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Zen Tarot Documentation

Zen Tarot for Palm OS User Guide

Installation

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Installation is done through the Palm Desktop software that shipped with your handheld. Check to make sure your handheld device meets the basic requirements in the Requirements section of this guide. Most importantly, make sure you have enough free memory for installing this software as the image databases tend to be large.

The Zen Tarot software consists of three components: the program, text databases, and image databases. You must install the program and at least one text database, but the image databases are optional. The program downloads contain the English program, one text database for the indicated language, and the basic 4-level monochrome or grayscale image database. The text databases contain descriptions for each of the Osho Zen Tarot cards, while the image databases contain pictures for these cards.

Additional Language and Image Pack downloads are available at the www.hudren.com website. These additional downloads are optional and can be installed now or at a later time. Installing more than one text database allows you to switch back and forth between those languages. The Image Pack downloads contain image databases that take advantage of advanced displays (such as color), but require more memory to store on your handheld.

Since there are many files distributed with Zen Tarot, they have been combined and packaged into archive files for convenient downloading. These archive files are available in several formats: .ZIP which is suitable for all operating systems, .EXE which is a self-extracting executable for Windows, .SIT which is common for Mac OS, and .TGZ for Linux and other Unix-based computers. The first step is to decompress these files onto the hard drive of your desktop computer.

If you downloaded an .EXE file, double-click it in the Windows Explorer window. This will prompt you to decompress the files into the c:\zentarot directory. Click the Unzip button, and when it's finished, click the Close button.

If you downloaded any other type of archive, you'll need to use an appropriate utility to decompress these files.

Depending on which archive file you downloaded, you will find some (but generally not all) of the following files:

  • readme.htm - readme file with instructions to get you started
  • license.htm - software license agreement
  • guide.pdf - user guide
  • ZenTarot.prc - English program
  • ZenTxtEn.prc - English text database
  • ZenTxtFr.prc - French text database
  • ZenTxtDe.prc - German text database
  • ZenTxtIt.prc - Italian text database
  • ZenTxtEs.prc - Spanish text database
  • ZenImg1a.prc - 4-level grayscale image database
  • ZenImg2a.prc - 16-level grayscale image database
  • ZenImg3a.prc - 256 color (web palette) image database
  • ZenImg4a.prc - 256 color (optimized palette) image database
  • ZenImg5a.prc - 64,000 color image database

For installation from a Windows-based PC, you will use the Palm Install Tool to transfer the Zen Tarot program and associated databases onto your handheld:

  1. Start the Install Tool program.
  2. In the User drop down list, select the user name that corresponds to your handheld.
  3. Click the Add button.
  4. Navigate to the directory where you decompressed the Zen Tarot files (c:\zentarot).
  5. Select the program file named ZenTarot.prc and click the Open button.
  6. A text database filename starts with ZenTxt and ends with .prc (filename extensions may not be viewable on some computers). To install the text descriptions, click the Add button, select a text database file, and click the Open button.
  7. An image database filename starts with ZenImg and ends with .prc. To install the card images, click the Add button, select an image database file, and click the Open button.
  8. Click the Done button.
  9. Synchronize to install the program and associated databases onto your handheld. Zen Tarot is a large program and this synchronization may take a few minutes, but this operation only needs to be performed once.

Once the program has been installed on your handheld device, you may delete the directory containing the Zen Tarot files on your hard drive, although you may want to read or save the user guide (guide.pdf) before deleting these files.

If you are experiencing any problems with the installation, please check your handheld's manual for information about installing third-party software.