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Q1. What's in a name?

Noah Webster was a famous lexicographer.

Q2. Program fails to install.

Some databases are quite big. Please verify that you have enough free memory on your PalmPilot. If there is not enough memory synchronization will fail.

Q3. I use Macintosh and I got garbage on the screen or program crashes.

A few Mac users reported that what they got on the screen is garbage or the program crashes. This is most likely fault of the unpacker program used to unzip noah.zip.

Some unzippers have settings to convert text files to Mac text files. This alters the content of files and corrupts them. This option can be set to "convert if file is recognized as text" but unfortunately .prc and .pdb files are often (wrongly) recognized as text. To fix that change your unzipper program settings to "never convert text files".

This tip comes from a user (thank you, Lutz Pietschker). It worked for him.

You can also try other unzipping program (eg. Zip It or Stuffit Expander).

Q4. Does Noah Lite support Springboard memory extension for Visor?

Yes. Here's a little instruction on moving Noah to Visor 8meg Flash ROM module, kindly provided by John Novak (thanks, John!). In his own words:

Getting it up there was a bit convoluted, and I used the Backup springboard module to simplify the process:

You now have what is effectively a five-megabyte dictionary Springboard. Noah will reside quite happily on the Springboard and can be run from there, so you don't waste RAM.

Q5. Does Noah Lite support TGRpro's compact flash?

Noah Lite runs on TGRpro just fine but it doesn't know how to use it's compact flash memory. There are not plans to provide direct compact flash support for Noah Lite.

Q6. The database is too big.

Noah Pro has better compression (databases take less memory) as well as more databases.

Q7. Can I make my own database?

Only Noah Pro allows you to create your own databases.

Q8. What are advantages of Noah Pro?

Here's a detailed explanations. In short:

Q9. I like Noah's icon.

Noah's icon has been made and kindly provided by Matt Sephon (matt@ewtoo.org).

Q10. I have a question that is not answered here.

Don't hesitate to ask us.
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