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I got a Treo 650 a few weeks ago, this is my first Palm and I haven't a
clue about how to do some very basic things.

I have a 1G SD card. I copied a bunch of Ogg files to it along with an
opensource Ogg player.

1) How do I browse the contents of the SD card? I can see the photos that
I've snapped and stored on the card from the camera application but I
don't see how to browse the general file structure.

2) How do I execute an application stored on the card?

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General Schvantzkoph wrote:

> I got a Treo 650 a few weeks ago, this is my first Palm and I haven't a
> clue about how to do some very basic things.
>
> I have a 1G SD card. I copied a bunch of Ogg files to it along with an
> opensource Ogg player.
>
> 1) How do I browse the contents of the SD card? I can see the photos that
> I've snapped and stored on the card from the camera application but I
> don't see how to browse the general file structure.

Install FileZ or one of the other file browsing applications that are out
there.

http://www.freewarepalm.com/utilities/filez.shtml


> 2) How do I execute an application stored on the card?


Tap 'Home', then tap the little drop-down widget at the top-right (Palm OS
5ish and earlier), choose the card at the bottom of the list.

Hope it helps,

Roy

--
Roy S. Schestowitz
http://Schestowitz.com

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On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 16:00:11 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> General Schvantzkoph wrote:
>
>> I got a Treo 650 a few weeks ago, this is my first Palm and I haven't a
>> clue about how to do some very basic things.
>>
>> I have a 1G SD card. I copied a bunch of Ogg files to it along with an
>> opensource Ogg player.
>>
>> 1) How do I browse the contents of the SD card? I can see the photos that
>> I've snapped and stored on the card from the camera application but I
>> don't see how to browse the general file structure.
>
> Install FileZ or one of the other file browsing applications that are out
> there.
>
> http://www.freewarepalm.com/utilities/filez.shtml
>
>
>> 2) How do I execute an application stored on the card?
>
>
> Tap 'Home', then tap the little drop-down widget at the top-right (Palm OS
> 5ish and earlier), choose the card at the bottom of the list.

All this does is give me a blank screen. I put FileZ as well as the Ogg
player here, the PalmOS doesn't seem to see anything. Both files have .prc
extensions, do I need to enable something in order to be able to run them?

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General Schvantzkoph wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 16:00:11 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> General Schvantzkoph wrote:
>>
>>> I got a Treo 650 a few weeks ago, this is my first Palm and I haven't a
>>> clue about how to do some very basic things.
>>>
>>> I have a 1G SD card. I copied a bunch of Ogg files to it along with an
>>> opensource Ogg player.
>>>
>>> 1) How do I browse the contents of the SD card? I can see the photos
>>> that I've snapped and stored on the card from the camera application but
>>> I don't see how to browse the general file structure.
>>
>> Install FileZ or one of the other file browsing applications that are out
>> there.
>>
>> http://www.freewarepalm.com/utilities/filez.shtml
>>
>>
>>> 2) How do I execute an application stored on the card?
>>
>>
>> Tap 'Home', then tap the little drop-down widget at the top-right (Palm
>> OS 5ish and earlier), choose the card at the bottom of the list.
>
> All this does is give me a blank screen. I put FileZ as well as the Ogg
> player here, the PalmOS doesn't seem to see anything. Both files have .prc
> extensions, do I need to enable something in order to be able to run them?

You haven't put any applications (PRC files) on the card in that case, which
is what you should expect unless you are aware of previous installations.
To install software (if you use a Mac/Windows machine) you can drag PRC
files from your filestore to the Palm Installation Tool. By dragging PRC
files into the region down the bottom which corresponds to the External
Card, you add applications to the card currently inserted (the 1 GB card
you have).

If you use an Open Source OGG Player, see their documentation to find out
how to send files to Palm memory. There are various ways in which you can
do this. In principle and under normal circumstances, the handheld will
only accept PRC and PDB files. The software that comes with the (free-ish)
Real Player allows you to send MP3 files to your memory, but it puts them
under /Audio rather than /Launcher which is where programs that you see and
use reside. To see the entire file structure and not just the (abstract)
contents of /Launcher, use FileZ.

