Aurora Edit
Version 3.0 · nuText Systems
Description
The HP Palmtop Paper Aurora is a text-editor/word processor with lots of bells and whistles: extremely configurable. Features syntax highlighting for over twenty computer languages. This is version 3.0 of a rather famous shareware product.
Technical details
- File
aurora.zip- Size
- 644.4 KB
- Format
- .zip
- Year
- 1996
- Added to S.U.P.E.R.
- 1998-12-20
- Files inside
- 224
- Author
- nuText Systems
- Path
anonftp/pub/aurora.zip
How to install it
What to send to the palmtop saves 1.7 MB
These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.
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ALARM.DAT→ A:\_DAT configuración 196 B -
MACLIST.DAT→ A:\_DAT configuración 2.6 KB -
TEMPLATE.DAT→ A:\_DAT configuración 3.9 KB -
A.EXE→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 231.3 KB -
INSTALL.DAT→ A:\_DAT configuración 7.6 KB -
INSTALLS.DAT→ A:\_DAT configuración 7.1 KB -
INSTALL.BAT→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 3 B
No need to put
XADA.AML, CFGCOLOR.X, CFGDESK.AML, CFGEDIT1.AML, CFGEDIT2.AML, CFGFIND.AML, CFGFMGR.AML, CFGFORM.AML and 209 more:
they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 1.7 MB on a 1 MB disk.
Steps
- Copy A.EXE, INSTALL.BAT 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 ALARM.DAT, MACLIST.DAT, TEMPLATE.DAT, INSTALL.DAT, INSTALLS.DAT 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
See Install.dat for list of all files distributed in this archive.
Note: To reduce the archive size, only the 386 version of Aurora is
included in this package. An 8086 version is available from the Aurora
Support BBS or Internet site. See technical support below for access
details.
Technical Support
Although we do our best to answer questions for all users, licensed
users receive higher priority. If you are contacting us with a problem
about the software, please have the following information available:
- The editor version number and the date of the A.exe file
- The operating environment (Dos, OS/2, Windows, etc) and operating
system version number you are using
- The names and versions of any memory managers or resident utilities
you are using in Config.sys and Autoexec.bat
- The amount of memory and disk space available
- Your computer hardware
You can obtain technical support or information in the following ways:
Literal excerpt from READ.ME, 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.