A Brief Intro to Think Tank 2.41NP for the HP Palmtop User.

The books needed to fully understand TT241 are out of print so here are a few hints that will get you started.

We repackaged the files so that they may be extracted to any directory with PKUNZIP -d ThnkTnk2.ZIP. You should wind up with a 10 files in the base directory along with an OS2 and Tmplates directories. You can delete the OS2 related files if you don't use this operating system.

When you first run TT, you will be asked to confirm the current date with 'No.' Then you must enter an identifier and a company name (optional). This info is stored in the Tankopts.dat file. Don't erase that file or you'll only be able to run TT as a "pirated" copy. 

When you've finished registering, the Read_me.db file will appear by default. To expand the lines preceeded by + you can press the Enter key. To collapse the text you can press the (-) key. You can move up and down and in and out of the outline with the up/down, right/left arrow keys.

There is also a file called REFCARD.JPG in the set of files. It contains a list of commands that can be used with TT. Perhaps you can get this to display in Windows, e.g. in a WWW browser, and maybe even print it on a color printer. (We haven't tried this.) 

Press F10 to start the menu. The menu options appear at the bottom of the screen. You can load a new TT file by pressing F10, files, close, exists, Enter, Enter (to bring up a directory list) Point at TMPLATES and press Enter. Press Enter to load news.db.

Be careful: if you say NEW, you risk wiping out any currently existing .DB file with the same name. 

To load the templates, use the PORT command with Textfile, receive, line-oriented, standard, Enter, Enter. Point at TMPLATES, Enter, and pick a file from the list of 31 templates. The file will be loaded and when you press the space bar, the collapsed version of the file will be added to the existing outline at the point where the highlight was. 

Beyond this, good luck. Let us know if you find TT something that is worth keeping for the Palmtop.



