________________ Is your computer bored? http://www.thegenomecollective.com/...p?referrerid=53 Do you have a c-o-m-p-u-t-e-r to go with your Clié? Join our forums.

04-16-2003, 06:44 PM	#3
Shrink Registered User Silver Contributor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Ocean, NJ Posts: 1,012	Just know that you MUST leave 3+ MB free on your Clie anyway. alan __________________ Alan B TX- 1GB SD Mem.Card

04-16-2003, 06:49 PM

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Compatibility
PalmOS 5.0 such as Palm Tungsten and Sony Clie
35K of free memory.

You tried it? Damn, too good to be true.

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04-16-2003, 06:55 PM	#5
bdoubledee Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 30	Alan is right, it move it back and forth to run and sync. NO real memory savings. TOO BAD, just too good to be true! __________________ Brock

04-18-2003, 03:28 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by XCalibur

You tried it? Damn, too good to be true.

35K is just the size of the app itself. AFAIK, it basically just acts like PowerRun and automatically copies the files from VFS card to Ram and then deletes it when your done. Thus you need to have an equivalent amount of free Ram free to use it...

P.S. If you have a OS 4.1 pda, you can manually do this your self using PiDirect II and PowerRun. However with PiDirect II, you DON'T need to have same amount of Ram free!!! Unfortunately, there is no Os 5.x version of this...

Last edited by gfunkmagic : 04-18-2003 at 03:32 PM.

04-22-2003, 07:33 PM	#7
palmos67 Guest Posts: n/a	has anyone tried the software and how do you use it? Thanks

04-24-2003, 11:52 AM	#8
jgilfor Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States Posts: 6	I've tried it for the past two weeks. The application simply copies all Epocrates-related files to the card. On hotsync, the files are moved to RAM (hence the requirement to have that amount of RAM available), then back to the card after hotsync. IMHO, there really isn't any advantage except perhaps the feeling that you have more RAM available than you do. It's kinda' nice to see 4.7 meg available instead of 1.3 meg, but this is merely illusion... you can't fill the machine without preventing the utility from working. __________________ Jeff Gilfor, MD

04-25-2003, 08:08 PM	#9
dunadan Guest Posts: n/a	considering how popular this app is and the fact that it is no longer freeware for the "full" version, it is ridiculous that they have not yet made it word with memory cards.

06-15-2003, 07:17 AM	#10
berliner Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 162	You guys aren't seeing the real advantage of this software. I think it's great. Freeing up that extra RAM allows you to run other programs off the card that are memory intensive. For instance, my Clie used to freeze up sometimes when reading large iSilo docs because I ran out of free space. That doesn't happen anymore with this program. Also, try using this program in conjunction with the newest edition of ZLauncher (version 3.5B4). ZLauncher does essentially the same thing as AvantageRx, but for other software. Example, I have Mapopolis plus a few maps stored in ZLauncher's new Apps directory on my MS. When I open Mapopolis the program plus maps are transferred to RAM and then back to the MS when I exit the program. Yes, it would be nice if it were possible to run ePocrates directly off the card, but this is the next best thing. Last edited by berliner : 06-15-2003 at 07:24 AM.

06-15-2003, 09:37 AM

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Re: Yes ePocrates from card!

I would recommend the new app Tarascon Pharmacopoeia Beta. It has a much better GUI and runs and syncs with the memory stick.

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Originally posted by Shrink
There's a new app on PalmGear, "AdvantageRx" that says it will allow you to run and sync ePocrates from your expansion card but it's OS5 only.
alan

06-19-2003, 05:54 PM	#12
Medcat99 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Phoenix, Az Posts: 348	Seriously, you guys are missing out if you don't have Tarascon. Much better app and it stores on the card. Couldn't ask for more.

06-20-2003, 05:39 AM	#13
berliner Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 162	Thanks for the info guys. I've started using Tarascon and I'm getting rid of ePocrates. ePocrates is much better now with AvantageRx, but I think Tarascon is better (loads faster, better info, and has interaction program equivalent to ePocrates' Multicheck).