msReader on MobilePro CE 2.11 HPC Pro

[lady_morana]

I have seen them for sale ont he internet - MobilPro 780s with MS Reader installed.

They have CE2.11 installed but are running some mutated version of Ms REader.

Any idea how to accomplish this?

Morana

[Nate the great]

Try this one. If it doesn't work, then the installation files are processor specific, and you'll need the MIPS version.

I'm having trouble finding a copy of MSReader, so I hope it works for you.

[lady_morana]

That link did not work for me. I have copies of MSreader but have never gotten them to work right. Supposedly , there is a way to make an ARM program work on MIPS with "help" but I have never figured that out either.

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by lady_morana

That link did not work for me. I have copies of MSreader but have never gotten them to work right. Supposedly , there is a way to make an ARM program work on MIPS with "help" but I have never figured that out either.

The "help" will involve a translation layer that intercepts the ARM instructions and converts them to the MIPs equivalents for execution. How well it works depends on the device doing the emulation.

For example, Palm switched from the Motorola "Dragonball" processor to ARM based CPUs for the new generation of Palm Os 5 devices. To preserve compatibility with older Palm software, they implemented an abstraction layer that intercepted the MV680X0 instructions and translated them to ARM instructions. They also made it possible to compile modules as ARMlets in native ARM code for processor intensive tasks.

Translation carries overhead, and requires a fairly fast machine to perform acceptably. Palm got away with it because the older devices were much slower, typically running at 16mhz, while the ARM devices ran at 100mhz or more.

I suspect that any emulation on the HPC Mobile Pro would have performance problems.

No one makes MIPS based WinCE devices now. You would do better to get an ARM based unit. For that form factor, I'd hunt around for an HP Jornada.

Also, Mobipocket has older versions of its reader for PocketPC/WinCE devices, so you aren't restricted to .LIT and MS Reader. See http://www.mobipocket.com/en/Downloa...rchivedVersion
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Dennis