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Mac Issues / Mac OS 9

« on: July 08, 2004, 09:17:01 pm »

 

Hi all,

Thanks for your thoughts.  

I too had thought about connecting the Z to my Mac’s ethernet port, but I am reluctant to spend any money on a solution that is untried.  I am a student and cannot afford to by a piece of equipment that is not going to get used.

The only reason I needed OSX on my G3 desktop was for the Zaurus.  Unless I was doing something wrong, Qtopia 1.7 for OSX (with USB driver of course) does not sync with the 5600 (I have the latest Sharp ROM).  I get the home directory as expected on the desktop of OS X, but no sync.

HOWEVER, Virtual PC 4 (runs in OS 9) does recognize the Z.  I don't use VPC because registry errors have plagued every install of MS Windows in the emulator.  This means that, indirectly at least, OS 9 DOES detect the Z.  

I mainly use the PDA for scheduling.  Is there anyway to export my PIM data via CF/SD card to OS 9 (MS Office 2001 etc.)?

Best regards,

Robert B.  (newmsubob)

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Mac Issues / Mac OS 9

« on: July 06, 2004, 09:04:03 am »

 

Hello all,

I am trying to get an older G3 with USB ports Running OS 9.2.2 to work with my Zaurus SL-5600.  Do any of the non-Sharp ROMs support OS9 directly?  Do any of the ROMs (Sharp or otherwise) support Palm OS Emulation (i.e. using palm desktop)?  Could a Java program help me in some way?

Any ideas you might have are welcomed.

Best Regards,

Robert B. (newmsubob)

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General Discussion / Only 3 questions...

« on: March 27, 2004, 07:37:23 pm »

Hello all,

Media Player - I have discovered an application called OTR Audio Player (Old Time Raidio).  It supports MP3s and OGGs and even has a pitch option.  There are a few bugs in the program (the display dims and even after quitting the app does not return to normal, so I had to set my display dim time to 1800 seconds).  But you can\'t beat the price (free).

Speadsheet - I too am using Hancom 1.5.  I neglected to note (as RichS discovered) that the formating does SEEM work.  However, if you save the spreadsheet and then reopen it, any empty cells will be in the GENERAL format despite having been formatted in currency (0.00 black).

Period (.) - I would loose my head if it wasn\'t attached.  You all were correct of course

Any new advice/observations would be welcome.

Regards and thanks for solving my (.) problem,

Robert

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General Discussion / Only 3 questions...

« on: March 27, 2004, 12:31:08 am »

Hello all,

I LOVE my new 5600.  I just have a few questions.  I apologize if I am asking questions that have already been asked, but I have used the forum search to look for such posts, and found nothing.

1.
Is there a way to fast-forward within a song using media player?
2.
Is there a way to force a Hancom spredsheet to show hundredths (0.00) place precision for all entries within a given column?  I have tried selecting the entire column, and going to CELLS in the FORMAT menu and changing from GENERAL to CURRENCY, and then selecting the 0.00 (non-red) option.  The formatting is applied to cells with information already present, but is ignored when inputing new data into the column.  This seems to be a precision display problem because the calculations are all correct to the cent (I am using this spredsheet for a budget).  I have tried this with both a version of the sheet saved as an excel sheet, and one saved as a Hancom sheet.  I have set my column widths th 12.4.
3.
Does the physical keyboard have the ability to type a period (.) without remapping?

Regards and thank you,

newmsubob