Registered: May 2001
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memplug + cspotrun problem

I had recently bought a memplug and Mr. FlashUSA smartmedia card and downloaded the cspotrun program from memplug's website. What I'm trying to figure out is: which of these components is giving me the following problem. If I place 1 or 2 ebooks in the proper cspotrun directory on the memplug, then the cspotrun program works fine. But as I add more books, all of a sudden, I get a fatal error and have to reset when I try to run cspotrun. Then, if I remove the newer documents or the whole directory, the fatal error still exists. What could be the reason for this?

My other question is, if I formatted the smartmedia card, and then try to run cspotrun with ebooks in internal memory, the screen hangs and I can't even shut the palm off. Yup, another reset I had to do.
So what good is the "special" cspotrun program if you can't run it with the memplug attached?

Does anyone else have this problem?

Registered: Mar 2001
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Re: memplug + cspotrun problem

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Originally posted by mss3
I had recently bought a memplug and Mr. FlashUSA smartmedia card and downloaded the cspotrun program from memplug's website. What I'm trying to figure out is: which of these components is giving me the following problem. If I place 1 or 2 ebooks in the proper cspotrun directory on the memplug, then the cspotrun program works fine. But as I add more books, all of a sudden, I get a fatal error and have to reset when I try to run cspotrun. Then, if I remove the newer documents or the whole directory, the fatal error still exists. What could be the reason for this?

My other question is, if I formatted the smartmedia card, and then try to run cspotrun with ebooks in internal memory, the screen hangs and I can't even shut the palm off. Yup, another reset I had to do.
So what good is the "special" cspotrun program if you can't run it with the memplug attached?

Does anyone else have this problem?

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Registered: Dec 2000
Location: June 10, 2001 San Clemente Pier , CA
Posts: 211

I'm working on my own backup errors w/memplug (on which they're emailing w/me) but CSpotRun seems to be working fine.

I think:
-When you installed CSpotRun, the .prc and .pdb automatically go into palm\piDirect\ or you should place them here.
and
-palm\programs\CSpotRun directory is created automatically.
-place your .doc files in palm\program\CspotRun\
-lastly, they have to be .doc files - I also use DocsToGo to read my other types of text files.

Perhaps, this will help. Personally, I have had no crashes or errors with CSpotRun on my memplug.

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Registered: May 2001
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I have already tried formatting my card and I've contacted them already. They have simply told me to make sure I place the files in the appropriate directory (which I already did).

I didn't know the files MUST be in .doc format. I've seen it working with .pdb files since my ebooks are pdb files. I guess I'll try looking for a program that converts .pdb files to .doc files just to be on the safe side.

Thanks a lot. Do you notice if it takes a LONG time for cspotrun to recognize the books? Maybe when I saw the blank screen at first, I thought it crashed when in fact it was just trying to read the files.

Registered: May 2001
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I have already tried formatting my card and I've contacted them already. They have simply told me to make sure I place the files in the appropriate directory (which I already did).

I didn't know the files MUST be in .doc format. I've seen it working with .pdb files since my ebooks are pdb files. I guess I'll try looking for a program that converts .pdb files to .doc files just to be on the safe side. Is there a good one you recommend? And how does one transfer to the handheld a non-pdb non-prc file using Hotsync?

Thanks a lot.

Registered: Feb 2001
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Posts: 32

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Originally posted by mss3
I have already tried formatting my card and I've contacted them already. They have simply told me to make sure I place the files in the appropriate directory (which I already did).

I didn't know the files MUST be in .doc format. I've seen it working with .pdb files since my ebooks are pdb files. I guess I'll try looking for a program that converts .pdb files to .doc files just to be on the safe side. Is there a good one you recommend? And how does one transfer to the handheld a non-pdb non-prc file using Hotsync?

Thanks a lot.

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