Installed, shows timeline tab but no data

I think my issue may be same, or similar ... but maybe more basic and boneheaded than #153075: Installed but not able to get it to show data.

I've installed 5.x-1.0 and configured it to work with the event module (installed) and views (installed). Three events that I created correctly display in the events calendar (just in november and december 2008 so no scaling probs)

timeline horizontal and timeline vertical show as view options and two default views have been correctly added to my default views collection.

A subtab correctly shows for Timeline when I display the events calendar and the tab links correctly to timeline/events when clicked.

A window (rectangular box) is created on that page, but no data is displayed.

When I change the view type to table, everything works correctly. same tabs at same locations, but a table of three start times shows as expected.

I finally figured out (dunhhh ... for others who may come this way) that the install does not provide the api folder for the simile javascript widget.

so I just spent a bunch of time at
http://code.google.com/p/simile-widgets/
and the code at
http://simile-widgets.googlecode.com/svn/timeline/

here's where i'm in over my head.
looks like this is made very easy for someone with Subversion and Subversion experience.

without either it is much harder.

I think I've found the correct api at
http://simile-widgets.googlecode.com/svn/timeline/tags/1.2/src/webapp/api/

including the famed timeline-api.js

downloading this is another story!!

the javascript file seems to depend on all of the other substructure (files, folders) in the api directory.

without a working copy of Subversion and knowledge about how to use it, is there a good way to download all of this?

or am i even on the right track?

thanks!