Gutnberg
Description
Here's another (possibly) useful HP200LX database. I downloaded the most recent ascii text of the titles and authors from the "The Official and Original Project Gutenberg Web Site and Home Page" (http://promo.net/pg/). For those that might be interested, here's a summary of what I did to convert the text list into a database file. I imported the file PROJECT~1.TXT into an Excel spreadsheet and saved it as a comma-separated-value, or delimited, (DLM) file. Ported the DLM file to my HP200LX and cleaned up the file so that it could be read into a new *.gdb file (PG.GDB) using GDBLOAD.EXE.
Description extracted automatically from the documentation inside the package: this entry was not in the original catalogue.
Technical details
- File
gutnberg.zip- Size
- 47.4 KB
- Format
- .zip
- Year
- 1997
- Files inside
- 2
- Path
anonftp/pub/database/gutnberg.zip
How to install it
What to send to the palmtop saves 1.5 KB
These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.
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PG.GDB→ A:\DATOS fichero de datos 117.2 KB
No need to put
README.TXT:
they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 1.5 KB on a 1 MB disk.
Steps
- Data files are opened from their own application, not installed separately.
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.
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.