Thanks Gary! It's good to know there are more old-timers around ;-)
"Gary Desrosiers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I share your frustration. It's the same even if your in the states. Palm > hasn't approved my application for access to their "pavilion" yet either. > Given that it's developers that make Palm successful (lots of apps), it's > quite stupid of them to piss em off at step 1. > > I ended up going out and buying a serial cable (USB came with the device) > and uploaded the ROM image. > > You might want to try the latest POSE because it's supposed to let you > transfer the ROM over USB. The instructions say to copy the USBPort.dll to > the POSE install directory. There will be an option enabled after you do > this to transfer over USB. Although the option was there, it didn't work for > me. I have a different device (older) than yours, however. > > BTW: You mentioned Motorola assembler: > When I got into Palm programming 6 years ago, I did all my programming in > Motorola assembler using the ASDK which contained an assembler called Pila. > Darren Massena promoted it back then but I fear it's out of date or just > gone. Now that I've picked up the Palm again after a 5 year hiatus, I'm > doing all my programming using GCC and the prc-tools. You can do inline > assembler using asm() blocks but it's ugly compared to Pila. I guess us old > mainframe programmers are the only ones who want to do assembly anymore. BAL > was my thing long ago but even IBM writes their OS code using PL/S now, not > assembly. > > Gary > > "WinnonaD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 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/
