Buggies for the Psion Series 5.
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Do you use Buggies for the Series 3, but wish that you had a version for your brand new Series 5?  Well, fret no more.  Buggies for the Series 5 is here at last, and it's still freeware!

Just in case you didn't know Buggies is a little utility that allows you to play with gear ratio selection based on millimetres of car movement per revolution of the motor (mm/rev) on 1/10th scale electric model cars.  I've been quite generous with the minimum and maximum values you can play with, such as pinion, spur gear, internal ratio and tyre diameter such that Buggies should be of some use to everybody from 1/32nd scale slot racing upto the 1/8th scale (or maybe even 1/5th scale) hippos.  Most of the parameters the program needs are held in a data file, an example of which you should find with this read me.  Buggies will Two tools exist to allow you to determine the correct ratio to use.  The first allows you to change the spur/pinion relationship and shows you the resulting mm/rev, and the other tool allows you to specify a diameter and mm/rev and shows you the 8 closest spur/pinion settings to achieve the specified mm/rev.

Installation
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Simply copy the buggies directory (and it's contents) into the c:\system\apps\ directory on your Series 5, and go and impress your Psion-less friends in the pit lane.

Everything else you could possibly want to know is contained within the help datafile buggies.hlp.  Either open it from c:\system\apps\buggies\ or press Ctrl+Shift+H when in the program.

You should be able to run buggies from D: but I haven't tried 'cos I don't have a Series 5 SSD.

Terms and conditions
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This program is supplied as freeware.  If you like it you might consider sending me a postcard from your home town.  My snail mail address follows later. 8-)

The program is supplied 'as-is' with no warranties as to it's performance or worthiness to the stated task.

I'd prefer it if you didn't attempt to reverse translate the code, but it is a free world after all.  There is no reverse translation protection since I haven't seen anything yet that guarantees protection against the most persistent of hackers other than not writing in OPL.  You could always ask me for the source code if you wanted it.

Author
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Written by Andy Blake,
           19 Stirtingale Avenue,
           Kingsway,
           Bath,
           Somerset,
           BA2 2NQ.

Enjoy!

Andy B.