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PiDirect II vs. PowerRun vs. Autocard vs. MSMount
~eelk
RE: PiDirect II vs. PiDirect I
Does anyone know what has changed since PiDirect I ? I'm running the first version, but I've seen no comparison between the two versions or the safest way to upgrade. The Pi site just seems to hype up the latest release.
Aric
RE: PiDirect II vs. PiDirect I
"Summary of Changes
------------------
<2.0> - 1 Feb 2002
- (New) File Manager added which allows user to manage files between the device and the mounted folder on external card
- (Update) Panel UI updated
- (Update) "PiDirect Manual" and "Quick Start Guide" updated
- (Update) The file limit for unregistered users reduces from 20 files to 10 files
<1.03> - 26 Oct 2001
- (Fix) general conflict with Clie OS 4.0 device (N6x0C, N710C with OS4.1 and N760C)
- (Fix) conflict with SwitchDash, McPhling (on N610C)
- (Fix) icon corruption issue (on N700C)"
And they probably just forgot to mention 2.5 times size growth :-)
So, if you don't need that slooow file manager (I think that ever built-in HandEra's CardPro is much better), there is no reason to switch.
~eelk
RE: PiDirect II vs. PowerRun
The main update since version 1 is the addition of the file manager. There were other small updates as well, so the speed of enabling is a little faster now, but the file manager was the biggest change.
BOTH PiDirect II AND PowerRun
For instance. I have ThinkDB installed on the PDA, with my read only databases on the expansion card. I use PiDirect II for this.
I use PowerRun for some programs along with its databases that I keep on the Card such as TinySheet. However, to use TinyChart (also on the card), I can't run them both at the same time from PowerRun, so I load TinyChart into memory using PiDirect and then launch TinySheet (which is actually running via PowerRun). TinySheet sees TinyChart and thinks it is running in RAM (thanks to PiDirect).
So, I don't think that you necessarily make a choice between these two apps. I think in order to really use the card aggressively, you should have BOTH apps.
Thank's my $.02
Scott R. Almas
salmas@nycap.rr.com
RE: PiDirect II vs. PiDirect I ?
"Summary of Changes
------------------
<2.0> - 1 Feb 2002
- (New) File Manager added which allows user to manage files between the device and the mounted folder on external card
- (Update) Panel UI updated
- (Update) "PiDirect Manual" and "Quick Start Guide" updated
- (Update) The file limit for unregistered users reduces from 20 files to 10 files
<1.03> - 26 Oct 2001
- (Fix) general conflict with Clie OS 4.0 device (N6x0C, N710C with OS4.1 and N760C)
- (Fix) conflict with SwitchDash, McPhling (on N610C)
- (Fix) icon corruption issue (on N700C)"
And they probably just forgot to mention 2.5 times size growth :-)
So, if you don't need that slooow file manager (I think that ever built-in HandEra's CardPro is much better), there is no reason to switch.
~eelk
Cost
Is there anything better?
If there's something better, please clue me in.
RE: Is there anything better?
RE: Is there anything better?
RE: Is there anything better?
ePocrates
Noah Pro 2.0 with PiDirect II? PowerRun??
Anyone have success with Noah Pro and PiDirect II? Or maybe with PowerRun?
Thanks,
-Scoob E.
RE: Noah Pro 2.0 with PiDirect II? PowerRun??
RE: Noah Pro 2.0 with PiDirect II? PowerRun??
RE: Noah Pro 2.0 with PiDirect II? PowerRun??
As far as how big the Movie database is, I also use it and it is MASSIVE. Right now it is 14.4 MB.
Jason
RE: Noah Pro 2.0 with PiDirect II?
Is being put in the Prefs really a con?
For some other applications, it they'd be more appropriate going into the Prefs (e.g. Hack managers).
RE: Is being put in the Prefs really a con?
I decided to uninstall the unregistered version and try Powerrun instead...
RE: Is being put in the Prefs really a con?
The url is:
http://www.palmgear.com/software/showsoftware.cfm?sid=23983920020331131728&prodID=14088
RE: Is being put in the Prefs really a con?
RE: Is being put in the Prefs really a con?
you can, of course, select a "show all hidden files" and they appear again.
all this does not help me with the conflict between pidirect and silverscreen... powerrun works perfectly, though.
Here we go again.
---
If you sing in french while hopping on one foot, the evil birds won't come out of your bathroom mirror.
RE: Here we go again.
Categories NOT remembered
The Developers at PiTech suggest using the third party launchers MegaLauncher, but I personally like the palm launcher the best.
Having my programs change to unassigned categories on there own is a real annoyance. I want to control my PDA, not have my PDA control me!
Maybe someday PiTech will fix this, but until then I think I'll dismiss this...
RE: Categories NOT remembered
Info
>Menu->Info with PiDirect II enabled. I was quite alarmed to
>see that my machine told me that I had 0K of memory free. I
>found out soon that this is simply because PiDirect II confuses
>the memory manager in the Palm OS. If one looks at free RAM
>with another utility, such as McFile, then the correct number
>will be displayed.
>
I would agree with this, it still bothers me as well, I wonder if there is a way for the developer (PiTech or Palm) to fix this. I also goto McFile to check the true memory available, but having this fixed would be "nice"
RE: Info
RE: Info
I wonder if Launcher III (either activated or deactivated) leaves a piece of itself to report the memory.
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PiDirect II vs. PowerRun
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