Medical And Drug Refference On The Zaurus

[Cresho]

I am going through nursing school and i needed a drug guide.

So i grabed a drugbook called "prentice hall Drug guide".  It came with a CD.  I downloaded a cd contents into a folder and placed that folder in the sd card.  When i want to use the drug guide, i go into that directory and click on "starthere.html"  And i have a very powerfull drugbook.  i do a search and it pops out the drug information.  its done in opera.

now for reffences, i grabed zbedic for the zaurus.  There are a few books that are very cool to try.  wikipedia which is 420 mb and placed in a 1g sd in qtopia directory.  i used zbedic to search for new libraries and now i have an encyclopedia on my zaurus.  you can download the wikipedia file for zbedic here.
wikipedia-encyclopedia
and you can download zbedic here zbedic
there home page is here home page
everything here is installed in sd.


bdicty 5.1 is needed.  other bdicty versions will not work.
medical refferences is a bit iffi.....i went to beiks.com, purchased a few medical reffences under palmos and also dictionaries in zip file format.  extracted the lexicons or the *.PDB files and placed them in the qtopia/bdicty directory in sd.

im posting this because i know some of you guys are interested in med stuff.

[MrBob]

let me get this right...you were able to download PALM OS stuff into the zaurus and it worked???If so I have MANY MANY programs you might be interested in I am  practicing Physician assistant who does family practice.....

Bob

[Cresho]

hmm....PDB files work and they need to be in that format.

get yourself the zaurus version of bdicty..i can post it up somewere and its free.  bdicty 5.1 program is free.  purchasing the library is a must but beiks do carry free librarys for you to downlaod.  I have the medical enc, medical dic, english dic, thesaurus, and i tried the drug refference but failed.  I did manage to pop the cd structure from a drug refference book and it works fantastic.  the software needs to say

"requirements.  html browser explorer, netscape, etc."  then it should work.

the only problem i see with the program is when you have a sentence that says

"administer 1/2 tab zoloft q2h!" -----------------this is not a real adm so dont do this...just example for folks!!!!!!!!!!


etc.  the "1/2" is not shown but you see a square box instead in its place because the zaurus fonts does not carry this character as to were word and palm does.

this is important!  i use the zaurus sl5500 and beiks works for this unit.  I am not sure how it works for the other units.

[Stubear]

It's not palm programs that work, but palm database files (pdb or prc files containing text etc) that work.

There are a number of apps that can read these files - the programs won't work but, without an emulator. Which is realy really slow

Stu

[Cresho]

i purchased my medical refference from beiks for the palm os

i just yanked the pdb files from the zip and antered the serial when i load the program

it is drm encry...of some kind



i am in the process of purchasing tabers med cyclopedic dic


the 19th version is in cd and runs in IE wich i can run the cd in opera from my zaurus.

i am now really considering a c1000 because of the bigger screen.

[ken]

It's not palm programs that work, but palm database files (pdb or prc files containing text etc) that work.

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prc=palm program files.  can't do much with those without an emulator
pdb=palm database files.  more of a possibility there.

[MrBob]

I am new to Zaurus...I purchased mine on E-bay not realizing that the palm stuff did not work on it,,,,my palm was dying...anyway I have been having one heck of a time getting the correct software to download or "sync" with...that problem is finally solved and I am using Qtopiadesk because I do not use outlook...now how do you load the PDB programs into the qutoptia desk? is there another program that is used to transfer these files....I am computer ignorant and would appreciate a blow by blow instruction the first round...if I need another program to transfer the files onto the zaurus where do I get it????also Cresho.....please post the url for the pharm program you are talking about. I am using a Palm Pilot Tungsten T5 now for epocrates, and a host of other programs I use in the office for references. Treat me like I am an ignoramous here and give it to me in English....I am VERY greatfull to find someone who wants to use their Zaurus like I want to use mine...I just have no idea where to begin here.......I thought I was doomed to have an expensive MP3 player here when I realized the palm stuff would not work on it....

Bob the PA

[Stubear]

It's not palm programs that work, but palm database files (pdb or prc files containing text etc) that work.

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prc=palm program files.  can't do much with those without an emulator
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I've got about 45 prc files that file tells me are  "AportisDoc file", I think I got most of them from MemoWare - guess no body told them they should be using pdb

Opie-Reader happily reads these - thanks Tim

Stu

[ken]

I've got about 45 prc files that file tells me are  "AportisDoc file", I think I got most of them from MemoWare - guess no body told them they should be using pdb

Opie-Reader happily reads these - thanks Tim

cool

[Cresho]

I am new to Zaurus...I purchased mine on E-bay not realizing that the palm stuff did not work on it,,,,my palm was dying...anyway I have been having one heck of a time getting the correct software to download or "sync" with...that problem is finally solved and I am using Qtopiadesk because I do not use outlook...now how do you load the PDB programs into the qutoptia desk? is there another program that is used to transfer these files....I am computer ignorant and would appreciate a blow by blow instruction the first round...if I need another program to transfer the files onto the zaurus where do I get it????also Cresho.....please post the url for the pharm program you are talking about. I am using a Palm Pilot Tungsten T5 now for epocrates, and a host of other programs I use in the office for references. Treat me like I am an ignoramous here and give it to me in English....I am VERY greatfull to find someone who wants to use their Zaurus like I want to use mine...I just have no idea where to begin here.......I thought I was doomed to have an expensive MP3 player here when I realized the palm stuff would not work on it....

