PCAO for HP100/200LX
Version 1.6 · AOL PDA Forum
Description
PCAO is older America Online DOS software that has been configured by the PDA Forum Staff specifically for the HP100/200LX. Copyrighted freeware.
Technical details
- File
aol16hp.zip- Size
- 460.2 KB
- Format
- .zip
- Year
- 1994
- Added to S.U.P.E.R.
- 1998-12-15
- Files inside
- 43
- Author
- AOL PDA Forum
- Path
anonftp/pub/aol16hp.zip
How to install it
What to send to the palmtop saves 679.2 KB
These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.
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GEOS.INI→ A:\_DAT configuración 752 B -
KERNEL.EXE→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 71.0 KB -
AOL.BAT→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 39 B -
PCGAME.EXE→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 4.0 KB -
FINDIT.EXE→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 3.8 KB -
CLRPORT1.COM→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 47 B -
CLRPORT2.COM→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 47 B -
DEFAULT.INI→ A:\_DAT configuración 603 B -
BERKELEY.FNT→ A:\SOFT fuente de pantalla 25.8 KB -
PR_10CPI.FNT→ A:\SOFT fuente de pantalla 4.3 KB -
UNIVERSI.FNT→ A:\SOFT fuente de pantalla 33.1 KB -
BISON.FNT→ A:\SOFT fuente de pantalla 15.7 KB
No need to put
GEOS.STR, CGA.GEO, CLIPBOAR.000, DBASE.GEO, DISK.GEO, DOS2.GEO, DOS3.GEO, DOS4.GEO and 23 more:
they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 679.2 KB on a 1 MB disk.
Steps
- Copy KERNEL.EXE, AOL.BAT, PCGAME.EXE, FINDIT.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.
- Copy GEOS.INI, DEFAULT.INI to A:\_DAT, where the 200LX looks for configuration. Open it with Memo and adjust it before use.
- 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.
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
If installing from a Mac, you must first create an AOL Directory in Filer on
your A: drive. Simply move the cursor to the A: drive, and hit Menu F T and
type the directory name. The directories you must create are:
[AOL]
[DOCUMENT]
[DOWNLOAD]
[FONT]
[STATE]
[SYSAPPL]
[SYSTEM]
[SPOOL] (This directory is inside the System Directory)
[QFORMS] (This directory is inside the System Directory)
[WORLD]
The following shows the directory and file structure within the AOL Directory
after transferring your files to the HP.
[AOL] (User must create this directory before installing files)
[FONT]
BERKELEY.FNT
BISON.FNT
FONTBUF
PR_10CPI.FNT
UNIVERSI.FNT
[SYSTEM]
[QFORMS]
CLRPORT1.COM
CLRPORT2.COM
DEFAULT.INI
FINDIT.EXE
PCAOCPIC.VM
PCAODB.VM
PCAOHELP.VM
PCGAME.EXE
SETAOLOC.SET
CGA.GEO
CLIPBOAR.000
DBASE.GEO
DISK.GEO
DOS2.GEO
DOS3.GEO
DOS4.GEO
DOS5.GEO
GEOS.LOG
IM.GEO
KBD.GEO
KLIB.GEO
LOCAL.GEO
MOTIF.GEO
PARALLEL.GEO
SERIAL.GEO
SOUND.GEO
SPOOL.GEO
STREAM.GEO
SWAP.GEO
TOKEN.DB
UI.GEO
VIDMEM.GEO
[WORLD]
PCAO.GEO
AOL.BAT
GEOS.INI
GEOS.STR
KERNEL.EXE
After you load the program on your machine, exit sysmgr completely by using
the MORE key and then Menu, Terminate, then enter. This will take you to a
…
Literal excerpt from README.TXT, exactly as it came in the package.
Package contents
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.
Your browser cannot talk to the serial port. Direct sending uses the Web Serial API, which only exists in Chrome, Edge and Opera on desktop — not in Firefox, Safari or any mobile browser.
Download the file with the button above and copy it to the palmtop your usual way.