Text from Zaurus to Palm by IR
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It is well-known that one can write a text on Palm (for example in the
default MemoPad) and send it ("beam" in) to the SHARP Zaurus via IR.
The text is saved as a normal text file on the Zaurus drive. This is
obvious and comfortable and I have been doing this for ages (I use the
CACKO ROM on all my Zauri except the SL-6000N where is the original ROM
- but they are compatible).
The direction Palm->Zaurus is convenient as one usually makes a note on
the Palm and then sent it t a bigger computer with the real keyboard
(thus to the Zaurus) for further use.
It might seen strange but I never needed the reverse way. I never sent
the text from the Zaurus to the Palm.
But yesterday I wrote one tech hate post (the "Batteries, batteries"
text) on my Zaurus SL-C3200 and wanted to get it to my SGI O2. The
usual way is to put the text on a SD card, insert the card to an
reader, connect the reader to my ODROID (and ARM desktop) and then sent
the text to the right place (or to the O2 via FTP or directly to my SDF
directory on the SDF server). Or I can connect the Zaurus via
ethernet-over-usb and do the same without need of the card reader. In
theory it is easier, in practice this is not so easy and reliable as it
was ten years back because of changes in Linux subsystems.
Communication between an old Palm and the SGI O2 of similar age is
easier: the Palm is connected to O2's serial port and the HotSync
protocol is slow but reliable. I only need to start proper software
(pilot-memos from the pilot-link package or the GUI-based JPilot) and
press one hardware button. But the data are on the Zaurus drive and not
in the Palm's memory.
Thus I have had to find how to do it. First I tried the default Text
Editor as it can take "Notes" (and traditional text files, too). There
is no "Beam" option as if was in the Calendar and the ToDo apps here.
So I tried the build-in file manager (this appears as one of "screens"
accessible by the "Home" hardware button). And there is a menu option
"Send File" which allows to sent files via IR beaming. And I works as I
need: the sent TEXT file appears on the Palm side as a "memo" for the
MemoPad. This is super easy and excellent!
