FIRST Rules On Ipod

Conor_Ryan · January 10, 2005, 10:37pm

i believe this only works for the 4th edition ipods (with click wheel) and the mini

Ok Well call me a little hard core but i have figured out how to get the first rules on to my ipod. Its really simple, first open up the rules in acrobe acrobat reader. Then save them again as a .txt file. After that plug your ipod in, goto My Computer, and then Select your Ipod, it should say the name of your ipod, then enter the notes folder and copy and paste your new .txt file into the notes folder of your ipod. Then goto Extras on your ipod and then Notes, Pick the file that you did and read away. Its really handy when you need it on the run, since you don’t need to juggle a laptop or a bunch of papers.

drewcampbell · January 10, 2005, 10:40pm

That is freaking awesome… ROCK ON!

Joshua_May · January 10, 2005, 10:42pm

Awesome, I’ll have to do this.

This is when you know your addicted to FIRST.

chaoticprout · January 10, 2005, 10:46pm

mmm, I cant get mine to save as a .txt Any help?

MrToast · January 10, 2005, 10:49pm

The notes folder has been available on all iPod models since the very first iPod.

By the way, the notes are limited to 4K in length, so you’ll have to split them up into separate text files.

And please for the love of Mac, it’s iPod. Not Ipod. Lowercase “i”, uppercase “P”.

Dave

HPA_Robotics_13 · January 11, 2005, 2:17am

How do I convert a .pdf into a .txt?

ahecht · January 11, 2005, 2:37am

To get around the 4K limit, you can save the note as a contact (if your iPod supports contacts). I would highly recommend iPodAgent from http://www.ipodsoft.com/softwaredetail.aspx?sid=1 for this, which can either split a text file into 4K linked segments or can save a text file as a contact.

I have attached sections 4 and 5 converted into contacts. Simply copy the VCF files to the Contacts folder of your iPod.

FIRST2k5vcf.zip (35.9 KB)

FIRST2k5vcf.zip (35.9 KB)

Aignam · January 11, 2005, 6:06am

And I thought having the game animation on my Tungsten 5 was neat…

I’ll have to do this. Good idea.

system · January 11, 2005, 6:28am

That’s pretty cool. Also, if anyone has an iPod that is able to display photos (the exact name for them, if there is one, eludes me right now), you could also store graphics of the field and maybe even of wire maps for your robot. That could be handy as well.

Zanella_BR · January 11, 2005, 7:04am

It’s too late for that… :yikes:

Twstdkittie · January 11, 2005, 8:29am

When you save it onto the computer, save as “___.txt”. Just go to the name bar thing and change the extension.

MrToast · January 11, 2005, 10:18am

iPod photo. And yes, that would be supremely nifty

Dave

system · January 11, 2005, 11:49am

Hey, I already put the vCard version of the rules on my iPod. The Game works fine, but I think there may be an error with The Robot. All I get is the title when it opens up. Is anyone else having this problem?

Twstdkittie · January 11, 2005, 12:12pm

I don’t have an iPod!! cry (Donations would be greatly appreciated, though.)

KTorak · January 11, 2005, 12:14pm

This is pretty cool. My birthday is in March so I shouold get an iPod just in time for competition.

Twstdkittie · January 11, 2005, 12:16pm

That’s hot. Lucky you!

Ryan_Dognaux · January 11, 2005, 3:21pm

That is awesome! Thanks for doing this :]

CJO · January 11, 2005, 3:41pm

I must begin by confessing that hte first thing I did upon reading this thread was to go and put the rules on my iPod, but . . .

Does it strike any of you that maybe, just maybe, we need to get out a bit more often?

Tom_Bottiglieri · January 11, 2005, 3:46pm

Pocket PC with 1GB SD card?

CJO · January 11, 2005, 3:50pm

Yeah, but does your pocket PC run linux?

If not, www.handhelds.org