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I'm getting into this thread a little late, but I do want to document that Hiarcs 1.8, the special Windows 10 version, works 100% with my configuration, Wine 1.8, Linux Mint 17.2. Versions after 1.6 and up to the 1.8 *non* Windows 10 version don't work at all in this configuration (I've had luck wit...

This may not be news (though I didn't quickly find it here), but I just purchased the Hiarcs Explorer package and find that it runs quite well on Linux using WINE. The only thing so far that doesn't seem to work is sound. I can live with that. Other things may possibly turn up (or not!). The fine pr...

Here is your solution. PGN files must be in a top-level directory /hiarcs on the storage card, and they must have a .PGN suffix, for instance, mygames.pgn. Then and only then will Palm Hiarcs Manager see the PGN files.

I tried Hiarcs manager for palm, but there is no way for me to get this program to "see" my native pgn files i have on the card; even if i copy the .pgn files over to RAM using a file manager, and push "import", I still don't see the pgn files, even though I have verified that t...

You can do this with 3rd party software. I wrote one package that runs on the desktop side (any O/S that supports Perl); and Pascal Georges wrote a package that runs on the Palm side. Both packages have their advantages and disadvantages, but both work. Desktop side package http://www.bobnewell.net/...

I also would happily pay an upgrade fee for an updated Palm version. Palm Hiarcs is a tremendous value; I could even claim that it saved me buying a laptop as it meets all my travel needs right on the Palm.