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Software / Doom What am I missing?

« on: July 13, 2004, 10:42:17 am »

errm .. offhand .... I don't know for sure -- I'll edit this post later if what I find is different from what I tell you,

try:

cd /home/QtPalmtop/bin
doom

that should run prboom with the doom1.wad file.

I have loaded all the files but it still hangs with doom not running. It seems to be finding the Wad file but there is a problem withTextures and PNAMES.

I attach a screen shot from Qkonsole.



Any clues ??

many thanks

Nigel

Answering my own message, I have discovered that the problem seems to lie with the demodoom wad file, because I have installed the shareware wad file Doom1 and it runs.

Now all I need to do is to find the control keys !!

Nigel

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Software / Doom What am I missing?

« on: July 13, 2004, 03:53:08 am »

errm .. offhand .... I don't know for sure -- I'll edit this post later if what I find is different from what I tell you,

try:

cd /home/QtPalmtop/bin
doom

that should run prboom with the doom1.wad file.

I have loaded all the files but it still hangs with doom not running. It seems to be finding the Wad file but there is a problem withTextures and PNAMES.

I attach a screen shot from Qkonsole.



Any clues ??

many thanks

Nigel

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Deals and Great Z Buys / Viking 512 SD card $85.99 after rebate

« on: July 09, 2004, 05:37:42 am »

It should. I ordered myself one, should arrive soon.

It should. I ordered myself one, should arrive soon.

Hi

Just wondering , what your thoughts are about this now that you have had a chance to try it out.

cheers

Nigel

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Deals and Great Z Buys / Viking 512 SD card $85.99 after rebate

« on: June 10, 2004, 06:23:49 am »

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Rabate form is on the same page.

Seems incredible value

Assume that this will work with both a 5500 or C860 ??

Nigel Bamber

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Sharp ROMs / tkcRom 1.0 vs 2.0 alpha?

« on: June 08, 2004, 07:30:48 am »

andyberry

Violator has done a good job of the differences. although for me, I found 2.0 faster than 1.0 I have been very happy with it, and have not experienced the problem that violator shares.

I used to use the the 2.0. alpha version but the back-up function doesn\'t work. This seems to be a known issue. I only used the 2.00 alpha version because it was a later version but I didn\'t notice any difference.

I have now reverted to the 1.00 version.

Hope this helps

Nigel Bamber

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Software / RDcalc

« on: June 01, 2004, 12:28:25 pm »

I wish I could help you. I gave up on supporting the RDcalc program for the Zaurus do to the difficulty I was having with the Java language (C like but not enough to my liking, plus I couldn\'t get the QT environment up and running) and due to customers having problems with running the program with the latest Zaurus ROM version. The program ran OK under Jeode on the SL-5500, but I am not sure what ROM version is on this PDA I tested the program on since the battery is dead and I can\'t find the charger. I currently am working on updates for the Pocket PC version only. I prefer the VC++ development environment of the Pocket PC and sadly left the Zaurus behind mainly due to incompatibilities beteen ROM versions and the difficulty of converting the C program to Java.

I did actually get RDCalc to install with help. The problem may only have been a lack of memory. Once running it works OK. Nice programme.

The only issue for me is that I was looking for a programmable calculator to relive the days when I had a Commodore PR100 with 72 programmable steps ! I saw RDcalc info relating to a Pocket PC which has this functionality but the Zaurus version doesn\'t.

I was going to email you to see if you were updating it , but clearly you aren\'t.

Thanks anyway.

Nigel Bamber

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Software / RDcalc

« on: May 27, 2004, 05:02:47 pm »

When I tried RDcalc, I had the same problem !
But, you must make a new binairie of RDcalc:
in /home/QtPalmtop/bin modify RDcalc like this:

evm -XappName=RDcalc -Xprogress -cp /home/QtPalmtop/java/RDcalc.jar RDcalc

OK I did that but here is what happened taken from the screen :

[root@zaurus /home/zaurus]# cd /home/QtPalmtop/bin
[root@zaurus /home/QtPalmtop/bin]# evm -XappName=RDcalc -Xprogress -cp /home/QtPalmtop/java/RDcalc.jar RDcalc

security properties not found. using defaults.
Exception in thread \"main\", java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: java/awt/Frame
        at RDcalc.main (bytecode 0)
[root@zaurus /home/QtPalmtop/bin]#

Its still not working. I appreciate your patience . What else should I do?

