Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Mililani, HI, USA
Posts: 256

I mentioned in another post the idea of having a springboard that could function as a file storage device. It could lessen the need for diskette trading for people like me who are too hum-bugged by carrying lots of diskettes. Files could be beamed between Visor owners instead of transferred via e-mail attachment or diskette. (BTW, I'm talking about non-.prc and .pdb files, like .doc, .zip, .txt, .exe, etc., and even Linux and Mac formats.)

One limitation is apparent at the onset: for large files, hotsync and IR transfer times would be painfully slow. Yet, maybe there's an idea here worth pursuing. And maybe not. What do you folks think? For those who understand the Palm architecture, would something like this be possible? Would something like this even be useful?

[This message has been edited by ragamuffinn (edited 02-16-2000).]

Registered: Dec 1999
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Posts: 251

Using the 8MB Flash Memory module and some software like Briefcase (http://www.handango.com/product.shtml?sectionId=0&productId=1308&catalog=1) this could be accomplished.

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Mililani, HI, USA
Posts: 256

Thanks! I'll look into this.

Registered: Nov 1999
Location: bright side of the moon.
Posts: 996

i downloaded briefcase and was reading through the installation procedure when i noticed that there was a file missing in the zip file. utime.dll have you installed briefcase? does it work without this file? i tried to link to the programmer's website and it doesn't exist anymore.