Bob the PA
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First off Mr. bob-

You need to tell me what you are going to be running and you need to tell me if you purchased the items.  Some purchased items require special software which can help you unlock the "books or material you want to run"

i use beiks' bdicty 5.1 to unlock the pdb files which pdb files are the actual books.  Requires a key to unlock each book.

so let me know what you would like to use.  Some say opie reader run certain pdb files which are not locked which don't require a key.  these special pdb files are created or edited or translated by other members of other forums and i ll tell you you there are thousands of those files.  Free for community use they say and it is.

the medical stuff, i created a html start page which has google right on top and under them are the medical drug guides such as "prentice hal health drug guide that has a cd" and also, "lippincott's drug lists now this one i had to edit each html because some stupid editor used capital letters on an html and the links became broken in opera."    I linked these two books to my start page with an html editor for quick refference and instead of fishing the books through directories.  i recommend prentice hall health drug guide for now and make sure it comes with a cd.

Taber's is another thing.  i have to order the book with the cd online since my schools dont carry them yet as it is so new to the market.  I hope they still require a broswer to use it.

[guylhem]

Hello

Go to externe.net/zaurus. I explain how to create ebooks for the Merck Manual etc. It's simply cleaning files. You can then compress them with jpluck to read them with opie-reader

[ken]

You need to tell me what you are going to be running and you need to tell me if you purchased the items.  Some purchased items require special software which can help you unlock the "books or material you want to run"

I downloaded the 5.3.1 reader and decided to try it out.  Unfortunately, the regular trial dictionaries I downloaded all said it was expired.  The voice ones are okay, but it's all European languages, and being in Hawaii, asian languages are more relevant.

The medical stuff looks interesting

http://www.beiks.com/palmzonebg/Lexicons/Medical.htm

Unfortunately, they say it's only for the palm.  Any thoughts on the ones that are there?  The drug one looks cool, if there was a way to keep it up to date.

[Cresho]

You need to tell me what you are going to be running and you need to tell me if you purchased the items.  Some purchased items require special software which can help you unlock the "books or material you want to run"

I downloaded the 5.3.1 reader and decided to try it out.  Unfortunately, the regular trial dictionaries I downloaded all said it was expired.  The voice ones are okay, but it's all European languages, and being in Hawaii, asian languages are more relevant.

The medical stuff looks interesting

http://www.beiks.com/palmzonebg/Lexicons/Medical.htm

Unfortunately, they say it's only for the palm.  Any thoughts on the ones that are there?  The drug one looks cool, if there was a way to keep it up to date.
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Beiks stuff works to a certain extent.  Here is my short review.
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beiks 5.3.1 reader has a problem.  You cannot install the pdb files in an sd.  It forces it to internal

BDicty_5.1_arm.ipk is my choice of software.  Ill add a link attachment here since its free for download anyway.  files are stored in /mnt/QtPalmtop/bdicty or /home/QtPalmtop/bdicty

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now for my review of the books. pdb from palm os section in zip format.

CommonMeds.PDB-                  doesnt work for beiks/zaurus

EnglishPro.PDB-                        I like it and i get updates zaurus version

EnThes.PDB-                            I like it and i get updates zaurus version

MediAcro.PDB                          acronyms- its okay but for one acro, there are like           50 meanings so i find it useless.

Medical.PDB                             Some symbols like 1/2 is represented as a box or 1/4.  certain symbols are gone and you only see a box.  Definitions are there though.

MedicineNet.PDB                           symbol problem here as well but you still get the definitions alright.


for a dictionary and thesaurus, you can use zbedic and there are books for these so you dont need to waste your money...i wish i knew then.
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For drug refference i did this.

i installed opera since netfront doesnt work with certain search engines from a cd drug book.  and if you did not do so yet, follow these instructions just like i posted here.  
[a href=\"https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=14100]https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=14100[/url]

Then i purchased this book
http://myphlip.pearsoncmg.com/altproducts/...cfm?vbookid=481

make sure it comes with a cd and make sure requirements is a browser.
Netfront does not work with the html search engine.  Opera does so that is why i recommend you install opera if its not in your sl6000.

so copy the contents of the cd into a folder called "prentice cd"  Don't modify its content or you break its links.  Place "prentice cd" into your sd card...anywere your comfortable with.

you can either launch the application from start.html or create your own start page  html and place links to your cd start page for drug guide.   So far i have 2 cd links to my start page as well as google and gona add tabers and physician's desk refference.

[ken]

Medical.PDB                             Some symbols like 1/2 is represented as a box or 1/4.  certain symbols are gone and you only see a box.  Definitions are there

ok, that's a font issue.  If you install the right font, it should display properly.

Thanks for the indepth review of what's there, I'll go through the info one by one.

[bethanyb]

Hi,

I am a nursing student too and am excited to finally get complete drug info on my Z. Thanks for the helpful info. I am running Cacko 1.23 on a C860 with Opera 7.25 Browser already installed. So I skipped the instructions on installing the opera browser and fixing it in the terminal. I too am a Zaurus beginner and am a bit scared off by terminal commands.

I don't use my Zaurus to connect to the Internet, yet. Opera was really really slow opening local files on my Z. So I went thru the Files tab.

When I try to open StartHere I get a message:

Could not open file
file://localhost/usr/mnt.rom/cf/Prentice CD/DGData/frameset/home.html

If I open the "Search" file, though, I can search my drugs. So it works.

The only problem is the drug classification font does not show. It looks like Helvetica caps. I don't know how to install fonts on my Zaurus, yet.

Do you use BDicty only for lexicons or reference books that you download onto your Z?

danke,
bethany