Howdy ya'll! I'm new around here and new to handheld computing but an old-timer from the days of mainframees ;-)
I just picked up a Palm m130 last week and have been getting to know it. I thought I'd like to write some simple applications and downloaded a trail version of NS Basic. It looks good on the PC (alot like Visual Basic) but I found out the Emulator wont run without skin files (which I found) and ROM images. I subscribed to Palm's Developers program but can't get access to the ROM image files. As I understand it, outside of the USA, Palm must approve membership before the user is granted access to these files. I tried downloading it from the m130 but can't get it to work over the USB cable (I don't have a serial cable.)I search the Net but couldn't find anywhere to download them. Can someone explain to me why these files are such a closely guraded secret? (I started working with computers in 1969. I earned my living as a programmer from the mid-1970s to 1986. I never did learn C :-( but have done some Visual Basic nd lots of Motorola assembler since retiring from programming.) I was trying to do a "match scoring program" for the m130. The easy way seemed to be to creat it in Excel, but the formulas disappear when it's downloaded to the Palm. Since that didn't work, I thought I'd try the NS Basic. Oh well, maybe when Palm opens for business they will approve my application and I'll get access to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] ROM image files! BTW, I couldn't get Outlook Express to setup this newsgroup! I hope these messages appear at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/palm-dev-forum/messages! If they don't I hope somebody'll send me an E-mail! ;-) Nice to meet all you guys! Calamity Jane up in the cold northland! __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
