Home Collection 2.5 for the Psion Series 5 (C) Palmscape & Marc de Oliveira 1999
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Released as shareware.

Organize your Home Inventory.


Installation:
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Installation from SIS file:

1) Execute the home.sis file on your pc or Psion.

2) Choose C or D drive for the installation (make sure that there is enought disk space).

3) The program will install itself.

4) Install Pscape.sis, pythia.sis, systinfo.sis and sysram1.sis if necessary.


Installation from ZIP file:

1) Make sure the \System folder is shown on your Series 5 system screen. If it's not, enable it in the 'Preferences' dialogue.

2) Using PsiWin copy the files PYTHIA.OPO, EXPORT.OPO, CABINET.OPO, PSCAPE.OPO and PSCAPE.MBM to the folder \system\opl (you might have to create the folder)

3) Go into \System\Apps on C: or D: and make a new folder called "Home"

4) Using PsiWin, copy the following files to the new \System\Apps\Home folder:
  Home.app
  Home.aif
  Home.mbm
  Home.hlp

4) Copy the files systinfo.opx and sysram1.opx in the folder \system\opx

5) A new icon should appear on your Extras bar


Problems
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1. Read only files

Some times files become read only while being installed. None of the files should be read only. If you get any errors like the program is unable to write information to your Psion go through the program files to see if some of them are read only.

In the system-view you can open the file property window by selecting (highlighting) a file and pressing Ctrl-P. In the property window you can see and set/clear the read only checkbox. 

2. Copying between C and D

Be very careful when you move or copy applications between the C and D drives. It seems that the Psion is not correctly updated when applicaions are copied from C to D or vice versa.

Always delete the application directory from one drive before reinstalling on the other drive.

3. Low on battery

When starting up this program for the first time a lot of writing is done to the disk. If your machine is low on battery these writes can go wrong and turn the application files bad. This should only be an issue when running the application the first time.

4. Not enough memory

This program needs up to 300 Kb of free memory on the C drive. If you try to run the program with less than 300 Kb of free memory on the C drive it may not behave as expected.


Usage:
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Press Ctrl+Shift+H to see help file.


Bugs:
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Registering:
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Registering the program will give you the following benefits:

 1) The register window will not pop up on startup
 2) You get free support via e-mail (Pythia@Palmscape.com)
 3) Your suggestions to new functionalities will be implemented (as far as resources permits it)

Pricing:

Collection Suite programs are registered using either individual codes or a Collection Gold Code. This code is valid for all present and future Collection Suite programs. The Collection Gold Code costs USD 30.

How to register

Go to the Palmscape home page at:
  http://www.Palmscape.com

Here you can register using credit card or cheque.

After receiving your registering fee I will mail you a Key that you can use to register the program.


Made by:
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Marc de Oliveira 
for Palmscape & Pythia Information

Web: http://www.Palmscape.com
E-mail: Pythia@Palmscape.com


History:
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1999.02.20: Version 2.5
 - The Home Collection started on version 2.5 to synchronize with the other Collection Suite applications.