NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/comp/sys/palmtops/3741

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From: [e-mail] (Eric Lindsay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Mimimum memory software for palmtops?
Date: 23 Nov 92 21:23:39 GMT
Organization: University of Technology, Sydney
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Summary: Seeking small memory use programs for palmtop
Keywords: palmtops small programs minimum memory use

I'd like to find some programs to run on a PC compatible Sharp PC3100, to
replace the existing built-in applications (which are somewhat slow when they
hit the file sizes I typically use).  The present applications are an editor,
a spreadsheet, a diary scheduler, an address book, an alarm.  I'm pretty sure
I'd have to continue to use the existing alarm, diary scheduler and popup
manager, since the PC-3100 uses a "strange" clock and timer scheme.

I'm trying Q-Edit as an editor replacement (VDE wouldn't handle my file sizes)
but can anyone suggest a suitable spreadsheet, and also a small general
purpose comms program?  I'm not connecting the Sharp to a PC, so I can't make
use of the builtin Laplink program.  Whatever comms program is suggested would
have to use some fairly widely known protocol, because I'll have to implement
the same one on the machines at the other end (I'll try Kermit first, but
that is nearly 100k, and I can't really spare the space).

My data files run to 2x100k, 4x70k, 50k, 12k, and I've already installed
4Dos and a few minor utilities, so I don't have a lot of space left in the
ram disk. Suggestions welcome.

Eric Lindsay, School of Math, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

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