Jim Button



Hi, I'm Jim Knopf, also
known as Jim Button.


I'm having lots of fun creating freeware for the Palm Pilot since I retired. I'm just toying around (nothing serious), but I'll share some of the "stuff" that I create.

All of the following programs are Free. No nags, no guilt, no incentives. Just good clean fun! My only hope is that you'll enjoy them. I wrote them all using the PocketC compiler from OrbWorks.

Always check back here for the most current version of any of these programs. I post them here before uploading them anywhere.





Dice Poker
Like 5-card draw poker, except with dice. You against the Palm. Statistics are kept of win percentages and best games. A 28K download ZIP file.
Download DicePoker 1.03




Hungman
Play the game of Hangman with your Palm Pilot. Use only the word lists that appeal to you. Fun and educational. Word lists provided are:
  • U.S. Presidents
  • State capitols
  • College team names
  • Bible books
  • Golf professionals
  • Baby names (200 most popular)
  • Top 100 Athletes of the century (ESPN)
  • Pokemon characters
  • Computer terms
  • Automobile makes
  • Animal kingdom
  • Countries
  • Harry Potter
A 37K download ZIP file.
Download Hungman 1.06

  • BTW - did I tell you that I like your program!(Hungman) Thanks! -tom vanderpool
  • Hungman's great. My wife and I were just playing it on my Visor and we plan to let our young sons use it in the car as both an educational and fun game (slipping in a little schooling with the fun :) ). - Walter Jeffries



Mirrors
A simple drawing game for small children. Whatever they draw on the screen is mirrored in all four quadrants. I said it was simple! A 22K download ZIP file.
Download Mirrors 1.00

  • I just downloaded your programs for my 8 year old son to see and play with. What great games! Thank you so much. The mirror program is such a fabulous idea. -Mary Ann McDowell



Pig
A dice game. You against the Palm. A simple and exciting game, but don't be too greedy! A 27K download ZIP file.
Download Pig 1.07

  • Just a quick note to tell you that I really enjoy your game(Pig). It has made long plane rides a bit more bearable. Thank You. -Bruce H. Smith
  • Just a quick note to say that I've enjoyed killing time with the Pig game recently. It really is a fairly educational game of statistics and probability once you get right down to it. -Chip Downs
  • Just wanted to let you know I love Pig. It is addictive. -Mike Haddon
  • I've been playin' Pig 1.00 on my pilot for a few weeks now, and like it a lot. I was very pleased to see the updates, they make it even better -Eric Lundquist.
  • You're going to get me fired! PIG is terrific. Thank you for investing your time and skill creating such an interesting diversion. -Patrick K. Nicholson
  • Pig is an addictive little game. It's not often the Palm beats me more than half the time in any game, but the Palm is either smarter or luckier than me in this game. (The engineer in me wants to plot out the statistical odds of the darned Palm winning all the time...) I wouldn't call it a must-have game, but it's in my top 10 or 15. -Lisa Reid



pSoundex
A tool for Genealogists. Give it a surname and it displays the corresponding soundex code. A 25K download ZIP file.
Download pSoundex 1.01




Robots' Lair
A reconstruction from my memory of a game that was popular in the early days of microcomputers. And I've enhanced it a lot! Escape the robots, but don't touch the walls! Use the teleport pads, your zapper belt, and a wild leap to escape. Multiple random levels, with statistics. A 27K download ZIP file.
Download Robots' Lair 1.15

  • THIS IS AWESOME!(Robots) I'm addicted. This game is a lot of fun. -Jerry Kreifels, USA
  • This was a very nice experience that a simple game like this has taken me for hours behind the Palm. I can't stop playing your Robot game. It's really a very good game. -Michael Remachi
  • This is a very simple but very fun game(Robots). If you decide to try it, make sure you have some time on your hands because you will not want to put it down. Addictive? Ha! What an understatement. -Jason Debler
  • I'm just writing to tell you how much I enjoy playing your version of Robot's Lair (v1.06) for the Palm Pilot. It really takes me back to my early unix days. -Simon Raik Allen
  • Damn! This thing's addictive!(Robots) I've lost literally hours playing it. ...This sucker just keeps getting better. ...*love* the speed improvements and the improvements in the "move" directions, including "stand until in danger", although *that* one got me killed once because I didn't notice a robot which had cuddled up next to me from the other side. :) -Geoffrey Kidd
  • BTW I LOVE this game!(Robots) Good Work! -Howard Chui
  • Man, your game(Robots) is addictive!!!! -Juan Antonio Martinez
  • A great game.(Robots) I think I've maxed out at level 83 -Roby Trotter
  • I've been spending too much time playing Robots... There are clearly people who are much smarter than me or who have much more time to waste, er, spend. Thanks a lot, it's a fun game. -Brett Levay-Young, Ph.D.
  • Thank you for this great game(Robots). It happens to be one of the first games I played on a computer ever. -Brian Altschul
  • Downloaded your robot game yesterday (I got my Handspring Visor the day before that). Your game was a fun way of learning to use the stylus. -Ken Parker
  • I am a Palm user and have played around a bit with your Robots app. Reminds me a great deal of late night BBC-fare. Anyway, have had fun during extremely boring meetings, so well done. -Steve Kohler
  • Make sure you have some foam padding before you download this game (Robots), because you'll be on your knees worshiping both it's simplicity and it's genious. Quite possibly the one of the simplest and most addictive games i've ever played. I recommend this game to anyone who has a lifetime to spare. -Jay Hamman
  • I love this game (Robots)... fun? yes yes. Thanks for making the game, i worship your ingenuity and lack of better things to do. -Darthbert



Sorting Hat
The Sorting Hat, as described in Harry Potter book 1. It looks deep inside you, selects the House for you at Hogwarts, and tells you about your parents. Your kids will be thrilled with this program. A "cheat" mode has been added. A 27k download ZIP file.
Download Sorting Hat 1.01

  • This program is ingenious(Sorting Hat). It is simple and beautiful in design. Hat's off to Jim Knopf for recognizing an opportunity and seizing it. Like the description says, kids are guaranteed to LOVE this program. P.S. I'm in Gryffindor. -Jeffrey Blatt
  • This is a wonderfully clever idea(Sorting Hat). My two children loved it. My daughter was proud of the fact that she was in the same house as Harry. -Erik Rauch
  • (Sorting hat)Tip of the hat to Jim Knopf! My 10-year-old daughter loves the program (I had to explain to her why taking my Visor to school to sort her friends was a bad idea). Our whole family is in Ravenclaw! Except for our black dog, which wound up in Slytherin. I always knew there was something about her... -Derek Gilbert
  • Just thought I'd drop you a note to say thanks for the Sorting Hat software. Just downlowded it today and the kids are "Sorting" everyone they can think of. They are having a blast with it. -Kevin Skinner
  • I just wanted to thank you on behalf of myself and my nephew for your "Sorting Hat" program... we both are avid fans of Rowling's "Harry Potter" books, and have used "Hat" dozens of times on our family members and friends... -Jonathan Abucejo
  • Positively top notch. Keeps my kiddos busy sorting themselves and their friends. Really, really well done. Lord Voldemort may not like it but SORTING HAT is a winner! -Mark Roberts






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