Download & Installation
TaalPulse is written in Squeak, which means that it will run on any platforms supported by Squeak. The following subsections explain how to install TaalPulse on a desktop PC running Windows, Linux or MacOS, and on a PDA.
Installation on a desktop PC
Windows
Download and execute the installer here.
Other OS (Linux, Mac – also works for Windows)
- Install the Squeak platform, following the instructions from http://www.squeak.org/Download/. You need only the Virtual Machine, the image file is not necessary as it is included in TaalPulse.
- Download the latest ready-to-use TaalPulse image here
- Unzip the zip file into your Squeak installation directory.
- Run Squeak giving “squeak.image” as argument.
Installation on a PDA
TaalPulse shoud run anywhere Squeak runs. The first step is finding a Squeak VM for your device. Most PDAs have an ARM processor, so one of those two Squeak VMs should work:
- For Windows (Windows CE or Windows Mobile), you can try the VM created by Yoshiki Ohshima: ARM Windows VM.
- For Linux (Familiar Linux with the OPIE environment): use the VM created by Torsten Sadowski: ARM Linux VM.
Once the Squeak VM is installed, download the TaalPulse Squeak image, decompress it into the same directory where the VM is installed, and run the VM. On windows, it will probably ask what image you want to use: just select the one you just decompressed. On Linux, in a terminal cd to the directory that contains both the VM and the image and run: ”./squeak-nox squeak.image”.
TaalPulse is known to work on the following devices:
| Device | OS | Notes |
| Compaq iPaq 3970 | OPIE/Familiar Linux 0.8.4 | Taalpulse was developped on this device; works fine under Linux but sound is choppy under Windows CE. |
| HTC Tytn | Windows Mobile 6 |
If you have TaalPulse working on another device please drop a mail so that we can update this list (see Contact).
Installation on a PDA is a bit more complicated, given that Squeak does not run on all PDAs. TaalPulse was tested on a Compaq iPaq 3970 running OPIE/Familiar Linux 0.8.4. You can ask on the mailing list if someone is willing to install TaalPulse for you (see Contact.