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Vertical Reader

Version 1.11 · Gilles Kohl

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Description

Vertical Reader is the best way to read books on your HP. Allows you to hold the palmtop sideways like a paperback and "turn pages" with the space bar. Shareware or Postcardware.

Technical details

File
vr100.zip
Size
121.5 KB
Format
.zip
Year
1995
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
1996-12-17
Files inside
35
Author
Gilles Kohl
Path
anonftp/pub/vr100.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 193.3 KB

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

  • TREX.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 9.0 KB
  • VR.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 34.6 KB
  • VR.CFG → A:\_DAT configuración 1.8 KB
  • VR.ICN → A:\SOFT icono, junto a su aplicación 200 B

No need to put TREX.DOC, VR.DOC, WHATSNEW.DOC, REGISTER.DOC, FPAB0011.VFN, FPAB0013.VFN, FPAB0015.VFN, FPAN0011.VFN and 23 more: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 193.3 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. Copy TREX.EXE, VR.EXE to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.
  2. Copy VR.CFG to A:\_DAT, where the 200LX looks for configuration. Open it with Memo and adjust it before use.
  3. If you edit a configuration file on the palmtop, make sure you leave a newline at the end: some programs swallow the last line without saying a word.
  4. The .ICN files are icons: they go in the same folder as their application.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

The author's instructions
minimalistic installation. (EXE only, not recommended but works)

and last but not least: + (R): hidden limericks !

Literal excerpt from WHATSNEW.DOC, exactly as it came in the package.

Send to my palmtop

The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.

First time? How to connect the palmtop, step by step →