Should I uninstall RDCalc & Jeode and start again. If so does it make a difference as to which I install first?

Nigel Bamber

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Software / RDcalc

« on: May 27, 2004, 04:32:13 am »

ok !
The rom sharp have a bug...
go in console and:

su
cd /usr/lib
for f in /home/QtPalmtop/lib/*;do ln -s $f;
done

But I feel that this calculator is not a good application...
Java is slow, and I don\'t like buy java soft...

I obviously have a \'buggier\' version than yours. I have done what you suggested - could you advise what that does please BTW

It appears to start to run with the progress bar in Insignia JeodeRuntime but I still get an error as attached.

Any more thoughts


Nigel Bamber

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Deals and Great Z Buys / SL-860 for ~$635...

« on: May 26, 2004, 05:51:58 pm »

Hi,

Shipped to California, and I don\'t think they marked it as a gift.  In fact, I believe it clearly listed 65000 JPY on the outside, and they just handed it to me when I picked it up at the post office, i.e., no one tried to collect any taxes from me.

Did you communicate with them at all (in english) or just buy it over the net without any?

Also - have you anglicised it yet and did you find that quite easy. I am aware of various websites offering advice but it would be good to know from some one who ahs actually done it as to how easy or difficult it really is?!

Thanks

Nigel Bamber

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Deals and Great Z Buys / SL-860 for ~$635...

« on: May 26, 2004, 05:38:02 pm »

To where did they ship it to?

Did you get charged import taxes or did they mark it as a gift?


Nigel Bamber

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Software / RDcalc

« on: May 26, 2004, 04:41:35 am »

Where do you find RDcalc ?
I\'m searching with google, I only find the poduct of Raven...

Try \'rdcalc zaurus\' , you should get to some german site. If you have problems then I can send it to you, if you would prefer. Let me know.

There is also a RDcalc version for the pocket PC


Nigel Bamber

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Software / RDcalc

« on: May 25, 2004, 04:25:47 am »

You are missing \"evm\" - its part of the Java jeode package - looks like your app needs java

Which would explain why it loaded itself into the Jeode tab in the first place ! Thank you.

I have loaded Jeode but it doesn\'t load still.

Using Konsole, I get this message (see screenshot) ?


Nigel Bamber

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General Discussion / SL 700 Vs 5500

« on: May 25, 2004, 03:39:49 am »

In the end it wasn\'t going to be that cheap @ £150, so I decided against taking the impulse.  

 
Must agree - that amount plus your 5500 is TOO much IMO.  I guess \"cheap\" is a relative term and we all drew our conclusions on different definitions...

Ah - it was initially in the region of £50 , so at level I thought it was worth a punt !


Nigel Bamber

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Software / RDcalc

« on: May 25, 2004, 03:37:16 am »

You must find the binairie of your application, and make in a console
chmod 777 your_application

Thanks, I have done that but now I get this. RDcalc is there as indicated by \'ls\' and also the file manager indicates that the Chmod has \'worked\'?


Any further thoughts


Nigel Bamber

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General Discussion / SL 700 Vs 5500

« on: May 24, 2004, 11:59:08 am »

If it is really cheap then I would suggest getting it.  It would be a good stepping stone until the 960 comes out.  I would suspect the rumoured device (4\" transflective with built in wireless) would address some of the weaknesses of the present C series clamshells.

In the end it wasn\'t going to be that cheap @ £150, so I decided against taking the impulse.

I wonder now whether to spend £400 and get an 860.

When is the 960 coming out? Presumably the spec is unknown?


Nigel Bamber