Hope it helps, let me know if it doesn't,

Roy

--
Roy S. Schestowitz
http://Schestowitz.com

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>> All this does is give me a blank screen. I put FileZ as well as the Ogg
>> player here, the PalmOS doesn't seem to see anything. Both files have .prc
>> extensions, do I need to enable something in order to be able to run them?
>
> You haven't put any applications (PRC files) on the card in that case, which
> is what you should expect unless you are aware of previous installations.
> To install software (if you use a Mac/Windows machine) you can drag PRC
> files from your filestore to the Palm Installation Tool. By dragging PRC
> files into the region down the bottom which corresponds to the External
> Card, you add applications to the card currently inserted (the 1 GB card
> you have).
>
> If you use an Open Source OGG Player, see their documentation to find out
> how to send files to Palm memory. There are various ways in which you can
> do this. In principle and under normal circumstances, the handheld will
> only accept PRC and PDB files. The software that comes with the (free-ish)
> Real Player allows you to send MP3 files to your memory, but it puts them
> under /Audio rather than /Launcher which is where programs that you see and
> use reside. To see the entire file structure and not just the (abstract)
> contents of /Launcher, use FileZ.
>
> Hope it helps, let me know if it doesn't,
>
> Roy

I'm looking for a way to install software on the Palm without using
Windows. The hotsync software on Linux doesn't work very well but
accessing an SD card is easy so I'm looking for a way to install programs
via the SD card.

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General Schvantzkoph wrote:

>>> All this does is give me a blank screen. I put FileZ as well as the Ogg
>>> player here, the PalmOS doesn't seem to see anything. Both files have
>>> .prc extensions, do I need to enable something in order to be able to
>>> run them?
>>
>> You haven't put any applications (PRC files) on the card in that case,
>> which is what you should expect unless you are aware of previous
>> installations. To install software (if you use a Mac/Windows machine) you
>> can drag PRC files from your filestore to the Palm Installation Tool. By
>> dragging PRC files into the region down the bottom which corresponds to
>> the External Card, you add applications to the card currently inserted
>> (the 1 GB card you have).
>>
>> If you use an Open Source OGG Player, see their documentation to find out
>> how to send files to Palm memory. There are various ways in which you can
>> do this. In principle and under normal circumstances, the handheld will
>> only accept PRC and PDB files. The software that comes with the
>> (free-ish) Real Player allows you to send MP3 files to your memory, but
>> it puts them under /Audio rather than /Launcher which is where programs
>> that you see and use reside. To see the entire file structure and not
>> just the (abstract) contents of /Launcher, use FileZ.
>>
>> Hope it helps, let me know if it doesn't,
>>
>> Roy
>
> I'm looking for a way to install software on the Palm without using
> Windows. The hotsync software on Linux doesn't work very well but
> accessing an SD card is easy so I'm looking for a way to install programs
> via the SD card.

What program do you use? I have JPilot on one machine and KPlilot on the
other. I use Palm Desktop to synchronise at home, so I can probably get an
idea of what your HotSync software looks like and supports.

Can you install programs successfully? If so, you can send the OSS Ogg
Vorbis player to your Palm memory, then send FileZ to your main memory. You
can then tap "Home" on your Palm handheld, open the menu at the top, go to
"App", then "Copy" to copy programs to your card (FileZ can achieve the
same).

Once you have some programs on the card, which means you can install
programs successfully, let me know. There are methods/applications for
passing any file (e.g. Ogg) to your handheld, which should then allow you
to accumulate your songs on the card.

Roy

--
Roy S. Schestowitz
http://Schestowitz.com

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On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 16:31:24 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:

I've figured it out, you have to put the programs in the directory
/palm/Launcher then the OS sees them.